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Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:21:16 -0400

therhumboogie: Aubrey Longley-Cook, this animation is just...

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:18:48 -0400

Aubrey Longley-Cook, this animation is just fantastic, I love that it’s the reverse side of the embroideries that this is made from. The time it must have taken to make each individual piece is breath taking.

violetimpudence: Clair de Lune, visualized. (Directly linked...

Wed, 04 May 2011 13:19:58 -0400

violetimpudence:

Clair de Lune, visualized.

(Directly linked instead of reblogging - see source link - so I can link the better version. Do have a look at musanim’s other visualizations as well.)

Interesting. I watched this as well as the Toccata and Fugue - I found this one much harder to follow, somehow. (I played Clair de Lune back in the day - it was my piano recital piece one year, I think - and although I even took organ lessons for a short while, I never attempted the Bach. I suspect it’s more advanced, as organ pieces go.) I think the difference may be that this one is somewhat more condensed time-wise - everything is more crowded together. It would be easier to “read” if it was more strung-out, as the Bach piece is. But I enjoyed watching them - the format gives some cues that a score wouldn’t, but is missing some other ones, if you’re used to reading scores. I imagine that for most people, who are (presumably) not used to reading scores, this is easier to follow.

This person’s performances are quite good, although I had some minor gripes about the tempo on the Debussy piece - of course it’s the one I know better, and thus have more opinions about. The Toccata and Fugue sounded pretty much like every other Toccata and Fugue I have heard, as far as I can recall!

violetimpudence: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a film I’m always...

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:56:55 -0400

violetimpudence:

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a film I’m always tempted to write about as an adjunct to my James Bond writing. The film is the unholy offspring of a lot of people who were noted for much better work in other places (Albert Broccoli, Roald Dahl, the Sherman Brothers) - a messy collision at best. That it was considered a success probably has a lot to do with the landscape for children’s films in 1968. It is certainly not because of any actual quality. It’s not so much the actively bad parts, which are few; it’s that most of the film is indifferent, tedious. The one thing a children’s film can never be is boring, and this film frequently is.

Here’s the only scene that I ever end up rewatching these days, probably because every new generation of ASFR fetishists rediscovers it and thinks no one else has ever seen it. That said, pretending to be a windup doll is definitely playing to Sally Howes’ strengths - it’s probably the most natural she is in the whole film.

And look - it’s Anna Quayle! It’s Gert Frobe! It’s … my god, is that Benny Hill? It’s always fascinating to see talented character actors get utterly lost in muck like this.

I don’t recall that it WAS considered a success at the time - I think it was correctly considered to be a big expensive (for the time) flop. We went to see it and loved it - bear in mind that I would have been eight - but as you say, there just wasn’t much competition.

This sort of thing is why I never read those books.

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:28:08 -0400

This sort of thing is why I never read those books.

violetimpudence: I’m not at all sure what is going on here, but...

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:25:09 -0400

violetimpudence:

I’m not at all sure what is going on here, but I don’t care.

I don’t know either, but it’s adorable. Plus bonus wacky rendition of a Beatles song in the background.

Pretty funny, and surprisingly apropos.

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:21:27 -0400

Pretty funny, and surprisingly apropos.

The Rhumboogie

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:30:30 -0400

The Rhumboogie:

violetimpudence:

Well, The Rhumboogie is already aggregating. If I insert a picture of some art they have chosen to feature on their site, it seems to me like some useful information gets lost somewhere, doesn’t it? Better to have you follow the chain - first my comment, then Rhumboogie’s comment, then the original. The reverse of the order in which the history was accreted.

I realize not everybody agrees, so I’ll strive to do it the other way sometimes too.

Anyway. The Rhumboogie. Interesting findings. Check them out.

Despite the fact that I’ve had Tumblr longer than you have, I’m confused about how this works - I guess because I haven’t done much commenting up to now. The Rhumboogie? If you say so….

I don’t usually covet high-end luggage, but… yum....

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:19:04 -0500

I don’t usually covet high-end luggage, but… yum. (Clicking the picture should click through to the Purseblog piece, with more pictures.)

instagr.am

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:51:52 -0500

instagr.am:

Pomegranates at Central Market.

Another one from D*S. Gorgeous.

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:45:06 -0400

Another one from D*S. Gorgeous.

Helvetica cross stitch! (from Six Week Boutique, via...

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:38:01 -0400

Helvetica cross stitch! (from Six Week Boutique, via DesignSponge)

Wow, I love this. How Ink Is Made - or one company’s take...

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:54:36 -0400

Wow, I love this. How Ink Is Made - or one company’s take on it anyway. It’s more a creative perspective on it than a technical one. (Among several things I love about it, the music is really beautiful.)

Found via Poppytalk.

This is some interesting design - from an Ikea cookbook (in...

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:33:46 -0400

This is some interesting design - from an Ikea cookbook (in Swedish!)

(from Craftzine and Twitter)

I love this. From Marie Claire Idees via oh happy day.

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 04:46:24 -0400

I love this.

From Marie Claire Idees via oh happy day.

Day of the Dead Felt Skull Plush Wall Art teal by RawBoneStudio

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 04:19:57 -0400

Day of the Dead Felt Skull Plush Wall Art teal by RawBoneStudio:

I love both Halloween and Day of the Dead - it makes me happy when I start seeing stuff like this popping up. (Although on Etsy, it’s pretty much Day of the Dead all year long, for some vendors!)

(Found via Poppytalk.)

Wow.

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:46:09 -0400

This is unrelated to my usual topic, but I can’t believe these statistics!

Infographic by College Scholarships.org

explodingdog

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:50:32 -0400

explodingdog

Electoral-vote.com

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:48:55 -0400

Electoral-vote.com:

There’s nothing magical about today’s entry on this website, I just thought I’d share my favorite political blog! (Despite the name, the focus is mainly on Congressional races.)

bleep-art-bloop: Nightmare 8”x10” watercolor and...

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:03:55 -0400

bleep-art-bloop:

Nightmare

8”x10” watercolor and acrylic.

~~Sold.~~