Link Kaboom 14

Young Russian peasant girls in a ural area along the Sheksna River by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii

1. Color photographs by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944),: Sergei was a Russian photographer who pioneered color photography. These restored pictures give new life to historical Russian, depicting what a beautiful, sumptuous country this cold land can be.

2. TOKYO,: This new movie by visionary directors Joon-ho Bong, Leos Carax, and Michel Gondry is sure to be a stunner - and the trailer looks fantastic.

3. Solveig, girl graffiti artist, aged 10: The phenomenal artwork of a 10-year old London girl is taking the graffiti and art world by storm. Her whimsical, colorful pieces are being compared to Picasso, except without all the girlfriends. Stunning.

4. David Byrne on the Colbert Report: The fact the David Byrne is still blowing the top off of his genre after so long just gives evidence that the inspiration machine never runs out of juice, if well-oiled and maintained. Also, the fact the fact he is able to get a surprisingly contemplative interview out of Stephen is amusing in its own right.

5. Recereation of Hudson Plane Landing: Ok, ok, I know this has been news'ed to within an inch of its life, but come on - HE LANDED A PASSENGER PLANE IN A RIVER - a river usually flush with boats, I might add. And about a 4 miles from my house, if that! This is by far the best recreation I have seen of the event, and better yet, it is synchronized with the actual radio feed. Which means you can marvel at how they are not all screaming "O MY GOD WE ARE GOING TO DIEEEE!!!!" like a normal person would.

5. Anonymous: This wiki post about ANONYMOUS reads somewhere between a weird phenomena and a creepy subversive group. It makes me feel like we all are actually living in HACKERS.

6. John Keatley shoots Annie Leibovitz: Great interview with professional photographer Keatley. My personal favorite part is how it gets in his head regarding the fantastic photo of photographic god, Ann Leibovitz, that he captured.

7. Mickey Rourke Pimps Etsy at the Oscars: Though I am extremely stoked for Betina Wassermann and the Etsy team, I am now extremely nervous the Mickey may have blown the top off my favorite shopping hideout. Listen to me, *hypnotically waving pocketwatch* THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ETSY...

P.S. god, does this man like to curse! Here's a NSFW video of his acceptance speech at the Spirit Awards:



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