WRECK & SALVAGE

"Every age invents art that fulfills its desires. Our age—an age marked by deep insecurities—is now..."

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:02:02 -0400

“Every age invents art that fulfills its desires. Our age—an age marked by deep insecurities—is now inventing an art that requires advanced certification. But no matter how many advanced degrees an artist piles on, it’s hard to see how any of them will help any artist with the unsolvable problem that haunts any kind of art—namely, how to make art that’s any good.”

- Paint It High and Deep - Brainstorm - The Chronicle of Higher Education from Proctor

"People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and treated by the health..."

Tue, 22 May 2012 11:07:18 -0400

“People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.”

- Wendell Berry (via azspot)

beardtoken: Don’t bro me if you don’t know me. Word.

Mon, 21 May 2012 13:21:57 -0400

beardtoken:

Don’t bro me if you don’t know me.

Word.

junkculture: Turkish artist Ahmet Öğüt created a gigantic...

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:52:21 -0400

junkculture:

Turkish artist Ahmet Öğüt created a gigantic helium balloon in the shape of Magritte’s floating rock.

This doesn’t seem real, but it would be awesome to witness.

suppendapo: vamosvideo: After the apocalypse there wasn’t much...

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:21:42 -0400

suppendapo:

vamosvideo:

After the apocalypse there wasn’t much to do. All the bowling alleys were closed.

After the apocalypse.

This dude is ready, are you? SUPPENDAPO: 206-339-6324

"When I read a poet who is truly new, I find myself seeing not only the words on the page but, behind..."

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:06:48 -0400

“When I read a poet who is truly new, I find myself seeing not only the words on the page but, behind the page as it were, a new group of people. This is the poet’s imagined audience, to some extent; every poet has one; the new poet is one who in the process of imagining this audience also brings it into being.”

- n 1: Issue 13: Machine Politics (via culturite)

edwardshepard: Another stomper from Neil Young & Crazy...

Fri, 18 May 2012 13:05:12 -0400

edwardshepard:

Another stomper from Neil Young & Crazy Horse from their upcoming the “Americana” album. I love these videos assembled weird old stock footage & archival films.

“Clementine- A Sharp Education” (by ShakeyPix1)

Love this video and song. He should’ve hired W&S.

A military challenge coin. “A challenge coin is a small...

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:25:41 -0400

A military challenge coin.

“A challenge coin is a small coin or medallion (usually military), bearing an organization’s insignia or emblem and carried by the organization’s members. Traditionally, they are given to prove membership when challenged and to enhance morale. In addition, they are also collected by service members. In practice, challenge coins are normally presented by unit commanders in recognition of special achievement by a member of the unit. They are also exchanged in recognition of visits to an organization.”

explore-blog: John Baldessari believes that every young artist...

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:02:02 -0400

explore-blog:

John Baldessari believes that every young artist should know 3 things:

Talent is cheap

You have to be possessed, which you can’t will

Being at the right place at the right time

Tom Waits narrates a quirky 6-minute documentary about contemporary art legend John Baldessari.

suppendapo: viewsource: Camp stove. Know how. On board with...

Thu, 17 May 2012 11:54:10 -0400

suppendapo:

viewsource:

Camp stove.

Know how.

On board with everything here, except the chintzy green Poulan chainsaw.

dailybunch: Yes, Chicago’s ABC Affiliate Identified Metta World...

Thu, 17 May 2012 11:41:14 -0400

dailybunch:

Yes, Chicago’s ABC Affiliate Identified Metta World Peace As “Lakers Idiot”

Legendary Lower Third.

ESCO Corporation | Ultralok Video

Wed, 16 May 2012 23:42:00 -0400

ESCO Corporation | Ultralok Video:

Found after searching for “pint in tooth”, which turned up zero exact matches.

"On forthy due alpine, a groggy young brockle, And nine for a leoparding choof. A makersday waxpot..."

Wed, 16 May 2012 23:39:53 -0400

“On forthy due alpine, a groggy young brockle,
And nine for a leoparding choof.

A makersday waxpot fornth crog to repurlist
a praby young crail, pint in tooth.”

- Vanorand’s Silkword

"Looking down the barrel of a gun Son of a gun son of a bitch Getting paid getting rich Ultra..."

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:15:25 -0400

“Looking down the barrel of a gun
Son of a gun son of a bitch
Getting paid getting rich
Ultra violence running through my head
Fuzzy navel y’all making me see red
Rapid fire Louie like Rambo got bullets
I’m a gonna die harder like my kid Bruce Willis”

- B boys

This song pumps me up like no other.

beardtoken: Upside down donegal Elvis. This is a great chop.

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:52:50 -0400

beardtoken:

Upside down donegal Elvis.

This is a great chop.

"The word gomen (game) is found 18 times in Gawain. Its similarity to the word gome (man), which..."

Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:38 -0400

“The word gomen (game) is found 18 times in Gawain. Its similarity to the word gome (man), which appears 21 times, has led some scholars to see men and games as centrally linked. Games at this time were seen as tests of worthiness, as when the Green Knight challenges the court’s right to its good name in a “Christmas game”. The “game” of exchanging gifts was common in Germanic cultures. If a man received a gift, he was obliged to provide the giver with a better gift or risk losing his honour, almost like an exchange of blows in a fight (or in a “beheading game”). The poem revolves around two games: an exchange of beheading and an exchange of winnings. These appear at first to be unconnected. However, a victory in the first game will lead to a victory in the second. Elements of both games appear in other stories; however, the linkage of outcomes is unique to Gawain.”

- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via nodux)

Upon waking from a dream about an Austrian oboe player leading a...

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:54:30 -0400

Upon waking from a dream about an Austrian oboe player leading a pack of squirrels through my backyard: the ceiling of the office, as viewed from a recliner in the screening area.

areasofmyexpertise: ““I hope you have fully recovered from your illness, and don’t let anything...

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:50:06 -0400

areasofmyexpertise:

““I hope you have fully recovered from your illness, and don’t let anything else happen to you. In October, remember you and I will get drunk together.” —Groucho Marx to TS Eliot”

—

There is little more restorative on a hanged-over, rained-out day than reading the weird literary mash notes Groucho Marx and TS Eiliot wrote to each other as they spent two years planning, and failing, to have dinner together.

(Oh god. Now I’m truly turning into Cavett)

Who wants to have dinner with me in 2014? I’m thinking fried chicken at Sidecar in Brooklyn.

"It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our..."

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:31:13 -0400

“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (via thefreenomad)

Ralph knew how to put things.

"Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once,..."

Tue, 15 May 2012 13:58:00 -0400

“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”

- Rainer Maria Rilke (via kenyatta)