Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 “The Shining.”
Victor Sjöström 1921 “The Phantom Carriage.”
D. W. Griffith’s 1919 “Broken Blossoms.”
Heeeere’s Johnny
[Flash 10 is required to watch video]
Business card scene from American Psycho. They still can’t top Paul Rand’s business card.
Wilcoxson’s Spumoni Ice Cream
I’m often critical of packaging, so for a change I thought I’d point out some packaging that I think is absolutely great. Plus, I can’t begin to decipher the meaning of “chocolate, old world & spumoni fruit & nut ice creams.”
Aimee Bender & Wayne Thiebaud
Aimee Bender’s up to her old tricks. The jacket of her new novel, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake was clearly inspired by Wayne Thiebaud’s paintings.
This isn’t the first time a book of hers has taken some inspiration from the art world — as I previously pointed out, An Invisible Sign of My Own was influenced by the work of Jasper Johns.
A few of Wayne Thiebaud’s paintings: 
The cover of Bender’s new novel: 
Not only did AT&T desecrate Nick Drake’s “From the Morning,” but they also blatantly ripped-off the artwork of Christo. I assume Bryter Music (Drake’s estate) received compensation for licensing the song, but did Christo get anything? Time to re-watch 5 Films About Christo and Jeanne-Claude and try to forget about the crass commercialization that permeates every corner of society!
Western Art, Revisited
In recent art news, the 2010 Whitney Biennial is now in full swing, the New Museum’s “The Generational: Younger Than Jesus” just opened, Marina Abramović has a major retrospective at MoMa and the innocent denizens of Great Falls, Montana, must be subjected to another Western Art Week.
Last year’s acerbic diatribe still nicely summarizes my views on “Western Art,” so this year I’ll let the pictures do the talking. All the paintings below were done in 1912.
PIcasso, Violon, verre, pipe et encrier
Kandinsky, Black Spot I
Bonnard, Saint-Tropez, Pier
Matisse, “La Danse” with Nasturtiums
Duchamp, Nude Descending a Staircase
Russell, A Bronc to Breakfast
The Mascot by Ladislas Starewicz
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-mkGqcvKPM
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtjtKw_mATM
The Loudness War
More info here: The Loudness Wars: Why Music Sounds Worse.
Promo video for Charles and Ray Eames’ shell chairs
New Twinings Packaging
V. upset about the new Twinings packaging. This pretty much ruined my morning tea.
Old, good Twinings packaging: 
New, bad Twinings packaging.: 
