The Gang’s All Here
Videos like these are one of the reasons I started this site. While doing research for Encyclopedia of the Exquisite, there were so many great links and video clips I wanted to share. You’ll see why. Choreographer Busby Berkeley stars…
Candy Land
An article on The Candy Professor caught my eye in the New York Times today. The good professor has so many interesting insights about candy, but her post about the candification (?) of Halloween makes a great read on the…
Birds on a Wire
A pretty musical piece, price by Brazilian artist Jarbas Agnelli, was created when he saw this photo of birds in a local newspaper and created a song based on the exact position of the birds on their wire perches. I think…
Balloon Boy
Encyclopedia of the Exquisite covers the first parachute (an umbrella contraption launched in Montpellier, France in 1783) and the first hot-air balloon, the ornate aerostatic machine which took off from Versailles as King Louis XVI watched below. Now a Brooklyn…
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