http://www.yourdailyawesome.com Now With More Awesomeness Every Day Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:37:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Anybody interested in photography past and present is invited to join me at my new blog, That's a Negative, where I'll be trying to make sense of photography's roles on a regular basis. Expect reviews of photo exhibitions and books, links to the most interesting stories and examples of photography ... http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2008/06/12/theres-a-new-blog-in-town/ When I launched Your Daily Awesome 16 months ago, I was between projects and looking for a creative outlet that incorporated the myriad cultural phenomena that constantly inspire me. YDA was the perfect vehicle for this, and to my great surprise and happiness, other people shared my enthusiasms: The earliest ... http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/11/20/blogs-end-awesomeness-doesnt/ http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/11/19/a-history-of-texas-the-intro-to-true-stories/ Semioticians, feminists, and postmodern theorists: eat your heart out. (Also: Anyone who enjoys attractive women with sporty automobiles.) via This is That http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/11/15/hot-women-fast-cars-and-european-print-ads-from-the-1960s-70s/ "These are four scanned pictures of hardcopies I possess of the French nuclear test codenamed Licorne, which was fired on August 24, 1970 . The French army had these pictures taken on site. The pictures were readily available at the time at Tahiti and Moruroa military base, and mine have ... http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/11/14/photos-from-french-nuclear-test-1970/ http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/11/13/jim-hensons-time-piece-1965/ Still best known for his innovative and unique "Zuma" photographs of the mid-late '70s, John Divola is an amazingly prolific photographer with a superb, exhaustive website. I've been on a huge Divola kick lately; here's but a tiny sampling from the past 30 years. (Series are central to Divola's work; ... http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/11/12/john-divola/ I have long admired the art of Wayne White, whose art I first saw on the cover of Lambchop's Nixon LP, but I had no idea until today that he did the voice of Mr. Kite and Randy on Pee Wee's Playhouse, or that he directed the video for Peter ... http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/11/07/wayne-white/ The phrase "vintage ceramics blog" might not sound like the sexiest string of words ever uttered, but Bloesem, a blog written by a Dutch woman living in Kuala Lumpur, is a gorgeously curated and highly informative site about exactly that. http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/11/06/vintage-ceramics/ Dear Louis, You're a very nice man and I do enjoy working with you. The fact that you own a donkey and a rooster makes me laugh. I don't know many people who own a donkey and a rooster who don't also live on a farm. You're sincere and there is ... http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/11/05/an-open-letter-to-a-guy-i-work-with-who-always-comes-into-my-office-to-tell-me-he-sent-me-an-email-right-after-he-sends-me-an-email-by-jason/ gallery via Cynical-C http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/11/02/iconic-photographs-of-the-20th-century-recreated-by-senior-citizens/ beautiful gallery here via Cynical-C http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/11/02/african-haircuts-of-the-1950s-60s/ via Channel 53 http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/11/01/harry-partch-and-his-strange-musical-instruments/ Francois Zanella, a 58 year old former mine worker has built a cruise ship at his home in Morsbach, Moselle in North-Eastern part of France. He started building his ship on August 10-th, 1994. By that time, he had already spent more than 3,500 hours designing in excruciating detail all the ... http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/11/01/the-homemade-cruise-ship/ gallery via This is That http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/10/30/the-3d-polaroids-of-markus-kison/ The person at this Flickr account volunteers at a prison library and has compiled and posted drawings, notes, and miscellany found on the carts and tucked in books there. Fascinating stuff. via I Heart Photograph http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/10/29/found-in-prison/ The Blue Ribbon Glee Club is a punk rock choir from Chicago. Here they are performing "Where is My Mind." Fugazi "Waiting Room" (mp3) http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/10/25/a-chicago-glee-club-covers-the-pixes-and-fugazi/ much more at Teplin via the Ephemerist http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/10/24/scott-teplin-gracious-host-and-slumber-lord/ via WFMU http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/10/23/nina-hagen-meets-don-rickles/ A conversation with Andy Warhol, contacted through a psychic with mediumistic abilities via webchat link Oliver Laric, previously on YDA http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/10/22/webchat-with-andy-by-oliver-laric/