out of my head...

MySpace

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:08:34 GMT

I've moved on to a more multi-media orientated site: www.myspace.com/vega32

piss take

Thu, 02 Dec 2004 16:00:59 GMT


Send us your Duchamp A group of 500 artists, curators and critics have named Marcel Duchamp's Fountain, a porcelain urinal signed with a spurious signature, as the most influential piece of modern art. We'd like to see your tributes to the piece, as testimony to its lasting influence on artistic endeavour. Send your Fountains (as a jpeg) to arts.editor@guardianunlimited.co.uk , putting "Duchamp" in the subject field. News: Duchamp's Fountain named most influential modern art work

		Fountain by Marcel Duchamp, 1917 © Succession Marcel Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2004



		Ceci n'est pas un urinal From Allan Jones.

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:40:05 GMT

Woman 'blessed by the holy toast'

Mrs Duyser took a bite from the toast 10 years ago

A half-eaten slice of cheese on toast purportedly showing the image of the Virgin Mary has got online bargain-hunters licking their lips.

A Florida woman put the item up for sale, claiming it has brought her great luck since she found it 10 years ago.

The internet auction site eBay originally pulled the offering, fearing it was a joke, but has now apparently been reassured it is genuine.

The snack has attracted a bid - thought to be a hoax - of $99.9m.

Diana Duyser, 52, of Hollywood, Florida, set a starting price of $3,000, and pleaded with people not to post hoax bids.

'Total shock'

She described how she came across the mysterious morsel.

"I made this sandwich 10 years ago. When I took a bite out of it, I saw a face looking up at me; it was Virgin Mary starring (sic) back at me. I was in total shock," she explained.

Mrs Duyser has since kept the toastie surrounded by cotton wool, in a plastic container on a stand.

I do believe that this is the Virgin Mary Mother Of God

Diana Duyser

She says a decade on from its conception, it has not shown any sign of mould or crumbling - which she considers "a miracle".

She also believes its mystical properties have brought her blessings, including $70,000 won in a nearby casino.

Other visitors to the website were sceptical, however.

Mocking imitators posted pictures of Elvis and a "burnt George Bush" depicted on slices of toast.

Another tried to sell T-shirts showing Mrs Duyser's sandwich, while a budding artist posted a watercolour based on the image. There were no bids.

Mr Duyser dismissed the naysayers.

"I do believe that this is the Virgin Mary Mother Of God," she proclaimed.

EBay spokesman Hani Durzy said the company had decided to allow the auction to continue.

"There's nothing to indicate that the seller isn't willing to give up this cheese sandwich to the highest bidder," he said.

But Mrs Duyser added a note for any misguided bidder who might consider paying thousands - or millions - of dollars for a blessed breakfast snack.

"I would like all bidders to know that this item is not intended for consumption," she made clear.

So sorry...

Tue, 09 Nov 2004 19:10:44 GMT

AMERICA APOLOGIZES TO THE WORLD:
http://72.3.131.10/gallery/1/

(the URL is going to be www.sorryeverybody.com when the DNS registry goes through)

Sun, 07 Nov 2004 22:53:18 GMT

This page has been left intentionally blank.

John Peel (meets Delia Derbyshire)

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:14:20 GMT

http://www.delia-derbyshire.org/recordings.php

Pass along this small tribute, copy this code.

Between the devil and the deep blue sea !

Sun, 24 Oct 2004 06:54:23 GMT

Navy approves first ever Satanist

The British Armed Forces has officially recognised its first registered Satanist, according to a newspaper report.

Naval technician Chris Cranmer, 24, has been allowed to register by the captain of HMS Cumberland.

The move will mean that he will now be allowed to perform Satanic rituals on board the vessel.

According to the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Cranmer realised he was a Satanist nine years ago.

Religious values

At the time he stumbled across a copy of the Satanic Bible, written by Church of Satan founder Anton Szandor LaVey.

He said: "I then read more and more and came to realise I'd always been a Satanist, just simply never knew."

Mr Cranmer, who is from Edinburgh, is now lobbying the Ministry of Defence to make Satanism a registered religion in the armed forces.

A spokesman for the Royal Navy said: "We are an equal opportunities employer and we don't stop anybody from having their own religious values."

The Church of Satan was established in San Francisco in 1966.

LaVey was its high priest until his death in 1997.

Followers live by the Nine Satanic Statements, which include "Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence", "Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek" and "Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification".

Rock & Roll 50 years old already! Ouch!

Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:31:28 GMT

FILM: Rock, Rock, Rock!
Channel: BBC 2 102
Date: Saturday 23rd October 2004
Time: 00:35 to 02:00 (starting tomorrow morning)
Duration: 1 hour and 25 minutes.
Fifties musical about a high-school girl whose father insists that she must raise enough money to buy her dress for the Senior Prom. The score includes 21 original songs by big names such as Chuck Berry, Connie Francis, the Moonglows and the Flamingos.
Director: Will Price
Starring: Tuesday Weld, Teddy Randazzo, Alan Freed, Frankie Lymon, The Moonglows, Chuck Berry
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1956, 2 Star)

Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.digiguide.com. Copyright ©1999-2004 GipsyMedia Ltd. Information copied from DigiGuide cannot be re-distributed, sold or used without prior written consent from GipsyMedia Ltd. All rights reserved.

