The Super Bowl Shuffle

Music Appreciation

Yes, this actually happened. The Chicago Bears, during one of their best regular seasons (1985), made a godawful rap song and music video, written and produced by Richard Meyer, called The Super Bowl Shuffle which featured the Great Walter Payton, Jim McMahon, Mike Singletary, Otis Wilson, William "The Refrigerator" Perry, and many others from the team.

The single, which was released on December 11, 1985, went platinum and reached No. 41 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Profits from the song and music video originally went to the Chicago Community Trust; however, a lawsuit was filed in 2014 by six ex-Bears against the Julia Meyer, who holds the copyright, arguing that all proceeds should go to charity.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Super_Bowl_Shuffle
https://archive.org/details/SuperBowlShuffle
http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/dec11.htm
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/31/six-ex-bears-involved-in-super-bowl-shuffle-lawsuit/
http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/85bears/regular?id=5401544

HFPA nominates Patrick Stewart for Blunt Talk

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced the nominees for the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards. This awards ceremony is considered the precursor to the Academy Awards ceremony held in February.

The nominee list includes a lot of usual names like Cate Blanchett, Bryan Cranston, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, and Matt Damon. But the one I'm more excited about is the nomination of Patrick Stewart for his portrayal as a British newscaster in Starz cable sitcom Blunt Talk.

He'll be up against Aziz Ansari, Rob Lowe, Jeffrey Tambor and Gael Garcia Bernal for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical. However, I think the HFPA should give him the award merely for his graciously awesome tweet and fashion coordination.

Dear #HFPA I am so overjoyed by my @goldenglobes nomination I decided to coordinate my look today. #aquasocks pic.twitter.com/nUrW5kYaaH

— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) December 10, 2015

Jorg Dubin

Art Appreciation

It was a painting titled The Birth of Venus I came across while visiting Anwar Nada Art blog that caught my attention of American artist Jorg Dubin.

Mostly self-taught, Dubin is known for painting provocative intimate scenes of women. As one stated about his artwork, "...what is really on display is the artist himself, his relationship with sexuality and brutality, culture and isolation, anger and beauty, hard and soft, judgment and fear."

You can find more of his art HERE.

Luchadore, Blue Demon (2006) via artodyssey1

The Birth of Venus (2007) via anwarnadaart

Cuffed (2004) via conchigliadivenere

Sources:

http://jorgdubin.com/
http://www.robertbermangallery.com/artists/jorg-dubin
http://www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/counties/orange/jorg-dubin.html
http://www.qartsalon.com/jorgdubin.html
http://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Jorg-Dubin/907DF37700CD4B47
http://sdgallery.com/catalogs/dubin/gallery/index.htm
http://artodyssey1.blogspot.com/2012/01/jorg-dubin.html
http://pmikos.tumblr.com/page/1384
https://conchigliadivenere.wordpress.com/2014/05/22/jorg-dubin-1955-american/
http://anwarnadaart.blogspot.com/2014/02/jorg-dubin-american-artist.html

Cosplay... is an Art: BLIZZCON 2015

via beatdownboogie

Arthur Meehan

Photography Appreciation

While surfing the internet, I came across a photo of Danish fashion model Malene Knudsen staring straight at the camera wearing only a sheer top and panties. The image is incredibly sexy that I needed to know more about the photographer.

Arthur Meehan is an American photographer best known for his images of flowers and nude women. What makes his photographs a lot more like paintings is that he uses film and hand prints.

You can see more of his work HERE.

The Muse via arthur-meehan

Exit via arthur-meehan

Malene Knudsen via uwwaaarainbow

Sources:

http://arthurmeehan.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Arthur-Meehan-101620500007760/
https://twitter.com/arthur_meehan
http://pictify.saatchigallery.com/user/ArthurMeehan
https://www.behance.net/new
http://arthur-meehan.tumblr.com/
https://quitedelightfulproject.com/13093/
http://www.lolitas.se/index.php/2009/01/14/arthur-meehan/
http://www.theenglishgroup.co.uk/blog/2015/03/30/arthur-meehan/
http://mynakedstyle.blogspot.com/2011/08/arthur-meehan.html
http://uwwaaarainbow.tumblr.com/post/25366928275

Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me

Music Appreciation

Crash Into Me, by the Dave Matthews Band (DMB), was released on December 3, 1996. Inspired by his wife, Ashley Harper, the song was written by Dave Matthews.

"Touch your lips just so I know, In your eyes, love, it glows so, I'm bare-boned and crazy for you, When you come crash, Into me, baby, And I come into you..." Dave Matthews explained on VH1 Storytellers that the song is about "the worship of women."


via DaveMatthewsBandVEVO


Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_into_Me
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/d/dave+matthews+band/crash_20175538.html

Cosplay... Is An Art: MCM London Comic Con October 2015

via Sapphire Cosplay