Best Corpse Paint Ever
For those not in the know, “corpse paint” is a term that describes a facial fashion mostly reserved for followers of black metal. It’s an effort to appear corpse-like or demonic. Although I’ve...
Read More →Recently I was called upon to do a short presentation about the Queen Mother; I won’t bore you with the details but it turned out to be a lot more interesting than I...
Read More →Russia has a lot going on. Its lands are wider than the diameter of Pluto. It has mega rich, it has ultra poor. It has clement environments, it has harsh environments. Russia borders Europe, it nestles...
Read More →Sometimes I’m angry with myself for not knowing enough about the ancient world, but on other occasions I’m as pleased as punch that I know naff all about it, because that means I...
Read More →Today’s random destination is Armenia. On the first Saturday of October Armenian mountain villagers get together to celebrate food and booze. Humans across the length and breadth of the earth seem to absolutely love eating...
Read More →About 100 years ago the residents of Zalipie, a small town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship decided to start painting their village, and paint it they did. Zalipie is fairly secluded and lies in...
Read More →A Dutch architectural company called MVRDV won a competition to design Gwanggyo “Power Centre”, a brand new town in South Korea. It looks like it’s going to be a mighty impressive place to live...
Read More →Just a bunch of creepy old photos. Nothing more, nothing less: The fountain below is called the Barmaley fountain; it was originally built in Stalingrad in the 1930’s. The statue is of a circle...
Read More →Just when you thought my topics couldn’t get any less middle of the road here I come straight back at ya with some photos of a wedding in Dagestan. Dagestan is a republic...
Read More →I guess Estonian hotel advertisements from the 80’s is a bit of a weird topic to choose. But I found these pics and I liked them. Simple as that. You didn’t have to click...
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