tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32897479457538951932024-03-18T19:48:44.987-07:00The Bob Staakethe stuff I find laying around the studiobobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311715757185300893noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289747945753895193.post-39638649328962782512009-01-23T08:23:00.000-08:002009-01-23T08:28:54.710-08:00Europa Film Treasures (And Serious Eye Candy)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6zbDo58GdOlsts9IJGSh-5R6GCJuCDhtU-2hRPkWELX-YWZsQNmdI5DMWkcNpYGV7ghJQTAEi2wbK0RUkq-KzLPF4Mv3XgMpBMgJg6ld628rrtj10igZqpZO_qSRK2nOzIY5hIDZup-Q/s1600-h/cin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6zbDo58GdOlsts9IJGSh-5R6GCJuCDhtU-2hRPkWELX-YWZsQNmdI5DMWkcNpYGV7ghJQTAEi2wbK0RUkq-KzLPF4Mv3XgMpBMgJg6ld628rrtj10igZqpZO_qSRK2nOzIY5hIDZup-Q/s320/cin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294526549065607586" border="0" /></a><br />Okay, <a href="http://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/PY/272/see-the-film-the_great_philips_review">THIS</a> is how I'm going to spend my weekend. Be forewarned -- enough killer flicks, films and shorts to keep your eyes occupied well into 2010. This particular George Pal piece (done for Phillips in 1938) is particularly tasty. It's also the woodiest flick here.bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311715757185300893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289747945753895193.post-29491195834118173492008-07-07T08:50:00.000-07:002008-07-07T11:52:42.208-07:00J.D.Salinger: The Caricature In The Rye<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cH6RfcGrWr60KM_Gne8x2CG-nMsa3v9NQ7m3NkaUmlYLjxXkBNhAQCAyfO1UNvxw1DdN2-Rp_3kSAqp-eAwAubedbFjti3V7LRcuzD28DeSt-0EjfmeQwMYMRjM1cwxV7uVM6UZ4hVSc/s1600-h/jdsalinger_bobstaake.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cH6RfcGrWr60KM_Gne8x2CG-nMsa3v9NQ7m3NkaUmlYLjxXkBNhAQCAyfO1UNvxw1DdN2-Rp_3kSAqp-eAwAubedbFjti3V7LRcuzD28DeSt-0EjfmeQwMYMRjM1cwxV7uVM6UZ4hVSc/s320/jdsalinger_bobstaake.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220346689459361266" /></a><br />I've been incredibly lax in terms of updating this blog -- just as bad as updating my main <a href="http://www.drawger.com/bobstaake">Drawger</a> blog. Hey, 'Blog We Must' might be YOUR credo, but mine is 'Blog When You Can Find The Time'. Whatev. Anyway, have been re-reading <span style="font-style:italic;">'Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenter</span>s' and felt inclined to try a caricature of <span style="font-weight:bold;">J.D. Salinger</span> -- using, of course, little more than the scant 3 or 4 photos of him in existence for general reference. The blue tint seemed somehow fitting.bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311715757185300893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289747945753895193.post-74956463759169367342008-06-10T20:20:00.000-07:002008-06-10T20:21:40.850-07:00Utterly Beyond WordsSo just watch.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AC0sR5_NTFo"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AC0sR5_NTFo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311715757185300893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289747945753895193.post-59862363166608907832008-06-09T08:21:00.000-07:002008-06-09T10:23:01.997-07:00Steve Jobs on Paul RandAs the story goes, Jobs hired Rand to create the logotype for his new computer company, NEXT. Jobs asked for a few options on a logo design, but Rand refused. He promised, however, to solve NEXT's logo "problem" with a single image, but that Jobs would have to pay $100,000 for that image. Rand said Jobs would then have the option to use his solution (or not), but that he would be paid 100k for it.<br /><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xb8idEf-Iak&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xb8idEf-Iak&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311715757185300893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289747945753895193.post-15172892487800078042008-06-03T17:29:00.000-07:002008-06-03T17:33:50.248-07:00From The Same People Who Brought You Cheese With Holes In It<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrx0epL5zYt4V0kJKI3VTi0KPBhyphenhyphenuGTblWEW06UoTsMBQKjGCWf_EZ2AclLdS8yZht1lXafMJKWRczU0EYLmfaO2_43jCqxtSiomCm_vnTBqzHaiDadS4Acleqm5ZPHXTc0QWgwGCdYRZ/s1600-h/00193070.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrx0epL5zYt4V0kJKI3VTi0KPBhyphenhyphenuGTblWEW06UoTsMBQKjGCWf_EZ2AclLdS8yZht1lXafMJKWRczU0EYLmfaO2_43jCqxtSiomCm_vnTBqzHaiDadS4Acleqm5ZPHXTc0QWgwGCdYRZ/s320/00193070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207817690493619378" border="0" /></a><br />Although this new film on Swiss designer <a href="http://www.herbertmatter.net"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Herbert Matter</span></a> might be even tastier.bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311715757185300893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289747945753895193.post-58816088165770314372008-06-03T12:24:00.000-07:002008-06-03T17:37:12.347-07:00Weegee Found Stuffed Inside Old Suitcase (Well, Kinda)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOx1uEI4MNlJZJ6xahUoNg22JMAKf9O7WEYA4Q1_R9tcHeIQ0F5v59_CiQ0iSuXlS6n6R33uYZVtPwKNQuKMGzqDmNj1SzMg2P8g-FY90iCqfMTKl249_Nf1zFNCYbLVWxpbZkzQcuA6iL/s1600-h/weegee.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOx1uEI4MNlJZJ6xahUoNg22JMAKf9O7WEYA4Q1_R9tcHeIQ0F5v59_CiQ0iSuXlS6n6R33uYZVtPwKNQuKMGzqDmNj1SzMg2P8g-FY90iCqfMTKl249_Nf1zFNCYbLVWxpbZkzQcuA6iL/s320/weegee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207739652912204914" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">T</span>he moment I spied one of his mesmerizing crime scene images, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Weegee</span> instantly became my favorite photographer -- until I stumbled on Diane Arbus.<br /><br />But <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/arts/design/03muse.html">stumbling upon a suitcase filled with Weegee photos?</a> Well, just doesn't get any cooler than that.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >(linkage thankage: New York Times)</span>bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11311715757185300893noreply@blogger.com0