Author Archives: nashedron

Cinco de Mayo | El Día de la Batalla de Puebla

Posted on May 5, 2013 by nashedron

Happy Cinco de Mayo, or Día de la Batalla de Puebla, everyone! The song Distrito Federal (below) is named after the district in which Mexico City is located. It’s taken from the free album Luck + Death: the Soundtrack for the Movie in Your … Continue reading →

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You Say Meteorites Are Angels Flying

Posted on March 25, 2013 by nashedron

The musical accompaniment for this post is by SackJo22 of ccMixter.org and the original file is posted here: Angles Flying ANGELS FLYING You say look up the light absorbed by the depth of the night sky surrounding as heaven curves … Continue reading →

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The Sacred Heart (Song: “You Call It Madness, I Call It Love”)

Posted on March 24, 2013 by nashedron

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El Fin Del Mundo Es Ya Cierto

Posted on November 14, 2012 by nashedron

One of the calaveras of awesome Mexican illustrator José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913). “Because of the end of the world everyone will certainly now become calaveras; farewell to all the living, this is for real.” Detail from a broadside showing skeletons in … Continue reading →

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Homage to Marinetti

Posted on October 27, 2012 by nashedron

These are actually from a set of turn-of-th-20th-century French illustrations imagining the year 2000, but the belligerent ambiance of these two renderings, when set together, put me in mind of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, the Italian Futurist poet who declared war to … Continue reading →

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Orange Nostalgia (18 Days to Halloween)

Posted on October 13, 2012 by nashedron

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Fox Games

Posted on October 6, 2012 by nashedron

Not a painting or digital illustration. This is a photo of an installation by Sandy Skoglund. Note the light fixture at the top right and see this photo to see people walking through. (Click image to enlarge.)