Batman on a bike, for a Black Label Bike Club event in New York, 2005 I think? Photo taken of the poster hanging in the window of the long defunct Clovis Bookshop in Brooklyn, where the Bedford Cheese shop is now. They still had a bunch of Cantab zines on consignment when they closed. Oh well.
Monthly Archive for August, 2009
About three years ago, I did a screen print for R. Kikuo Johnson, an amazing image of a group of boxers fighting (or maybe one boxer fighting himself?). I found these process images while going through an old hard drive today. R. Kikuo is damn good, and this is one of my favorite images.
This is a sad day for the residents of the commonwealth, for supporters of universal health care, for Democrats and for the country. Photo stolen from the New York Times, credit to Stephen Crowley.
***Edit, Ryan posted before I did, but on this, I think two posts are fine.
RIP TEDDY KENNEDY
The Liberal lion of the Senate, symbol of family dynasty finally lost his fight against brain cancer.
You Will Be Missed
Sadly, it looks like the Daily Planet is suffering the same fate as many other major daily newspapers across the country, with decreased ad revenues forcing it to lay off veteran reporters like Clark Kent. Luckily, Kent has landed on his feet, scoring a much coveted stock boy/spokesman position at Sauder’s Eggs.
(Spotted in the trash in the 800 block of Arch this morning)
While reading about Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter’s doomsday budget plan on the Inquirer website, I was comforted to know that people who read this article, were also reading about people being stabbed to death in West Philadelphia and dead girls in suitcases, AND THEN WENT AND BOUGHT adjustable height double flared garment racks or a Hirsh 4-drawer legal file cabinet. Nothing like news about death to make you remember your own mortality and go organize your files and clean up your closet. I really need to go back to reading the news in print.
So occasionally, for basic items, I do shop at big chain stores (apologies to the idealists out there). And as much as I hate those places, they offer hope for fans of ink on paper. For those who lament the death of the printed material in this internet age, fear not, K-Mart is single-handedly championing print in the twenty-first century. For the record, I bought four items (a package of t-shirts, a package of socks, a package of underwear and a tube of toothpaste) and the receipt came in at just under thirty one inches.
The Tunnel I mentioned earlier this week was one now-abandoned commuter route into Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal. The Pennsylvania Avenue Subway Tunnel ran underground by the Art Museum, then bellow street level parallel to Callowhill Street (one word- named after William Penn’s second wife), before rising above street level to join the Reading Viaduct and heading into the Terminal. After the tracks to the tunnel turn west, you can continue on the viaduct and follow another commuter route along the abandoned tracks north to Fairmount Ave. Not surprisingly, there is
a movement underway to convert this viaduct into a park similar to The Highline in New York. I’m not holding my breath.
The Pennsylvania Avenue Subway Tunnel as it was a few weeks ago when Bill and I ventured down there.
After the jump, photos of its construction and a map of it’s route.
A few years back, Caleb and I swung through North Platte, Nebraska, home to the Bailey Yard, the world’s largest railroad classification yard. It’s a HUGE place.
More photos after the jump.
I love this house, and was very sad to hear it was gone.
Here are some night shots I took a while back
couple more shots after the break
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