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One quote stands out. "It took an engineering genius to calculate the exact tilt of the huge wraparound windows to avoid revealing the camera and entire shooting crew in the reflections."
Alternately, tilt a pane and stop when the people disappear. You're welcome! 'Genius' gets a lot of overuse.

‘My beautiful house lay in ruins!’: how to build (and wreck) a Hollywood set – in pictures Veteran set decorator Lauri Gaffin has spent a career dressing up films from indie classics to blockbusters. Her new photographic memoir takes us behind the scenes of this ever-changing job – and on t...

A beautiful collection of shots, a fascinating career. #photography #setdesign

A print roller and some red ink in a tray ready to apply to linocut print blocks

Christmas card printing

Vinyl Dukes of Hazzard LP

Dukes of Hazzard LP has some good stuff... Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and of course that theme, interspersed with dialogue from Boss Hogg. Regret to inform you that Catherine Bach's 'Down Home American Girl' is not so good. Ooof!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrQO...

IIRC Nik Kershaw's Human Racing single came with some sort of board game thing on the back... now going to have to go home and dig through vinyl.

New waterproof textile motorcycle gear

Making the commute more comfortable #motosky

Holly Gennaro-McClane held hostage in the Nakatomi Building by Lieutenant Hubert Gruber

'tis the season

OH's birthday on the 13th. Same rules apply. 😀

I don't know if @dieworkwear.bsky.social knows who on earth Morcambe & Wise are (legendary in the UK) but you gotta say those suits are a delight.

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Motörhead - Guildford Civic Hall
The Raincoats - Pompidou Centre
They Might Be Giants - Rock City
James Brown - Weston Park
Guns N' Roses - Wembley

A collection of outdoor tap shields, red and tapering upwards they look a bit like miniature Fez

Garden Centre preparing for the Cubist Tommy Cooper Festival.

Abandoned Subaru Dealership This garage is frozen in the late 1990s, full of rare and untouched cars and motorcycles.

Thanks! Duly noted. We're off there post-Xmas... I'm trying to pitch this visit to the family
www.atlasobscura.com/places/aband...
but I don't think they are carcheology fans.

btw I check out Atlas Obscura before every holiday, great site.

Abandoned Subaru Dealership This garage is frozen in the late 1990s, full of rare and untouched cars and motorcycles.

Enjoying @smithandsniff.bsky.social on Malta @carpervert.bsky.social especially as we're going there for a post Xmas break. I'm keen to check out the abandoned Subaru dealership... the rest of the family? Hmmm not so much :)

The intensity of smoking in this is off the hook... kindergarten scene? Sparks up.

there is a story! A Porsche anorak (amongst his large, large collection of car anoraks) on a bike forum found this:
www.pressreader.com/uk/classic-p...

there's just something about the image, there are stories in there... the grubiness of the time, the dishevelled astrakhan coat, very Withnail.

Is there a tale about the car's story to tell do you think? @carpervert.bsky.social

Can't remember when I first saw this great image *thinks* Holy Shit!

I assumed it had been reclaimed by the earth years ago looking at the state it was in '75 when I assume it was worth nowt.

The Tate website has some great context info on the work.
www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks...

Dunno... but I am getting strong 'haven't seen many movies' vibes from that article. I mean there's no 'correct' answer for best car movie right? But the 2003 Italian Job?! Fuck!

YouTube video by The Late Brake Show KIA EV4 First Drive - Has KIA Become VW?

"We've got AI voice command with ChatGTP. You'll have to watch another channel for a demonstration of that, because ermm... I don't give a shit."
Testify! @carpervert.bsky.social So tired of having unwanted AI forced into every damn thing.

A-level Biology lecturer at Bletchley college Martin Carr was setting the record straight about Rosalind Franklin over thirty years ago(!) Glad the world is catching up with him.

Also correlates with people dropping out of the discourse, so they have to 'Go Big' with the hot takes to get any attention...

...it doesn't end well.

The Album 'Prince Charming' by Adam and the Ants

Almost certainly WH Smiths in Sutton Coldfield. As fascinated by the liner notes, photography, gatefold etc. as the music... who knew I'd end up a graphic designer?

Thanks!

A tiny pub in Hanley Stoke-on-Trent, The Tontine

Tontine Square, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. Curious if it is the same reference... Were there speculative investors in the Potteries heyday? Do any historians know, friends of @oddthisday.bsky.social @garius.bsky.social? - asking the internet now just invites AI hallucinations that I don't trust :-(

Tontine Convenience Store in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

Getting a paper from this shop is arduous... waiting for the penultimate subscriber to die so I can get an Observer and some Panini Football Cards.

A freshly arrived copy of Modernist Scotland along with a bookmark and badge

Very pleased with this arrival... @themodernist.bsky.social lavishly illustrated, is there a better smell than new book?

Smokey

just trying to imagine who else you'd cast in the Smoky and the Bandit recreation scene?

Derek never misses and you should follow even if you don't care for tailoring, because a dedication to craft, knowledge, skills and valuing the people who make stuff matters everywhere.
Always love this excerpt, can't help but think Jeeves lives on in a few places...