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The 1970s No.1 European Pop Hit written in Fake American English

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“Prisencolinensinainciusol” is a pop song released in 1972, that was written and sung in a gibberish nonsensical language intended to sound like English spoken with an American accent for its Italian audience. This is apparently what American English sounds like to non-English speaking foreigners… Written by Italian singer/ songwriter and comedian Adriano Celentano, the song was [...]

A Short History of Abandoned Hollywood Filmsets sitting in the North African Desert

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A skeletal fortress built for Lawrence of Arabia, an American gas station used for a forgettable horror film now inhabited by an old shepherd and his dog; entire fake villages have been left behind by Hollywood to be battered by the sands of the south moroccan deserts. Photographer/ filmmaker Ra Di Martino sets the cameras rolling once again [...]

The Last Bookshop

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This short film imagines life in the future without independent shops and tells the story of a young schoolboy who stumbles upon the last remaining bookshop. Directors Richard Dadd and Dan Fryer are the duo behind the creative studio, The Bakery: We love bookshops. But we saw that many are going through tough times. We wanted to [...]

When Food Instagramming gets Out of Control

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So by now you might have heard that some restaurants are banning food photography, which I personally think is a little dramatic, but I came across this video parody by a couple of pranksters from the Official Hungry, poking fun at all the instagram foodies out there! Previous pranks include “Eating other people’s Food“. Images via [...]

Skiing down Five Floors of an Abandoned Building

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Talk about skiing off-piste! Combining one of my favourite sports with our fascination for abandoned real estate, professional skier Logan Imlach tackled a less traditional terrain– the 1960s abandoned ‘Bucker building’ in Alaska. Once called ‘the City under one roof’, it was used as an army base, in anticipation of a Soviet invasion during the [...]

Wes Anderson x Prada: A Paris Love Triangle

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If you’ve been patiently awaiting the next Wes Anderson flick ever since you saw and adored Moonrise Kingdom, this three-part little series should quench your thirst for the time being. Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola teamed up to shoot the advertising campaign for the new Prada fragrance, Candy. Starring the charming French actress Léa Seydoux (from Midnight [...]

On the Brink

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I don’t know how this impressive short film slipped passed me but I’m glad I caught it. A documentary by Ericsson (that mobile phone manufacturer of the 90s you assumed had disappeared), we journey through the past, present, and future of technology and connectivity with some very interesting guides, including Flickr founder Caterina Fake, Wired UK editor David Rowan, [...]

Street Style Peacocking (a.k.a. the Art of being Desperate) is not Chic, confirms Fashion Expert

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Finally someone inside the fashion industry is talking about the elephant in the room and  what a parody of itself the street style phenomenon has become. The short documentary by Garage magazine interviews a refreshingly down-to-earth fashion journalist, Tim Blanks who gives us his theory on the rise of “peacocking” street style stars and asks [...]

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