What We Did Today

http://www.esotouric.com/ The wife and I were invited along for what is now the second tour I've taken with the kind folks of Esotouric.  They specialize in 1940's flavored tours of the city, and today we went on their West Side Chandler tour.  It was, as the first one was, an absolute blast, and really quite educational.

But, as great as the tour was, there was just no way it could top our trip to what is probably the absolute coolest place in all of Los Angeles.

The Museum of Jurassic Technology 

It's what is known as a Cabinet of Curiosities.  A bizarre collection of scientific oddities, artistic accomplishments, historical artifacts, and just plain bizarre shit.  It's literally like stumbling through the brain of a schizophrenic.  From sculptures in the eyes of needles to Ricky Jays' collection of decaying dice it's really just one of the most bizarre, inspiring, and down right interesting places I've ever been.  Add to that, I've been trying to put together a book about a Cabinet of Curiosity for the past few years, and you can figure out why I reacted so strongly.

Anyways, it's a downright necessity for any visit to Los Angeles.

Happy Holidays from Hoarse and Buggy!

Thank you one and all for all of your support, kindness, and well-wishes throughout 2006.

The best, as they say, is yet to come.

Best wishes --

Josh, Noel, Chris A. J-Rod, and the rest of the Elk's Runners...

Sometimes you feel like a nut….

Found over at Brian Reed's SAVAGE BREAKFAST... Originally from here

In Waynesville, a small county seat in the mountains of western North Carolina, people whispered about the three older men who lived together south of town.They were lovers, and there were rumors that the trio had turned a room in their house into a dungeon where they filmed sadomasochistic sex scenes — and then posted them on the Internet.

Someone asked the local sheriff to investigate the men, but his officers determined their activities, although unorthodox, were perfectly legal.

Last month, however, the men were arrested on charges that shocked the community.

Authorities say they performed castrations and other types of genital surgeries on at least six people. Detectives searching the home found bloody scalpels, syringes, and prosthetic testicles in a room the men referred to as “the dungeon.”

Officers confiscated a video camera apparently used to record the procedures, as well as scores of CDs and computer files. They also seized a Tupperware container from the kitchen freezer holding what appeared to be human testicles.

Tacky joke title by me.

I’m Convinced the FBI Has a File on Me Now

Over the past two years alone, the research topics I've had for various writing projects include:

• Torture
• Militas
• Cults
• Brain-washing
• Kidnapping
• Bio-Terrorism
• Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Explosives
• Serial Killers
• Shamanism
• Voodoo
• Building Demolition
• Anarchy

So, for all you FBI guys, please understand, I JUST HAVE POOR TASTE IN SUBJECT MATTER.

Thank you.

And due to my laziness, and their kindness, Benito Cereno and Scott Keating probably have files now too. Sorry guys.

Those Crazy Russians…

A pretty decent little archive of Cold War Era Russian Kid's Books. I'm crazy about the design work on some of these like the above one simply titled "Oil."

Link found on Metafilter.

Heh.

Just realized how embarassing my Last.fm play list in the corner must be. I'm working on this little spec in my spare time that's essentially an 80's action movie, so I have the bad 80's arena rock blaring day and night.