From the teeming morass that is the ever seething interwebs every once in a while you happen across something that truly makes one pause and reflect. And no, I’m not talking about 2 Girls 1 Cup. Trevor Brown of the Baby Art blog scanned and posted a handful of images from a series by japanese mangaka Takashi Itsuke, which later came to the attention of Coilhouse(which I’m rapidly growing fond of). The subject of the unfortunately short series is amputated robotic bondage scenes. The interplay of so many emotionally intense elements; the cold functionality of technology, the human vulnerability of the subject, the grisly decadence of a society based on replaceability, all contribute to a truly and strangely moving tableau. The effect is not unlike taking a sudden, unexpected step to the left and quickly discovering you’d run out of earth to stand on. More can be found on Trevor’s site here and here. Not so much SFW, naturally.

Tags: Aesthetiophilia, Pictoriphilia by Etruscan
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The Federal Reserve is expected to announce their rate cut today.  Wall Street hangs in the balance, so to say, waiting for the ball to drop.  The market was back down this morning with the anticipation of the rate cut…we are all kind of holding our breathe wondering what is going to happen next.

I for one am thinking this rate cut won’t have a long term effect on Wall Street like most are hoping to see.  Etruscan and I were having a conversation last night about how volatile the market truly is right now.  The fact that it plummets to an almost uncanny death then a week later it rocks back to a record high!

The bank bailouts and housing crisis, we are scared to change jobs because who knows if we will even have one two weeks from now.  People are holding back on spending for the upcoming holidays because they are trying to make their rent or mortgages.  In the northern states, it’s the price of oil to heat your home that is killing people.

Maybe I’m crazy here but is it me or are we just in an uncertain time of economic foreplay with our asses just hanging out there asking for the punishments? 

Your thoughts?  Concerns?  Questions?

CNN Article Link

Tags: Economics, Politics by Nekogirl
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In honor of the recent massacre in the financial markets, Big Audio Dynamite performing live in Paris circa 1987. I think it was Oscar Wilde who put it best: “I may be lying in the gutter, but I’m staring up at the stars.”

Just to keep things in perspective…

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I was in the mood for something sweet and dark.  Chocolate was not the first thought but Poe came to my mangled mind of desires…I then thought, wouldn’t Vincent Price top off my desired dessert as a maraschino cherry to a hot fudge Sunday!

There is no one that can depict the pure dark love and desire that lay between the lines of The Raven more then Vincent Price. I thought this would set the mood for the upcoming holiday…enjoy!

The Raven read by Vincent Price link

I wish we had a chamber door…heh.

Tags: Aesthetiophilia, Audiophilia, Videophilia by Nekogirl
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