Thursday, March 15, 2007
For the Ides of March...
...a day synonymous with death, I present some creepy ass Victorian Era post-mortem portraits.
Monday, March 12, 2007
The Wilhelm Scream
Here's a compilation video to one of my favorite movie sound effects of all time..."the Wilhelm Scream". Enjoy.
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Van of the week: Wizard's Revenge
Trying to get back on track here...
This week's van is called "Wizard's Revenge". Unfortunately I have no other info aside form that.
I know it hails from somewhere in Ontario. It is a mid-Dodge (71-78) like mine, and sports a custom grille, flares, visor, and spoiler. It also appears to have wooden running boards (which is also in my long range goals)
It's beautifully airbrushed in earth tones depicting fantasy images, and no doubt has a full custom interior. One of my favirite things about this particular van is it is a long wheelbase model, which I prefer. Sure the shorties look cooler, and are more sought after, but for a trick interior you just can't beat the extra room. This is definitely one van I hope to see in person at a truck-in someday.
I culled these pics from vannin.com... my home away from home(page) where I am an active member with almost 5000 posts on the forums so far.
This week's van is called "Wizard's Revenge". Unfortunately I have no other info aside form that.
I know it hails from somewhere in Ontario. It is a mid-Dodge (71-78) like mine, and sports a custom grille, flares, visor, and spoiler. It also appears to have wooden running boards (which is also in my long range goals)
It's beautifully airbrushed in earth tones depicting fantasy images, and no doubt has a full custom interior. One of my favirite things about this particular van is it is a long wheelbase model, which I prefer. Sure the shorties look cooler, and are more sought after, but for a trick interior you just can't beat the extra room. This is definitely one van I hope to see in person at a truck-in someday.
I culled these pics from vannin.com... my home away from home(page) where I am an active member with almost 5000 posts on the forums so far.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Wow...Deja Vu!
I got my copy of Sci Fi magazine yesterday. (Yes I really subscribe to it) As I was looking over the cover this morning whilst trying to awaken, I had the funniest feeling I had seen the image somewhere before. It then dawned on me....
May 1987 issue #1 of The Justice League! I then dug thru my back issues to see how close they were, and as you can see...
This is a pretty cool tribute in my opinion.I mean obviously the cut Drs. Light, and Fate out, and Oberon too (the three on the most left) but the composition for the core group is the same in both pics. The Giffen era League was my favorite version. Heroes however I have actually not gotten a chance to watch yet, so I can't say on that yet. I hear good things though.
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Album Covers: Siren
The cover to the Roxy Music album Siren is, in my opinion, just about as close to perfection as an album cover can come.
The colors and tone are reminiscent of a Maxfield Parish piece, but the subject matter is...well, more like something I would paint.
The model is supermodel Jerry Hall, who was in a relationship with Roxy Music member Brian Ferry at the time of the albums release, and later went on to be the future wife of Mick Jagger. All that aside, I just really love this piece. It is one of the albums I have bought strictly for the cover, and it was well worth it.
Friday, March 2, 2007
Demolition: Part 2.5- Update
I found out some interesting info on the artifact I uncovered. I contacted my friend Jesse Red Horse, who has extensive knowlege in Native artifacts, bead work and loom work, and is also a Naitive musician (and a vanner to boot), and here is what he told me.
"If all the edges were hemmed I would have said it was a face piece for a knife sheath, but I ruled that out by the pattern line up.
Now to the pattern, I will copy the pic and bring it to my draw station and over lay the lines so I can show you the design we call "Lodge reflection" also known as "Two lodges", normally we see this as Eastern Woodlands bead work and this is the first time I've seen it woven so it threw me."
This made sense to me, as the builder of our house was the son of the owner of the house behind me (which I currently caretake for) back in the late 1800's.
He then said the following :
" The two designs are normally not found together on anything with the exception of a medicine pouch, the two lodges and the Two Coyotes are not normally together.
I have bead works of both but they are separate works.
I'm not 100% sure but at the very end (the non-hemmed side)it looks like the craftswomen was doing or had done a snake design before it was ripped, if indeed it was a snake then you could be looking at a top coat for a medicine bag."
I asked if it was possible that the piece was put there for protection reasons, and if I should return it to under the floor. he answered
" If it were placed there for protection it would have been wrapped in red trade wool, since you found none it was probably a gift to the house itself.
When we would put up a new lodge or tee Pee we would give the Tee Pee a gift that would stay with it for its life time.
I see no problem framing it, but I would suggest that you hang the frame artifact above the door.
I have my medicine arrow mounted above my entry door this tells everyone that enters that they enter with good intentions only.
Now I asked my wife since she is of the Eastern Woodlands Tribes and she had a different impression all together.
When the coyote and lodges show up she thinks it was done by the woman of the house in order to bring peace between the two house holds, there just might be another piece of this under the threshold of the other house in question."
He even sent me the following file...
*click to enlarge and read the fine print*
My most sincere thanks to Jesse Red Horse for his researching this for me, and educating me on it. I just hope someday to be able to find the other half of it....
"If all the edges were hemmed I would have said it was a face piece for a knife sheath, but I ruled that out by the pattern line up.
Now to the pattern, I will copy the pic and bring it to my draw station and over lay the lines so I can show you the design we call "Lodge reflection" also known as "Two lodges", normally we see this as Eastern Woodlands bead work and this is the first time I've seen it woven so it threw me."
This made sense to me, as the builder of our house was the son of the owner of the house behind me (which I currently caretake for) back in the late 1800's.
He then said the following :
" The two designs are normally not found together on anything with the exception of a medicine pouch, the two lodges and the Two Coyotes are not normally together.
I have bead works of both but they are separate works.
I'm not 100% sure but at the very end (the non-hemmed side)it looks like the craftswomen was doing or had done a snake design before it was ripped, if indeed it was a snake then you could be looking at a top coat for a medicine bag."
I asked if it was possible that the piece was put there for protection reasons, and if I should return it to under the floor. he answered
" If it were placed there for protection it would have been wrapped in red trade wool, since you found none it was probably a gift to the house itself.
When we would put up a new lodge or tee Pee we would give the Tee Pee a gift that would stay with it for its life time.
I see no problem framing it, but I would suggest that you hang the frame artifact above the door.
I have my medicine arrow mounted above my entry door this tells everyone that enters that they enter with good intentions only.
Now I asked my wife since she is of the Eastern Woodlands Tribes and she had a different impression all together.
When the coyote and lodges show up she thinks it was done by the woman of the house in order to bring peace between the two house holds, there just might be another piece of this under the threshold of the other house in question."
He even sent me the following file...
*click to enlarge and read the fine print*
My most sincere thanks to Jesse Red Horse for his researching this for me, and educating me on it. I just hope someday to be able to find the other half of it....
Thursday, March 1, 2007
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