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A selection of trailers and title sequences from the films of Jean-Luc Godard.

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The Super Bowl – as directed by Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, Wes Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard and/or Werner Herzog.

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I have one little parallel with Michael Doret.

I like to do type revivals – interpretations – of vernacular lettering that we often take for granted.

My Martini at Joe’s fonts are all about this. I based them on my favorite restaurants, the Joe’s of Northern California.

And Doret based his fantastic Deliscript on signage lettering of world famous Canter’s Deli on Fairfax in LA. This led to him developing their catering truck. All elements of an incredible body of work. [Read more →]

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The work of Michael Rubin.

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Been craving a good pastrami on rye.

So here’s the pastrami recipe.
Plus, how to make your own New York rye.

Will need some good dill pickles. Or gherkins.
Top it off with a really good mustard.

And maybe some deviled eggs on the side.

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Katz’s Delicatessen, photographed by Christopher Thomas.

Found via Flavorpill

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‘Music video project at the NY Film Academy, featuring Sinead Mullaney and directed by Kareem Henein’

Cool visual update of Counting Crows’ Colorblind.

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Legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser has been a foodie for years.

His original Underground Gourmet column for New York magazine – collected in book form here – looked at NY ethnic cooking before the rest of the food world jumped in.

And his mother’s very Jewish spaghetti recipe takes things to a whole other place.

Recipe here.

And Glaser can be seen explaining how it came together – which in this version includes the extra step of baking before frying – in Wendy Keys’ documentary Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight (2008).

Photo found via Slumber Dept

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Kyle Baker’s brilliant Why I Hate Saturn could have been Seinfeld. But the television powers that be passed on it.

Even though it was optioned, the network at the time didn’t feel that the American Public would be interested in watching a show about neurotic New Yorkers.

A time capsule from 1990, Why I Hate Saturn is a fable for anyone who is still trying to find themselves. And for anyone who has a freaky sibling.

No answers, just (mostly) relatable life. With a pretty scary bad guy named Murphy (or Warner).

Snag a copy here. Review here. Kyle Baker’s website here.

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The Jazzual Suspects’ This Beat. Feat. Johnny Depp as Jack Kerouac (from The Source).

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‘The first usage in print of highbrow was recorded in 1884. The term was popularized in 1902 by Will Irvin, a reporter for The Sun who adhered to the phrenological notion of more intelligent people having high foreheads.’

Russell Lynes famously satirized the concept of ‘Highbrow, Lowbrow and Middlebrow’ in an article published in Harper’s Magazine in 1949.

That same year, Life magazine published the chart (above) to sort out the particulars. Works as a nice supplement to my own Taste chart.

Click the above image to view larger.

Found via Holly Hadley Agundes

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