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my wake up music this morning

RJD2

BROKEN BELLS

AESOP ROCK (BUT OF COURSE)

WELL, I ASKED MYSELF THIS

Alfred Stieglitz: “Georgia O’Keeffe – Nude” (1919)
$1,360,000 Sotheby’s New York, February 2006

Palladium print, image: 9 3/8 by 7 5/8 in. (24 by 19.2 cm.)

Suggested Reading: Stieglitz: Camera Work

it's actually not the best nude I have ever seen. But, that said. It's a nude, and look at that date stamp - 1919. Imagine how controversial this image would have been back then?

that's why it's amazing. and that's why it's worth so much. Not for it's 'controversial material', and definitely not for it's 'artistic quality' (such crap composition, and the photograph is technically flawed) but because it came about in the birth of photography - and it displays the artist's (not stieglitz specifically but THE artist as a figure) timeless obsession with the female form. it's worth so much because it is historically fascinating.

and because of that, it's beautiful.

Unknown: “Billy the Kid” (Fort Sumner, New Mexico) (1879-80)
$2,300,000 Brian Lebel’s Old West Show & Auction, June 2011

Tin-type, image: 2×3 inch (5.08×7.62 cm)
Only authenticated photograph of the historical figure.

As the only authenticated image of Billy the Kid, this tin-type photo embodies the American West and one of its largest personalities.

answer right there. I want this photo, I also want 2. 3 million dollars. choices.

Edward Steichen: “The Pond – Moonlight”, (1904)
$2,928,000  Sotheby’s New York, February 2006

this is one of my favourites. it's been my background on my computer for over 3 months.

some information.

Multiple gum bichromate print over platinum, image: 16 1/16 by 19 11/16 in. (41 by 50.8 cm.)

“One of only a hand-full left in existence, this image is beautiful example of the Pictorialist style of the late 1800s and early 20th century. Steinchen’s hand-layering technique embodied the painterly style.”

Suggested Reading: Edward Steichen: Lives in Photography
Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand: Masterworks from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cindy Sherman: “Untitled #96″ (1981)
$3,890,500  Christie’s New York, May 2011

Chromogenic color print, image: 24 x 48 in. (61 x 121.9 cm)
Number seven from an edition of ten.

Sherman was known to avoid titling her work, in order to allow the interpretation to come from the viewer’s own imagination. “Christie’s noted in the auction presentation: ‘Who is this girl?Is she scheming to find true love, or the brokenhearted victim of a failed love affair?’”

i made a tumblr

tumblr > sleep
http://veronicathesister.tumblr.com/

everyone seems to think that I think the 90s was a cool decade. I dont know, it might have been. 80s was snazzy too.
all time favourite, the 20s. no, not because of gatsby - because of the music. and the smoking.

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stay frosty

that apology was not thing 6. I lied.
I watched 5 movies in the past 5 days. Because I wake up at 8am, and can't function till 10am. So, I put on a movie for my brain to digest.

so, here's the list.

tuesday
2001 Space Odyssey

Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial, object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest.

Director:

Stanley Kubrick

this was ... interesting. I know I must say it was a pleasure to watch, and I found it intellectually stimulating. but holy shit did I struggle. if I wasn't such a sucker for (1) a great score (2) 60's interior design and (3) space movies.. I would have switched off.

^^^ listen^^^

visually it's a plethora of cinematic brilliance - but hey presto it was done by Kubrick.

watch this NOT AT 8AM, but when you can concentrate and enjoy some real cinema.

wednesday

KILL ME I WATCHED FAST AND THE FURIOUS 6

it was bad. and I threw up.

Fast and the Furious 6

Hobbs has Dom and Brian reassemble their crew in order to take down a mastermind who commands an organization of mercenary drivers across 12 countries. Payment? Full pardons for them all.

Director:

Justin Lin

justin lin you mother fucker. I sat through this because I PAID TO

the cars were ok, there was a chick fight with something-rodriguez and at some point a cuban (?) lady died.

did I mention I fell asleep?

thursday

Office Space

this was cool. and it was the best for the mood I was in. hungover.

Comedic tale of company workers who hate their jobs and decide to rebel against their greedy boss.

Director:

Mike Judge

I spent the movie either laughing, cringing, or sighing. The movie was so well scripted, perfectly directed (in terms of dialogue - as in, when someone interrupted they ACTUALLY INTERRUPTED. genius).

and I know some people will say it's just a mundane, boring recount of a guy anxiously losing his mind wrapped in the bacon of middle class white america - but, Jennifer Aniston plays dumb depressed future less fuck buddy really well!

that be great

friday

George of the Jungle

haha, oh yes.

George grows up in the jungle raised by apes. Based on the Cartoon series.

Director:

Sam Weisman

well, right in the child hood.

and finally, on saturday.

Alein 3

it's no surprise I'm the biggest alien fan. I have watched the first one about 6 times, the second 4 and now the third one for the frist time this weekend.

it was everything I ever dreamed on.

classically, it had a different aesthetic to the other 2 (and eventually 4) because it was not a Scott or a Cameron. but a fincher! oh yeah, nihilistic fincher took on alien.

what we got was a cynical and pissed off ripley, who pulled no stops in being a total 100% bad ass.

also, the visuals in this film were excellent. 90s steam punk prison planet? bam.

yep. that's a lannister.

stay classy, stay interested. watch things

My computer finally died. RIP. so this is done on my phone. Etc no cool graphics. Soz.

Thing 6 is an apology. Stay classy hoes

As usual, I was out. wearing black. imitating my mood (cynicism)
and some douche canoe came up to me and asked

"hey, are you goth or something. why are you wearing black. it's no funeral"

Naturally, I started belting johnny.
P.S DONT ASK STUPID QUESTIONS
P.P.S IT IS A FUNERAL. YOURS

what she order? 5 in the morning, I'm hungry. I like clothes.
counting top 10 food threads.

1. because lines are so epic. why not tell EVERYONE what she order