Haircuts! We all gotta get one someday. But seriously, the recent crop I’ve seen around the streets of Sydney have completely shattered my faith in the very fabric of our society — a society that allows, no, encourages, mullets to become the look of the moment. Not that there’s anything wrong with them of course. It’s just that Billy Ray Cyrus is still out there — somehow, somewhere — and the great man is probably still sporting a whopper of a do. I would suggest to any aspiring fashionista that — to paraphrase Groucho Marx — you really wouldn’t want to be a member of any club of which he is the founder, style guru and president. [photos by Caroline McCredie]
Ah, yes. Bring back the good ol’ days of short back and sides and crew cuts I say. Or, as Abe Simpson (of The Simpsons notoriety) so eloquently put it: ‘Look at Namath’s sideburns! He looks like a damn girl. Look at Johnny Unitas! Now there’s a haircut you could set your watch by’. Wise words indeed.
Also by ZOLTON
Maths explains the origin of superhero characters
I love the colours and simple reasoning in this clever series by Scottish illustrator Matt Cowen, which uses basic maths equations to explain how certain pop culture icons came to be. Read more
Star Wars Uncut: a fully crowdsourced version of Episode IV
The project of creative technologist, Casey Pugh, this full length version of the George Lucas masterpiece was created from multiple 15 second segments recreated from the original movie and submitted by thousands of Star Wars fans, which were then spliced together by editor Aaron Valdez to form the final product. Genius, as both a commentary on contemporary pop culture trends (there are references to LEGO, stop motion, memes and the like) and on the power of tapping your audience for quality material.
Filmmaker creates LEGO stop motion to propose to girlfriend
Now, this is one for the ages: back in 2010, Atlanta film-maker Walter Thompson created a jaw-dropping LEGO stop motion to propose to Nealey Dozier, his girlfriend of four years. The video took 22 hours of shooting and some 2,600 pictures to splice together, a small sacrifice to pay for years of happiness together. Right? Right! Oh, and she said yes. Bonus.
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Zolton said | 16 July, 2006
hmmm … though some girls can pull it off. check out early episodes of prisoner for proof.
Lost At E Minor: Music, illustration, art, photography - from Australia and beyond » Miriam Chatt said | 22 August, 2006
[...] Nice thematic work from Sydney-based artist, Miriam Chatt, who ‘makes art in her free time to fully satiate her appetite for colours, textures and shape. She has a CMYK chart on her wall and can wax expertise on typography, but she can also knit your nana into shame. Her obsessions include maps, masquerade and textiles and her work is interested in the aesthetic tensions of consciousness and anatomy’. This photo is part of a series of self-portraits shot in a structured setting. ‘I have hand made coloured filters similar to those attached to Holga Cameras, resulting in thematic, spectral images exploring concepts of identity, displacement, masquerade, sexuality, loneliness, and youth’. [see also Caroline McCredie; Terry Palka] [...]
HAVE YOUR SAY
There’s some sort of Borat joke that Sheep On Motorcycles hints at, but really, you don’t need to look much deeper than the fact that sheep riding motorcycles is kind of nuts. Read more
Preferring to focus on the content of her pictures rather than the style is a refreshingly honest approach to design. It’s worked out brilliantly for Swedish illustrator Alexandra Falagaras, whose works are easy to spot with their sharp graphic style. My favourite piece of hers is a contribution to The Book of Dreams, a project where kids’ dreams are collected then illustrated by artists.
Oh man! If I was twenty again, a jumble of nerves and a well of electric energy, I’d be in the front row for every damn MGMT gig. Read more
We have reported on Danish firm, JDS Architects, before. And here their memorable work continues. This glorious design for the Holmenkollen Ski Jump in Oslo is the result of an international competition and is to be completed in time for the 2011 World Championships. Read more
The guy behind Random Creepy Guy has a new blog devoted to all things related to bacon. I can’t argue with that.
The incendiary energy of Canadian quartet, Tokyo Police Club is electric. We caught up with keyboardist, Graham Wright. Read more
These Internal Organ Keds by Dynomoose remind me of the posters in front of Chinese foot massage places that show how different parts of the foot correspond to an organ in the body.
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Benjamin Edminston’s psychedelic heads seem to have some fearful wisdom behind their blissed-out eyes. Read more
Francoise Nielly’s Yellow series
Parisian visual artist Francoise Nielly brings technicolour to the forefront in her latest series, Yellow. Featuring thick impasto palette knife strokes and trippy neon hues, Nielly captures the vulnerable expressions of her muses to a tee. Read more
Pencils made from recycled newspaper
The problem with awesome things like these pencils made out of recycled newspaper is that you almost don’t want to use them.
Mathematics? Leave me out. Fashematics? Now you’re talking! This gem of a site is a runway equation that adds up to a whole lot of wonderful.
Nerd-attack! Man, this TARDIS zipper robe is so much cooler than any Star Wars crap people are hawking this days. This is for the true gangsta nerd.
In 2008, graphic designer Becky Edgington and illustrator Sarah Beetson created two limited-edition packs of playing cards featuring images from Beetson’s exhibition, 50 Bucks: Bring On The Sluts. The images were selected from almost 500 small artworks created on moleskine paper, inspired by vintage pornography and a trip to Japan. Read more
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lilly said | 10 July, 2006
Crew cuts for girls too?!
The worst mullet I’ve ever seen was on a girl. :\