tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post9155815706485201030..comments2023-12-30T01:23:38.125-08:00Comments on Riddled: Stairway to the stars, we got better things to doHamish Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-16640554513083291632012-07-24T05:23:54.874-07:002012-07-24T05:23:54.874-07:00Damn right we got better things to do. Like going ...Damn right we got better things to do. Like going to the <a href="http://www.weirdal.com/legohardwarestore/" rel="nofollow">hardware store!</a>Sirius Lunacynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-63076805600174426742012-07-23T18:00:54.662-07:002012-07-23T18:00:54.662-07:00I think you left out a major compornent.I think you left out a major compornent.Dr.KennethNoisewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756205027083077404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-89264282483079274752012-07-23T13:26:32.403-07:002012-07-23T13:26:32.403-07:00Ned is mad at The Google.<a href="http://nedbeaumontjr.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/wtf-google/" title="∈҉∋" rel="nofollow">Ned is mad at The Google.</a>Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-1211620229943643122012-07-23T13:18:44.869-07:002012-07-23T13:18:44.869-07:00a series of studies that would have made Piranesi ...<i>a series of studies that would have made Piranesi fold up shop</i><br /><br />Shops that fold up? Sounds a bit conceptual to me.<br />Memo to self: upload photographs of some of the Gehry-meets-Speer monstrosities currently sprouting across Singapore -- not so much to serve actual functions, more to advertise the authorities' power and willingness to squander resources. Conceptual, back-of-the-envelope sketches put straight into realisation.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-46012455886645875292012-07-23T12:01:40.983-07:002012-07-23T12:01:40.983-07:00Popes jump up to get beat down.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxBvUqLs_eU" title="∈҉∋" rel="nofollow">Popes jump up to get beat down.</a>Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-26680239800322909372012-07-23T11:58:56.478-07:002012-07-23T11:58:56.478-07:00Shoulda been a pope.Shoulda been a pope.fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522672049371678717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-73624205953497194472012-07-23T10:07:03.891-07:002012-07-23T10:07:03.891-07:00Just as well that I didn't suggest using Legos...<i>Just as well that I didn't suggest using Legos to build Bruegel's Tower of Babel instead. </i><br /><br />Would he settle for Borges' <i>Library of Babel</i>?Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-60260650810141981112012-07-23T09:53:27.563-07:002012-07-23T09:53:27.563-07:00Also, Lebbeus Woods.Also, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=lebbeus+woods&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=D5M&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnsob&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=IIENUM6NNMPdrAHLurWyCg&ved=0CEoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1269&bih=957&sei=J4ENUMzCCsWtqQHMo5SQAg" rel="nofollow">Lebbeus Woods.</a>zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-84484302627950367812012-07-23T09:45:54.518-07:002012-07-23T09:45:54.518-07:00but they have NO PLACE IN ARCHITECTURE,
Piffle. ...<i>but they have NO PLACE IN ARCHITECTURE, </i><br /><br />Piffle. I have a friend who did his thesis on a series of studies that would have made Piranesi fold up shop and start drinking more heavily.<br /><br />They were useless, unbuildable, and totally theoretical, so I do not understand why he is not as famous as Gehry or Morphosis.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-91075799249140186772012-07-23T07:40:04.155-07:002012-07-23T07:40:04.155-07:00There is significant developing concern on the Int...There is significant developing concern on the International diplomatic level that certain rogue agencies are seeking large numbers of highly enriched Lego Blocks in order to build advanced Lego Fission Reactors. In an emergency meeting with Lego Group executives in Billund, Denmark, IAEA officials were said to be seeking strict export controls on the ubiquitous plastic bricks...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-6081701800251307812012-07-23T07:39:32.801-07:002012-07-23T07:39:32.801-07:00I'm not gonna troll him about it. If Feuilleto...<i>I'm not gonna troll him about it. If Feuilleton isn't on your blogroll, it should be.</i><br /><br />Added to the OPML file after following a link from you some other time. Yesterday I saw an item from it and thought OMG CLYDE WILL WANT TO SEE THIS THING FROM MY SUPER-COOL OPML FEED IT IS RIGHT UP HIS ALLEY and then I stopped to think about where I might have gotten such a link.<br /><br />I also tried to watch The Wire in Lego but there appeared to be zero funny things in it and gave up.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-38228050035956888312012-07-23T01:58:46.239-07:002012-07-23T01:58:46.239-07:00There might be an element of wistful thinking in M...There might be an element of wistful thinking in Mr Coulthart's belief that Piranesi is sufficiently esoteric to be safe from the plague of low-rez Lego-fication. Coulthart knows his popular culture -- he prepares SF cover-art for a living -- but he likes to keep his pulp & trash separate from stuff for the cognoscenti.<br /><br />I'm not gonna troll him about it. If Feuilleton isn't on your blogroll, it should be.<br /><br />The descriptions of Castle Banat in Lucius Shepard's "The Golden" are a homage to Piranesi. Any other popular-culture references? Research reveals that Piranesi has never featured on Boing Boing.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-86540116885883999352012-07-22T23:33:24.950-07:002012-07-22T23:33:24.950-07:00On the level of Escher (never mind any recent film...<i>On the level of Escher (never mind any recent film or TV series) Piranesi isn’t at all popular.</i><br /><br />SPUTTER. Saw a Piranesi collection in Toronto at the AGO while I saw Escher in godawful Edmonton. THE WORLD IS READY.<br /><br />Meanwhile in other Canadian news, Calgary is the <a href="http://calgary2012.com/whats-happening/blog/calgary-cultural-capital-canada-2012" rel="nofollow">Kultural Kapital of Kanata</a> for 2012 and to prove it the Glenbow has <a href="http://www.glenbow.org/exhibitions/current/russell/index.cfm" rel="nofollow">kowboys.</a>Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-42996512411686909002012-07-22T21:12:42.146-07:002012-07-22T21:12:42.146-07:00It's. not. made. of cats?It's. not. made. of cats?wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10234314999465951053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-21566010899440820452012-07-22T20:24:55.528-07:002012-07-22T20:24:55.528-07:00Godot on you for helping zrm, he needs some.
~Godot on you for helping zrm, he needs some.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com