Men in eye patches, no questions asked.26 December 2011
23 December 2011
22 December 2011
21 December 2011
Dissolution of Form : Early Works of Mark Rothko
The Secret Rites of Lilith
Self Portrait
Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea
Untitled (Portrait)
20 December 2011
19 December 2011
15 December 2011
14 December 2011
13 December 2011
12 December 2011
From Here to Alternity : John C. Lilly
In the province of the mind what one believes to be true, either is true or becomes true within certain limits. These limits are to be found experimentally and experientially. When so found these limits turn out to be further beliefs to be transcended. In the province of the mind there are no limits.
Full interview transcript here
09 December 2011
Fleetwood Mack
Here's a great kodachrome shot of a 1950s car kid standing at the rear of a Cadillac Fleetwood.
08 December 2011
07 December 2011
06 December 2011
05 December 2011
02 December 2011
It Had to be Her : Betty Hutton Sings Tomorrow's Hits of Yesterday
As we've been listening to Betty Hutton songs for the past few months at our Los Feliz shop, we thought this vintage Photoplay cover from 1944 featuring her and a white pair of cat-eyes was a fantastic find!Here's Betty singing one of her hits of that same year, It Had To Be You, direct from the Hollywood dream factory...
01 December 2011
30 November 2011
Theia : First Lady of Eyesight
Theia Euryphaessa was the Titan Goddess of Light and Vision. She was the daughter of Ouranos (Sky) and Gaia (Earth) and consort to her "brother/husband" (that's how they did things back then) Hyperion A.K.A. Sun High-One. Though there would be many other Goddesses of Glasses in centuries to follow, she was the first!The Titan Gods ruled the ancients for quite a long time until the Olympian Gods organized a successful coup d'etat and took over the universe. Fortunately, everyone was immortal so no serious injuries were sustained.
Painting of the Titanomachy by Cornelis van Haarlem (1588)Below is a post-modern trailer for the 1981 version of Clash of the Titans using contemporary audio and film editing techniques from the 2010 release, an interesting example of how the ancient stories evolve and are retold through the cycles of time.
29 November 2011
Dive IN : Phoebe of the 80s
Phoebe Cates takin care of business: Singing the theme song to her own movie, Paradise (1982) and leading the Private School (1983) work out...
28 November 2011
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