Jean-Claude Forest
Jean-Claude Forest was an illustrator best known for the sexy sci-fi comic strip he created ‘Barbarella.’ The strip was first published in a magazine in France in 1962, but was released to the world as movie in 1967 starring Jane Fonda. Heres some info on him via Wiki… While at the Paris School of Design
10 Bullets
From the Tom Sachs studio, fantastic. If your in NYC starting May 16th for a month, head to the Armory to see his new exhibit Space Program.
Record Of The Month
2 pints of lager, and a packet of crisps please! Here’s a bonus track for you all…
Source Family
I was first introduced to Father Yod (aka Jim Baker) by a friend of mine Mary Fagot a few years ago. She was telling me all about this cult guy who along with his disciples ran a health food restaurant on Sunset Blvd and had 13 wives and all kinds of other crazy stuff. It
Free Pussy Riot
If your too punk rock in Russia you’ll end up in jail. Pussy Riot is a feminist punk rock collective. They stage impromptu performances in and around Moscow to highlight the status of women in Russia. One such recent performance in a Cathedral in Moscow (specifically aimed at Putin) got three of them in a
HBO’s Girls
Congrats to Badger Richard Shepard on the airing last night of the first of his Girls episodes, “Hannah’s Diary,” on HBO. The show by Lena Dunham and Executive Produced by Judd Apatow and Jenni Konner has been doing incredibly well and has been well received by the press, here is the NY Times review from early in April. Richard’s next episode,
Superhero Friday
Happy Superhero Friday! – Apparently we are a week late… Superhero Day was April 28th..Who knew?
Eat Here Not There
DQM Team, NYC
Butoh Dance
From Wiki: Butoh is the collective name for a diverse range of activities, techniques and motivations for dance, performance, or movement inspired by the Ankoku-Butoh movement. It typically involves playful and grotesque imagery, taboo topics, extreme or absurd environments, and is traditionally performed in white body makeup with slow hyper-controlled motion, with or without an audience. There is
DIVE
Apparently diving in the 60′s was a rather sexy. Here are a selection of photographs from ‘Dive’ Magazine. I like the one where the guy catches a large yellow fin tuna in front of his lady friend a mere few feet from shore.. Sure, sure…
Badger Bites No. 21 – 2012
Roasted Veggie Fritatta: I happened to have some roasted veggies on hand, but this recipe can easily be adapted to many things you may already have at home. For this recipe, start with one red onion and one or two red or yellow peppers. Peel the onion and then cut the width of the onion
Ken Adam
Ken Adam is a production designer most famous for ‘Dr Strangelove’ and the James Bond films of the 60′s & 70′s. He is also one of only two German nationals who flew for the RAF in World War II. Here is a interesting clip on him…
Berman
Wallace Berman was often referred to as the father of assemblage art. He rose to prominence during the beat scene in California in the late 50′s & early 60′s. He is most known for his magazine ‘Semina.’ You can see him on the cover of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.’ He is directly above John
Pinchy & Friends
Pinchy & Friends is live! Check it out, and give it a good long listen. Lots of great mixes up there, a little something for all people and all occasions. Our good friend Tom Kuntz created the site and Badgers Benson, Erik Ian, and Wonford St. James all contributed mixes…enjoy.
Badger Bites No. 20 – 2012
Basic go to salad dressing. Use in any salad, or as a dressing for your favorite sandwich. In a bowl mix together with a whisk; – juice of one lemon – 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil – 1/2 teaspoon of dijon mustard – minced, 6 – 8 large leaves of mint and 4
Jose Luis Falconi
Born in Peru, Falconi is a photographer, producer, editor and journalist. I haven’t seen a lot of his work, but I really like what I have seen so far. He is currently the coordinator/curator at the Center of Latin American Studies at the David Rockefeller center at Harvard. He’s shown at Die Ecke in Chile
Rodrigo Canala
Can’t seem to dig up too much on this excellent emerging artist out of Santiago de Chile, but I really do like the work I’ve seen thus far. Per his bio, he is from Santiago and has art degrees from UCH and UFC, but also studied architecture in Vina del Mar on the Chilean coast.
