Courtesy of Pop Chart Labs we now have a handy visual reference of almost 50 cocktails culled from books & movies. The chart covers "everything from Philip Marlowe's Gin Gimlet to Fredo Corleone's Banana Daiquiri to the simple yet effective Buttermaker Boilermaker," to the Dude's White Russian.And better yet you can buy a copy to hang near the bar. The printed up 500 copies, the artist signed them and they're selling them for $22.close up via Laughing Squid
Digital Backlash: World Records for Poetry Manuscripts at Auction
Christina Rossetti, ‘Remember me when I am gone’, Estimate £4,000-6,000 Sold for £33,650. Highest price ever paid for a Rossetti manuscript.If we need any further proof that the art of writing is endangered have a look at the astounding results of the recent auction of poetry manuscripts held at Bonham's. The collection, amassed over 40 years, belonged to poet and scholar Roy Davids who admits “it would now be impossible for the present collection to be even approximately replicated.”The auction was the third and final part of Davids collection and brought in a staggering £750,000.Here are some prime examples with prices realized. Wow!Oscar...
Holy Book Club Batman!$#!& – Introducing the Topless Pulp Fiction Club
They meet in the parks of New York City to read mid-century pulp fiction. They also don't wear any tops. They are The Topless Pulp Fiction Club. Nothing wrong here, it is all legal and fair. Simply a group of women who like to read and desire to enjoy the same freedom as men. Reading about a Brooklyn street gang in Harlan Ellison's 1958 novel Web of the City Clearly they are committed, for they meet year round! More at the NY Daily News: Bold New York bookworms strip down for Topless Pulp Fiction Club
The Trees of Julie Dodd
Forest: Lungs of the WorldJulie Dodd is a friend of the earth. Much of her work is devoted to raise awareness of the perilous nature of our approach to, among other things, trees.Her Year in Trees project is "a response to our involvement in the destruction of trees, concentrating on the importance and impact they have on the planet."One component, Forest: Lungs of the World tackles carbon dioxide. "Inspired by lung tissue, this miniature forest canopy emphasizes how trees are the lungs of the World."Then it is on to logging and the incredible piece Illegal Logging. Illegal Logging and finally, Pores for Thought where Dodd considers...
Maira Kalman takes on the library at PS 47
In 2009, Maria Kalman transformed the library of PS 47 with an alphabet installation for the Robin Hood Foundation.In this video shot by her son Alex, Kalman talks of the project, schools as "temples of information and hope" and of the importance of reading and libraries.