Tom Wesselmann
Study for Seascape 1966
Jo Mora
I just discovered the art of Jo Mora and have been enjoying it a great deal. The Byrds used his work from a 1932 poster for their album “Sweetheart of the Rodeo”. Click on the images for greater detail.
I especially like the maps that he made!
Details of San Diego map
Jo Mora Trust – HERE
Taxidermied Alive
Matt Hewitt and Barfth
Watch the video HERE
Spinning Chicken Barfth Ad – HERE
Guitar/Vocals – Allison Schulnik
Bass/Vocals – Jonah Olson
Drums – Alyssa Dressman
Cinematography by Nate Bernot
Directed & Edited by Matt Hewitt
Lyrics:
taxidermied alive
taxidermied friend
sewn up eyes
sewn up end
i don’t miss you
taxidermied alive
taxidermied friend
sewn up eyes
sewn up end
no one can fuck my friend
drowned god
sea beast hath given thee life
slave messiah
awoken dead to watery toil
eternal blackness
thou suffer winter unending
on thine throne of chains
no one can fuck my friend
Figueroa Tunnels
I haven’t posted in a million years because of work, but here are some awesome old photos of the Figueroa Tunnels.
One of my favorite parts of LA. Most of these photos are from the 1930s.
Colorado Street Bridge – Pasadena CA
December 09, 1952 - Aerial view of construction on new six-lane bridge spanning the Arroyo Seco on the Hollywood Freeway (with the old 2-lane Colorado Street bridge in foreground) which is being built to ease traffic from Pasadena and other suburbs in this freeway system.
Top Amer (USA) California – Pasadena Dry River
Bridge Span: 1,467 ft.
Built in 1913
Nick Name: suicide bridge – first suicide was in 1919
Received Historic Civil Engineering Landmark designation and listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
Was part of Route 66 until 1940.
“Significance: The Colorado Street Bridge is an eleven-arched reinforced concrete structure, the longest and highest bridge of its time. It was the first high bridge across the Arroyo Seco, and is an important visual landmark in Pasadena. Through its design and construction, the bridge represents the advancing concrete technology of the twentieth century and the ornamental aesthetic of the late nineteenth century. The Colorado Street Bridge was designed by one of the nation’s foremost bridge engineers, and constructed by a well-known California builder. The local community played an important role in planning and funding construction.” - Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Library of Congress HERE
More information about the bridge HERE
Los Angeles
During our Jenner trip I got real sick with a head cold.
I have been spending my time laying around, being in teacher limbo and looking at pictures from LIFE.
I have specifically been looking at pictures of early Los Angeles.
This one is right by Jonah and Matt and Katy!
“Glendale Boulevard, 1927. The rapid expansion of contiguous suburbs spreading out around L.A. demanded a modern infrastructure. And that meant freeways. How charming that one can actually count the cars on the road in this picture.”
“Pictured: The La Brea Tar Pits, site of a massive fossil repository, c. 1910. The tar pits in L.A. have been around for tens of thousands of years, and have been the final resting place for countless animals — from sabre-toothed cats and dire wolves to mastadons and sandhill cranes — that have been trapped by the tar, and perished. “It’s not too hard to imagine Spaniards coming here 150 years ago to get tar to seal tiles on their roofs,” Heimann says of the place.”
“At one time, there were more than 200 oil companies, large and small, and several thousand oil wells operating within the L.A. city limits. Pictured: Oil fields, Second Street and Glendale Boulevard, 1900.”
The headwaters of the Los Angeles River on the north side of Griffith Park, c. 1898.
Pictured: The intersection of Spring and First Streets looking south, c. 1902.
Laurel Canyon – Early 1900s
“This photo of the almost utterly undeveloped canyon, published for the first time in Heimann’s book, is one of 50 or so from his personal collection, purchased over many years at flea markets and antiquarian book markets around the world.”
Wilshire Blvd. – Brown Derby 1926
I wish this place was around still…. it looks awesome!
There are more photos from the LIFE gallery that can be found HERE
Many of the photos are in the book “Los Angeles: Portrait of a City“
Jenner with Joner
Jonah and I headed to Jenner for Labor day weekend with Jenn and Aaron for a chili cook-off. Whew! Try saying that three times fast!
We stopped in Oakland and SF first where Aaron played a show.
This is where Jonah’s mom (Micky) lives.
This is the view from the house. Jenner is at the mouth of the Russian River.
Jenn and Aaron playing the balancing game on old railroad tracks.
Ridin’ tha log!
I wanted to pick up the pile of seals but the sign told me not to. They are real cute with their chub bodies basking on the beach.
Aaron stepped in for his cousin in the band.
Micky & Pene
After the chili cook-off me, Pene, and Jonah investigated the old abandoned school house.
There were some pretty awesome tags in the school.
WE WENT HERE BITCH PEOPLE! was by far the best tag.
Laura Sanna
I am liking these photos of Lanzarote from photographer Laura Sanna. Lanzarote is a spanish volcanic island off the coast of Africa. I wanna go!
Osei-Duro
”Osei-Duro was created by Maryanne Mathias and Molly Keogh as a one-time experiment of design and production in a completely unknown place: Ghana, West Africa.
The project has now evolved into textile based collections that take traditional production techniques and bring them into new shape and form.”
“The Dzidefo Women’s Cooperative has 10 members who work out of the Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage, in Kpando, Ghana. Each member has a role, such as treasurer or fabric buyer, and each member also puts a percentage of her earnings back into the business. By working closely with the women Osei-Duro is able to teach new skills, pay fairly, and maintain good quality.”
Here are some of the products from their new Fall/Winter collection
It’s a project you can feel good about splurging some extra dough flow on.
Website: Osei-Duro
Blog - I find their blog interesting because they not only document their progress of the company but their life and the culture in Ghana.
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