Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Whoa… mesmerizing. This is one of those times, when you look at the image, and then you don’t realize there’s a background. But this time, yes, there is a background, it’s a Takashi Murakami painting. It’s in the right form, three pieces and large, but what is it? Who made it? It’s on thin sheets of wood which are bending, and it’s quite an odd sight. There’s really porn in the foreground? Who’s apartment is this? Kanye West? Dan of art duo kozyndan sent me these pics today. Of course, I gave it the pixelization.
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I must enjoy pain or something. I’m sitting in my dentist chair, and my dentist is sharpening the tools that are going to tear up my gums. It feels bad, but it feels good too in a way, since I know the pieces of calcified crap is coming out of my mouth. I learned a lot from this dentist visit. It was odd and interesting. 1. Grinding teeth. I used to do it I guess and there’s tons of evidence in my teeth. There’s smooth spots everywhere. She was aghast.2. In my case, the grinding came from my orthodontic work from when I was in elementary school. I had tons of teeth pulled for braces (14). Why didn’t the other dentists fill me in?3. Grinding teeth can lead to headaches and neck aches.4. A lot of hygienists take it easy, since they don’t handle giving out pain well. That means, a less good cleaning.5. My teeth are strong. I can go years without a cleaning and I’ll be fine. On the way to the dentist office, I saw this. I used it too. It’s a machine to pay for parking. It’s so funny and dumb that they make it in the shape of a giant parking meter.
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If you don’t, you should check out alivenotdead.com once in a while. They put two of my blog posts in the special artist updates. The Papershapers video and the Monterey Bay pics. They’re not always up there, since it’s random, but I logged in and poof, there they were back to back. alivenotdead.
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Chicago’s own Jay Ryan, The Bird Machine himself has a couple of shirts with Patagonia. I saw a tiny thumbnail and poof, it was so obvious who did these. It’s a perfect match. I stopped by his studio a bit ago and I think his work and studio is quite great. I like the fact that his dad works there with him packing prints for orders.Blog about Jay.Mega Fauna (the group portrait)Swimmy link (the polar bear)The Bird Machine.
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Boys who lunch. Bobby Kim, Joe Hahn, and James Jean. You probably know who they are and what they do. I don’t know why, but I guess we all had time at the same time. Girls who make magazines. Jens, Tomomi, and Kana. They make JPy and interviewed me today.
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