Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Feb 9, 2012, 10:41 am
I'm usually not one to post a plug, but I finally put some of my Pez posters up for sale at my shop. You know, if you want to multiply the laughs.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Feb 5, 2012, 1:28 pm
I really, really hate football, but that didn't stop me from making these cake pops to eat during the bone crunching and misogynistic commercials. Thanks, love and butter!
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Feb 4, 2012, 11:01 am
Earl Grey, please.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Jan 30, 2012, 4:05 pm
While perusing etsy today I came upon these images of old cinemas, all abandoned except for Screen Cinema in Dublin, which is still going strong. Click on the photos for the links.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Jan 23, 2012, 6:43 pm
Spent the day fighting the blues by baking Linzertorte cookies and making a mix. Can't share the cookies, but I can share the tunes, playable above. January Hymn :: The Decemberists Welcome Home :: Radical Face Take Us Back :: Alela Diane Sim Sala Bim :: Fleet FoxesCinder and Smoke :: Iron & WineAng...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Dec 13, 2011, 11:45 am
Just got an early Christmas present when my brother sent me this article on Charlies Grodin, filled with links to his curmudgeonly late night appearances, including his famous SNL appearance and his free-for-all with Sean Hannity. (And yes, that copy of The Great Muppet Caper that I'm putting in my ...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Dec 12, 2011, 11:44 am
Busy writing Christmas cards today. If I didn't feel familial pressure to send a picture of the little one, for sure I'd be sending these from Red Camper.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Dec 5, 2011, 10:54 am
Since watching both parts of Woody Allen: A Documentary I've been in desperate need of his form of medicine. Some of his films really have a restorative effect on me, and right now, with the snow starting, and a bit of depression creeping in, I really need a good dose of The Purple Rose of Cairo (t...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Nov 28, 2011, 2:55 pm
Recently I ran into an old friend of mine, someone I hadn't seen in at least 15 years. After we said our hellos and talked about our kids and such, I started hearing Mark Knopfler's voice in my head, singing about Romeo and Juliet. And then I dug this up: a mix she sent me back in 1992. Looks like ...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Nov 21, 2011, 4:22 pm
This is my toddler's most requested song right now. I even find her singing along with Charles Grodin. The heart warms.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Nov 14, 2011, 5:16 pm
Kurt Moses' photography involves three things I'm obsessed with: miniatures, diners, and road trips. You can see more here, and buy cards and prints here.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Nov 7, 2011, 5:54 pm
60 years ago today, Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner got married, back when celebrity marriage was about passion and brawls instead of profits and baloney.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Oct 28, 2011, 10:31 pm
I decided to carve a pumpkin dedicated to our favorite ginger of the year, Louis C.K. But alas, none of us will be dressing as Frederick Douglass this year.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Oct 25, 2011, 12:10 pm

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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Oct 18, 2011, 2:50 pm
Rapture dolls in plywood, by the sublime Sandra Eterovic.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Oct 17, 2011, 3:50 pm
Since our marathon of a few weeks back, all we can do in this house is watch Breaking Bad. It's all I can think about, talk about, dream about. I just made my daughter a grilled cheese for lunch while I streamed another episode on my iPad next to the stove. I may burn my house down. We forgo slee...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Oct 10, 2011, 2:46 pm
Recently I was lucky enough to see these Piet Zwart-designed film magazine covers at the Art Institute of Chicago. The exhibit also included works by El Lissitzky, John Heartfield, and Gustav Klutsis. I was in montage heaven.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Oct 3, 2011, 5:58 pm
As if we don't have enough shows to watch, we decided to take on another this weekend, staging a Breaking Bad marathon. What better way to celebrate than with beaker jello and drinks in laboratory flasks?
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Sep 30, 2011, 11:51 am
Here's a mix I made, colored by some insomnia of late. I have too many books to keep me awake after my daughter goes to bed. These tunes have been accompanying them, pumping through my iPod while she sleeps in the next room.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Sep 26, 2011, 5:33 pm
After seeing Drive this weekend, I was left wondering, when was the last time I've seen a move that singularly cool? Suffice it to say it's been awhile. Everyone agrees that the film has style in spades, from the scorpion jacket to the 80s-infused titles to the soundtrack. But what entranced me w...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Sep 21, 2011, 7:13 pm
Thanks for the memories.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Sep 16, 2011, 12:19 pm
In this 2003 installation from artist Jason Salavon, "64 nights' worth of the major US late night talk shows have been aligned and averaged using basic transformations. The result is a triptych of video projections with soundtrack, presenting an amalgamation of monologues which reveals the ghosts of...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Sep 13, 2011, 12:37 pm
It's been months since I finished reading The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll: The Search for Dare Wright, and years since my Lonely Doll interest first manifest, but I can't get Edith and her bear friends out of my head. They were the creations of the author and photographer Dare Wright, whose imag...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Sep 12, 2011, 5:20 pm
Lately I've been challenging myself to find interesting films streaming on Netflix, and with a little digging I've found some treasures. I Start Counting is one of those. From 1969, the film follows Wynne (Jenny Agutter, who falls for a werewolf later on, but I digress), a fourteen-year-old with a ...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Sep 9, 2011, 4:19 pm
I've had a weird little obsession lately with the idea of making my own paper movie machines. This is totally ludicrous and puts me one step away from making my own viewmaster reels; nonetheless I went as far as to buy this book on etsy, which has very interesting instructions for making your own ...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Sep 6, 2011, 11:51 am
Seeing all the emotional parents with their kids at Bed Bath & Beyond lately reminded me that it was 20 years ago that I was headed off to college. I'd spent the summer plundering my brother's CD collection, and I knew I had to make a mix before I left to keep listening to all the best he had to off...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Aug 30, 2011, 1:11 pm
Artist John Tebeau describes this painting as a celebration of a movie that "can fix an otherwise crappy day." Anyone who has worked a soul-depleting office job will agree, no? He's selling prints here.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Aug 22, 2011, 1:25 pm
Were my vintage magazine collection not busting at the seams I would snap these up (from this shop).
