Art-O-Mat
What do you do with those old cigarette vending machines? Decorate them all ‘Fantastico’, cram ’em full of cheap art, spread them out across the country and create an army of Art-o-Mats!
These things have been around for ten years already. There are 82 active machines featuring the works of over 400 artists. Put in your money, pull the lever and you are rewarded with a one-of-a-kind original art piece. How cool is that? Very cool, I say. It looks like there is one up in Eugene so I may have to drop in and check it out next time I am there.
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1949 International Short School Bus
Craigslist, Roseburg – 1949 INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCHOOL BUS, 147″ wheelbase(VERY SHORT)It has a chevy 348 motor,The body is VERY GOOD,The hole bus is nice,Was a motor home in the 70s, I took all the stuf out and found some old (BUT NICE)school bus seats,that will go with the bus,This would make a neat hot rod or a cool family camper,I bought it to make a street rod,I can’t get it in my shop, I need it out of my driveway,I may take a trade, I need the room more than the $$$.I can only put 4 picts on CL, But i can send you lots more.$3,300
I want it I want it I want it! $3,300!?! Someone buy this for me right now! Don’t let this fall into the hands of someone who wouldn’t love her the way I would. Heck, just buy it and take me for a camping trip in it, will ya?
The Year 2008 in Photographs (part 1 of 3)
If you do not check boston.com‘s Big Picture at least once a week then you might as well sell your computer to someone who is willing to put it to good use. Seriously, add this one to your RSS feed. The collections are always striking and provocative.
Right now they are posting the Best Photos of 2008 in three installments. Parts two and three will be tomorrow and Saturday.
If those are a bit too serious for you, I highly recommend that you head over to The Smoking Gun and check out their Best Mugshots of 2008. Hilarity WILL ensue.
Gigposters.com
I just found out about this site. It is a gigantic library of music gig posters. And I mean Gi-frickin-gantic. I have yet to really search through it but on a quick glance, there are some real beauties in there. There is also a bunch of crap too.
You can search by band or by the designer. They also have a place to sell posters and other music merch. I did a quick search for Modest Mouse and came up with 145 posters. Some are super cool too:
And I have this Decemberists one designed by Mike King (reminder to self: go get it framed!):
If you find any cool posters, let me know in the comments!
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