Monday, August 08, 2011

Sunday in Fukushima by Sean Bonner

Interesting read: Sean Bonner's fresh account of his trip to Fukushima, Japan on the Safecast blog. He was there recording radiation levels along with Xeni Jardin, Miles O'Brien (who are both in Japan for PBS Newshour), Pieter Franken and others: LINK
Above image is of skinny cat left behind by earthquake and tsunami.
Also, Xeni has a new interview on boingboing with Yoko Ono who was recently honored with the 8th Hiroshima Art Prize. LINK
Road of Hope is Yoko's exhibit.
I have been following Xeni's updates on twitter. She is also travelling to Kyoto, Kobe and Hiroshima for PBS Newshour with Miles O'Brien.

Sunday, August 07, 2011

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Ode to Odd Instruments

LOVE this! Michael Hearst's Ode to Odd Instruments


Thanks boingboing (Mark)

Photo of the Day- How to play two ukuleles at the same time

This guy figured out how to play two ukuleles at the same time. Charles Russell 1939, barbell instructor with his two ukes. Photo credit: NPR link
Ripley's Believe it or Not

Saturday, July 30, 2011

A Taste of Pompeii in NYC

Photos by Toni Dalton

Artist Julian Schnabel’s Palazzo Chupi in the west villiage (NYC) was painted “Pompeii red” when it was built. Here's what it looked like in 2007 (left) and here's what it looks like today. Perfetto! I love it. He has a painter's eye for this stuff, although some in the neighborhood don't like it. LINK


Friday, July 29, 2011

Flying Underwear

Distinguished people with Anti-Gravity Underwear looking at art that is hanging high on the
walls of this salon-style art gallery.
And here we have Edison's Anti-Gravity Underwear for kids.
The London Punch makes fun of Edison in 1879 over at