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Alexander Graham Bell

We spent the 00s tolerating the dumbest and meanest amongst us. Let’s spend the Teens promoting the smartest and nicest.

Siege (via theremina)

retrozone:

extranuance:

lilygarland:

silvercinema:

A young Cary Grant. If this was in color I’d imagine he’d look much orangier than his buddies

He appears to be heading into Oompa Loompa territory.

retrozone:

mudwerks:

doctorinsermini:

elhombreconfuso:

(via parrino)

[tumblarity troubles?….this…is the the only way out…]

squaremelon:

I, Cyborg

via Abstruse Goose

kethera:

I think I need to read Doktor Sleepless again.

ernie:

Or at least, a mysterious monolith somewhere. Or a baby fetus in lieu of a full moon.

(hat tip: xkot)

For work, you can go to the offices upstairs – anywhere up to the 160th floor. To eat, you can visit the restaurant on the 122nd and to exercise, you can use the gym on the 123rd, about 440 metres up. The gym has both an indoor and, unnervingly, an outdoor swimming pool. To prevent the high-flying yet enclosed life from becoming dull, the tower’s developers have a solution – at least for the young. The Burj intends to host the world’s highest nightclub, 20 floors higher still than the gym. (via The Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building, is to open today.)

Lady Gaga and Madonna attend the Marc Jacobs 2010 Spring Fashion Show at the NY State Armory on September 14, 2009 in New York City. (via Lady Gaga fashion – latimes.com)

The decade’s battle-lines weren’t drawn between authenticity and gloss or “indie” and “pop”. The fight was between those whose histories were played out in public against others who emerged fully formed, accepting no questions, offering no explanations. This line in the sand pitted Kylie against the X Factor, Gorillaz against Blur, The Horrors against themselves and Lady Gaga against the world. It was magnificent.

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