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An Artist Dares you to go find his Secret Swimming Pool in the Desert

If you’re in Southern California this summer and up for a challenge, here’s something that might inspire a road trip rather more surreal than a cruise down Route 66. Somewhere in the Mojave desert, a secret swimming pool is waiting for you to dip your toes into its crispy blue water; a totally free desert oasis complete…

Meryl Streep on Beauty, Rejection and her Drug

Her voice oozes wisdom and soothes the soul. And you just get the feeling that this woman rarely tells a lie– unless it’s for a damn good reason. The genius folks at Blank on Blank, curator of lost and unheard interviews with famous names, have released their latest animated re-discovered interview with an icon. They…

The Last Motorcycle Graveyard

This story is both a motorcycle lover’s dream and nightmare. It comes from the depths of the internet, passed around on specialist forums and chat rooms, a tale of an amazing discovery and woeful loss. Our first source is motorcycle enthusiast David Cuff of the website Classic Cycles, who several years ago, came across someone’s flickr account…

Russian Hollywood: Inside the Studios

Today let’s head off to Russia and take a tour of the Soviet era film studios. Lenfilm and Mosfilm were the two largest movie studios of the Soviet film industry and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, both became quasi-private film production companies that still produce hundreds of films a year. This abandoned flooded…

The Paris Shop of a Million Lost Photographs

On the outer corners of the red light district in Paris’ Pigalle, an unassuming old shop space caught my attention. The roller shutter was almost fully closed, but I could see in the window there were stack upon stacks of photographs, old ones, collectively piled on the floor. I then signalled to the young man…

Fashionable Grandpas of New York

This is why instagram is awesome: an account dedicated entirely to seeking out the fabulous ‘fashion grandpas’ of NYC, started by young Fashion PR exec, Christina Belchere, who says her own style of dressing has even been influenced by the grandpas she snaps. “@FashionGrandpas inspires my personal style, the style advice is real & no joke. Colors like mustard,…

For Sale: Who wants to Buy an Endangered 1920s LA Movie Theatre?

You can’t buy tickets to see a movie here, but you could buy the box office– along with the entire theatre. The Rialto theatre first opened its doors nearly 90 years ago for vaudeville and movies in the city of South Pasadena on Fair Oaks Avenue. Admission fee was 30 cents. A relic of the Jazz Age and…

Walt Disney’s South American Research Trip

You know you have a pretty cool job when your boss offers you a ten week tour around South America and sketch inspiration for your next cartoon as you visit beautiful beaches, exotic cultures and remote landscapes. In 1941, before America entered the war, Walt Disney took a group of sixteen of his best animators and composers to Brazil,…

This Adorable Mint Green Fiat Twinset is For Sale

Let’s talk cars. Cute ones. In a matching mint green hue. If you happen to be in the market for just about the most charming set of micro cars ever produced, look no further, I’ve caught wind of something rather fabulous and deliciously retro. Rare examples of the 1950s Fiat 600 Multipla and 600 Jolly are going up…

Meet the Vinyl Collectors

Some of the most interesting people I know also happen to be vinyl collectors. Maybe it’s because they spend so much time in record shops digging through the past, but they always have such great stories to tell. And when I’m invited over, I secretly enjoy observing them handle their collection; so carefully, so contently,…

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