Category: Apropos of nothing

I mean… there’s a Ukrainian artist called Alexey Kondakov who cuts up figures from classical paintings and photoshops them into modern urban settings. That’s it, really. But it’s also wonderful. You can find Alexey Kondakov on Instagram.

As far as I’m aware, Tom Waits gave only one interview for his last album. It was for the Take 5 radio show on ABC (Australia), with Zan Rowe. And it’s a real gem. http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/take-5/tom-waits-take-5/9671280 The format of the show is a bit like Desert Island Discs, where musicians pick 5 tracks from their heroes… Continue reading Apropos of Nothing: rare Tom Waits interview

This month I have been mostly marvelling at colourised historical photographs. Hardly a new phenomenon, particularly on the internet. But it recently struck me just how much of a difference it made to the photos adding that one ingredient: colour. Because we all know that grainy black and white photographs happened in The Past. In… Continue reading Apropos of Nothing: Colourised Historical Photographs

… are hilarious. First off, a bit of context. The way its supposed to be: Right. Now…

That’s right, my little wolfcubs: covers in the plural. Is it a gimmick? Yes, probably. But then, isn’t the original piece a gimmick? So here are a few genre interpretations (and I’m not even including covers by the likes of Frank Zappa and Living Color): First, the original: Then, the famous Death Metal version: