FreeCell


Perhaps not a good as spider solitaire, but definitely worth it for the celebratory King at the end, resulting in a great feeling of accomplishment.

B & D



I can now be found on last.fm under the name brucenddeirdre.
However the above photo does not portray either Bruce or Deirdre. But I think they know of them.

Baskervilles Hund!


Possibly a drawing taken from the Swedish poster for the 1959 film 'The Hound of the Baskervilles', with Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes and Christopher Lee and Sir Henry Baskerville, which I watched last night.

Moonlight Swim


from

Anthony Perkins.

also known for his hit song 'moonlight swim' of 1957, when it reached #24 on the Billboard Hot 100, under the name 'Tony Perkins'. The song was later recorded by Elvis and included on the Blue Hawaii soundtrack.
Now with the knowledge of Anthony Perkins' musical prowess, I feel a Norman Bates breaking into song in some not so crucial scene would have worked rather well.

BERLINGERING











five days in Berlin, wandering around, catching trains and trams, eating cheap pizza and drinking cheap beer.
i want to make my photographs into a set of postcards, or an accordion book, somehow a digital memory of it doesn't quite seem adequate.

DEIRDRE

misspelt single title.



could possibly be part of collections named "Songs featuring my parents' name's", or "Beach Boys songs featuring a girls name in the title".

"Long Promised Road"/"Deirdre" (1971)
The Beach Boys

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time


Upper Baker Street, c. 1905, Baker Street and Portman Mansions, c. 1900, and Bell Street, N.W. 1, c. 1904

Carlisle Street, N.W. 1, with some 'Baker Street Irregulars'

City of London street, c. 1900, Marylebone Road, 1900, and Paddington Station, 1896

Melcombe Street, N.W.1, 1898

'Upper Swandham Lane'

Sherlock Holmes and his interest in dogs.

'I have serious thoughts of writing a small monograph upon the uses of dogs in the work of the detective.'

"May I draw your attention to the curious incident of the dog in the night-time."
"The dog did nothing in the night-time."
"That was the curious incident," remarked Sherlock Holmes.


Sherlock Holmes 's sitting-room at 221B Baker Street

Illustrations from 'My Life With Sherlock Holmes: Conversations in Baker Street', by John H. Watson, M.D.

Stocking up


Susanne - matching her coat to her afghan hounds.

Packaging for one of 3 packets of hosiery picked up today when the local second hand shop was selling all goods for 10kr/$2.
Also picked up a cream shift dress with a pleating detail along the hem, perfect for peaking out underneath a knee-length coat; a brown velvet blazer, from when H&M was still known as 'Hennes & Mauritz', and a burgundy long sleeved shirt, the perfect time for adding to my meagre wardrobe, as the days get shorter and more tempermental, in the transition into autumn.

IL CONFORMISTA












stills from Bernardo Bertolucci's 'Il Conformista' (1970). probably the best film I have seen this year, and worth watching purely for the stunning cinematography and luscious colours.
also recommended is Bertolucci's fantastic 1962 directorial debut 'La commare secca', which reinforced my preference for Italian cinema over French.

Hercule Poirot's Windowsill in Sweden


sketch of Hercule Poirot's windowsill in his hypothetical Swedish apartment. a fanatic of 'order and method', forever straightening curios on mantlepieces, he would definitely arrange his pot plants in height order.
working on a proposal for my first show in sweden and the relationship between pot plants and criminal activity still preys on my mind.

on second thoughts, perhaps Poirot would have topiary bushes or succulents on his windowsills instead of the usual leafy fare. or plastic ones to avoid all possibility of the mess of nature.

Space Invaders


Vincent Ganivet
miroir
2008

flattened discoballs


http://www.taccetti.com/files/gimgs/32_img1284.jpg
Santiago Taccetti
small, medium & large
wasted nights

Flattened mirror balls, 2009

Small: Christmas tree
Medium: Taxi cab
Large: House bar




Disco Darth - Disco Infernal
Date and Artist Unknown

two artists who disassemble disco balls and flatten them out, and a large darth vader disco ball, which reminds me of my idea to reconstitute a disco ball into the shape of yuri gagarin in his helmet. and i rather wanted to title it 'yuri in the sky with diamonds'. i prefer my disco balls at least vaguely spherical and rotating.