True: Beverly Hilton Pocket Knife Surgery and Near-Resurrection of Harry “Parkyakarkus” Parke
A comedian who delivers “the most hilarious speech of his career” in front of 1,000 fellow celebrities at The Beverly Hilton, then collapses. […]
Author: Lee Wallender
Deception, influence, fakes, illusions, themed environments, simulations, secret places, secret infrastructure, imagined places, dreamscapes, movie sets and props, evasions, camouflage, studio backlots, miniatures.
1:1 Scale VW Camper Van Tent Keeps You Dry and Groovy
Want to make all the other kids jealous at the next summer music festival? Ditch your Coleman Elite for something far cooler–a […]
Aerial Trolley: Burbank’s Monorail From 1910 is 100% Real
In 1906, a farmers J.W. and E.C. Fawkes formed the Aerial Trolley Company Co., Inc. and put a monorail-like trolley in their […]
When Jim Morrison of The Doors Stayed at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta
The Hyatt Regency Atlanta, built in 1967, is famous as one of the first–if not the first–example of a large atrium hotel. […]
What Is “Intercommunal”? My Vote: “Tribal”
Reading the new paywalled New York Times today, I saw an article, pictured above, about violence in the Ivory Coast. That word, […]
The Ageless 1920s Woman
This picture came up today in BoingBoing.net, via a Tumblr post. What struck me, and several of the commenters, wasn’t so much […]
Fred Holland Day: Photographer, Aesthete, Trust-Fund Child, Pleasure-Seeker, Eccentric
This last June, after Sebastian Horsley died in Soho at the age of 47 from a heroin overdose, I began thinking about […]
Candwich’s Even Darker Side: “Product”
Don’t read this article. You think it’s going to be about Candwich, the “sandwich in a can” that has been ripping up […]
China Miéville: “The Scar” Opened the Top of My Head
I first encountered China Miéville via his stunning third novel, The Scar. What I find amazing about this interview with Miéville about […]
Top 3 Cars of Supercilious Grouchy Old Bastards
Being somewhat in the market for a new car and being somewhat of a guy who is getting (snort!) older, I figured […]