cake anyone?

yeah, this michelle-woman sculpts cakes.
freaky cakes.
fancy cutting into this baby?



Thanks to cakewrecks for this!

eye candy

as a sucker for tattoos,
I urgently needed to put keith bryce into this mix.
The designer from Utah is one of the contestants
in season 5 of Project Runway.

micallef

micallef likes to play with his crayons
and pictures make him happy.
He describes his work like this:
"My work is like watching a Disney movie
which slowly turns into violent pornography".
Love it!

chris von steiner

I am in love.

This French-born artist makes the most

wonderful, fairytale-like images.

Someone please make these into wallpaper -

I want to live -or die - in this world!

The Lake

I know this is old, but it's beautiful nonetheless,

so here goes:

Movie of the weak...

Ah, who can forget LACE, the 1984 mini series

based on Shirley Conran's book.

Own this! "Through sick and sin"!

Jay Brannan at the Vigeland Mausoleum

Singer/songwriter Jay Brannan was in Oslo this June,
and during his stay he visited the mausoleum of
Emmanuel Vigeland, Gustav's brother.
The accoustic has a 12 second delay,
so please listen to this:

Book of the Week

There's this website called passiveaggressivenotes,
where they collect contributions from the public... 
Some funny shit's on there, and they're publishing a book
in a month's time...

Squeezebox! The Movie

Once upon a time (like the mid-'90s), a party promoter
named Michael Schmidt had a novel idea:
drag queens dumping the lipsynching routine
to sing rock and roll live onstage.
No one knew what to expect when they first
opened the doors to Don Hill's
on the fateful night that
SqueezeBox! was born in downtown Manhattan.

The drag queens rocked New York nightlife
in a way no one had ever seen before.
But what began as a place for queer misfits
who'd rather hear a guitar riff
than a disco beat turned into a pansexual free-for-all.
Straight or gay. Preppy or punk.
Man or woman (or somewhere in between).
All were welcome at SqueezeBox!
as long as they were there to have fun.

Here are a few clips from the recent documentary:

Karen Black


Jayne County


cuh-raazy - can't wait to see it!

Sarah Jessica Porkher

Yeah, I know...it's tacky (no, it's funny!),

but I had to blog this.

Blame - or thank - Perez...

nina hemmingsson

this swedish artist & cartoonist is just too funny!

Flaunt magazine!

If you haven't discovered Flaunt magazine yet -
boy, you're in for a treat!
This fantastic mag has made it a point to consistently
break new ground, earning itself a reputation as
an engine of the avant-garde

and an outlet for outsider culture.
Sadly it's not available in Norway, but it's possible to subscribe.

Here are a few past issue covers:

ding3000

the german design group Ding3000's got some fun takes on furniture and product design.

Roman Dirge

The father of Lenore, The Cute Little Dead Girl,

has created some amazing stories revolving 'round

his little "heroine".

Gothic and grotesque - wonderful!

See some short films here

diane arbus

just a small presentation of one of the most amazing
photographers ever.