Dirtbombs' drummer Ben Blackwell has created a map of Detroit of labels offering "vinyl releases throughout all eras". He also has a blog.
The Kelly Writers House is a 13-room house on the University of Pennsylvania campus that serves as a center for writers of all kinds from Penn and the Philadelphia region at large.
Archives of the Fellows from the Kelly Writers House - mp3s and videos from some great writers, including my main dude, David Milch, Joyce Carol Oates, Joan Didion, Art Spiegelman, EL Doctorow, Richard Ford, Robert Creeley and many others.
Terrific short film on custom motorcycle builder Shinya Kimura of Chabott Engineering.
More on Shinya Kimura on his official site:
shinya kimura|chabott engineering
After being beaten into a brain-damaging coma by five men outside a bar, Mark Hogancamp built a 1/6th scale World War II-era town in his backyard. Mark populated the town he dubbed "Marwencol" with dolls representing his friends and family and created life-like photographs detailing the town's many relationships and dramas. Playing in the town and photographing the action helped Mark to recover his hand-eye coordination and deal with the psychic wounds from the attack.
Here's the trailer for the documentary about Marwencol:
As I write this, the film is streamable on Kanopy, the terrific streaming service that's free to sign up to with most library cards.
And you can visit Mark's website at Marwencol.com.
Update, 2018: they made a pretty bad movie out of this, starring Steve Carrel.
Not much to add beyond the title.
Jeremy Mayer disassembles typewriters and then reassembles them into full-scale, anatomically correct human figures and other sculptures. He does not solder, weld, or glue these assemblages together — the process is entirely cold assembly.
His guiding principles:
Emulation is beautiful.
Sustainability is crucial.
Patience is paramount.
Abundance abides.
These principles are expanded on on Mayer's website:
JEREMY MAYER
Featuring the sculpture of artist Jeremy Mayer from California, who has been making art by disassembling typewriters, then reassembling them into human, animal, and abstact biological forms for almost 30 years.
