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Breakfast | Another fascinating photography project by Jon Huck.
(Via swissmiss.)
[Edvard Munch's Scream (1893), National Gallery, Oslo]
Have you felt so affected by a musical performance that you uncontrollably started to punch a person sitting next to you (Vanilla Ice concerts that you may have been forced to attend with your neice doesn't count). Here's a fascinating story about how primal we can be about sound.RadioLab brings a gripping segment about how a concert hall full of people just went crazy over a new Stravinsky performance that perhaps the brains in 1913 couldn't process. You gotta listen to believe.
Click on the link below and fast forward to 7:39 (the segment before this is very interesting, too: how cultures around the world use the same melodic intonations when they say their versions of "goochie-goochie-goo" to their babies)
[from WNYC's website:] Science reporter Jonah Lehrer takes us on a tour through the ear as we try to understand how the brain makes sense of soundwaves and what happens when it can't. Which brings us to one particularly riotous example: the 1913 debut performance of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring." Jonah suggests that the brain's attempt to tackle disonant sounds resulted in old ladies tackling each other. Disney might even show up for the brawl.
» Time Magazine profile on Stravinsky, by Philip Glass
» More on the "Rite of Spring" riot
» Articles by Jonah Lehrer for Seed Magazine
Listen to the entire show, it's one of my favorite shows out there.
We shot this commercial in June but finally, it's on air. The gorgeous winter wonderland of New Zealand, standing in for America was beautifully shot by Phil Brown. Also kudos for Fred Raimondi and Ron Herbst for their visual magic. Click on the movie after the still below.
more photos of New Zealand by Phil Brown
[ with Jason Savage, Creative Director: Bertrand Garbassi, Producer: Brantley Aufill, Agency: Publicis, Director: Phil Brown, Visual Effects: Digital Domain, Music: Anathallo ]
more photos of New Zealand by Phil Brown
A great photographer that seem to be channeling William Eggleston's intuition. Check out all of his wonderful photographs here.The control mechanism of this futuristic car sounds a lot like that of the Segway. It's interesting how they were thinking way ahead of their time back then. Too bad their innovative thinking didn't come to fruition.
On another note, the graphic design for their brochure is fantastic.
[from Paleo Future:]
GM Car of the Future (1962): "
The advertisement below ran in the Official Souvenir Program for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. The ad proclaims that General Motors is, 'setting a course for the future' by showcasing the 'fully functional Firebird III space-age car.' The full text of the ad is transcribed below.
Mobility - the easiest, fastest, surest kind possible - turns your world of tomorrow into an accessible and amicable place. The fret is removed from traffic and it is fun, not frustrating, to take short jaunts on vehicles which float along on a pad of air or to Sunday-drive down automatic highways.
The General Motors Corporation exhibit in the Coliseum presents a preview of the fascinating changes coming in the automobile industry. You see now the full-size, experimental Firebird III. This pace-setter for the car of the future, proven in road tests, is thrust with a turbine engine. Its simple control stick accelerates, brakes and turns. Push the control forward and the Firebird III moves ahead; swing it left or right and the wheels turn; pull back and it brakes. The electronic guide system can rush it over an automatic highway while the driver relaxes.
Although the Firebird II stands as the center attraction in the exhibit, you see other displays of the future. There is a model of the automatic highway, prototype of a stretch of experimental roadway which was built in New Jersey to demonstrate how electronics can steer cars and even stop them. This quarter-mile stretch of road has been received enthusiastically by officials, who predict that electronic mechanisms in the future can eliminate routine driving chores and make long distance highway travel safer and easier.
The General Motors exhibit includes solar energy demonstrations and you may test your skill with sun-powered guns which activate parts of the display. Yet another exhibit reveals the principles of ground effect machinery, where objects are moved along a flat surface on a cushion of air. In the next century, more people will be going more places in fascinating new vehicles . . . and they'll go safely.
See also:
Magic Highway, U.S.A. (1958)
Seattle World's Fair Official Souvenir Program (1962)
Century 21: Space Needle Designs (1962)
The Future World of Transportation"
(Via Paleo-Future.)
MadMen is my favorite show at the moment. Most obviously, it's about advertising and seeing the golden age of Madison Avenue is a real treat. But the real grab is the sharp writing and noir-like plot twists. Hard boiled protagonist Donald Draper exudes the "strong silent type" character and the way everyone else revolves around him is fascinating to watch. Not to mention the shocking amount of smoking, drinking, infidelity, racism and sexism depicted. Too bad it's not coming back til next summer.
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