Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation

Music Appreciation

"We are a nation with no geographic boundaries bound together through our beliefs we are like-minded individuals sharing a common vision pushing toward a world rid of color-lines"

I was thirteen years old and dancing when I first watched Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation music video on MTV. I knew all the words and the moves like any other kid did at the time.

The music video was directed by Dominic Sena and featured a cool military-funk Janet Jackson in a post-apocalyptic warehouse setting. It also won a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video.



via JanetJacksonVEVO


Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_Nation
http://www.metrolyrics.com/pledge-lyrics-janet-jackson.html

HAPPY #BTTF DAY!!! - OCT 21, 2015

I guess this comes close to the hoverboard I was promised 26 years ago: http://amzn.to/1W4zVdb.




via MovieClips

The Dead Zone

Film Appreciation

The Dead Zone is probably one of my favorite thriller films. The film, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, was directed by David Cronenberg and starred Christopher Walken.


  via Paramount Movies




Sources:

http://www.cinefania.com/movie.php/34684/en
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Zone_(film)

Cosplay... Is An Art: BlizzCon 2013

via MLZStudios

Night of the Living Dead (1990)

Film Appreciation

Released on October 19, 1990, Night of the Living Dead was a horror film directed by Tom Savini and starring Tony Todd and Patricia Tallman. The movie was a remake of the 1968 horror film by George A. Romero.

via Horror Trailer HD

Sources: 

http://www.cinefania.com/movie.php/38407/en
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Living_Dead_(1990_film)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7uEhZMuZGAJytb7t0nt_rQ

Vladyslav Mouk (Ronin)

Art Appreciation

I don't recall how I came across Vladyslav Mouk's art work; however, I was captivated by the sensual and erotic images.

You can see more of the illustrator's portraits and infographs HERE and HERE.

via darnellcashville

Sources:

https://vk.com/moukart
http://vmouk.tumblr.com/
https://plus.google.com/115437493077887762077/
http://gramlove.com/user.php?id=334379684&name=vmouk
http://lustandlovely.tumblr.com/post/73853901071/mouk-art
http://weheartit.com/entry/group/40043528
http://darnellcashville.tumblr.com/post/77909648362
http://justmalachi.tumblr.com/post/118654021563

Paul Strand

Photography Appreciation

Paul Strand was an American photographer and filmmaker known for his early abstractions and establishing photography as an art form in the 20th century. Early in his career, his work was promoted in Stieglitz and Steichen's 291 art gallery and photography publication Camera Work. He's also a founder of the Photo League, a group of New York photographers known for promoting social and political causes through their art.

You can see more of his photos HERE.

Wall Street, New York (1915) via bostonglobe

Rebecca (1922) via washingtonspeaks

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Strand
https://www.artsy.net/artist/paul-strand
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/strand/strand.html
http://www.philamuseum.org/
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/arts/paul-strands-lifetime-of-photography-at-philadelphia-museum.html?ref=design&_r=1
https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-art/2014/11/22/paul-strand-making-photography-modern/GQlHLKr84n9iffRcpGPeoM/story.html
http://bolsh-july.livejournal.com/52153.html
http://washingtonspeaks.blogspot.com/2012/11/sex-and-serials-at-national-gallery-of.html