‘Known for pioneering a more abstract style of graffiti writing, Futura played a major role in the NYC’s graffiti scene of the 70s’
Above, interview with Leonard Hilton McGurr a.k.a. Futura 2000. Website here.
Futura 2000 feat. The Clash: The Escapades Of Futura 2000
The 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car: The model for the 1966 Batmobile. The car originally appeared in the motion picture It Started With A Kiss (1959).
George Barris did the conversion, video below. And (just cause I found the link) here’s a quiz on the most recent Bat vehicle.
Driving thru Bronson Canyon (1966)
Debbie Reynolds and Glenn Ford in It Started With A Kiss (1959)
Found via Batmania UK and The Invisible Agent
From 1973: Elton John, Silhouette Futura sunglasses, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
I’ve been to a few tapings of television shows. The tapings are free, since tee vee is (supposed to be) free. Getting in, however, can be a struggle. Especially if a show is popular.
I saw a few tapings of The Tonight Show the final year Johnny Carson was hosting. But Carson wasn’t working much, mostly on vacation. His contract gave him Mondays off and several weeks vacation per year. Supplementing as ‘permanent guest host’ was this guy named Jay Leno.
My dad often referred to Jay Leno as ‘Jeno.’ I always liked that.
I remember Jeno was funny. Really funny – when he worked for Carson. Things changed after Carson retired. Today, don’t like that Jeno isn’t really the sweet guy he pretends to be.
Tee vee is pretend. [Read more →]
‘My father gave me some magazines from the 1920s and 1930s’
Hannes von Döhren’s Brandon Grotesque, influenced by early geometric types – available in six weights with true italics.
One of TDC’s 2011 award winners. Available thru HvD Fonts.
‘escaping the norm’
Just finished up my Friday night beginning type course – and final projects can take any form. Last night, Christopher Gianni-Embrey showed up for class with an old computer monitor.
Inspired by a recent viewing of The Shawshank Redemption, Christopher visualized the word ‘escaping’ using Morris Fuller Benton’s Bank Gothic.
Not on screen, but in screen.
The final piece was Christopher’s first ever attempt at model making. It was crafted from mostly found materials. As he put it, ‘driving around town, there’s a lot of stuff people throw away.’
In the process, he ended up with a bunch of dead computer monitors – just in case the first attempt didn’t pan out.
My next Friday night type course is scheduled for Fall 2011 at American River College. Course number: ARTNM 303.
‘Contemporary artists interpret the iconic Playboy Bunny’
Pictured, detail of Vincent Cacciotti’s ‘Peek-A-Boo’ from Playboy Redux II.
More here.
‘The ‘ella’ on Barbarella was probably suggested by Feiffer’s Passionella, a brilliant satire on the Cinderella theme and much of American culture.’
In 1966, French scifi comic Barbarella was published in a the US in a translated edition.
Minimal color, racy stories. Robot sex.
The original, a serialized comic strip, was created in 1962 by Jean-Claude Forest for V magazine. [Read more →]
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