Delia Derbyshire? Who?

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:01:29 GMT

Free 'electronic' MP3s here...

http://www.reelingwrithing.com/wave/music.htm

...made in homage to Delia Derbyshire http://www.delia-derbyshire.org/index.php

But is it Art?

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:29:14 GMT

Turner hopefuls unveil their work

Langlands and Bell travelled to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban
The four artists nominated for the Turner Prize are showing off the work they hope will clinch the £40,000 award
The exhibition at London's Tate Britain gallery opens on Wednesday.

Among the pieces on display is an interactive digital reconstruction of Osama Bin Laden's base in Afghanistan, created by artists Langlands and Bell.

But one piece of their work has been removed because it features an alleged Afghan warlord who is currently on trial at the High Court in London.

The two artists, Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell, were official war artists when they travelled to Afghanistan in 2001, where they visited the Bin Laden's former home in Daruntah, west of Jalalabad.

This year's shortlist features much more serious themes than previous years, with politics playing a big part in inspiring the artists.

Film and interactive installations are also prominent in the display.

"This year it is a quite heavy show," said Karen Wright, editor of Modern Art magazine.

"Artists are always involved in their time and this is a show that contexts politics and shows what is going on."

The other artists shortlisted for the prize are Kutlug Ataman, Jeremy Deller, Langlands and Bell and Yinka Shonibare.

Deller's submitted work, including a documentary called Memory Bucket, was inspired by a trip to Texas, as well as photographs and footage of a parade he organised through the Spanish city of San Sebastian.

Grayson Perry won the Turner Prize in 2003
As part of his submission he has also invited speakers to give talks on topics relating to his work throughout the duration of the exhibition.

Turkish-born Kutlag Ataman will present his new six-screen video installation entitled Twelve, which he filmed in south-eastern Turkey.

It features six people talking about their past and present lives, exploring their personal histories and challenging conventional language.

Yinka Shonibare will also present a film, this time about the assassination of Swedish king Gustav III at a masked ball in 1792, enacted through dance.

Using his trademark batik, he has also included in his submissions a painting called Max 2003, which comprises circular canvases, and sculpture based on an 18th Century painting.

The shortlisted works will be exhibited at Tate Britain from 20 October to 23 December, with the winner announced on 6 December.

The prize is open to any artist under the age of 50 who is either working in the UK, or is British and working abroad.

In the past the Turner Prize has courted controversy with winners including Gilbert and George, Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and Damien Hirst.

Transvestite potter Grayson Perry won the award last year for his elaborate vases.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3755748.stm

I'm glad to know I'm not 'normal'!

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:31:21 GMT

InterestsRank

Welcome to the InterestsRank meme - what it does is look at a livejournal user's interests and classifies them according to how popular they are among other livejournal users. It then displays these in a way that lets you tell how "normal" (or not) someone is (for someone "normal" most interests will be on the left). The numbers in brackets tell you how many other ljers share that interest.

How common are art_deko's interests

Universal

art (249975)
writing (351052)

Popular

painting (92731)

Common

bjork (36705)
film (26162)
paris (15380)

Specialist

annie lennox (1717)
art deco (2646)
dead like me (3800)
eurythmics (1036)
kate bush (3194)
louise brooks (1041)
man ray (1247)
milla jovovich (2406)
rolling stones (9741)
stereolab (3813)
winona ryder (3376)
wonderfalls (1020)

Unusual

a bout de souffle (54)
amelia earhart (66)
charlotte rampling (45)
delia derbyshire (29)
emma thompson (666)
isadora duncan (97)
jean seberg (72)
laurie anderson (688)
lee miller (81)
maya deren (196)
northern exposure (579)

Rare

none

lists...

Sun, 17 Oct 2004 23:26:21 GMT

I make lists...so as not to forget to do stuff.

There's the Must Do list, the Should Do list, and the Could Do list.

Lately, I've noticed that stuff on the Must Do list hardly gets done; stuff on the Should Do list sometimes gets done; stuff on the Could Do list always gets done.

You notice a pattern emerging?

This needs to be thought about. It's important. I'll put it on my list. But which one?

Stereolab

Sun, 17 Oct 2004 12:55:38 GMT

Stereolab is mind music...

Stereolab is tout le monde...

Stereolab is moog...moog...moog...

Stereolab is sudden stars...

Stereolab is free by design...

Stereolab live here www.stereolab.co.uk

1st entry - Jean Seberg - and why not!

Sun, 17 Oct 2004 02:16:12 GMT