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A H.O.D. Annual Tradition: @FIGMENTNYC Takes Over Governors Island June 8th and 9th
We look very much forward to visiting Governors Island every June for the annual FIGMENT Festival. It is a two day NYC institution that offers an exuberant variety of site specific art, Tim Burton-esque installations and participatory art for the entire family. Here are the details. The H.O.D. will certainly be there to enjoy...
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Guess What? It’s “Muffins In The Window” Time Again Thursday at New Performance Space The C.O.W.!
We are very excited to attend the April edition of the “Muffins In The Window” variety/comedy show created by brainchild and eternal funny man Stephen Michael Rondel. Previously held at The New Acting Theatre Company, which closed its doors recently to be demolished and turned into luxury highrise apartments, the monthly Improv Showcase has...
(H.O.D. Flashback) Websightings : Obvious Mag : Old Drugs and Home Medicines
i realize that the internet is too vast and is full of too many delightful tangents to leave undiscovered. this blog is in its fetal stages and the focus and direction have not yet been established aside from the basics…i think the focus might end up being the fact that it doesn’t have a focus...
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wwtton : The Octopus Chair by Maximo Riera!
wwtton : What Will They Think Of Next? Here’s a conversation piece if we ever saw one! It’s actually quite brilliant and uncanny. It’s The Octopus Chair! And it only costs $53,900.00 on Firebox! Thank God they offer free delivery! It’s quite a remarkable piece of art that is functional too! ...
on h.o.d. tv : The Lifecycle of a Mushroom by Tom Beg
We are in love with this short animated film from Spectacular Science! The work is both educational and entertaining and it’s a little over two minutes of a much-needed distraction. Spectacular Science is a collaborative project between the University for the Creative Arts & the University of Kent which aims to provide a wide...
an incomplete blink : lost and found part four
here is yet another installment of the lost and found prop house series of ‘an incomplete blink’, a photo blog of images taken only with my palm pre. no editing and no staging at all, just pointing and clicking involved. there are so many modern wonders, ghosts of the past, obsolete inventions and colours...
an incomplete blink : lost and found part three
chauncey was back at work at one of his freelance gigs yesterday and snapped some funky shots of the amazing trinkets and relics he has the pleasure of being surrounded by at lost and found prop house in chelsea. check out this set of retro delights! Czech owt… 实用英语标识100条_秋之风夏之雷的空间_百度空间 have you seen my cat |...
madonna : they have nothing on the house of xtravaganza
here is a newly uncovered letter madonna wrote to steven meisel while filming a league of their own. it’s typically hysterical, as madonna’s letters to colleagues usually are. say what you will…the woman’s definitely got an opinion and a sense of humour. we love that she gives a shout out to the house of xtravaganza! ...
not a spoof : bollywood goes cyborg in new s. shankar film
there’s a new hero in town…just maybe not your town… Here’s the trailer for the interestingly unexpected new Bollywood sci-fi film “Robot” directed by S. Shankar. This Bollywood sci-fi epic features the requisite song-and-dance numbers alongside some overblown action sequences Read more: http://technorati.com/videos/article/singing-dancing-robots-in-bollywood-feature/#ixzz112ZjcpXc A gifted scientist constructs an equally gifted robot, who sets out into...
burning man to go non-profit?
we just found one more reason to add to the growing list of factoids that make moving to san francisco the best idea in the universe! The State of the Man Posted by John Curley Mr. Harvey addressing his guests Larry Harvey had a bunch of people over for dinner last night, and he told...
check out ‘start’ by LBCK
‘start’ official video by LBCK they still make great videos don’t they…and they don’t need steven klein or quentin tarantino botched storylines to make them either…(ouch). this video is killer and it harkens back to the early days of mtv…when the m stood for ‘music’ not ‘meh’. the track is ace too. check out lbck...
jane austen’s fight club
this is painfully brilliant (no pun intended) and we just had to share it with you. fanny is hands down our favourite. who is yours? We were no longer “good society.” Directed by Emily Janice Card & Keith Paugh Director of Photography: Keith Paugh Editing and Visual Effects: Jeff Dickson Produced by Jeff Dickson, Emily...
the boing boing bazaar!
introducing one of the house of dandridge’s favourite websites boingboing has expanded and created the maker’s market. a collection of the most amazingly bizarre, quirky, funky and inspirational trinkets and inventions they have found that exist. below is just a sample of what the bizarre bazaar has showcased. check it out…i guarantee you’ll be astonished!...
visual aids goes ‘vava voom’
VAVA VOOM The 5th Annual Visual AIDS Vanguard Awards & Spring Benefit Honoring Mary Ellen Carroll presented by David Joselit John Kelly presented by Philip Yenawine Mary Ellen Carroll is a conceptual artist who lives and works in New York City and Houston, Texas. Moving deftly among large-scale architectural interventions, experimental film, staged events, sculpture,...
unicorns are real…and you can eat them too!
from our geeky friends at Canned Unicorn Meat Pâté is passé. Unicorn – the new white meat. Excellent source of sparkles! Unicorns, as we all know, frolic all over the world, pooping rainbows and marshmallows wherever they go. What you don’t know is that when unicorns reach the end of their lifespan, they are drawn...
the house of dandridge hotline gets stoned!
in sailing, it’s the number for a ‘dhingy’ which is a class of doublehanded racing sailboats. it is also a slang reference for a confidence trickster and 4 & 20 meat pie is a popular brand of pies in australia. in histor99y, marie curie isolated radioactive radium on april 20, 1902. eleven years prior in...
are your electricity bills bleeding you dry?
well i don’t think you ever thought you would mean that literally right? think again…. The Blood Lamp Human blood stores a lot of biological energy. Ever thought of a lamp powered by human blood? So here it is, a blood powered lamp designed by Mike Thompson. The lamp utlilizes blood as a source of...
if i could talk to the animals (food and other inanimate objects…)
found these amazing illustrations by way of the appropriately titled…’this blog rules’. click on the logo to be transported to discover a sampling of all the amazing things you didn’t know you would be interested in until you found out about them. Extraordinary funny and clever illustrations The Malaysian artist Chow Hon Lam has made...
china girl or china doll?
check out these freaky photos of one little chinese girl who gets all dressed up and becomes a living doll. found this while blogjogging and discovered . it’s amazing…there’s a blog out there for everything and everyone. check out some china related tunes for your listening pleasure while you check out the pics… david bowie...
what do your childhood fears look like?
i think i found my husband…or at least someone who i think is really freakin brilliant enough to want to hang out with for the rest of my life…this stuff is unreal! what kind of childhood did he have? inquiring minds probably really don’t want to know. but i do! check this out! Childhood Fears...
sia covers madonna (updated)
f rom her interview with Spin Magazine I under stand you did a Madonna cover…. Yes, “Oh Father.” I personalized the words to make sense to me. Have you met Madonna before? Never. But I grew up wearing fingerless gloves because of her. Then one day about three years ago she put one of my...
i want one! a tokyoflash e-clock!
hint hint…my birthday is on monday hahah Tokyoflash E-Clock by Johan on March 13, 2010 // The Tokyoflash E-Clock is made of a thin sheet of stainless steel that wraps around your wrist like a bracelet. It has an e-paper display, which is positioned beneath this band to show the current time or other information....
