A catalog of oddities, fascinations, and sundry ephemera by Judith M. MurrayTumblr (3.0; @youwillbeassimilated)http://judithmurray.net/<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyq7fxTJYO1qz4s3wo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span class="tumblr_blog">Via </span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://inspire.2ia.pl/post/16870893020/anatomical-cross-sections-in-paper-by-lisa-nilsson" target="_blank">szymon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>anatomical <a href="http://lisanilssonart.com/artwork/2431150_Profile_detail.html" target="_blank">cross sections in <strong>paper</strong></a> by Lisa Nilsson</p> </blockquote>http://judithmurray.net/post/16872883523http://judithmurray.net/post/16872883523Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:55:12 -0800art<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu9kgfZwNl1qg39ewo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Via <a href="http://futurisms.tumblr.com/post/16571491742/carl-sagans-cosmos-the-lives-of-the-stars-apple-pie" target="_blank">futurisms</a></p>http://judithmurray.net/post/16583511379http://judithmurray.net/post/16583511379Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:08:00 -0800drolleriesscience<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxpx22HxJA1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="tumblr_blog">Via </span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.thedailywh.at/post/15758946789/this-x-that-know-this-taliban-appears" target="_blank">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote>Superimposed images of the same carousel from multiple angles — taken by Pep Ventosa at the Tibidabo amusement park in Barcelona. <a href="http://www.pepventosa.com/gallery.html?folio=the%20photographs&gallery=In%20the%20Round%20-%20Carousels" target="_blank">More here</a>. (<a href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/pic-of-the-day-a-carousels-memory" target="_blank">via</a>.)</blockquote>http://judithmurray.net/post/15780057707http://judithmurray.net/post/15780057707Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:13:37 -0800photographiefairy tales<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lF_C7BvAf_A?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi’s “Two Against One” (featuring Jack White)</p>http://judithmurray.net/post/15757717885http://judithmurray.net/post/15757717885Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:21:39 -0800musiqueles films<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwiztv1mhh1qz7b9so1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwiztv1mhh1qz7b9so2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwiztv1mhh1qz7b9so3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwiztv1mhh1qz7b9so4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://westcollects.com/westCollection/view_artist/artwork/2718" target="_blank">Tyree Callahan</a> paints with a typewriter (click to enlarge).</p> <p>Via <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/offbeat/comments/njtib/painting_with_a_typewriter_xpost/" target="_blank">Reddit</a></p>http://judithmurray.net/post/14532302671http://judithmurray.net/post/14532302671Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:27:00 -0800artpaintings<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw5k5rBMOC1qz7b9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Groove in a vinyl record magnified 1,000 times, via <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/narfk/this_is_a_photo_of_a_single_groove_on_a_vinyl/" target="_blank">Reddit</a>.</p>http://judithmurray.net/post/14171169079http://judithmurray.net/post/14171169079Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:20:00 -0800musiquephotographie<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvuhjh569v1qz7b9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Naval dispatch seventy years ago this day. More at the <a href="http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec07.html" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a>.</p> <p>Via <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/n3wap/this_is_not_drill/" target="_blank">Reddit</a></p>http://judithmurray.net/post/13878689833http://judithmurray.net/post/13878689833Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:50:00 -0800historyvintage<a href="http://www.hatsproductions.com/OrganTrail.swf">Organ Trail</a>: <p>Oregon Trail with zombies!</p>http://judithmurray.net/post/12602293868http://judithmurray.net/post/12602293868Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:02:00 -0800zombiesdrolleriesvintagegames<a href="http://mapeel.blogspot.com/2011/10/orson-welless-war-of-worlds-first-hand.html">Orson Welles's War of the Worlds: First-hand Accounts from Steve Allen, John Houseman, and Howard Koch </a>: <p>Via <a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/12133663103/first-hand-accounts-of-orson-welless-war-of-the" target="_blank">nevver</a></p>http://judithmurray.net/post/12163012931http://judithmurray.net/post/12163012931Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:10:23 -0700historyliteraturenews<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltscehcFmn1qz7b9so1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltscehcFmn1qz7b9so2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltscehcFmn1qz7b9so4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>The Basement Stacks</em> by <a href="http://www.warymeyers.com/%5E%5E%5Ewarymeyersthe.html" target="_blank">Wary Meyers</a>, who writes:</p> <blockquote> <p class="style29 f-lp"><em>“Books breaking through the (faux) wall downstairs, referencing the ‘basement stacks’ every library has. In this case it’s as if those stacks had been sealed up during some remodel, and are anthropomorphically breaking through, referencing the old library, history, roots, poltergeists… <span class="style28">Created for the VIA Advertising Agency, which recently renovated and moved their offices into the old Baxter building, which served as Portland’s public library from 1888 until the 1960s.”