posted by:Will on Friday 13.Feb.2009
posted by:JJ on Friday 13.Feb.2009
Some great shots of the top of this kid's head. There is no way I can describe his voice other than to say it's tragic.
posted by:Will on Wednesday 11.Feb.2009
tags: time engineering design
posted by:JJ on Tuesday 10.Feb.2009
From the country that gave us Godzilla, here comes Daisato, who protects Japan from an invasion of huge creatures. So you'd think people would cheer and idolise him, not so for poor old Daisato. Big Man Japan has already been released so if you're interested you'll probably be able to track it down online.
tags: movies japan entertainment
posted by:JJ on Tuesday 10.Feb.2009
Foreign Policy has a photo essay of Dharavi, Mumbai's largest slum settlement, home to between 600,000 and 1 million people. City officials plan to raze the square mile settlement, which is located slap bang in the middle of Mumbai, and is prime real estate.
Apart from being one of the world's largest slums it is also one of its most prosperous with around 15,000 cottage industries operating inside the area. Economists estimate that the output from Dharavi is £700m a year.
posted by:JJ on Monday 09.Feb.2009
In a sign of the economic times, baretering has returned in Russia. The IHT reports that the comeback is small scale so far with ads like "2,500,000 rubles' worth of premium underwear for any automobile," and "lumber in Krasnoyarsk for food or medicine."
In the mid nineties barter transactions in Russia accounted for 50%
of sales for midsize enterprises and 75% for large ones which, while it keeps companies afloat, it also keeps them uncompetitive.
tags: russia
posted by:JJ on Monday 09.Feb.2009
posted by:JJ on Monday 09.Feb.2009
"I used to. I thought he was one of the stupidest people I ever met in my life." Robert Hughes speaking about Andy Warhol.
After last week's rant about the the price of art, particularly art that is not beautiful but expensive, Sam pointed me in the direction of Robert Hughes, the preeminent art critic.
This is a clip from his series called The Mona Lisa Curse in which he talks to Mr Mughrabi, a New York art collector.
Essentially Hughes argues the art of Richard Prince and Andy Warhol is vacuous but hugely influential on the media world.
The manner in which Hughes toys with Mughrabi is fascinating - why does he collect Warhol, Prince and Hirst? The answer lies in wealth and immortality.
tags: art video robert huges
posted by:Will on Friday 06.Feb.2009
tags: video entertainment
posted by:Will on Friday 06.Feb.2009
tags: video entertainment
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