We tend to put our favorite authors on a pedestal, and in some ways when we do that, we turn them into characters themselves, figures whose every action, whim, and interest should fit into the tidy package of our understanding.
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Famous Authors’ Unlikely Obsessions
This may expose the total sci-fi nerd in us (or maybe that ship has sailed), but we were overcome with pleasant nostalgia when we saw these Philip K. Dick covers from the early 1990s over at artist Gavin Rotherty’s blog
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Gorgeous Philip K. Dick ’90s Book Covers by Chris Moore
Maya Rudolph returned to Saturday Night Live last night for her first time as host and put on a fantastic, cameo-filled episode that (happily) relied heavily on her many talents.
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The Best and Worst of Last Night’s ‘SNL’ with Maya Rudolph
Tomorrow would have been the 45th birthday of legendary grunge hero Kurt Cobain, who committed suicide at age 27 to the despair of the world at large. Though we know there were many times in his life when he was a happy, goofy guy, he very publicly struggled with depression, addiction, and illness, and when you think of Cobain, you tend to think of a doleful guy barely looking out from behind his matted blond locks. So, to celebrate the good times in Cobain’s life, we’ve collected a series of photographs with family, friends, and bandmates, where the guy just looks really happy.
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Pictures of Kurt Cobain Looking Happy
In Ward Shelley’s collection of paintings, entitled “Unreliable Narrator” and now on view at Pierogi Gallery in Williamsburg, he tracks the history of various sets of believers and belief systems — from teenagers to science fiction to religious groups to the fluxus movement — in wildly colorful, often almost anatomical-looking flow charts, examining how one idea grows into another, and the nature of the stories we as eternal believers tell ourselves (our own mind being the unreliable narrator here). Click though to check out some of Shelley’s work, then head over to the gallery’s website to see larger versions and even more — or, of course, you could always go check them out in real life.
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Ward Shelley Charts the Taxonomy of Teenagers and Other Believers
We’re always suckers for great vintage design here at Flavorpill, and we particularly swoon over inventive package designs. So obviously, when we saw these adorable Polish soap packages over at BoingBoing , we were in love. It seems like little objects like soaps never get this kind of design attention anymore, unless they’re the very expensive kind (or you’re in a fancy hotel), so it’s nice to see the bright colors and sweet illustrations on these
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Charming Vintage Soap Packages from Poland
In the aptly titled “Inception Park,” directed by Fernando Livschitz of Black Sheep Films , roller coasters and other familiar carnival rides fly, twist, and loop over the streets of Buenos Aires in a beautifully clever and incredibly optimistic dreamscape. The idea is wonderful and the execution superb — if we didn’t know any better, we’d think there really were invisible coaster tracks just feet above the Argentinian sidewalks — plus, the video brings out a warm and fuzzy childlike wonder that we don’t often experience watching clips on the internet.
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Watch Roller Coasters Fly Through the Streets of Buenos Aires
Here at Flavorpill, we can’t really get enough of gazing lovingly at photographs of books. We know it’s what’s inside that counts, but one simple fact just can’t be avoided: books are beautiful, and they sure do warm up a room — or, in some cases, an entire building. Plus, at the risk of being totally sentimental, we think that the best books are often the most beautiful: even if their spines are shabby, the exude a kind of well-loved glow, beautiful from the inside out
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20 Beautiful Private and Personal Libraries
Originally meant for official photographs and souvenir snapshots, the photo booth quickly became a beloved tool and source of inspiration for artists everywhere, who played with the concept of automatic portraiture and pushed the format as far as it could go. Our friends at Design Boom tipped us off to Behind the Curtain – the Aesthetics of the Photobooth , an exhibit of photo booth photography that opened yesterday at Swiss photography museum Musée de l’Elysée Lausanne . The exhibit explores photo booth photographs from artists like Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, and André Breton, representing the medium’s presence not only in the Surrealist and Fluxus movements but across the aesthetic spectrum. Click through to see a few wonderful pieces from the exhibit, and if you find yourself in the area, be sure to check out the full show, running until May 20th
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Behind the Curtain: Gorgeous Vintage Photo Booth Art
Okay, okay, so we’ve gotten a little bit obsessed with the whole pop-culture nail art trend in the past few weeks. We’ve run through our nail polish remover stores and our trash cans are filled with Q-tips from attempting pretty tributes to our favorite books, TV shows, and musicians. But that won’t stop us from rounding out our extensive collection with a roundup of nail art odes to what’s arguably the most popular form of entertainment of all — the silver screen.
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Awesome Movie-Inspired Nail Art
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