November 2, 2009 @ 10:05 pm
Kevin Demaria, who has worked at Gourmet magazine for the last 8 years, published photos of the magazine’s last days to remember the food magazine and to somehow make sense of the poor state of the magazine industry — at least at Conde Nast (or so they say…). Simple yet beautiful photos.
August 20, 2009 @ 3:40 am
After an earlier exterior stairway collapse this year that injured a fellow artist resident, the New York City Department of Buildings issued a notice for all tenants of 5 Pointz, NYC’s graffiti-laden structure in Long Island City, to vacate. As of now, it looks like those tenants and artists won’t be moving back into the building once maintenance is complete because the city will not issue a new certificate of occupancy for the building. This means that the owner of 5 Pointz will probably have to paint over all of the graffiti there and turn the building into a standard factory.
Gothamist took one last look at the interior and exterior of the building and has pictures of it to show. My own photos from this place are on a harddrive somewhere…I should dig them out just for memory’s sake.
July 17, 2009 @ 2:25 am
Check out the photos of some of the last remaining phone booths in New York City at The Infrastructurist, complete with cross streets and locations.
July 4, 2009 @ 11:43 am
This is the last known video of Michael Jackson at a rehearsal at the Los Angeles Staples Center on June 23, 2009 (two days before his death).
Thanks Trevor (who is one of the best dancers I know and is one of the founding members of Australian dance group The Collektive)!
May 7, 2009 @ 4:19 pm
The last case of American Tim Tams is up for auction on eBay and it is personally signed by Australian actor Hugh Jackman. As some of you may know, Tim Tam cookies were available for a limited time in the US exclusively at Target stores from November 2008 to March 2009 (it was distributed by Pepperidge Farm in the US). There hasn’t been any word yet on how well they were selling, but I suspect that many people who picked them up fell in love with them right away. Anyway, there are currently no plans for Tim Tams to make a permanent US stay, so if you’re in the US, this may very well be one of the last chances you’ll be able to pick up an entire case of them. Plus, the good thing is that the proceeds of this auction will go to Feed America, the nation’s leading hunger-relief charity. [via]
At the time of this post, the auction has 34 bids and is currently at $237.50.
February 27, 2009 @ 2:09 am
Believe it or not, one of my dreams in life is to take a tour of a newspaper printing factory. I know, it sounds kinda boring, but I find the process very fascinating. Everything in those printing press factories moves so quickly and so precisely that I feel like I could literally stand and watch paper go by me for hours without end.
I know that The New York Times has a printing facility located in Queens but I have yet to get a chance to go there and see what it’s like. I hope to do that one day, but in the meantime, I guess this video above of the last press run for The Boston Herald will do.
Anybody reading Doobybrain work at a factory and want to give me a tour? Contact me if you do!
