Ground control to Major Tom: Bowie’s SPACE ODDITY is now a children’s book
Oh, to be a kid again. Back when I was young, my mom read Goodnight Moon and/or Have You Seen a Giraffe In a Hat to me before I went to bed. I love you, Mom, but I totally got ripped off. Kids these days can now have David Bowie’s Space Oddity read (or sung?) to them at bedtime. Right now, it’s an unofficial eBook, so you’ll have to download it and read it on an iPad. But I’ll be sure to put in on the Christmas list for all the youngsters in my family — when illustrator Andrew Kolb gets the right to have it printed. Check out the original Wired article for more images from Space Oddity. What do you think? Would you buy the Bowie children’s...
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PLANET OF THE APES hunting party poster
Confession: I was once a hunter. I grew up in Western Pennsylvania, so it was kind of the thing to do. Because I found the whole hunting thing to be both silly and boring, I would often tell myself that I was hunting dinosaurs, like in Jurassic Park. Dinos stalking me while I was stalking them, well, that’s just a fairer fight. (Obviously, I didn’t kill many things.) But you know what’s an even closer match? Walking, talking apes vs. people. Check out this poster by Jason Edmiston (via Mondo Tees blog). It’s titled “Trophies,” but I like to call it “Population Control”: You can purchase the print from Edmiston’s ETSY shop...
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Movies as street art
Here’s Johnny! In much cooler places than Cleveland, this stuff actually exists. Looks like I’m going to have to learn the street art trade. My neighborhood could really use Raph’s arm reaching out of a manhole to grab his sai....
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Name that movie! Compilation of people walking in movies.
Who knew there was so much swagger in Coen Brothers movies? Even in Miller’s Crossing (twice!). Check out this video featuring people walking in motion pictures. There’s a lot of love for Joel and Ethan, as well as Tarantino, Kubrick, and Nolan. Can you name all the movies?...
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Where’s WALL-E?
Somewhere in this mix of cinematic robots is Pixar’s lovable little WALL-E. I haven’t found him yet, but I did find evil robot Bill and Ted. No way!...
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