Category: Art

Amazing Lists of Awesome and Not So Awesome Achievements »

Hungry for some tasty, low-cal distractions before the big holiday? Here’s a bowl of some cheese-filled trivia nuggets to feed your ever-expanding pop culture belly.
Longest Running TV Shows
“Quarterlife” just missed by 632 episodes.
The 20 Most Expensive Domain Names
On a related note: “flooz.com” is now the cheapest.
All Time Worldwide Movie Box Office
Sorry, that dumb boat [...]

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Arty Pharty »

An Insider’s Guide to the Philadelphia Art Scene
First Friday in Old City
If a gaggle of gals cluster together, their monthly cycles begin to synchronize. If a gaggle of art galleries cluster together, their opening receptions begin to synchronize. Experience the latter on any given First Friday in Old City, Philadelphia. Join the eclectic crowd and [...]

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Dana Carvey Looks Like a 15-Year-Old Girl! You Can Too! »

But, wow! They sure did a real number on Dana Carvey here! She, I’m sorry, He has absolutely now facial features left. Click the above photo to enlarge, if you dare, to suck in his sweet, baby-bottom-smooth face and soccer mom on the go hair do.

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Sigur Ros Nude, Fast Food Nutrition, Wacky Packs, Phil Hartman, and McCain Agrees with Bush… on Everything! »

Sigur Ros: Now with 100% More Nudity! Don’t worry parents, it’s the artsy/tribal kind of pubic- and nipple-baring nudity. Check out the new video: Gobbledigook and feel the love.
McCain Doesn’t Seem That Bad… Um, hold on a sec… Yes, yes he is that bad.
May I Have 630 Calories with my 120-Calorie Coffee Please? When [...]

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Top Chef Still Rules, Springsteen Joins Ness and Lifelock Guy Gets Scammed! »

Here’s a quick list of things that distracted me from productivity today:
Top Chef Continues to Rule: Lisa, The Mean Self-Serving Hack, Lives To Cook Another Day {via Gawker}. Awesomely angry Dale gets the boot while flavor-free Lisa gets a stay of execution! How dare you, my sweet Padma! Despite this large misstep, the show [...]

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The FAIL Blog »

Our pal Michele Melcher pointed us to this oddly enjoyable website where people post photos of life’s simple failures. Enjoy a little schadenfreude watching the world FAIL around you.
Website: www.failblog.org
Enough about failure, let’s talk success. The aformentioned Michele Melcher has an upcoming illustration exhibition at the brand spankin’ new PRIMER Microstudio! on Friday, June 6th [...]

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Withdrawn Books »

Our boy Todd has another spectacular show for art lovers and bibliophiles alike: Withdrawn. Straight from the mouth of Marrone:
“A few of the over 75 outdated, antiquated, library books that I’ve hand-embellished over the past two weeks. The works will be on display throughout the month of June at Milkboy Acoustic in Bryn Mawr, PA [...]

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Daniel Clowes New Yorker Cover(s) »

The two covers of the latest issue of The New Yorker should make you happy. (The first cover flaps over the second cover.)
Author and cartoonist, Daniel Clowes (Ghost World), made himself a spiffy retro robot and put it to good use. Allowing technology to be as exciting or mundane as its owner pleases the emerging [...]

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Video: “Wanderlust” by Bjork »

If I could have any pet, besides my insane dog, it would most definitely be a Bjork. They’re super cute, sing like angels, house-trained and you can dress them up in the silliest of outfits. Be careful though, I’m pretty sure you can’t feed them after midnight or evil things might happen.
Sadly, after some research [...]

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