Miscellaneous

Kraft Singles! I have a thing for food on the ground. I like the brightly colored foods (especially processed kinds) juxtaposed against gray concrete. Any time I can, I try to take a photo of it.

I was pretty sure that I took this photo, but it looks like my leg in the lower right. How would I be able to take a photo from that angle if my leg is there? I have just totally forgotten the whole scenario. It was a long time ago.

I forgot the source of this.

Probably a stock photo.

Public Image Limited, Death Disco

Love this song. From Metal Box, Virgin Records, 1979. It's crazy this song hit #20 on the UK charts!

Miscellaneous

Yves St. Laurent by Roxanne Lowit, 1983

Artinfo has an interesting and extensive article about this piece that Andy Warhol did for an exhibition celebrating Leo Castelli Gallery's 10-year anniversary in 1967.

They are portraits of the rest of the artists who were also in the exhibition, silk screened on plastic boxes. There were 225 made, all with different configurations of the boxes.

This is from a New York Times article in 1981, around the time of the Clash's residency at Bond's.

Locks in an upstate NY antique shop by Mimi Jung, of the blog Brook&Lyn. I really enjoy her blog and her style.

Another negative-space illustration by Coles Philips, probably adapted to a Life magazine cover.  Such an interesting style, especially for the time period in which they were done (the 1910's).

The Masses

The Masses was an American socialist periodical published from 1911 to 1917. John French Sloan, the art director, established a design system of vivid two-color covers with heavy black crayon drawings. 

February 1916. Cover by Frank Walts, an African-American illustrator of whom not much is known. A short biography of Walts appears in Art For The Masses by Rebecca Zurier (Yale University Art Gallery, 1985).

January 1916. Cover by Frank Walts.

January 1916. Cover by Frank Walts.

January 1916. Cover by Frank Walts.

November 1917. Cover illustration by Cornelia Barns.

July 1917. Cover by Carlo Leonetti.

September 1917. Cover by Carlo Leonetti.

November 1916. Cover by Hugo Gellert.

Album Covers

Watson Beasley, Watson Beasley. Warner Brothers, US LP, 1980.

Soft Cell, Tainted Love. Vertigo Records, Netherlands 7", 1981.

Never cared much for this song, but I quite like the illustrations on the cover.

The Buggles, Video Killed the Radio Star. Island Records, Sweden 7", 1979

The Buggles, Video Killed the Radio Star. Ariola Benelux, Netherlands 7", 1979. Front cover above/back cover below.

Prada, Spring 2011

I am really into the stripey stuff that Prada presented for Spring 2010. The color palettes are perfect for me. The eyeshadow is not my favorite.

The shoes! Again, loving the stripes and colors! I could see these as being pretty versatile, but satin isn't particularly long-lasting or practical – cab shoes only.

Miscellaneous

Yep, paperclips. It's a stock photo. I prefer to buy the rubberized ones rather than the plain ones. I like colors, and stripes are an added bonus.

Yes! This looks like it would be a sexy movie. I don't know much about it, other than Laura Dern stars. She's not one of my favorites.

Anyway, I kept it because I particularly like the script used for the title, although the o's are kind of weird.

The Dead Kennedys

Ok, so this is a brake disc lock for a small motorcycle or scooter. Pretty sexy for a bike lock.

The model name is Abus Provogue 305 Luxus Gold

Metallic Fuschia Doc Martens

 

Hello!! What's not to love, right?

I guess I can now admit to having a thing for metallic leather.

Miscellaneous Babes

Cher at the 1978 Yves St. Laurent's Opium launch party, held on a yacht in the South Street seaport, New York.

A shot from Brian Duffy's 1973 Pirelli calendar.

Bianca Jagger, Andy Warhol, and Jerry Hall at Studio 54. Not sure who the other woman is. Late 70's. I think the dude in the background may be Fred Hughes, Warhol's business manager.

Anyway, what's the deal with Bianca Jagger and Jerry Hall hanging out?

Charlotte Rampling. I'm usually not a big fan of one-shouldered dresses, but this fabric is really beautiful.

Miscellaneous

This photo by Hauke Sandhaus is crazy! My dad has a car like this actually. It's a Jaguar XK140 (I think).

No info on this photo, other than it was shot in Oregon.

Arnaud de Rosnay (1946-1984)

Clock DVA

Album Covers

Silvetti, I Love You. Black Sun Records, Canada LP, 1980 (above and below)

I have no clue what it sounds like, but I like the 80's primary-colored graphics, and particularly appreciate the woman's leg dangling down on the back.

The Sound, Heyday. Korova Records, UK 7", 1980

P'O, Whilst Climbing Thieves Vie For Attention. Court Records, UK LP 1983

This is a relatively obscure Wire spin-off band, featuring Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis.

Wire, I am the Fly. Harvest Records, UK 7", 1978

Wire, Map Ref. 41ºN 93º. Harvest Records, UK 7", 1979

Miscellaneous

Cheeky shoes by Boxing Kitten

Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, by Fred R. Conrad for the New York Times. 2010.

Dress by Annabelle by Anna McCraney. Shown at the Capsule Show, New York. September 2010.

Pagode. Illustration by Etienne Drian. Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1914.