this is obviously beautiful, that's fine.
but it also steals from about a million people, which is not so fine.





i've seen the terms self-parodic and meta-viral used in relation to this thing, which both make me vomit. i steal too, i suppose, and show it here for you - but - i don't pretend it's my work, i don't earn a profit, and i'm not trying to sell you something. authorship, influence, the same discussion that has come to define the work of art in the age of digital reproduction. still, this all just leaves you feeling uneasy.

we do what foxes do best: dig.

lines off, out.

edit: jay-z b&w trilogy
1. on to the next one.

2. 99 problems

3. lazy forever young version:

much better:

and to round it all out:

this song really grew in the past few months. video totally misses the mood; slowmo/speedup is the cheapest representation of melancholy.
roy andersson next time, please.
also: where is ratatat, why is drake in the video if he's not on the song, and why is the lighting so awful?

your colour as poetry.

* taken by my grandfather, when serving as a navy doctor in wwII.

a very roy andersson christmas.

force of snow.

old, by night.

1925. yonge north of king, 5pm.

1930.
downtown toronto from the southwest _ union station to old city hall.

continuous show daily from 2pm including sunday.
former corner of carlton + bay, just west of maple leaf gardens.

merry christmas.

wikipedia: the parasite enters through the gills, and then attaches itself at the base of the spotted rose snapper's tongue. it then proceeds to extract blood through the claws on its front and less blood reaches the tongue, and eventually the organ atrophies from lack of blood. the parasite then replaces the fish's tongue by attaching its own body to the muscles of the tongue stub. the fish is able to use the parasite just like a normal tongue. it appears that the parasite does not cause any other damage to the host fish. once C. exigua replaces the tongue, some feed on the host's blood and many others feed on fish mucus. they do not eat scraps of the fish's food. this is the only known case of a parasite functionally replacing a host organ.

ford, gmc, gotfredson.

not anymore.

safety first with the TTC.

serra, king city.

jordan wolfson via nyt

cowichan sweaters.
hbc screwed up with the canadian winter olympic line; could have been a great tie-in and fund-raising opportunity for many local craftspeople, instead of a hollow stylistic-parody. sure, there would have been production and distribution hurdles, but with so much time to prepare for the games it seems surmountable. it's a small protest, but deserves to be bigger.
more here.

edward dean adams _ niagara. again.
westinghouse and tesla, a revolution that electrified the world.

your schematics.
hydro-electric handbook. william pitcher creager _ 1927