Elijah and the Ebonites: HOT GRITS!!!
Tanganyika laughter epidemic
“The Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962 was an outbreak of mass hysteria, or mass psychogenic illness (MPI), rumored to have occurred in or near the village of Kashasha on the western coast of Lake Victoria in the modern nation of Tanzania near the border of Kenya.”
Dancing Plague of 1518
“The Dancing Plague (or Dance Epidemic) of 1518 was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, France (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) in July 1518. Numerous people took to dancing for days without rest, and over the period of about one month, most of the people died from heart attack, stroke, or exhaustion.”
If I were (a) rich (man)…
OK, I’m completely geeking out over Bukowski’s Bergman auction, which is scheduled for Sept. 28. This stuff—furniture, art, artifacts, gear—is amazing in its own right. The fact that it actually belonged to Bergman is just unreal.
51st CUSHIONS, 3 pc. 1900-tal. 1900s. Kelimmönstrade. Kelimmönstrade.
89th PHOTOGRAPHY. Porträtt av Sven Nyqvist. Portrait of Sven Nyqvist. With the dedication: “Dear Ingrid and Ingmar. Yes I do handheld shots too! Sven”
263rd MOVIE PROJECTOR. 1920-tal. 1920. E. Marland AB, Stockholm. E. Marland AB, Stockholm.
84th Nils Gunnar ZANDER Sheep (d)
253rd unknown artist. Collage. Collage. Bär sign Brita Andersson o dat 1964. (d) Berries sign Brita Andersson o dat 1964th (d)
48th ARMCHAIR, Josef Frank for the employee’s Svensk Tenn.
255th PHOTOGRAPHY. Ingmar och Käbi Laretei. (d) Ingmar and Käbi Laretei. (D)
68th RANDI FISHER “Fraction of the bridge” (d)
79th flipbook, flip-book ‘, 1900s first half.
81st STOPWATCH, 2 pcs. 1900-talets senare del. 1900s later part.
148th ARMCHAIR, “architect”, Carl Malmsten. Furu. Pine. Modellen formgiven 1951. The model designed 1951st Brännmärkt Brännmärkt
189th STOOL, rustic, 1800s. Tappade ben. Lost bone. Längd 94, höjd 61 cm. Length 94, height 61 cm.
172nd SUITCASE. 1900-tal. 1900s.
Karen Dalton doing what she did best
this video has me dreaming of a mr. show skit or something. the semantically vague “christian hunters” is just too much. (via wieden+kennedy)
Geometry of Circles - music by Phillip Glass
Did I post this already? I will again. This amazing little animation was on Sesame Street back in the day.
Plastics - Top Secret Man (SCTV stereodub) (via xnonsuchx)
