Hey Portlanders and presumably wannabe Portlanders! Finally,
BuyOlympia.com is
opening a retail and gallery space in the front portion of its warehouse. October 9th is the grand opening and you won't want to miss it. (As if you need one more reason to crush on PDX. I know
Jen doesn't.)
Anyway, I have conveniently purchased all kinds of awesomeness from this indie online retailer, from super weird zines to great under-the-radar books, so I am happy (and jealous) to announce that some of you lucky devils will be able to fore go the excrutiating pain of waiting for things you want to make it to the mailbox.
Here's a short list of BuyOlympia's current online offerings, which is coincidentally a premeditated attempt at a Christmas list for me, "Ahem."
Sex and communism, circa 1971, courtesy of Yugoslavian director Dusan Makaveje. There's a great piece in the Nation on why Makaveje became one of the most revered and then forgotten avant garde filmmakers in Eastern European cinema. Here's a hint--anti-authority movies about free love and funny fascism didn't go over too well in the Soviet bloc.
Three days in London and six in Berlin. I will bring much news from foreign lands. Stay tuned for my smoke signal. x o x o
(Images courtesy of Vice magazine)
The Church of Bones in a small town outside of Prague in the Czech Republic is decorated entirely with the human bones of people who died from the plague 300 years ago. In 1870, a morbidly handy woodcarver took the liberty of arranging the bones in an artistic manner, and today the church is an ironically beautiful reminder of one of the darkest times in European history.
Today is my nephew Parker's birthday. Just ten years in and he's pretty much the coolest dude, ever.
I can't stop looking at this portrait by Victorian artist Jodie Anne Candy. Enter for a chance to win a hand drawn portrait by Jodie, complete with a vintage Italian frame, by emailing her by end of November 2009: jodieannecandy@gmail.com
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