sold! - to the highest bidder

Went to see Brigitte Berman's documentary about Hugh Hefner last night. It was disappointing.

The film itself was very long ( 2 hrs 4 mins) but it FELT extremely long. There was a lot of interesting information and a couple nice sequences but mostly the doc was a repetitive hammering which devotedly reinforced Hefs compassionate, intelligent and chivalrous qualities.

I got it - an hour would have sufficed. Clearly, this film lacked the benefit of an objective eye during its editorial process.



On a more personal critique:

Berman briefly mentions Hefs battles with his Women's Lib Critics but assigned far less time to the subject. The director seemed to edit or lead interviews with Women's Lib Activists with her own agenda which either discredited arguments or excluded large amounts of information. Gloria Steinem's infamous article was about 2 sentences out of the entire 124 mins. I can understand if Berman was trying hard not to make a typical doc on The Playboy Empire - but if so, she should have excluded the issue completely.

My problem with the way Hefner is presented in this doc isn't because he he has managed to make millions off naked unrealistic women. My problem is that he and Berman try to argue Playboy is friend - not foe to female creatures. Hugh Marston Hefner is neither - He doesn't have any genuine stance on the issue therefore he shouldn't pretend like he does. Old Hughie only gives a crap because it makes waves.

Hefner did a lot of good things for society but his arguments on contributing to Female Empowerment are weak at best.

Oh yeah and Gene Simmons is hilarious, honest, and awesome.

reclaim

Brooks Salzwedel creates some incredible mixed media pieces. His more playful/colorful works lack the finesse of his monochromatics but he certainly has a distinct visual language that would really rock the commercial world - lets hope he is approached.

deja maybe

Hand drawn animation is so amazing to me because it is life condensed.

It is hours and hours of your time and life to create motion and maybe a story and something you aren't even sure will be worth the trouble. Muscle cramps, raw eyes, tedious labor, lots of erasing, replacing, rechecking, testing, late nights, difficult mornings and lots of paper.

I used to do this, I still love it, I need to start again - therefore I will.

Don Hertzfeldt is Superman.

deja nope

The future has already happened - therefore Don Hertzfeldts new Youtube account isn't new at all - its always existed we're just traveling in one direction through time.



Check it out: Bitter Films

Guilty as charged!

This two year old is terribly cute - even if he did potty train in my leather purse.

impromptu

Saw The Black Keys in concert very unexpectedly this evening. One persons rejection ended in my gain. Its a cruel and unusual world we live in - how twisted.

cohesive

Alex Varanese has one heck of a style. His entire site is committed - must take a lot of will power and vision to present such an intensely cohesive body of work.






So much respect.

Force of nature

Doris Salcedo creates some incredible installations.

Featured by White Cube
Featured by Alexander & Bonin

Gene Juice

Happy Birthday Dona!

You are a great older sister, momma and friend from birth. I'll love you forever and ever.

All for Love

LOL! I love these corny old comics. I can't help myself, I just gotta laugh either with or at their creators... how entertaining.



Check out the rest of the comic here. This guy runs a pretty great blog but only in male dimensions.

Unlimited Possibilities

Bastian Bol, making whatever the heck he pleases.

Preparing For Lift Off

the best part of my morning commute.

Ummm... Crazyhead

Mute before watching this video:




Keeping things loose.

silence is golden

... and so is Joe Wong

This could be you!

Want to live in a Wes Anderson film for $4.4 mil? This beautiful space is for sale down in TX.








I dream of owning an old warehouse as a home and workspace. Maybe I'll win the lottery.

DesignSponge

just passing through

Blasting through to Colorado



Somewhere between the eastern border of Utah and the south western border of Nevada.

Conflicted

Yoko Furusho pumps out some amazing illustrations but something about her body of work just doesn't sit right with me.

Maybe I find it too inconsistent or I'm over the 50's manga look, or maybe I've just moved into a dark place where rainbows and pastels just don't seem to fit. It could possibly be the glass of box wine thats making me surly - in any case I can't put my finger on it and it's driving me nuts.

Clearly, it's just not my cup- but you can't deny talent, or something that evokes such feelings of frustration.

Buried

Beautiful collage maps by Bianca Stigter

Depictions of Amsterdam 1940-1945 contains 50 maps that where used during WW II in Amsterdam



Depictions of Rotterdam, Detail




Enjoy more detail - 'Depictions'

Of All Time

One of my favorite memories to visit is the time my sister took me to see a little known, indie animated feature at a tiny tiny theatre in Georgetown - long since closed.



I was in high school, and very lonely because it was the first year she went away to college. She came home for a random weekend in November, the weekend before Thanksgiving Break. She drove all the way home to take me to this flick knowing that she had to drive back just to attend three days of classes - only to return again in holiday traffic.



I didn't think Mom would let me go because I had just received poor marks on some pointless exam. Dona convinced her. It was freezing that night as we waited in line for tickets. There had been flurries earlier that day, I pretended to smoke a cigarette.



The film was weird, wonderful, and like nothing I had ever seen before. I will always remember the film this way. It will always be one of my all time favorites.

sleep apnea

Ever since I can remember - I've had a reoccurring nightmare where I'm in the depths of the ocean and can't get to the surface in time. I think I actually stop breathing in life.

Check out this video that James showed me the other day.

Content, incredible. Editing choices, unruly. Music, incorrigible.

Dedicated to Menio

Congrats! Now lets shop.

GreenerGrassDesign





RareDevice

Summer Embraced

Why I thought my footware matching my food was photo-worthy?... I have no idea, this is nothing to be proud of.

genetically predisposed

getting the nagging urge to hit the open road - a trait my father passed, nature over nurture






Great photo collections by Rasmus Norlander

FML - thinking of better times

Existence, Music To Our Ears

Hear it to believe it

Crime Stats Never Looked So Wicked.

If San Francisco Crime were Elevation
by Doug McCune





For more work by him, go to his Blog