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Music: Lustmord’s Immersion

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster left behind radiation, death and an abandoned city.

This video gives more explicit detail  . . .

Another photo essay by George Borman here.

Videos originally posted as part of a bulletin on MySpace by d++

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What’s going wrong: Here’s a link to the world wide Emergency and Disaster Information Service Map. Live.

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The work of artist Mark Bovey.

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Chris Hipkiss lives in a small village in England. And he does large, fanciful pencil drawings. Interview here. Website here.

Found via Book By Its Cover

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Details on my Twitter page here.

Just do what it says (you’ll need a Twitter account, of course). Contest ends Monday September 7, 2009 at 9 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.

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The Greater Sacramento Metropolis: A bird’s eye view from the Sacramento River by mehallo. Graphite illustration, available as a high resolution poster or framable print here.

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Low Rise by Peter Root

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The work of Hubert Blanz.

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650 Million Years in 1:20 Min. via Metacafe

Found via Wired

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Pictorial Webster’s: Inspiration to Completion from John Carrera on Vimeo

‘as a source for creativity in the human brain’
Yesterday, I thumbed thru Chronicle Books’ trade edition of Johnny Carrera’s Pictorial Webster’s: A Visual Dictionary of Curiosities. The video (above) details the inspiration for the project, historical cataloging, Linotype setting, as well as the design and hand binding of the fine press editions.

More detailed details are posted here. Also, check out the very Victorian Wall Cards and Stamp Set.

Carrera is the proprietor of Quercus Press, based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

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Hm. Starting to see problems with approaching life as a bohemian.

Found via Strange Maps

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