Josh Slater “Forever Vision”
New Josh Slater video work is live, “Forever Vision.” Great work Mr. Slater!
Another gem from Chilean psych underground
The Psychedelic Schafferson Jetplane – Grio’s Wisdom
Supermanner
Italian film.. 1967.. enough said…. Check it..
& some polaroids from…
Bladerunner…. Here are some of Sean Young’s personal polaroids… All images © Sean Young via Retronaut
Tales From the Road – Malia James
Our beloved Malia James is also a musician, she plays bass for for that popular group ‘Dum Dum Girls’ (check out the beautiful video she made for them here.) here’s some pictures from the road as she travels the world on tour with the band… She will be available for projects come June.
Your 1989-90 Los Angeles Dodgers
Due to protest about our earlier posting for the NY Mets…(We are an LA based company) we thought we’d post some of the Los Angeles Dodgers from the 1989-90 season on this OPENING DAY for the LA Dodgers… GO Dodgers…OKAY!! Doesn’t Mike Scioscia look young and handsome in Blue!!! ?
hunt them eggs! happy easter
Happy Easter!!!
Follakzoid
Some really cool new music coming out of Santiago, Chile these days. Especially some of the 60′s and 70′s influenced psych/kraut rock scene. Check these guys out.
Peter Baker
Really great photographs from photographer Peter Baker… See more of his work HERE & HERE Awesome stuff!
From the Sett – Dum Dum Girls
Following the release of Malia James poweful video for the ‘Dum Dum Girls’ track “Coming Down” we thought we’d start a series called “From the Sett.” We are happy to present these photographs taken by photographer Ian Knippel as our first in this series… All Photographes ©Ian Kippel Here is the video too…..
Pulp Art Book : Volume 2
We are proud to announce that Neil Krug has a follow up to his book ‘Pulp Art Book : Volume One’…. Check out the info below via the publisher NAZRAELI AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER, EXPECTED JUNE 2012. Designed as a companion book to the LP-sized “Pulp Art Book: Volume One”, this much anticipated second volume builds
Carlo Mollino
Carlo Mollino is more known for his furniture design and architectural design than he is for his Polaroid photography. Taschen first published a book of his Polaroid’s back in 1994, this is when I discovered him… I knew nothing of his other professions back then, but it’s interesting to see all of the stuff he
Badger Bites No. 19 – 2012
Pebre, aka Salsa Chilean de mi Abuelita Chile has come a long way in the culinary arts and is fast becoming a great place to eat, even if you don’t eat meat. One anchor that’s always been around and is great to accompany most everything is Pebre, a simple tomato salsa. Not too dissimilar from
Haskins
I’m a huge fan of this mans work, from the first time I saw it many years ago (too many to identify here) I thought he was BRILLIANT… here’s a piece I did for the wonderful folks over at ‘It’s Nice That’ last year…. this related in particular to his Photographics Book.. but I urge
Dum Dum Girls “Coming Down” new video by Malia James
Check out Malia James new ‘Dum Dum Girls’ video for ‘Coming Down’!!!!!
Gerry Barney – Designing an Icon
Here’s an interesting back story on one of the icons of British Design, the British Rail logo. It was designed by the then 21 year old Gerry Barney who worked for the design studio ‘Design Research Unit’. The following is via Test Pressing (see the full article HERE) The story goes that the studio behind
ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ (Chomolungma)
Or otherwise know as Qomolangma (choh-moh-lahng-mə), ”Holy Mother”; Chinese: 珠穆朗玛峰; Nepali: सगरमाथा, Sagarmāthā or even Mt. Everest, as most of us know it. I have been fascinated by it recently, I’d even say obsessed. I’d gotten it into my head to possibly climb it… Well.. Here’s some facts… it costs about $75,000.00 to climb Everest. This includes the permits (required) and the
fforest
May be a wee bit chilly a good chunk of the year, but hey, that’s what fires are for! This luxury campsite in Cardigan Wales looks just spectacular. Time to plan a northern UK trip. If your ready to plan it, head to their website and get yourself setup! Photo Credits: Alastair Humphreys ( www.flickr.com/photos/alastairhumphreys)