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Aug 18, 2011, 10:37 pm
Polaroid collections featuring Anna Karina and Jean Seberg from this etsy shop.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Aug 17, 2011, 11:41 am
Last night I decided to take a break from the books I'm reading (Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor and The Photograph) to try something lighter. Much lighter. I was in the mood for some good retro celebrity trash to send me to sleep. But really, this just made me mad. I think I was hoping for s...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Aug 11, 2011, 3:47 pm
Our weekend trip to Door County, Wisconsin yielded a yummy stop at Sweetie Pies, a pie stand out of Adrienne Shelly's imagination. They didn't have any "baby screaming its head off in the middle of the night and ruining my life pie", though they did have some nice apple-cherry and choco...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Aug 5, 2011, 10:00 am
I made this mix because of my recent desire to listen to waves crashing while I take a nap that lasts for days. That, and a little early Linda Ronstadt obsession that has been brewing.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Aug 4, 2011, 10:25 am
Three beauties, each from a separate series by photographer Jessica Backhaus.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Aug 1, 2011, 12:47 pm
Spotted this record while I was thrifting and snapped it up because of its cover. Its light orchestra stylings of film themes make me want to watch Goldfinger, or A Countess From Hong Kong (Charlie Chaplin's last film starring Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren), or Doctor Zhivago, or all of them, with...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Jul 24, 2011, 10:29 pm
Rosary by Berndt Offerings.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Jul 19, 2011, 3:50 pm
Perfect summer images from illustrator Tim Lahan.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Jul 13, 2011, 5:29 pm
They're trying to auction 'em, they're selling new ones, but I'll take this vintage Pendleton I just scored. Far fuckin' out!
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Jul 11, 2011, 2:56 pm
Me, the hubby, and our own dismembered Barbie head have been making our way through a bag of David Lynch Signature Cup Coffee. Mattel may not approve, but we do.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Jul 8, 2011, 12:01 pm
This print from Standard Designs made me very happy, but when I saw that there weren't any more up for sale, I was back in a funk. Now that I think about it, that's an appropriate Morrissey moment.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Jul 5, 2011, 12:38 pm
Is well-meaning nostalgia enough to sustain a film? I wondered that while I watched Super 8. Even though I'm a nostalgia fetishist, I think the answer is no. Watching it, my thoughts were focused the imitation. "Great ranch house. Very 70s." "I wonder if that lens flare is real or CGI?" "Did bra...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Jul 1, 2011, 5:24 pm
It was a wonderful vacation. The beach was glorious, the sky was cotton candy. A culinary highlight was during our stop in San Francisco, where we had a breakfast of quiche and banana cream at Mission Pie. I'm still on Pacific time. I refuse to adjust to adjust back.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Jun 16, 2011, 10:00 am
We're off for a much-needed vacation to Hawaii, where I'll be taking a break from my digital life. See you in a few weeks!
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Jun 13, 2011, 4:08 pm
The Mother points to the sky and says, "that's where God lives," and suddenly the score swells with the sounds of Smetana's Má vlast. That was the moment I knew that Terrence Malick's Tree of Life had me. It had me through dinosaur detours, through Sean Penn's overearnest cragginess, through too-...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Jun 12, 2011, 10:16 pm
Everyone agrees that the movie theater experience isn't what it used to be: the floors are grubbier, texting is commonplace, the movies are dimmer. But one thing I continue to value are the ticket stubs. I've been saving each and every movie stub since 1989, when I saw Back to the Future Part II. ...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Jun 7, 2011, 2:23 pm
It's 93° here, so summer has finally arrived. Here are some tunes I like to play while imagining my Jetta is a convertible.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Jun 3, 2011, 3:36 pm
Some evocative paintings by Chris Clamp.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - Jun 1, 2011, 11:13 am
When I was 7 years old, my parents took me to see John Cassavetes' Gloria. The image of mama bear Gena Rowlands firing her gun to protect a mob-targeted little boy has been in my memory ever since. (This poster by Orphan Elliott captures it perfectly.) I just saw it again, this time from a mama's ...
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - May 23, 2011, 8:28 pm
Love these nostalgic letterpress prints from Snoowl. I agree, Van Halen is pretty sweet on the highway.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - May 20, 2011, 11:17 am
The recent paperback posts on Quiddity and Cat Party brought to mind these recent thrift scores of mine. The sulky girl didn't end up so sexy when she was televised. And Marnie, well, there's lots of opinions about how she turned out.
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Alexa F. posted an article on Pop Elegnatiarum - May 16, 2011, 8:55 pm
Seeing these pictures of Lynda Carter signing autographs in the 70s makes me happy that NBC balked.
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