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Dr. Head’s World Tower, Dries van Noten Fall 2009.
Balenciaga Spring 2003, Lisa Frank.
Prada Spring 2010 Lookbook, Gulliver’s Travels.
This was posted by tavi on the 19th of February, 2010
it’s not TOO late to brag about presents, right?
Hey thanks ma and pa for the dee vee dees, five or six of which are rated R! BADASS!
Been watching all of these NONSTOP. Criterion Collection Tenenbaums is so good, you guys.
Two of my favorite artists. The Yayoi Kusama book carries special sentimental value too..we went to an exhibit of hers + 9 other artists in London with some of the Pop crew! And the first time I went to the new wing of the Art Institute here in Chicago, I wrote down all the names of artists I liked to look up when I got home. The only one whose name stuck in my head without having to write it down was Gerhard Richter. I have more to write on him later when I post pictures from the book but he is my favorite painter, we’ll leave it at that for now. I remember wanting to buy the book at the museum store but my dad said no, so this is lovely!
Things with pretty colors!
Stickers…mini cards + envelopes for little worlds..bird magnets…scarf…Joseph Cornell’s diary of dreams, which is simply AMAZING despite terrible font usage on front cover…
This was posted by tavi on the 15th of January, 2010
And filed under books, film, freaks and geeks, friends, gerhard richter, harold and maude, holidays, john hughes, joseph cornell, pretty in pink, ruth gordon, the royal tenenbaums, tv, waiting for guffman, wes anderson, woody allen, yayoi kusama
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The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes: Part Two
After writing my last post on Alan Aldridge, I remembered that my dad showed me a few years ago a book of Beatles lyrics, illustrated. BEING THE GENIUS THAT I AM I realized it was the same dude! So I asked him to find the book, which he did, and could I keep it, which I can’t, and well then could I keep it on my bookshelf, which I can (basically I’ll wait until he forgets that he owns it and bring it to college with me.) It’s from around the time it first came out, too (1969-also the year my dad went to Woodstock-God, he is such a hippie!) so all the pages are brown and make the psychedelic-ness feel kind of warm and sweet.
I took lots of pictures but these are my favorites, and I think the ones that best show how broad his technique was in illustrating the songs-drawing, watercolors, clay, photography, and more. Most of the interpretations are very literal when they need to be; others add to the mystery of its corresponding lyrics, allowing the reader to draw their own interpretations from the combined views of the artist and the songwriters. I didn’t find any Aldridge’s work to take away from the songs.
(Oh, and may I highly suggest that you click the pictures and then click “All Sizes” on the Flickr page-TOTALLY worth it/necessary for many of these.)
The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics by Alan Aldridge.
It has a short intro in the beginning, which I truthfully haven’t read yet…
When I’m Sixty-Four
Only a Northern Song, Blackbird
These pages especially surprised me…the simple drawing with humor that is unlike Aldridge’s usual type of obscene, erotic kind. And the simple blackbird in watercolors.
I Will; Here, There, and Everywhere
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We Can Work it Out; Nowhere Man
I’m Only Sleeping, Love me Do
**EXCELLENT HAND-MODELING RECOGNITION**
Ahem.
Baby, You’re a Rich Man; Yesterday
Small (and relevant!) fact about Yesterday: Before he had the lyrics for it, Paul McCartney referred to this song as “Scrambled Eggs” because he didn’t know what it would actually be about.
Day Tripper
Eleanor Rigby
With a Little Help From my Friends; Run for Your Life
John Lennon later said that he hated “Run for Your Life”…I really have to agree, it is the only Beatles song I really do hate and feel disgusted listening to.
A Who’s-who and What’s-what of Mega Illustration.
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Hey Bulldog, It’s All Too Much, All Together Now, P.S. I Love You
This was posted by tavi on the 9th of January, 2010
And filed under 60's, 70's, alan aldridge, art, books, favorite, music, the beatles
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The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
Alan Aldidge captured the electricity, eccentricity and independent spirit of the 60’s and 70’s in his artwork for book covers, movie posters, and, most famously, The Beatles. He is the only person I will ever describe as “groovy.” And really, who needs drugs when you have these photos?
This was posted by tavi on the 6th of December, 2009
And filed under 60's, 70's, alan aldridge, album art, art, book art, books, magic, time machine
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I gave this book to Dasha and her baby boy and I hope they enjoy it very very much.
This was posted by tavi on the 18th of November, 2009
And filed under books, favorite, shel silverstein
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Lisbon
I don’t know why but these looks from Spring 2010 remind me a lot of the The Virgin Suicides (book not movie.) The first two are kind of creepy and innocent and the last is sort of sad and rusty and feels like a reminder of an ideal unfulfilled. Love this book, love these looks…
Christopher Kane, Fendi, Yohji Yamamoto, all via style.com
This was posted by tavi on the 26th of October, 2009
And filed under books, christopher kane, fendi, let's make connections, pastels, schoolgirl, spring 2010, the virgin suicides, yohji yamamoto
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R.I.P. Collin Wilcox-Paxton
She played Mayella Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird. Strange to come home to see that her death was confirmed by her husband around the same time we watched this movie in school. I wish this clip showed the rest of her scene because her bit was the most powerful part of the movie.