rachabees
Interests: Specializing in pop culture, tuning into the internet, slinging caffe, "Xanadu", all-night karaoke binges, fast food consumption, customer apparel criticism, pilau spooning, e-stalking, mid-century modern, wearing mom jeans, quoting "Aladdin", fantasizing about being on "Mantracker", thinking about Stedman Graham, Internet Phenomena, Mom Jeans, decadent glamour, Lake Buckets, two cheeseburger meals, over-sized sunglasses, high alcohol percentage beer, tuna casserole, Heritage Minutes, "Odyezhda!", bacon, "Who's Who in the Hinterlands"
Tell me how interested you are in Stedman Graham: rachelrilkoff@gmail.com
Ever heard of WIZARD STICKS? It’s an enchanted way to enjoy your beer… as demonstrated in this commercial by my friends Jim and Jon for the Big Rock Brewery commercial contest.
edit: for some reason I can’t play the video when it’s embedded, try watch it here: http://vimeo.com/1016220 if you have the same issue!
I absolutely love when two (artistic) worlds collide… Last August, Harper’s Bazaar commissioned “The Simpsons go to Paris with Linda Evangelista” featuring illustrations by Matt Groening and artwork by Julius Preite. Photos of the unveiling can be found here. Copies of the actual pieces can be seen here.i know i should have some original content to start my posts today, but, oh my, this is FANTASTIC.
Hahah I love Karl! I especially enjoy his radio station on Grand Theft Auto.
How to make a repeating pattern
via Design Sponge
Sofiko Chiaureli (via www.paata.ge)
Amanda and Her Cousin Amy Valese, North Carolina, 1990
Mary Ellen Mark
More on the photograph here.
Outtakes
A couple of weeks ago we did an Q&A with the great composer John Williams in advance of the new Indiana Jones movie. It turned out really well, but having looked at the analytics for the year, it’s become very apparent to me that Q&As drive almost no traffic, so I think we’re probably gonna have to scrap it in place of “‘And Your Little Dog, Too’: Proctologists Recall Their Most Surprising Extractions.”
Still, there were some interesting things in the interview that came completely as news to me. Did you know that when Williams composes a score he comes up with lyrics in his head first and then writes the music to them, even though he knows no one will ever hear the words? This sort of counted as a little bit of a scoop, so rather then let it go to waste I want to share it with you here. For the first time ever, Williams revealed the lyric to “Raiders March,” the stirring title theme of the movies:
In-di-ana fuck-ing Jones
In-di-ana moth-er-fuck-ing Jones
In-di-ana fuck-ing Jones
Bite my ball-sack you Na-zis I’m In-di-ana fuck-ing Jones
What’s so amazing about these lyrics is how accurately they convey the excitement of the film while also delineating its plot points. Williams told us that this was rather an unusual case for him, as he prefers to his verse to illuminate the character rather than the story (the words he came up with for the Superman theme, for example, were “He’s got a big cock/Su-per-man/It’s hard as a rock/Su-per-man;” which, as he explained, gives more of a sense of how others see the titular hero), but that he thought the richness of the Raiders scenario called for something a bit more complex. Anyway, fascinating stuff, and I’m sorry we can’t use it, but at least you guys know. So tell your friends.
filialpiety:merlin:Saturday Night!
Strong contender for the greatest photo of all time.