</span></em></p> </blockquote> <p>Via <a href="http://pegobry.tumblr.com/post/12025796178/ayjay-wary-meyers-the-basement-stacks" target="_blank">pegobry</a>, via <a href="http://ayjay.tumblr.com/post/11997858184/wary-meyers-the-basement-stacks" target="_blank">ayjay</a></p>http://judithmurray.net/post/12036399820http://judithmurray.net/post/12036399820Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:56:40 -0700literaturebook artinstallationsart<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/11695388152/tumblr_ltdg126z4F1qz7b9s&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>The Kills, “Pots and Pans”</p>http://judithmurray.net/post/11695388152http://judithmurray.net/post/11695388152Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:51:02 -0700musique<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsqdgdC7un1qe31lco1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsqdgdC7un1qe31lco2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span class="tumblr_blog">Via </span><a href="http://helenelagonelle.tumblr.com/post/11595223947" target="_blank">helenelagonelle</a>, via <a href="http://alecshao.tumblr.com/post/11171489552/romeo-and-juliet-poster-by-beetroot-design-group" target="_blank">alecshao</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Romeo and Juliet </em>poster by <a href="http://www.beetroot.gr/49-romeo-juliet.html" target="_blank">Beetroot Design Group</a>: Every “Romeo” and “Juliet” throughout the entire text of the play is connected resulting in a web of 55,440 red lines</p> </blockquote>http://judithmurray.net/post/11618683169http://judithmurray.net/post/11618683169Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:34:17 -0700literaturebook art“The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children.”<br/><br/> - <em>Jim Henson</em>http://judithmurray.net/post/11408163325http://judithmurray.net/post/11408163325Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:34:57 -0700telly<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lswsvyliA11qz7b9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>In Soho, via <a href="http://www.woostercollective.com/2011/08/seen_on_the_streets_of_soho.html" target="_blank">Wooster Collective</a></p>http://judithmurray.net/post/11323920922http://judithmurray.net/post/11323920922Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:04:09 -0700urban art<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27612305?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.atomicavenger.com" target="_blank">Rishi Kaneria</a>’s <em>Stunt Poetry</em>, starring Dante Ha, a professional stunt man whose work includes <em>The Dark Knight Rises</em>, <em>Contagion</em>, <em>X-Men: First Class</em>, <em>The Walking Dead</em>, <em>Teen Wolf</em> and more.</p>http://judithmurray.net/post/11318771345http://judithmurray.net/post/11318771345Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:06:00 -0700les filmsaesthetics“I don’t think about it. I’m not religious. I do know that I don’t want to take up any space. Burn me up and scatter my ashes over Katz’s Delicatessen.”<br/><br/> - <em>Sidney Lumet, when <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/23/magazine/sunday-november-23-1997-questions-for-sidney-lumet.html" target="_blank">asked “When you die, how do you want to go out?”</a></em>http://judithmurray.net/post/10338458430http://judithmurray.net/post/10338458430Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:52:00 -0700les filmsdrolleries<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqj4sg1zEg1qzous9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="tumblr_blog">Via </span><a href="http://bebelestrange.tumblr.com/post/9580663449" target="_blank">bebelestrange</a>, via <a href="http://sisifo.tumblr.com/post/9410545012" target="_blank">sisifo</a>, via <a href="http://littlebrownpen.blogspot.com/2011/08/feedback-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Little Brown Pen</a></p>http://judithmurray.net/post/9588861354http://judithmurray.net/post/9588861354Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:48:28 -0700urban art<a href="http://flavorwire.com/200745/the-30-harshest-filmmaker-on-filmmaker-insults-in-history">The 30 Harshest Filmmaker-on-Filmmaker Insults In History</a>http://judithmurray.net/post/8826919230http://judithmurray.net/post/8826919230Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:08:35 -0700les filmsdrolleries<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpmbopZGlT1qz7b9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Via <a href="http://thisisindexed.com/2010/11/stretching-is-good-stuff/" target="_blank">Indexed</a></p>http://judithmurray.net/post/8648508175http://judithmurray.net/post/8648508175Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:41:13 -0700truths<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj13ywEtyv1qhk4yeo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj13ywEtyv1qhk4yeo2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj13ywEtyv1qhk4yeo3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj13ywEtyv1qhk4yeo4_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj13ywEtyv1qhk4yeo5_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj13ywEtyv1qhk4yeo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj13ywEtyv1qhk4yeo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj13ywEtyv1qhk4yeo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj13ywEtyv1qhk4yeo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj13ywEtyv1qhk4yeo10_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Selections from <a href="http://www.laurentlaveder.com/" target="_blank">Laurent Laveder</a>’s <em>Moon Games</em> (click the photos for larger views). More at his websites <a href="http://www.pixheaven.net/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.laurentlaveder.com/index.html" target="_blank">here</a>, or you can buy the book, which pairs each photo with various authors’ poetry, <a href="http://pixheaven.net/livre/index.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://judithmurray.net/post/8055164851http://judithmurray.net/post/8055164851Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:44:00 -0700photographiefairy tales