_uacct = "UA-3662611-1"; urchinTracker(); Search Tumblr.searchBox() Tumblr (3.0; @richardmarks)http://blog.dickmarks.com/<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kypnafxdSz1qz4m5bo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://jakelodwick.tumblr.com/post/424219579/march3" target="_blank">jakelodwick</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Today I have the honor of introducing a project that’s been in development for almost two years.</p> <p>In early 2008 I talked to my friend Michael about making an album for my then-new music company, Normative. He had an exciting concept: build a musical contraption, a one-man-band “rig” that looked like a big metal box, but unfolded to reveal a platform, stool, drum kit, keyboard stand, looping pedals, and a guitar. He would build the box, then make an album that could be performed live, by himself, in one sitting. I said, Sounds incredible, here’s some money, I can’t wait to see what you come up with.</p> <p>He spend 4 solitary months building the sexiest, manliest instrument I’d ever seen, a few days writing the music, and another few months recording it. The album wasn’t just ‘a bunch of songs’ but a continuous story about a boy who was born laughing and whose legs kicked relentlessly, whose movement was impossible to control, who could not sleep, whose parents “took shifts, a steady rotation of looking after him, while the other one would sleep out in the car,” drumming on every conceivable surface, pounding the parents’ belongings to smithereens, immune to adult anti-psychotic medication … an individual incapable, by his nature, of being restrained; his bombastic inner fire and innocence; his relentless and violent quest for peace, and his eventual triumph.</p> <p>After wrapping the record, I asked my favorite illustrator Ira if he wanted to do something kind of… weird. Let’s not make a music video and let’s not make ‘album art’. Ira, can you make a loooonnnng illustration that scrolls across the viewer’s screen for the entire 45 minute album? He said, Sounds good, pay up and I’ll get back to you in a few months.</p> <p>The months dragged on (but who cares when <a href="http://jakelodwick.tumblr.com/post/32344099/art-must-exist-without-compromise" target="_blank">ART MUST EXIST WITHOUT COMPROMISE</a>?) … And he returned with 50 feet of painstakingly, achingly detailed and imaginative, hand-drawn art. Totally original stuff — the sort of magic you only get when one brilliant person tunnels into an impossibly ambitious project for a really long time.</p> <p>We stitched it together in After Effects, synched it with the music, and uploaded it to Vimeo. And now, well, here it is, you can watch this “<a href="http://witchknots.com/illustrativescore" target="_blank">illustrative score</a>”, this new and beautiful thing, two single-minded visions gracefully interwoven like … like snakes having sex!</p> <p>But don’t watch it now, here in the Tumblr dashboard, with the lights on, your hand on your mouse, looking for the next nano-meme to microstimulate you. When you click the link below, be prepared to invest 45 minutes with your headphones on, the lights off, seated comfortably, and with fullscreen on. This is the real deal, people, and I promise it is worth watching.</p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9744046" target="_blank">Click here to watch “MARCH 3” on Vimeo</a>.</p> <p> This is pretty incredible.  As soon as you realize what you’re looking at, you’re looking at something else.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/427566881http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/427566881Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:03:59 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kylttr6wLU1qz4m5bo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p> I would kindly decline the 100 bones in exchange for a lunch meeting/ conversation</p>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/427535086http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/427535086Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:48:25 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky4em2UQis1qz4mcao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>about to watch Sin Nombre…</p>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/399730701http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/399730701Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:20:26 -0500<p><a href="http://dalasverdugo.com/post/353163100/hey-guys-you-know-how-haiti-is-getting-a-lot-of" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">dalasverdugo</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hey guys, you know how Haiti is getting a lot of attention right now because conditions are bad there? <a href="http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/the-vice-guide-to-liberia-1-of-8" target="_blank">VBS.TV would like you to know about Liberia</a>, where people are straight-up EATING EACH OTHER.</p> <p>We’ve got some problems.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/353578922http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/353578922Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:23:53 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kweqgmjGZ81qz4mcao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1243484/Haiti-earthquake-Miracle-baby-plucked-rubble.html?ITO=1490" target="_blank">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1243484/Haiti-earthquake-Miracle-baby-plucked-rubble.html?ITO=1490</a></a></p>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/339564981http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/339564981Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:05:10 -0500<p><a><a href="http://blog.dickmarks.com/ask" target="_blank">http://blog.dickmarks.com/ask</a></a></p>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/329949660http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/329949660Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:34:48 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvw782SKdL1qz6ffro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://hrrrthrrr.tumblr.com/post/321969073/adventure" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">hrrrthrrr</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><b>Adventure Club! </b></p></blockquote>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/322169237http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/322169237Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:30:51 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvcwfa0W0o1qz4mrgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://rickyvanveen.com/post/304204290/i-need-to-start-a-blog-just-for-my-misuse-of" target="_blank">rickyv</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I need to start a blog just for my “misuse of quotes” photos. This one from Aaron Dignan.</p> </blockquote> <p>I would be wary of any “food” that requires quotations.</p>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/304662911http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/304662911Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:36:24 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kv8rh8rrHZ1qz4mcao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>coody.