Bill Eppridge

Photos of skateboarding in New York in 1960

in lostateminor.com

by Zolton

Having spent five years living in New York, I can attest from first hand perspective that the city has a definite mysticism that just translates so well to film. These old school shots of kids cruising the streets on old school skateboards remind me of how little has actually changed in the city over the 53 years since the photos were taken by Bill Eppridge for LIFE magazine.

How To Be A Retronaut

Vintage ads promoting benefits of weight gain for women

in lostateminor.com

by Zolton

Believe it or not, in these thin-obsessed times, there were small pockets of history in which the messaging to women was not ‘don’t eat, be forever small’, but rather, curvy is better, so gain some pounds dammit and be more attractive, as this selection of ads from the How To Be A Retronaut blog attests to.

New Art

Guerrilla gardener fills potholes on London roads with flowers

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by Zolton

Following in the well worn footsteps of Banksy, Guerrilla gardener Steve Wheen brightens up the otherwise dull surrounds of inner-city London with colourful floral displays and lively model sets that fill in the gaps in the roads and pavements and add some intrigue to pedestrians’ daily commute.

New Video

A Bad Lip Reading of Barack Obama’s Presidential Address

by Zolton

in lostateminor.com

New Trends

Virtual supermarket in

a South Korean subway

by Zolton
in lostateminor.com

This is the greatest invention. Ever. Commuters in South Korea can now do their grocery shopping whilst waiting for the train to arrive using their mobile phone to scan the QR codes of the virtual goodies they want. The order is then delivered direct to their doorstep the next day. Amazing! Sure beats moaning about the crowds, delays, smells, noises …

Richard Lee

Richard Lee’s bar fight illo

by Zolton
in lostateminor.com

This illustration by Richard Lee was on the cover of a motorcycle magazine in San Francisco, published in September 2008. They were doing an issue on motorcycle bar fights. Says Lee of the work: ‘The version I sent was the original, but the editor decided that he didn’t want the pink dildo in there, so the actual printed version was replaced with a wrench. I still think the original idea with the pink dildo was funnier’. Yes, so do we.

The Simpsons

Bart’s Blackboard


by Zolton
in lostateminor.com

Those witty intros on the Simpsons are always packed with a surprise or three. Well, surprise, surprise. Bart’s Blackboard is an online archive of Bart Simpson’s legendary chalkboard writings.

Banksy

Has Banksy struck again?

by Zolton
in lostateminor.com

It’s looks as if, in the cover of the night, the mysterious Banksy has left his mark once more, this time on a wall in Fitzrovia, London.

Nothing they do hasn’t been done before

Dads Are The Original Hipsters

by Zolton
in lostateminor.com

I love dadsaretheoriginalhipster.tumblr.com. Not just because my own father could probably make the grade, but because it also proves that despite what our Williamsburg friends may believe, nothing they do hasn’t been done before.

Cool Websites

Chicks With Steve Buscemi Eyes

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by Zolton


Ok, so you may not be perfect. But at least you don’t have Steve Buscemi eyes. That’s right, Steve Buscemi eyes, Yes, his distinctive set of peepers hace ruined the faces of many a beautiful women on this Tumblr. If the eyes really are a window to the soul, then Steve’s soul is one strange world indeed.

Cool websites

I Hate My Parents tumblr

by Zolton
in lostateminor.com

Forget Lesbians Who Look Like Conan O’Brien (if you possibly can). Our new favourite Tumblr is I Hate My Parents, which features photo after photo of kids who ‘hate what is being done to them, but one day they will get their revenge’.

Aled Lewis

Plastic toys with attitude

by Zolton
in lostateminor.com

Aled Lewis has a wicked sense of humour. He creates cheeky scenes from plastic toys, imbuing his sedentary subjects with lively quips. It’s all for his ongoing project, Make Something 365, in which he is attempting to create something new every day of the year.

Kyle Bean

Chicken made from eggshells

by Zolton
in lostateminor.com

What came first, the chicken or the eggshell? What? The eggshell? Ok. Well Brighton-based designer Kyle Bean agrees with you, as this awesome Chicken Eggshell artwork suggests.

You really have no idea what the hell your parents are doing for you

Creepy baby stroller

by Zolton
in lostateminor.com

The great thing about being a baby is that you really have no idea what the hell your parents are doing for you until you turn twenty-one and the photos of your babyhood suddenly surface.

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Banksy and the Simpsons

by zolton
in lostateminor


After narrowly escaping having the long-held secret to his identity revealed on eBay, Banksy has uploaded the original storyboard for his (in)famous Simpsons intro onto his website. Marvel at the genius of it all.