TEDDY NEWTON

... works at Pixar. He did lots of cool retro collage-esque concept art for the Incredibles.

Apparently he's written and directed a short called Day & Night that's shown before Toy Story 3. Fubiz has been nice enough to feature it on their website here. It's pretty awesome. Peep.

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GET THEM WHILE THEY'RE YOUNG

Geometry of Circles is animation done for Sesame Street in 1979. Music by Phillip Glass.

That's pretty dope to show kids. That reminds me of a picture I took at MOMA of little kids learning about Picasso. I caught them just as they started to get up.

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DECONSTRUCTING ROY LICHTENSTEIN

David Barsalou has a website and a Flickr page where he tracks down the source material for Lichtenstein's comics-derived works.

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SEUSS CHUCKS

Peep these two and others at Converse.com.

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CARTOON MODERN

I found this book at a second hand shop on the weekend. 2006, 200 pages, 12x7".

There used to be a blog out of which the book sprung, but it's now sadly defunct. 

Lots of awesome art by the heavy hitters of 50's cartoons: Maurice Noble, Tom Oreb, Eyvind Earle, the amazing Mary Blair and a score of others.

It's gorgeous; basically a history of mid century american animation; UPA, Disney, MGM, Warner Bros, Hanna-Barbera, etc. Every page is full of hi-res color scans of cels, concept art, color keys, and mad textual info. 

You can order it from Amazon for $30.

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OAK TREE IN THE ROCKS

... by Théodore Rousseau (1861).

Saw this etching at the Glenbow Museum a couple weeks ago. A textbook example of creating depth using 3 distinct planes; a detailed foreground, dark midground, and light background.

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THE DANCE WENT ON TOO LONG

... by The Chief Smiles.

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YESSSS

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+15's

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WWBD?

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JIMMY'S CRIBS

Dropping science in 1975, left, and last year with Jack White at the premier of It Might Get Loud

Someone mentioned to me, knowing that I am a Led Zeppelin fan, that Jimmy Page's house was on the market. Turns out it's a house he once owned and sold a long time ago, but one that features heavily, as most of his houses do, in Zeppelin lore. I decided to investigate JIMMY'S CRIBS (click to enlarge pics):

Groovy boathouse on the Thames in Pangbourne, Berkshire.
Owned 1967-1973.

Google Maps: 51.486325, -1.090653

Plumpton Place in Sussex (1568). 

He had peacocks on the grounds and black swans in the moat (moat!).
Owned early 1970's -1985.

Google Maps: 50.9044,-0.0666, swans (r)

Boleskine House, (18th C.) on the SE shore of Loch Ness. 

Once owned by Aleister Crowley.

Owned 1971-1991.

Google Maps: 57.265361,-4.474667

Old Mill House, Mill Lane, Windsor.
Owned 1980-2004.

Google Maps: 51.4867, -0.6277

The Tower House (1877) in Kensington, London.
Architect William Burges built it for himself.
Owned 1972- present.

Google Maps: 51.499800,-0.2032

I was going to wrap it up with a point of some kind,

but I don't think there is one. "If you're rich, a baller crib"?

If living well is the best revenge, Jimmy Page

is like the Beatrix Kiddo of this here game.

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MMMHMM

... by Flying Lotus

Directed by Special Problems.

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WEATHER

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SPEAKING OF DAVID BOWIE

... as I was a few days ago, the knitted African body suits in yesterday's post remind me of the amazing outfits Kansai Yamamoto made for Bowie during his 1972-74 Ziggy Stardust phase.

as always, click pics to enlarge. worth a closer look.

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