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Stumbled upon the Amazing Rare Things exhibit today while perusing Efimera, which makes me wish my Spanish skills were sharper. It features the work of Mark Catesby and Maria Sibylla Merian (love this painting of hers) among others.

I’m gonna christen this art style, a perennial Modcult favorite, retronatural.

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cf jessamyn’s post over on mefi.


zomg i got david confused with richard attenborough and i thought that jessamyn’s Royal Collection thing was gonna be all “Welcome to…JURASSIC PARK!”


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Lou Reed, Richard Belzer and a dog.

Taken by kathryn.

It all makes sense if Lou Reed is part of the Tommy Westphall Universe.


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Raymond Pettibon Op Art in the New York Times.

From the comments:

David Byrne rocks. He has done other stuff. Sort of like winning an Academy Award, for the score of a movie. RISD rocks


never change, youtube commenters.


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I like this.


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I would wear these. (more rejected promotional star wars pepsi items.)

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I found these in a red photo album marked “Darlene” at a swap meet in Huntington Beach, California. I didn’t know these photos were in there until I got in the car and really looked at the photos. Then I was like, “Whoa! People doing drugs.”

This is my favorite: Best Coke Buds Pose By the Delorean. Make sure to look at the full version poster that you can see framed in the background.

Fairly unbeatable bumpersticker + vanity plate combination.