‘I’m totally voting for Eisenhower now.’ -posted comment
From the 1952 election.
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Best political comment I’ve read this season comes from one of my students, Ashley:
‘NEWS FLASH: It’s 2010. You know what’s NOT a big deal? Smoking pot. Or being gay. Or women and brown people in politics. Can we all just acknowledge this already, or would you like a little more time to camp out in 1950?’
Found via Jamie DeVriend
This is probably my favorite political image: Harper’s Weekly cartoonist Thomas Nast’s take on New York’s William “Boss” Tweed – with money head. Tweed was played by Jim Broadbent in the movie.
Thomas Nast (1840-1902) holds the title of ‘father of the American cartoon’ and along the way ended up turning both donkey and elephant into American political icons.
Prior to Nast’s involvement, ‘It all started with an insult. During Andrew Jackson’s 1828 presidential campaign, his political opponents labeled him a ‘jackass.’ Stubborn as he was, Jackson co-opted the insult and began putting a donkey on his election posters.’ [Read more →]
‘Seriously gorgeous paired volumes of Adams’ celebrated intellectual autobiography – a brilliant deployment of two classic typefaces, Garamond and Caslon’
Pictured, covers from the beautifully-designed 1964 double volume, of which a copy may be snagged here. If you’re fast.
Details about Bostonian Henry Adams (1838-1918) here. Theme analysis by the NYT here.
Found via this, that, and also
A few years back, I put the fetish work of Olivier Lelong in an exhibition of New Media.
Recently, he posted his latest work on my MySpace page, images from his Ophelia’s Dead series. I still love the crowd on MySpace.
‘With a sense of humor blacker than the clothing that the individual band members wear and a profound distaste and disgust for both humanity and political correctness’ –Roadrunner Records
Type O Negative is a ‘Gothic/Doom’ metal band from Brooklyn. Below, their Halloween in Heaven track, off their Dead Again album. Lead singer Peter Steele died in 2008, the current status of the band is up in the air.
Type O Negative: Halloween in Heaven
Found via Jessica Jackson
Apnea with pumpkin innards.
And if you have a pumpkin lying around, here’s the ‘official’ recipe for my absolute favorite pumpkin pie.
‘The hallmark of Szpajdel’s work is his surprisingly fluid combination of letters with visual elements from art movements such as art deco and art nouveau.’
The dark metal logo work of (Belgian forestry engineer) Christophe Szpajdel – compiled in convenient book form. Published by Die Gestalten Verlag.
Interview here. Another interview here.
Wolves in the Throne Room: A Looming Resonance
Found via Robynne Raye
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