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Yesterday I had the idea to create a twitter account posting links that document life (mostly images) under Keynesian Economics.
I had realized it’s not so much the artist, designer or architect that decides the style of an era, but the conditions, the societies that these creatives are working in.
Some person may be a natural born architect. But what the buildings actually look like is much more dictated by the times than by the individual. The same guy working under Louis XIV would build different things than, say, in the mid-century-modern era – which I call the Keynes-Era.
Style is of course just one aspect of life. But it’s the first thing you realize that is changing between eras. And we see much more than skirt lengths in fashion photos. We see if women wore veils or burkas in the mid-east in 1958.
Photos transport moods, especially in everyday, real life scenes – by professional photographers as well as hobbyists. And the attention which hobbies themselves do get in the media, does also say something about a culture.
A picture says more than a thousand words. Many of these words are about the life, the people, the conditions, few about the creators. The director who understands that, like Jean-Luc Godard, has a greater chance to shape an era than the one with a more individualistic theme, say, Woody Allen.
link to vimeo
The Rise and Fall of L.A.’s Space Age Nautical Pleasure Pier
Christopher Merritt and Domenic Priore, Foreword by Brian Wilson
Process Media – Independent Book Publisher
Don’t Miss These Great Book Release Events:
New York
Monday, July 7 @ 6 p.m. Barnes & Noble (Tribeca), 97 Warren Street, New York, New York 10007 (212) 587-5389 slide show and talk (Free)
Tuesday, July 8 @ 8 p.m. Spoonbill & Sugartown (Williamsburg), 218 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11211 (718) 387-7322 slide show and talk (Free)
Los Angeles
Friday, July 11 @ 7:30 p.m. Stories Book Store (Echo Park), 1716 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90028 (213) 413-3733 with live music from The Unclaimed and Willow Willow. (Free)
Saturday, July 12 @ 4 p.m. Book Soup (Sunset Strip), 8818 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, California 90069 (310) 659-3110 with slide show plus special guests TBA, confirmed already are Skip Engblom and Anthony Friedkin from Dogtown and Z-Boys. (Free)
Sunday, July 13: Micechat brunch, slide lecture and book signing, ESPN Zone at Downtown Disney, Anaheim, California 8-10:30am (Ticketed event –http://www.eventzilla.net/web/event?eventid=2139041485 )
Sunday, July 13 @ 2 p.m. Santa Monica History Museum, 1350 7th Street, Santa Monica, California 90401 (310) 395-2290 with slide show plus Sea Horse from Pacific Ocean Park entrance plus seven Earl Newman silk screen P.O.P. posters on display. (Free)
more here: Process Media – Independent Book Publisher
Spring Reverb Defines a Mythic Space Where The Legends of Rock Live – YouTube.
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OuterWave Desert Bound Surfin’ Sundays 6-2-13 – YouTube.
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I’m following TK Smith’s creations on Flickr and his blog. Now he created a completely originally designed guitar and it looks like something I would play. I know I like the sound of his pick-ups in Teles and Höfners and what have you. Maple is a great wood for Rockabilly guitar bodies. The thing I don’t get yet are those odd strap attachment-devices.
TK Smith » Blog Archive » The Chambered Maple Pancake Guitar.