Los Angeles
Back from 4 days in Los Angeles. It was way cooler than I could have imagined. I went for a chance to see some of the old architecture before it disappeared, but I hardly cared once I was there. Every neighbourhood is so different from the next. The architecture is the city itself. Old downtown LA (and let’s be clear: not old Hollywood) is perhaps the most intriguing part. I’ll be hunting down archival images of downtown LA. If you know where I might find some, send them this way. Old documentaries too.
Food Limitations
Dear clusterflock,
Y’all, dietarily speaking, are tough to keep track of. What can’t you eat? What don’t you eat? What won’t you eat? I want to make a dessert, but the thing I had in mind involves a baguette. Can those be had without gluten? Is anyone strictly anti-cheese, and if so does this apply even to soft cheeses like mascarpone? Is there such a thing as a vinegar allergy? I want to accommodate everyone medically and morally. Calorie control will have to be a matter of portion control, for those concerned.
It Gets Better: Apple Employees
Excuse me, I have something in my eye.
Pop Tart Cat (aka Nyan Cat)
You’re welcome.
EDIT: Now available in T-Shirt form.
Ice And An Oldsmobile. Marfa, TX 79843
Am I dessert? — For Deron
In light of recent conversations.
(I think I may have emailed this to you a while ago, but I wanted the class to see it.)
My first Enlargement
Hey you guys, I decided to post my first enlargement of a 35mm negative I shot a couple of weeks ago. I’m taking a darkroom photography course at the college and so far I’m really enjoying it. What do you guys think?
A partial list of people we’re inviting to Marfa
Along with all y’all, of course.
Bill Murray
Mike Tyson
Stuart Kauffman
Tom Waits
Matthew McConaughey
Tony Oursler
Jim Jarmusch
David Byrne
John Lurie
Bill Clinton
a thousand faces, 12
from the comments
Anyone who says “Chuck and I” needs his peter bitten off, regardless of the relative safety of the turtle.
Opsin – Ivan Villafuerte
Music: “Still In A Storm” & “Death Of The Fair Green Veil” by d_rradio
Hello Facebook Friends
This guy’s name is Chad Goldwasser and he has a message for you.
(via @gruber)
David Guthartz: Hello, Mr. Giuliani, we speak again.
SC reminded us in comments:
I had a powerful Republican moment watching those clips. I couldn’t help but think of Guiliani’s infamous radio rant about ferret owners….
From the transcript:
There is something really, really, very sad about you. You need help. You need somebody to help you. I know you feel insulted by that, but I’m being honest with you. This excessive concern with little weasels is a sickness.
headline of the day
Women beat homeless men for sex fetish videos
“PBS will never be defunded.”
“Proof:”
Serendipity (For Rick)
In her response to my recent “dear clusterflock” query, Carole mentioned shaking loose the serendipity.
I’m not sure this is the kind of serendipity she meant, and I know it’s not the kind I want, but here goes, just for the hell of it.
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Slippery Pete
Scientific name:
Macrochelys temminckiiNotes:
Slippery Pete was 115 lbs. He gave Chuck and I a scrap.
(thanks, India)
quote out of context
One stormy night I drove to a mailshop hidden deep in a nearly deserted stand of warehouses. I’d heard something was up and wanted to see for myself. As I rounded the final turn my eyes nearly popped. Tractor-trailers pulled up to loading docks, cars and vans everywhere and long-haired, earring-pierced men scurrying around running forklifts, inserters and huge printing presses. Trembling with worry I went inside. It was worse than I ever imagined. Row after row of boxes bulging with pro-homosexual petitions lined the walls, stacked to the ceiling. My mind reeled as I realized hundreds, maybe thousands, more boxes were already loaded on the tractor-trailers. And still more petitions were flying off the press. Suddenly a dark-haired man screeched, “Delgaudio what are you doing here?” Dozens of men began moving toward me. I’d been recognized. As I retreated to my car, the man chortled, “This time Delgaudio we can’t lose.” Driving away, my eyes filled with tears as I realized he might be right. This time the Radical Homosexuals could win.
(via @mattyglesias)
I AM THE BEST
(Via lhl)
Matthew Carter, Type Designer
A short video of 2010 MacCarthur Fellow, Matthew Carter.
From the video’s comments:
Times New Roman walks into a bar and the bartender says, “Hey, we don’t serve your type!”
Previously, on clusterflock.
from the comments
Penny Peeper picked a peck of pickled peenies.
YouTube Musician Gets Jail Time for Clever Editing
Evan Emory tried to be funny by making a video showing him singing explicit songs to a group of little kids. Who’s laughing now?
The whole nightmare for Emory began when he posted a video of himself on YouTube singing a sexually explicit song to elementary school students. But before you take the side of law enforcement and the county, it’s not as raunchy and inappropriate as it sounds. The video was only edited to make it appear as if young children were in the classroom, even though they weren’t. Emory posted two disclaimers on the video that elementary school students were not exposed to the explicit lyrics.
On Tuesday, Judge William C. Marietti of the Muskegon County 14th Circuit Court sentenced Emory under a previously arranged plea deal to 60 days in jail, two years probation, 200 hours of community service, mandatory counseling and fines and costs. And when he emerges from jail, Emory can’t be within 500 feet of children under the age of 17. All for a comedy attempt gone awry.
The good news is he doesn’t have to register as a sex offender, so there’s that.
All Rite Now
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” (Hunter S. Thompson)
dear clusterflock
When you get to a point at which you say, “Well, it can’t get any worse,” but then it does — and then it gets even worse, what do you do?
I know, I know. Go Dao. And I’m trying to get down with the Dao. I always do.
As my friend Steve used to say, “People won’t believe it.”
Think of me as Bruce Lee sitting in the pit in the scene beginning around 4:17 of this clip (from Enter the Dragon). It shows exactly how I feel tonight.
tweet of the day
