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Gold Strikes

May 22, 2018Art, Death, Design, MoviesBen Elton, Bill Gold, Cud, Hair, Jaws, Le Corbusier, Milton Glaser, PechaKucha, Rod Stewart, T-shirts, The Exorcist, Vetementsricky

I finished that bit on Le Corbusier, the godfather of Modernist architecture. When I said the bit would be more serious and more absurd than last week’s post, I was half-right.

Le Corbusier: Stealth Scot — “Absurd? I’ll take ma open haun off yer face, Sonny Jim.”

Sure, some nuggets of truth are hidden among the 6m 40s of A Story Is A Machine For Living In, but there are plenty of nuggets of sweet absurdity to keep folks engaged.

This got me to thinking about how, sometimes, the medium is the message.

[Talking about absurdity, check out the Apoplexy Tiny Letter] Continue reading Gold Strikes →