Crooks like us
Posted by: coffeedubs on: February 8, 2010
‘In the 1920s Sydney police began quietly assembling a gallery of the citys most light-fingered, fleet-footed, silver-tongued rogues con artists, magsmen, housebreakers, thugs, gunmen, shoplifters, drug dealers, pickpockets and hooligans. These extraordinary images resurfaced in the 1980s, long after the original paperwork had been lost and the crooks, the cops and all who remembered them had passed on. Based on years of research into police files, court records, newspapers and other sources, Crooks Like Us offers a glimpse into the difficult lives of these fugitive souls what they did, who they hurt, who hurt them, where they came from and, sometimes, where they ended up.
The book documents a a time in history when breaking the law had everything to do with dressing like you didn’t.’
Serious class, I’d say.
unhappyhipsters.com
Posted by: coffeedubs on: January 31, 2010
This has been around for a few days in the world of tweets, tumblrs, blogs and other virtual rant means of communication but it’s too good not to be shared. It might be a brilliant marketing device(an editor from Dwell?), but it definitely does its job.
Welcome to the world of the unhappy hipster. It’s awful. You’ll love it.
WTWTA
Posted by: coffeedubs on: January 26, 2010
Recently, Little White Lies Magazine held a competition for their Truth&Lies issue with the theme ‘Where the wild things are’. Amazing results, you can check all the winners here.
Illustrations by Meg Hunt, Natsuki Otani, Splendidhand and Dan Cullinan.
all the ugly Mondays
Posted by: coffeedubs on: January 25, 2010
when you don’t want to get out of bed, when you don’t want to work, when you don’t want to write, when you don’t know what to do next, when you’re feeling a bit lost even though you’ve got no reasons, when you stare at the ceiling until you see psychedelic coloured spots, when you don’t want to take any decisions, when you don’t take any decisions. when you don’t know what you want. when all you want is sunshine, and all you get is murky, grey rain.
for all the nasty Mondays of the year, a few songs to make things better. or worse. here.
‘There is a form of happiness that consists solely in the absence of unhappiness. It is what you see in impressionist paintings, where the afternoon light decomposes everything around and makes it so that the only thing that matters from the eternity is one moment. And why wouldn’t I believe that happiness means a present that satisfies you?’
excuses excuses
Posted by: coffeedubs on: January 24, 2010
As I’m using my watching list on ebay as an excuse not to do work (How can I lose those amazing gloves?? And they’re only 8£! For 4 pairs! ), why not use the new spring collection from Caulfield Preparatory to show you this hot photo shoot?
My thoughts exactly.
Wes Anderson’s acceptance speech for the “Special Filmmaking Achievement” from the The National Board of Review
aaaand the trailer for a Banksy film(?!) – Exit through the gift shop
both stolen from Kitsune. whops.
forget them not
Posted by: coffeedubs on: January 21, 2010
The world shakes and never goes back to what it was. The earth trembles and thereafter we think of what really matters. An earthquake on the other side of the world breaks no windows here, but just as the wings of a butterfly can stir up a tornado, so should our conscience be moved, solidarity awakened, and things put into perspective. Are your dreams being haunted by concerns that merit being called serious?
The ground has shook in Haití, it could have happened almost anywhere but it was there: and now something has to be done. The earth has trembled, there´s nothing that can be done to stop it, but there are things to be done to help. Donate, volunteer, fund raise, spread the word. Just do something.
Let this not be forgotten after the media moves on to something more trivial.
smart has the plans, stupid has the stories
Posted by: coffeedubs on: January 20, 2010
be stupid, by diesel
