“They say I’ve got brains, but they ain’t doing me no good. I wish they would.” - The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
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From John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s nomination acceptance address, now commonly referred to as “the New Frontier speech,” delivered at the Democratic National Convention, July 15, 1960, in Los Angeles:
“We are not here to curse the darkness; we are here to light a candle. As Winston Churchill said on taking office some twenty years ago: If we open a quarrel between the present and the past, we shall be in danger of losing the future. Today our concern must be with that future. For the world is changing. The old era is ending. The old ways will not do.”
On the 48th anniversary of JFK’s assassination, here, an exclusive look at unpublished, never-seen photos of our 35th president.
Fake Plastic Trees
(Source: eyeofthehellhound)
Just learned that my grandfather drove both Rita Hayworth and Susan Hayward to a USO show in 1944 during World War II. His regular job was transporting dead bodies from battlefields. FTW…
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A double exposure shows Dali with different expressions in 1965. “Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic,” he said. He was born on May 11, 1904, in nearby Figueres, the son of a strict lawyer father and an indulgent mother. Dali claimed he was descended from the Moors.
There’s nothing else quite like it — 20 Dali Portraits: Odd & Amazing
Fuck yeah, double exposure.
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Researchers in panda costumes perform a physical exam on a 6-month-old panda cub at the Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Centre in China in February 2011. The cub, born to a captive panda mother, was the first captive-bred cub to be reintroduced to the wild. The researchers dressed as pandas so the cub wouldn’t begin to identify with humans.
see more — People Dressed in Animal Costumes
YES! So cool.
What’s #OccupyWallSt’s message? Maybe it’s something within this (explicit) sign. (Taken with instagram)
(Source: youngmanhattanite, via newsweek)
Mass transit maps can be a big part of the visual culture of cities. The more iconic the map, the more likely it is to be turned into a t-shirt, an umbrella, even a shower curtain. Here’s a look at 20 different subway system maps that serve as a window into the culture of their respective cities.
Above, Tokyo’s hot mess of a public transit system. See more maps at The Atlantic Cities
