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America!

Holly — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:10:10 +0000

In Old Town, Alexandria, VA.

This is not a dumpster

Holly — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:09:06 +0000

Outside Alexandria, VA. If this isn’t a dumpster, not sure what it actually is.

Picture of a Sign of the Week: Vintage Giant Supermarket

Holly — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:02:43 +0000

Giant, Alexandria, VA.

Dave Dudley would be proud

Holly — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:35:21 +0000

Scooby, spotted on 8th Avenue and 15th Street in Manhattan this morning.

Scenes from Pennsylvania: Riding Dirty, Country Boy Style

Holly — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:25:42 +0000

It’s a custom truck, with smokestacks that spew black smoke. Why anyone would do this is a mystery. I first noticed that Paul Rand-designed Cummins logo, then “riding dirty country boy style”.

Inauguration Day

Holly — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:27:31 +0000

Renda, Andrew and I watched administrations change on the 6th floor at a special brunch hosted by Swiss Miss.

Andy Pressman captured this historic moment in DC this morning. Received just now, but sent via iPhone around 9:31am.

Meanwhile Andrew Sloat dropped another video yesterday.

Article 2 (for BHO) from Andrew Sloat on Vimeo.

Recession Film #4: Thieve’s Highway

Guest Blogger — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:52:39 +0000

Fire up those Netflix queues. Lucas Joaquin recommends films to watch during the recession.

“Thieve’s Highway” (1949, Jules Dassin)

Nick Garcos comes home from war to find that his father has been crippled by a crooked produce distributor in San Francisco. He sets out to take revenge, but gets wrapped up in a plan to drive a truck full of Golden Delicious apples from Fresno to San Francisco, running into more than a few troubles once he gets there. Directed by later-blacklisted director Jules Dassin (“Never on Sunday,” “Topkapi”) this is another one that takes on our corrupt system, scrutinizing it at its most basic level, the selling of food.

Recession Film #3: Wages of Fear

Guest Blogger — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:43:30 +0000

Fire up those Netflix queues. Lucas Joaquin recommends films to watch during the recession.

“Wages of Fear” (1952, Henri-Georges Clouzot)

Yves Montand is a drifter who’s come to a dreary oil town in Venezuela with hopes of striking it rich. He and his friends spend most of their time in a dingy town bar drinking and waiting for their big break; then suddenly it comes—an offer of two thousand dollars to drive a truck full of nitro-glycerin over treacherous roads to the other side of a jungle. One false move and—BOOM—the whole rig’ll blow sky-high. The best suspense set-up ever (sustaining the constant risk of death through a whole picture), and another relentless portrait of a world where money always trumps a man’s life, and humanity itself is worthless. Also, the only sequence in movies where a man drives a truck to the rhythm of “The Blue Danube Waltz.”

Picture of a Sign of the Week: Jackson Heights

Andrew — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:48:43 +0000

DSCF5983.JPG, originally uploaded by sloatie.

Out and About: Orlando

Renda — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:46:57 +0000

Yesterday I woke up at 4am and flew to Orlando. There’s sunshine, orange juice, delicious $1.29 tacos, a convertible, and a wifi y’all. All things I’ve enjoyed in between meetings, brainstorms and dreamstorms.

Moving images after the jump.