</p>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/300735183http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/300735183Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:07:55 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kv6e7yLr6n1qz4mcao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>December 19, 2009- Eastern Avenue, Middle River, MD</p>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/298986900http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/298986900Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:26:22 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GA8z7f7a2Pk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GA8z7f7a2Pk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tinyalice.tumblr.com/post/117061297/sooooooooooooo-awesome" target="_blank">tinyalice</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>sooooooooooooo awesome.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/283906713http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/283906713Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:18:17 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kumqho42jq1qz4mcao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New York City 2007</p>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/282862437http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/282862437Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:39:24 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku75gcTZrC1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ianbroyles.tumblr.com/post/270730449/sarahschneider-thedailywhat-photo-set-of-the" target="_blank">ianbroyles</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://sothisishappening.com/post/270727182/thedailywhat-photo-set-of-the-day-during-this" target="_blank">sarahschneider</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://thedw.us/post/270704001/photo-set-of-the-day-during-this-past-septembers" target="_blank">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Photo Set of the Day:</b> During this past September’s five-day long UN meeting, <i>New Yorker </i>staff photographer Platon set up a makeshift studio next to the UN General Assembly floor and tried to get as many world leaders as possible to sit for him.</p> <p><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/multimedia/2009/12/07/091207_audioslideshow_platon" target="_blank">Click here</a> to visit an interactive gallery of Platon’s portraits.</p> <p>[<a href="http://www.blameitonthevoices.com/2009/12/portraits-of-power.html" target="_blank">via</a>.]</p> </blockquote> <p>This is so cool.  Of course Argentina has a hot lady president.</p> </blockquote> <p>Can you spot Finland’s female Conan O’Brien?</p> </blockquote>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/270908561http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/270908561Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:55:51 -0500<p>flavors.me is up!</p>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/265738052http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/265738052Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:25:29 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kttvaftEkx1qzn4pgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://frangry.tumblr.com/post/260872233/so-help-me-god-if-you-ever-cheat-on-me-i-will" target="_blank">frangry</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“So help me God, if you ever cheat on me I will wait until a slow news cycle & then chase you with one of your own clubs until you run away like a pussy and crash your favorite SUV into a fire hydrant. Then I’ll slap you around until the cops arrive and tell them I saved your life by dragging you out of said SUV in the most inconceivable way possible.” (via <a href="http://winstonwolfe.tumblr.com/post/260859866/so-help-me-god-if-you-ever-cheat-on-me-i-will" target="_blank">winstonwolfe</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/260962281http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/260962281Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:22:34 -0500“There’s certain days that remind me why I ran for this office. Then there are moments like this where I pardon a turkey and send it to Disneyland.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/24/obama-turkey-pardon-thank_n_369516.html" target="_blank">President Obama</a> (via <a href="http://jaredgeller.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">jaredgeller</a> and <a href="http://poobah.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">poobah</a>) (via <a href="http://www.davidslog.com/" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">david</a>)</em>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/257279851http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/257279851Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:23:03 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krbhszWeTk1qz4mcao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krbhszWeTk1qz4mcao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krbhszWeTk1qz4mcao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krbhszWeTk1qz4mcao4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krbhszWeTk1qz4mcao5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krbhszWeTk1qz4mcao6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krbhszWeTk1qz4mcao7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krbhszWeTk1qz4mcao8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Richard Marks.   Fabolous & Maino @ Loyola College.  October 9, 2009</p>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/209527860http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/209527860Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:17:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr0mgknTN51qz4mcao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/204613102http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/204613102Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:24:20 -0400<a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1924149_1924153_1924207,00.html">Syeda Rizwana Hasan- Shipbreaking in Chittagong, Bangladesh</a>: <p>“By some estimates, one shipbreaker is killed every day by the explosions, fires, or falling metal of South Asia’s shipyards.”</p> <p>“A quarter of Bangladesh’s shipbreaking workforce is now under the legal working age of 18…”</p>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/201202451http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/201202451Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:31:38 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Po_eDhZwLqw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Po_eDhZwLqw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Timelapse—  Typhoon Nangka over Hong Kong.</p> <p>it gets really cool around 2:00 and again around 4:40</p>http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/199294256http://blog.dickmarks.com/post/199294256Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:53:01 -0400