so it goes

Tom Waits backstage in between sets of a Lower East-Side Manhattan burlesque show, c.1970s. Photo by Joel Brodsky.

St. Vincent photographed by Petra Collins for New York Magazine, 2014

No Sir | The Future Is Bright

It’s time to give up, it’s time to disappear, I don’t belong here. There’s no one to love, there’s nothing left inside. 

Various awesome techno-displays in the original Star Wars (1977)

Fordite, also known as Detroit agate, is old automobile paint which has hardened sufficiently to be cut and polished. It was formed from the built up [sic] of layers of enamel paint slag on tracks and skids on which cars were hand spray-painted (a now automated process), which have been baked numerous times.

#NowPlaying Inside and Out by Mother Of Mercy

The Vienna secession is resurrected once again under the orchestration of Prader’s supervision and detailed imagery. The semi-nude models dressed elaborately as warriors and erotic figures and the posed beside intricate props do justice to Gustav Klimt masterpieces. With the overwhelming presence of gold tones set in the costumes, ornaments and set, the gaudy decorations and backdrops, the classic struggle of the physical attainment to paradise is restored under the guidance of Inge Prader.

Shooting Metropolis (1927) with Gustav Fröhlich and director Fritz Lang.

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At-The Drive-In - Arcarsenal - Relationship Of Command

The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)