Category Archives: weird shit
passing sparks
A brief news item about Sparks in the latest Wire (which reports that the Mael brothers are writing a musical about Ingmar Bergman — which is plenty curious enough, all by itself) recalledprompted (yes, that’s the word) an image from … more…
ossuary synchronicity
Whilst following up some links arising from Skull and Bones Sued over…Skull at The Daily Grail, this tune pops up on the iTunes shuffle. Ooo-kay. Or possibly, aarrr. Briefly, it has long been claimed that Prescott Bush (father of, yes, … more…
Ski resort, Dubai
Dubai, as noted previously, is expected to become a major exporter of apocalyptic omens, portents and casual weirdness for that arbitrary portion of the coming century that we can describe — with due trepidation — as “foreseeable”. I passed over … more…
serendipitous crustacean
This image, which illustrates a post called Clink-Klonk-Clank! at Little White Earbuds, turned up on FFFF this evening. The post concerns unreleased electronica by a Mr Somewhere. I followed the links, but found no recurrence of the image, so it … more…
Jezreel’s tower
Jezreel’s tower, Gillingham, 1907 The postcard above is from Tom Phillips’ book, The Postcard Century and shows Jezreel’s tower which was a landmark of the north Kent coast until the early 60s. I was struck first of all by the … more…
links for 2007-12-07: string vests, punch bags, robot violinist, henge tunneling, lyrical terrorist
eBay Seller: crystal passion dezigns ltd: Men’s Clothing, Men’s Accessories items on eBay.co.uk String vests not becoming historical garb, despite the Guardian’s daft story. I do not own a string vest, alas. (tags: string-vest ebay BBC daft) Store withdraws man-shaped … more…
twin reapers
Soviet kitsch fashion model with scythe, undated “A young woman models in a studio for photographer Fitz W. Guerin. No date is recorded with the photo, but it was probably taken around 1902.” Two reapers in the space of an … more…
links for 2007-11-07: Helvetica, and two kinds of sphere
Strange Metal Orb found in Texas today’s mystery object (tags: weird-shit, Texas) The Official Typeface of the 20th Century Happy birthday Helvetica, 50 years old this week (via 3quarks) (tags: typography, Helvetica, design) Turning a Sphere Inside Out Seriously counter-intuitive … more…
links for 2007-11-05: Anomalist, BBC1 Controller
THE ANOMALIST A journal of anomalous phenomena. No RSS feed, which is pretty anomalous all by itself. (via Post Human Blues, I think…) (tags: paranormal weird news unexplained forteana) What price Putin or Murdoch as the next controller of BBC1? … more…
The May Day Mystery
Languagehat points to a most absorbing post at Varieties of Unreligious Experience (a blog of which I was previously ignorant) about just the kind of literary enigma we like best around here. Every year since 1981, more than once a … more…