Beautiful Cynicism III

Imagine my surprise when I checked in here this evening on my way to bed: I was sure I had posted something on this blog in the recent past… Perhaps it was all a dream? Despite my long absence, and rather surprisingly, I see that people are still stopping by to check up on me here. For you, I post this video until I gather my thoughts sufficiently to transform them into a proper post. Enjoy

Video: Florence & the Machine, Drumming Song, from the album Lungs. I’ve been listening to this album a lot these days.

Mark Ryden, The Piano Player

See the rest of Mark Ryden’s haunting yet quirky oils in The Gay 90s Old Tyme Art Show, on display now at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York.

Yes, that about sums up my New Year’s Eve and the birth of 2010. Drinking, singing, munching, laughing, and generally rocking out: it’s all good. Happy New Year!

A slice of English life, a mere thirty-seven seconds long. A camera captures these Londoners on their “morning commute” one foggy July day in 1896 – only a few years after the first motion pictures were made. I don’t know why, but this fascinates me.

The “Divine Dali” indeed.

From ‘A Soft Self-Portrait’, excellent (and sometimes stupefying) film about Salvador and Gala Dali, narrated by Orson Welles, that everyone must watch at least once in his lifetime.

For more beautifully bizarre short films, visit STUDIOaka.

Photo: couleurrouge.blogspot.com

Quelle petite merveille!

Anselme: Las! en si peu de temps! il vivait ce matin!

Mascarille: En peu de temps parfois on fait bien du chemin.