No One Does It Like You
Managed to get a pass to MoMA the other night and caught the screening of the new video from Department of Eagles called “No One Does It Like You,” which brings Marcel Dzama’s illustrated scenes of casual violence to life. Literally. And then death again. And then life again. And the ghosts lived happily ever [...]
Dead Body Decomposition: Best Practices
Darren Naish prefers the corpse-in-a-box technique. But ants will do the job if you need some bones right quick.
Alex Chandon
Channel 53 resurrects the work of schlockmeister Alex Chandon, who’s an inspiration for anyone who’s ever dreamed of making chests and arms ooze with gore, in their own backyard.
Making a Point, Halloween Style
Take that! From the Daily Mail, via New Shelton:
A businessman decapitated himself in his sports car to get back at his younger wife for leaving him, an inquest has heard. Gerald Mellin, 54, taunted his estranged wife Mirrielle, 33, with threats of suicide. He even showed her the rope he was going to use, which [...]
Shrunken Heads
Good nightstand reading material: A scholarly paper about the practise of head shrinking:
The enemy and those who accompany him are killed as expeditiously as possible. Although the Jivaro-Shuar are known to use blow darts and a curare-like toxin for hunting and, as mentioned, will exchange gunfire with their enemies in the hostilities exchanged before the [...]
Do Not Blow Up the Whale!
“The hope was that the the dead whale would be disintegrated by the blast.” Not so much.
Sleep Well, Tiny Friend
Seems like it was only yesterday that I was e-mailing pictures of this cute baby deer to my mom. Named Rupert, the little muntjac fawn was delivered by C-section after his mother was hit by a car. The staff at Tiggywinkles seemed sure he’d make it, but today came the news:
At just over a pound [...]
Drill Baby Drill
I have to admit I’ve never watched any conventions. Looks fun!
via Street Boners