More vintage bar imagery

Lo

I had the Jeremy Irons/Dominique Swain version on DVD once, now I only have the box, with no disc, but I love the artefact so much I cant throw the box away.

Sue Lyon was so good, and there's something about how not-sexual she is in her real life around that time that makes her performance in the film a lot better. I'm glad she's a gormless blonde as opposed to a saucy pre-pubescent anomaly.

Swingin

NB in Singapore equals a night awake trawling like a rusty sea vessel through the internets for no reason. I wish I was like Data from Star Trek so it could happen quicker, I could fill my brain with inspiring pictures of Bianca Jagger and Gail Zappa in their 20s wearing unconventional clothing in public.

Kent Monkman

Another artist exhibiting at the Sydney Biennale. Kent Monkman.

wiki says:

Kent Monkman (born 1965) is a Canadian First Nations artist of Cree and Irish ancestry. His works examine the way indigenous American and Canadian history has been presented in art by 19th and 20th Century artists such as George Catlin and Paul Kane, and "constructs new stories through images that take into account the missing narratives and perspectives of Aboriginal peoples."^[1]

Most of his works have strong queer or gay male imagery and deal with sexuality and Christianity as they have been affected by colonialism in Canada and theUnited States. A recurring character in his paintings and videos is "Miss Chief Eagle Testickle", a drag queen alter-ego of Kent Monkman himself, who interacts with the other characters or draws attention to symbolism.^[2] He became interested with these issues of gender and queer or two-spirit indigenous sexualities after discovering that George Catlin encountered berdaches in his travels and refused to include them in his paintings of "traditional" aboriginal life.^[3]

He currently lives and works in Toronto.

'Berdache' is a new word for me. Thanks Kent.

Lara Baladi

Lebanese artist, lives in Egypt. Exhibiting at the Sydney Biennale. Brilliant digital collage.

Plymouth in Print

This car actually exists, and one is for sale. These two facts together made me cry upon discovery. 1969. Only a few hundred mod-tops made. Gah. How I want it. Neeeeeeeed it.

Kings and Queens

My faux big-brother Gary Beadle is getting married to his wife again on Sunday. The last time they got married, on November 1, Elvis sang to them at Graceland Chapel in Vegas. I've made two pinatas, one of a crusty lemon, and one of a succulent peach. Its probably not representative of anything at all about them :)

In any case, I came across this young babe in a little search.