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Amsterdam Sloterdijk station, upper level, western platform,...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:58:58 +0100

Amsterdam Sloterdijk station, upper level, western platform, November 5, 2009.

What train station did you last take a picture at?

annamarie: Self Portrait Assignment: Photograph yourself as an...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:32:13 +0100

Self Portrait Assignment: Photograph yourself as an 80 year old.

Like all my photos for this class I first developed a narrative. It was based on my own vanity and my admiration for Martha Graham. I saw my self as a glamorous 80 year old who still wears dramatic black eyeliner winged out to my temples. I had a long career as a dancer until I was tragically injured in a motorcycle accident with my young, french lover Pierre. He did not survive. I never married, but kept my beloved cats. I remain the caretaker of my dear friend and ex-love Ricky’s apartment when he is away on business. I only wear vintage DVF.

At the taping of a pilot for a Dutch show about entrepreneurs,...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:22:00 +0100

At the taping of a pilot for a Dutch show about entrepreneurs, Amsterdam-Noord, late October.

annamarie: Florence + the Machine - Dog Days are Over best...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:42:14 +0100

annamarie:

Florence + the Machine - Dog Days are Over

best song I’ve heard in a while, thanks David Greenbaum.

Indeed. And she’s really good live too. She has great future if she takes care of that amazing voice.

david: Prepping slides for Seville. This will be the longest...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:27:08 +0100

david:

Prepping slides for Seville. This will be the longest presentation I’ve ever given outside of our board meetings!

Great visual.

Near Central Station, Amsterdam, one early September morning.

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:23:37 +0100

Near Central Station, Amsterdam, one early September morning.

The view from my commuter train last week, somewhere between...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:17:04 +0100

The view from my commuter train last week, somewhere between Leiden and Schiphol Airport.

(you can reply to my pic, as mr. Karp is letting me participate in playing with this new feature.)

langer: My officemate Jesse overheard me watching this video...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:52:55 +0100

langer:

My officemate Jesse overheard me watching this video just now and proffered one of those questions that doesn’t seem as obvious as it should be until it’s finally asked: how is it even possible that someone can take to the podium in the United States Congress and say something like this and not get laughed out of the chamber?

Late update: Thank you, oliviaisferosch. That explains that:

Because no one is there! I used to give tours of the Capitol and one of the best parts was seeing these people speaking to, literally, no one! No one is in the chamber generally except for those few people at the front (none of whom listen) and maybe two other reps waiting to speak for a minute about whatever they want.

They ought to take that awesome last name of hers as punishment.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:27:26 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

allisonweiss: Cutest moment ever. (amazing photo set by Lauren...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:28:42 +0100

allisonweiss:

Cutest moment ever.

(amazing photo set by Lauren Farmer)

More Hans Teeuwen. This piece, ‘Dwight’, is really...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:58:22 +0100

More Hans Teeuwen. This piece, ‘Dwight’, is really piece of genius.

Available on the Youtube: a show in English by Holland’s...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:47:59 +0100

Available on the Youtube: a show in English by Holland’s greatest ‘cabaretier’ (a typically Dutch blend of stand-up and song) Hans Teeuwen.

Teeuwen was the top dog in Holland for a decade and then retired in the early 2000s, saying that there was nothing left for him to achieve in Holland.

Now after a few years, he’s resurfaced in England where he is finding out whether his comedy come across with foreign audiences. Judge for yourself. Warning: not for the faint of heart.

mynylife: My Vienna A Walk in the Park Across the street from...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:00:15 +0100

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mynylife:

My Vienna

A Walk in the Park

Across the street from our apartment building is a park where I was often taken as a child (as was my mother, and as were my children). The first thing you come across is this Mid-century bear statue (1). I sat on that bear many a time (as did my children).

After leaving the bear, you next see this enormous bomb shelter (called “bunker” in German) (2), an everlasting remnant of WW II. There are actually two in this park, and numerous others scattered throughout Vienna. They are now being used in various ways — one is an aquarium — because, of course, there is no way to tear them down safely. They’re pretty heavy-duty.

The sight of this thing is etched very strongly among my earliest memories. There’s a playground at the base of it, and I spent many hours there as a child (not to mention as a mom).

My mom didn’t use this shelter during the war. The building in front of hers had been a post office, long ago, and because back then the post office was used for transferring cash, the basement of the building had extremely sturdy and secure walls, and was suitable to go into each day near the end of the war, when the U.S. was bombing Vienna on a daily basis.

From this angle (3), it looks like a monster in a science fiction movie, looming among those other buildings, that are just kind of standing there, minding their own business.

Like most parks, this one is ringed by some very fine, old houses. I never noticed this one as a child, not until I was much older and could appreciate such things. It’s a splendid Art Nouveau building in pristine condition (4).

Not only are the collossal things bunkers, they are also air defence units. These things were mounted with tonnes of guns to fire at Allied aircraft. Imagine the amount of stuff that was shot up that came straight down again without hitting anything. A similar bunker can still be visited in Wedding, Berlin.

allisonweiss: Allison Weiss - “Fingers Crossed” from upcoming...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:43:57 +0100

allisonweiss:

Allison Weiss - “Fingers Crossed”

from upcoming album Allison Weiss Was Right All Along, due out on 11/24.

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This is a Tumblr/Twitter exclusive! Preorder* starts on Monday, which is also when I’ll post this all over the internet so you can add it to your MySpace page or whatever. The reason for this is because I’m in New York right now and I haven’t finished designing the preorder page yet but I’m too excited to hold back any longer!!! I know you guys will still be here in a few more days. :D

More good news and fun things to come!

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*for those who didn’t preorder via Kickstarter

A winner. And quite a big step in production and arrangement.

This was already on the Tumbleverse, but don’t know where...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:59:00 +0100

This was already on the Tumbleverse, but don’t know where exactly.

Update: it has 5000 notes here.

mynylife: My Vienna Our 91 year-old family friend texts on...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:50:27 +0100

mynylife:

My Vienna

Our 91 year-old family friend texts on his Handy (cellphone) with the help of a magnifying glass.

Classic. I can only hope to be so with it, should I live to be 91.

danmeth: Google Street Road Trip FootageA lot of people have...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:24:46 +0100

danmeth:

Google Street Road Trip Footage
A lot of people have asked me how I created that background footage of Google Street View whizzing by in this most recent College Humor cartoon. The answer is simple: Hundreds and hundreds of Google Street screenshots. You’re probably wondering if that took a long time. Yes it did… and yet somehow I gathered even more “footage” than I ended up using. So instead of letting it go to waste, I made this fun little music video. Take us away, Chuck…

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:40:41 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Them Crooked Vultures "New Fang"

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:07:25 +0100

Them Crooked Vultures "New Fang"

(via jstn)We have prostitutes. And evangelical nuts.

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:19:04 +0100

(via jstn)

We have prostitutes. And evangelical nuts.