Donald Judd, Galvanized Iron 17 January 1973, collectie.boijmans.nl, acquired 1979 A few years ago I was on a panel at an art fair in Rotterdam. Museums across the city stayed open all night, so we went to the Boijmans...
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September 2014 Archives
September 29, 2014
The Dutch Have No Word For 'Museum Hands'
RIOT
Christopher Wool took this photo of his 1991 painting RIOT installed in his collector's Los Angeles home in 1997. Which means that kid has already DJ'd at like three Coachellas by now. Christopher Wool >> Images [wool735.com]...
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September 26, 2014
The J. Crew Baby Cashmere Skull Sweater Of No Return
Look on my J. Crew cashmere baby sweater with a skull & halo knitted into it, ye shoppers, and despair For if ye buy the wrong size, ye are screwed, for there is no return or exchange On the...
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September 25, 2014
'Cradle,' Foam Sculpture By John Chamberlain
This is extraordinary, and something of a mystery, at least to me. John Chamberlain was best known for his abstract sculptures made from contorted car parts, but in the late 60s-1970, he also made an amazing series of foam...
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September 24, 2014
Richard Neutra Bunkbeds Are Back In Stock
Kids! They just keep growing up. The bunkbeds Richard Neutra designed in 1959 for the Singleton House in Bel-Air, which got ripped out by Vidal Sassoon's upgrade-mad wife, and sold in 2009, have apparently been outgrown, and are heading...
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September 22, 2014
Polar Bear Arrested; Gonna Do Some Time
First they came for the Elmos, and I said nothing RT @nathanairplane: Polar bear being arrested at #FloodWallStreet. pic.twitter.com/PU60hjp2H4— Foster Kamer (@weareyourfek) September 23, 2014 Previously: Elmo Gangs of New York Incarcerate Me Elmo...
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September 21, 2014
Spanking Is About You, Not The Kid
We sat the kids down and talked to them about spanking this week, and why we don't spank them, and why some parents--a lot of parents in the US--do. [Spank their own kids, obv, not ours.] We explained that most...
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September 19, 2014
Aphex Twin Is A High-Tech Parent
By now everyone's read that Steve Jobs was a low-tech parent, and that none of the people who work in Silicon Valley let their kids have screen time during the week. And now I'm like, well, at least Aphex...
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September 17, 2014
Dads Instagram Likes To Fave
Seeing LAist's "favorite new Instagram account," DILFs of Disneyland, I was glad to see Bugaboo's still got some publicist product placement juice, at least with the older parents. I also thought about the unsung heroes, the Disneyland dads who...
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September 16, 2014
Hey Girl
Unidentified local tumblr subject has daughter....
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Burning Man Economy Meets Burning Man Parenting
Burning Man is over for another year, and by now, this dad has probably been reunited with the kid he traded for a magic wand and a 4-pack of Red Bull. [image: reno gazette-journal via dt burner nathan]...
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September 15, 2014
'Papa's Gotta Write His Song'
Having a kid can complicate even the simplest of tasks, like writing and recording a song every day since 2009. Papa's Got To Write His Song | Song A Day #2079 [youtube/therockcookiebottom] Here is a song 'Song A Day'...
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September 11, 2014
You're Welcome For The Memories
One of the hardest things to wrap my own head around as a new parent was that the kid was going to forget all this stuff anyway. All these milestones, exciting moments, encounters, activities, all of it, would be gone...
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September 9, 2014
Child Lobbyist Visits White House
"When you grow up, this could be your office, too." "When I grow up, the earth will have been fracked into Venus." [image Lawrence Jackson via The White House flickr feed, thx dt photo dt]...
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September 5, 2014
Sweet Vintage Marimekko Sheet You Can't Buy
No way I'm gonna leave that depressing car story on top of the blog all weekend. Ima go with this depressing car story instead. You, I, and all our friends were all too slow to buy this sweet c.1978...
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The Daddy Types Friday Funk: Leave In Car Edition
You know, it's like a freakout in that it will still ruin your weekend, but the new DT Friday Funk is just too depressing to freak out over. And it's the guy who left his kid in the back seat...
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September 4, 2014
Dallas Clayton [Hearts] Hearts
It's hard to be grumpy around LA artist/renaissance dad Dallas Clayton. For example, here's how he's selling this onesie:If you're buying this, chances are you are in a pretty amazing place right now. You've just had a baby, or...
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