METAL BANDS FROM EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD (I-K)

On May 31, 2014 by Tim Newman
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Wish me luck as we drift from I to K looking for metal bands from all of the world’s wonderful countries; one band from each… Iceland We’re starting strong with Sororicide. Sororicide, if you’re...

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Svetlana Petrova “Improves” Art By Adding Cats

On May 28, 2014 by Tim Newman
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Svetlana Petrova has a hobby. I’m not sure if it’s any stranger than most people’s hobbies, but it is pretty odd. She “improves” classic paintings with pictures of her fat ginger cat – Zarathustra....

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Ljuba Popović: Exorcism Inspired Art

On May 27, 2014 by Tim Newman
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Ljuba Popović (1934) is a Bosnian born surrealist painter living in Paris, France. Ljuba studied Fine Arts in Belgrade. His style and entire outlook on art was changed irrevocably in 1959 when he visited a...

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Mongolian Stamps: A Joyful Collection

On May 25, 2014 by Tim Newman
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For some reason, I recently got into stamps. I am getting old I suppose. I enjoy the art on them, and the fact that they’re small. Shoot me. Any how, I don’t feel...

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Stamps Featuring Fungi From Around The World

On May 25, 2014 by Tim Newman
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If you thought putting up a post about old North Korean stamps was weird, wait ’til you get a load of this. So I was enjoying searching out images of weird stamps when I came...

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Bizarre North Korean Stamp Collection

On May 25, 2014 by Tim Newman
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This is the first post I’ve done that is aimed squarely at philatelists. But I hope non-philatelists will be able to enjoy this bizarre selection of North Korean stamps too. I’ve never been...

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Juan Fontanive: Flip Books Made From Scrap

On May 23, 2014 by Tim Newman
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Juan Fontanive, who lives in NYC, makes flip books featuring birds and butterflies from old bike parts and other useless bits and bobs he finds lying about. He hand paints each slide and, when they’re...

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#VoteSelfie – Electoral Ink

On May 23, 2014 by Tim Newman
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Officials are urging people not to take selfies whilst voting; this is to prevent them from inadvertently showing other people’s voting decisions in the background. I embarked on a Google. I assumed people would ignore the...

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The Mysterious Stone Balls Of Champ Island

On May 22, 2014 by Tim Newman
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It’s easy to stick a “mysterious” or “amazing” or “mind-blowing” on the front of a title to try and garner a few extra clicks. But in this case I think my use of...

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Photos From Inside A Wildcat Breeders House

On May 20, 2014 by Tim Newman
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I found these photos taken in the home of a wildcat breeder on a Russian website, but I don’t know if they’re actually from Russia. Due to the dodgy Russian-English translation via Mr Google I really can’t tell...

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