MYST television series

(image courtesy of Wikipedia)

Ah! children of the nineties who never owned any games consoles but had access to PC games rejoice!

A television series based on Myst is being made, though of course, when it actually comes out it shall be far more exciting! 

I spent hours playing MYST when I was young, it was brilliantly suspenseful and required a different kind of thinking!

And who can forget the brilliant soundtrack, still to this day I play it when I study, here's a snippet

Source: YouTube: DilandauMusic channel

Can't wait for it to be out! 

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Black and white beauties

Frida Kahlo, dynamic in pictures! What a life!

Audrey Hepburn (above and below) and her beloved deer Ip

Anna May Wong, breathtakingly beautiful!

Ziggy and Iggy

Martha Graham

Mia Farrow

Ingrid Bergman and Isabella Rosellini

Lady Ottoline Morrell

Theda Bara

All pictures sourced from Pinterest, just type in the name!

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Bowie paper dolls

More Bowie paper dolls here! what a fantastical collection! I love this post for all its enthusiasm!

And just a picture of fantastic Mr Bowie with a fantastic Mr cake Source here

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Step back in time

SJP

Bianca Jagger

Winona Ryder

John Waters and Iggy Pop

Mariannae Faithfull

Bjork

Raquel Welch and Ringo Starr

All pictures via Pinterest

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Macarena Madness GIF smash

These two together are a somewhat terrifyingly hilarious combination, no?

Both from GifSoup

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Funemployment!

In the past I may have been known to change the Disney "pirate's life for me" lyrics into "the Idlers life for me", for the few days of the week I wish to not be a pirate.

The Idler's life for me is a brilliant mixture of pursuing all the things I like to do in my spare time

Rhythmic Sun's soundcloud is a favourite destination:

link here the Dragon Dreaming set is my favourite, great time last year!

And if you were lucky enough to grow up in the nineties, chances are you came across Myst at some point, even if you weren't a gamer, it was a real hook for all people as the mystery of getting off the island was a brilliantly simple concept, yet so much work went into it!

Rumours of a Myst inspired tv series! Just what I need, more procrastination materials!

Hitting the job search hard:

Even those gods of music The Specials sing about unemployment in Ghost Town, much worth the listen if you don't know their stuff

Lots of time spent perusing National Geographic, online and off, a favourite destination to lose oneself in

Then there is the downside to Funemployment, such as being really cost restricted, which all students can relate to. I also like to get away from this modern world we have constructed for ourselves, and for these reasons, camping every few months is an absolute must, it helps me unravel and shake off the ideas of 'needs' vs 'wants' and gets you back in touch with abilities you don't necessarily use everyday, but which are really the most useful ones to have, such as finding clean water, first aid and campfire cooking, lighting the fire from scratch. The bare necessities

Some views of campsites past

All pics from Pinterest, Tumblr and last 3 are mine

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Paloma Faith outfit favourites

Just some of her brilliant outfits ^_^ too many to choose from

All from Tumblr

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The Caretaker An Empty Bliss beyond this world

James Kirby (The Caretaker) was inspired to make this album after reading a study in 2010 which suggested people with Alzheimer's had an easier time remembering certain information when it's contextualised with music. 

The fascinating thing about this album is how it is edited, some of the tracks loop and repeat in parts, then jump back and forth, in others it sounds like a needle scratching on an old record, stopping or starting mid-thought or contemplation, it's never executed in the form of a "fully finished" from start to end song structure. 

None of the work feels rushed or clumsy, or just too abstract in concept, the entire album is great listening and slows you down and is comforting.

Caretaker isn't just making good music here, he makes music designed to portray and mimic the puzzle like way our memories work, sometimes so clear, sometimes a memory is similar to trying to hold onto smoke, it just slips away

I don't own any of these images or sounds, all from YouTube, link provided

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Woodford Folk Festival

UPDATE! FOUND the amazingly talented illustrator behind the Woodford art, his name is Gavin Ryan, more here

Hoping to make it to Woodford this year!

Site here for more info/ tickets

The National folky down in Canberra is always good fun, just a wonderful atmosphere filled with a great mix of people

Woodford program and online art always makes me happy, computer so filled with it all

No amount of words or pictures can convey how warm and responsive people are. The local share economies that pop up when you've forgotten sunscreen or even shoes, your camping neighbours are always more than happy to oblige, always a great bunch of people

And look, they have Paper Lanterns! ^_^ (get it? haha, my 17 year old self came up with this blog title!)

So beautiful

All pics from Woodford site, and associated fb, pinterest accounts

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Nibbled to death by an Okapi

The first time I listened to the entirety of Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned, the track loop at the end of Smash it up confused the crap out of me, but I knew I'd hear it somewhere before

The above animal is an Okapi, Arthur Dent brother was nibbled to death by one in the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy!

Well arthur isn't talking about his brother in the GIF below, but who doesn't love the Hitchhickers guide! What a series! (book, radio, tv and movie)

Culturally, I think I should just start identifying as British! 

All pics and gifs from Tumblr

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Listen below!

FKA Twigs Vogue January 2015

Man I love her!

Pics clearly from Vogue

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FKA Twigs red carpet moments

I really love her music, and the way FKA Twigs can get a red-carpet look together that is entirely her own

Complete with painted facial embellishments, very Vali Myers!

Pics from that shameful trove, Just Jared and Pinterest

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