| Sorry, Ms. Jackson, the weekend’s for real. | If you have trouble reading this email, go to the online version | | | | | | | | | | | 11/11/15 | | Sorry, Ms. Jackson, the weekend’s for real. | | | | GIVE PROPS | Al Pacino’s Grenade Launcher’s in Here | | You: What’s this? Us: A live auction. You know: costumes, props and such. You: Like what? Us: Jeff Bridges’s outfit from The Big Lebowski. Jon Hamm’s Mad Men suits. Al Pacino’s Scarface grenade launcher. You: You had me at Lebowski. | | | | | | | | | CLAY, LADY, CLAY | Your Tweets, in Clay, Forever | | These guys are taking the most ephemeral form of communication, translating it into cuneiform and stamping it into the most long-lasting medium known to man: yup, tweets on clay tablets. There’s a moral in here somewhere. | | | | | | | | | OUR FUTURE PRESENTATION | Fake Futures from the Guggenheim | | This is just one of those first-ever online exhibitions from the Guggenheim wherein you receive a bunch of fake currency and invest it in a fake web-based stock market. Just one of those. | | | | | | | | | NUMBERS GAME | Let’s Throw It Over to the Sales | | “Step right in, we’ve got jackets and jeans and such at 30% off.” —Rag & Bone “No, look here. All my autumnal items are up to 40% off.” —Billy Reid “Well, we’re doing $50 off for every $150 spent. So there’s that.” —Onassis | | | | | | TRAIL OFF | The Oscar for Best Trailer Goes To... | | You may not see every movie up for an Oscar this year. But you’ll damn well see the previews. And so, Kempt has awarded Oscars by trailer to the categories that matter most: Achievement in Steely Gaze, Most Intense Commitment to Facial Hair, other very important categories... | | | | | | DIVE ACTION | An Underwater Museum, Is All | | Somewhere in a Mediterranean seaside town in Turkey, divers in full scuba gear are exploring 110 submerged statues in Europe’s first underwater museum. Yep, that’s happening. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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