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Harvey Comics
Take the two page strip to the right for instance, from an old digest-reprint of some Casper stuff. To parse it is to risk madness.
Is Nightmare indeed a mare, ie, female? if not, and even if so, is that the gayest hairdo ever, on horse or human? Why does a forest gnome like to hang out with a ghost horse? Why is playing human cowboys popular among the gnomes? Likewise riding an airplane. And finally, how demented does a ghost horse have to be, to stick planks up its butt and into its chest, and then purr like a cat, all in an effort to emulate a mechanical device so as to placate a gnome?
How I miss Harvey Comics! Thank goodness Dark Horse is reprinting some.....
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 09, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Art, Comics, Pop Art, Surrealism, Body Modifications, Drugs, Entertainment, Flight, Games, History, Inventions, Pets, Writers, Cartoons, Hair Styling
Giant Spider Roams Streets of Liverpool!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 07, 2008 -
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Category: Aliens, Art, Performance Art, Entertainment, Horror, Inventions, Parades and Festivals, Pets, Technology, Toys, Foreign Customs, Science Fiction
Circuit Bending
Nick sent us a bunch of youtube links about the art of circuit bending. He writes:there is a hobby that nobody talks about called circuit bending. It's great fun, I've done it a few times and I've got a few friends that are really into it. Circuit bending is the act of cracking open a musical toy,radio, tape machine, cd player, walkie-talkie etc. and hapazardly/randomly poking around the ciruit board with a couple of wires to get unique sounds out of whatever you're "bending". You then solder the wire at the points you want and voila, you have a brand new musical insrument. Some people get really crazy with it and add new parts like light sensors, switches, buttons etc. and get some really wild effects.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Pbyg_kcEk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjO5PtxaNuA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmr9rpv4XoA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKXecfkne38
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hcaW1TvVzE
This reminds me of a dream I've had for years. I want to hack into one of those Big Mouth Billy Bass animatronic toys and make it sing "Let the Eagle Soar" by John Ashcroft. It would be the ultimate piece of kitsch. I guess that makes me a would-be circuit bender. But I don't have the skills to make it happen. Also, I doubt my wife would allow me to keep it in the house.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 02, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Music, Technology
What is the world’s largest work of art?
It's a question I've wondered about before. (I once posted about it on the Museum of Hoaxes.) The possible record holders include:
2) A 7-mile-long pencil drawing created by thousands of volunteers on an 800-pound roll of paper back in 1991.
But there's a new challenger. An artist calling himself "Ando" created a sketch that occupies 4 million square meters of desert in the Australian Outback. It shows a Stockman (an Australian Cowboy). He calls it "Mundi Man" and claims it's the largest work of art.
Four million square meters would be about 1.2 miles in length on each side, which would make it smaller than Van Sant's eye. So I don't think Ando does hold the record.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 02, 2008 -
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Category: Art, World Records
Slinky Dance
Why do I imagine this is how everyone dances in the universe of Jim Woodring's imagination...?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 26, 2008 -
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Category: Aliens, Art, Performance Art, Toys, Dance
Third Eye Camera
4”x5” camera made from Aluminium, Titanium, Brass, Silver, Gem Stones and a 150 year old skull of a 13 year old girl. Light and time enters at the third eye, exposing the film in the middle of the skull.
But does it come with a tripod?
Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 21, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Photography and Photographers, Technology
Six Faces of FATE
Please enjoy this imagery from one of the spiritual ancestors of WEIRD UNIVERSE, FATE MAGAZINE.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 21, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Eccentrics, Forteana, Magazines, Paranormal, Pop Culture, Unsolved Mysteries, 1950s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
The Portland Acupuncture Project
Think of the city as a body the way traditional Chinese medicine does-- not only as a physical entity but also as a system of energy that flows in distinct pathways called meridians. The energy, or Qi, needs to be in balance. If a person's Qi is out of balance, disease can set in. The same could be true for a city. This project explores the junction between art, regional planning, the environment, asian medicine and the health of a city. A single 23 ft tall acupuncture needle was inserted at the South Waterfront for the month of March. A city-wide installation of many such needles is possible in the future.
Kuby has a bunch of photoshopped pictures on his site showing what his project would look like, should it ever be completed.
Some of his other art proposals are interesting. For instance, I like his "Cliff Dwelling" idea, which would involve adding an artificial rock ledge to the side of a skyscraper as a nesting place for peregrine falcons. People could watch the birds from inside the building, but unlike a zoo the birds would be free while the humans would be confined. (Thanks to Cranky Media Guy)
Posted By: Alex - Wed Aug 20, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Medicine, Regionalism
The Matrix on Broadway
Keanu Reeves is slated to recreate his epic role as cyber-savior Neo in the all-dancing, all-singing Broadway production of The Matrix. Directed by Julie Taymor, choreography by Kristi Yamaguchi, music by Brian Eno.
Not buying that explanation for this photo? You skeptic! Well, in that case, find out who the sunglass-wearing, cassocked dancer is here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 16, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Surrealism, Education, Entertainment, Dance, Religion, Theater and Stage
Giant Turd Floats Away
Things fall apart. The centre cannot hold...
Posted By: Alex - Tue Aug 12, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Scatology
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