Neo-tenebrist

A frame grab from video shot in the backroom of an Indiana roadhouse.

Movies I can watch over and over

1900
48 Hours
A Hard Day’s Night
Alien IV: Alien Resurrection
Amadeus
American Beauty
Animal House
Big Lebowski, The
Blade Runner
Blood Simple
Blowup
Bull Durham
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Casablanca
Cell,The
charme discret de la bourgeoisie, le
Chicago
Chinatown
Confidence
Dangerous Liasons, 1988
Days of Heaven
Dead, The
Destry Rides Again
Dolce Vita, La
Don’t Look Back
Dr. Strangelove
Face/off
Fargo
Funny Face
Get Shorty
Gladiator
Godfather, The
Goodfellas
Graduate, The
Heist
His Girl Friday
Hustler, The
Illusionist, The
Inglourious Basterds
Kagemusha
L.A. Confidential
Last Seduction, The
Leopard, The
Manhattan
Moulin Rouge, Baz Lurman
Much Ado About Nothing, Kenneth Branagh
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Ocean’s Eleven, 2001
Once Upon a Time in America
Out of Sight
Pillow Book, The
Pink Panther, The
Player, The
prise de pouvoir, La
Prospero’s Books
Pulp Fiction
Raising Arizona
Ran
Repo Man
Road to Perdition, The
Seven Year Itch, The
Sexy Beast
Shadow of the Vampire
Shaft (2000)
Shakespeare in Love
Some Like It Hot
Stop Making Sense
Terminator, The
Thelma and Louise
This is Spinal Tap
Traffic
Unforgiven
Untouchables, The
Usual Suspects, The
Waking Life
Wild Thing
Wings of Desire
Yojimbo

Bridal shop

My local full-service tire shop

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Martian fruit

In case you had any doubts, it's set in stone

The Meanderthal in the Dromosphere

I stole both those words but not for evil ends. I recommend the flaneur as a temporary street mode. Maybe you have an errand but not a deadline. Fine. Walk there, not texting.
Be ready to offer directions to strangers fumbling with maps. My favorite approach line, "Are you finding your way okay?" lets them assert competence or accept help.
Notice changes. It's harder to notice the unchanged, but have a shot there, too.
After a bit of this, you'll have new bases for art and politics or just a good chat, but the walk is its own payoff.

Sarah Van Ingelgom cooks

She's visiting partly for Art Chicago.
This was her father's recipe, which wowed her every time he cooked it.
Her gallery in Hong Kong is The Blue Lotus.
Just so the record is clear, she's neither tilted nor fuzzy.

This is the most nubile part. And it's the price!

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I have to get some signs for the DougvanderHoof.com part of me. These hand lettered ones are sexy; I swear the numbers look at least glandular if not mammalian. Bursting they are.

Self Portrait: High Arch

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Calling Down Fire

Calling down fire
Another thirty second long exposure.

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Ectoplasm and the van de Graaff Urn
One thirty second exposure. Swooping around with a little light shone into a conch. Watch for conch light in ads for diffusion-line designers for A/W2011. Solve Sundsbo and Ruth Hogben will both claim it, to acclaim.

Chelsea Culp, directing her gallery.

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