Month: January 2016

The Stealth Bomber

The Stealth Bomber Electric Bike from Sweden

Ultra-powerful electric bike with nine pedal speeds using an internal gearbox in the bottom bracket. Top speed of 50 miles per hour with a 1.5 kwh battery pack and 4,500 watt motor. Long travel front and rear suspension to soak up bumps and jumps, this thing is more motocross than ebike.

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Martin Glick

Martin Glick, “Twisting Male Torso (Male Dancer)”, Alabaster, 2008

Sculptor Martin Glick resides in Pomona, New York, just outside of New York City. He was taught by Conger Metcalf in Boston and today teaches sculpture from his studio.

The sculpture of a Twisting Male Torso is carved in alabaster and signed on right lower side. The overall dimensions of the piece are 27″ high (including base) by 11″ wide by 13″ deep.

Glick says of his works “I have been told that my sculptures have something that is unique. There is a twist to the norm, a twist of the form, an emotional element that is mine. It is my heart and my particular view of the world.”

Andy Kehoe

Forest Monster Paintings by Andy Kehoe

Andy Kehoe, a graduate of Parsons School of Design, paints works that depict themes that are dark in nature, yet are elevated above being frightening by the use of playful humor or a dreamy, fairytale like quality.
The otherwordly landscapes and nature-spirit denizens that populate Kehoe’s work open up an even deeper portal to Kehoe’s world, one that contains a similar magic and enigmatic mystery as that of Hayao Miyazaki.

Stoyan Nenov

Stoyan Nenov, “Bulgarian Men Diving for the Cross at Epiphany”, Reuters

On January 6, known also as St Jordan’s, Orthodox Chrisitans celebrate the baptism of Christ by John the Baptist in the river Jordan, seen as his appearance to the world (epiphany) as the Son of God.

The characteristic Bulgarian St Jordan’s ritual is performed by a priest who throws a cross into a river or a lake for young men to catch it. It is believed that the first person that gets to the cross will enjoy good health throughout the whole year.

Clive Arrowsmith, “Hiram Keller”

Clive Arrowsmith, “Hiram Keller”, 1972

Hiram Keller, born Hiram Keller Undercofler Jr., was an American stage and film actor who appeared starred in European films. He is best known for his role as Ascyltus in Federico Fellini’s 1969 film Fellini Satyricon.

Keller received his dramatic training at Lee Strasberg’s prestigious Actors Studio in New York. His first stage engagement took him to Broadway. From 1968 until his departure to appear in Fellini Satyricon, he was a member of the tribe in the original line-up stage production of Hair, directed by Tom O’Horgan, written by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, music by Galt MacDermot. In addition, Keller worked as a model and acted in the New York underground scene with Andy Warhol.

The Italian director Federico Fellini hired him for the leading role in his gloomy-looking adaptation of the novel fragment Satyrica of Petronius as his preferred candidate for the role since Pierre Clémenti was no longer available. His role as Ascyltus helped boost Keller’s career internationally.