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Monday, October 13, 2003

Earring pendant, Gold. 8th c. BC. Perachora, Korinthia.

"To the Moon and Back,"
necklace in 18k gold with diamonds showing the course of a spaceship to the moon and back to earth, Ilias Lalaounis 1974.

An extensive online exhibit of Greek Jewelry.

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From the DNA Collection (2000), object in obsidian and rock crystal on an obsidian base inspired by the double helix of the DNA. Ilias Lalaounis.

DNA Earings, gold & pearl, 1993.
Arthur Fleischman.

Cloudcuckooland has been covering Takashi Murakami's Reversed Double Helix. Fun stuff.

Peter Gena, DNA Music for Genesis, 1999. Genesis is on exhibit at the Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California, August 26 – December 14, 2003. CLICK HERE to see it live.

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Friday, October 10, 2003

A Night at the Opera

Al Hirschfeld at the Met, The Gallery at Lincoln Center, October 1- November 1

The Marx Brothers

Mr. Oni's Day in History incorrectly reports that today is Groucho's birthday. According to Groucho's FBI dossier he was born on October 2nd, 1890. Well, the FBI, which is not a stopped clock by any means, is right every once in awhile. Happy belated Birthday, Groucho.

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The Tuxedo made it's debut in 1886 at Tuxedo Park.

More on formal wear;

"However, the idea of wearing black for evening wear was, according to the English clothing historian James Laver, first introduced by the nineteenth-century British writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who utilized it "as a romantic gesture to show that he was a `blighted being' and very, very melancholy."

Of the Difference Between Formality and Dandification

"I do not want to reason about Carter, who, because he dressed altogether contemptibly, was quickly ruined"

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The History of Clothing;

The bikini was invented in 1946 and named after the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the site of atomic bomb testing. The inventors were two Frenchmen, Jacques Heim and Louis Reard. Of course, Heim and Reard didn't create the idea of the bikini; drawings of bikini-like suits have been found on wall paintings dating back to 1600 B.C.... Heim was a couturier designer from Cannes, France, who had designed a very small bathing suit called the "Atome" (french for atom). He hired a skywriting plane to advertise his design by skywriting "Atome -- the world's smallest bathing suit" Three weeks later, Reard, a mechanical engineer, had another skywriting plane write "Bikini -- smaller than the smallest bathing suit in the world."

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East meets West - Japanese Commercials

The Simpsons

Hopper

Shwarzenegger

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Sunday, October 5, 2003




	Monday, October 13, 2003 Earring pendant, Gold. 8th c. BC. Perachora, Korinthia. "To the Moon and Back," necklace in 18k gold with diamonds showing the course of a spaceship to the moon and back to earth, Ilias Lalaounis 1974. An extensive online exhibit of Greek Jewelry. ____________________ From the DNA Collection (2000), object in obsidian and rock crystal on an obsidian base inspired by the double helix of the DNA. Ilias Lalaounis. DNA Earings, gold & pearl, 1993. Arthur Fleischman. Cloudcuckooland has been covering Takashi Murakami's Reversed Double Helix. Fun stuff. Peter Gena, DNA Music for Genesis, 1999. Genesis is on exhibit at the Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California, August 26 – December 14, 2003. CLICK HERE to see it live. _______________________________ Friday, October 10, 2003 A Night at the Opera Al Hirschfeld at the Met, The Gallery at Lincoln Center, October 1- November 1 The Marx Brothers Mr. Oni's Day in History incorrectly reports that today is Groucho's birthday. According to Groucho's FBI dossier he was born on October 2nd, 1890. Well, the FBI, which is not a stopped clock by any means, is right every once in awhile. Happy belated Birthday, Groucho. _______________________________ The Tuxedo made it's debut in 1886 at Tuxedo Park. More on formal wear; "However, the idea of wearing black for evening wear was, according to the English clothing historian James Laver, first introduced by the nineteenth-century British writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who utilized it "as a romantic gesture to show that he was a `blighted being' and very, very melancholy." Of the Difference Between Formality and Dandification "I do not want to reason about Carter, who, because he dressed altogether contemptibly, was quickly ruined" ______________________________ The History of Clothing; The bikini was invented in 1946 and named after the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the site of atomic bomb testing. The inventors were two Frenchmen, Jacques Heim and Louis Reard. Of course, Heim and Reard didn't create the idea of the bikini; drawings of bikini-like suits have been found on wall paintings dating back to 1600 B.C.... Heim was a couturier designer from Cannes, France, who had designed a very small bathing suit called the "Atome" (french for atom). He hired a skywriting plane to advertise his design by skywriting "Atome -- the world's smallest bathing suit" Three weeks later, Reard, a mechanical engineer, had another skywriting plane write "Bikini -- smaller than the smallest bathing suit in the world." _______________________________ East meets West - Japanese Commercials The Simpsons Hopper Shwarzenegger _______________________________ Sunday, October 5, 2003		Internet Radio Radio Fighto! Team Rock'it S noozychoc Outpost Rock of Japan KarateRice Reverb Central Project J Oni Loops Weblogs News and Culture untold millions Pond Blog The Lighter Side of untold millions cloudcuckooland Funny People Ambient Irony Tim Blair Dr. Frank Maximum Verbosity Project Apollo Arts and Entertainment Coolios Weblog Decameron Web Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan Infinite Wheel Isamu Noguchi Pepys' Diary Photo emergent image Sushicam (Japan) Ziboy (China) Archives Current November 2003 - April 2004 Hibernated October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 b August 2003 a July 2003 b July 2003 a