mad things

apologies to the artist – this was re-tumblr’ed too many times for me to discover the artist

The past two weeks have been pretty stressful. I had some medical tests that I thought for certain were going to be bad but yesterday the results came back and all is good. So yes, I will be grateful for this day. And tomorrow.

Check out the trailer for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland:

The little snippet of the Red Queen and the Mad Hatter reminded me of Queenie and Black Adder (or maybe it was a bit more Lord Melchett).

I still haven’t made it to Tim Burton’s MoMA exhibit – but will do so during the holiday when our studio is closed.

I’ve been posting four found images plus one album cover in the I Like category. But now I’ve given in to the simpler way of doing this by starting a tumblr account. So visit Mad Tumbling to see what it is that I like.

Continuing with a theme of fav dead musicians, this week’s two for Tuesday is from Joy Division.

This week’s Mary song is Mary, Mary by The Monkees. I loved watching Monkees reruns when I was a kid. Although I loved guys with accents even way back then, my fav Monkee was Mike Nesmith.

And your famous Mary for the week is Mary Mallon, otherwise known as Typhoid Mary.

Love the image of the skulls going into the frying pan

According to wikipedia:

She was the first person in the United States to be identified as a healthy carrier of typhoid fever. Over the course of her career as a cook, she is known to have infected 53 people, three of whom died from the disease. Her notoriety is in part due to her vehement denial of her own role in spreading the disease, together with her refusal to cease working as a cook. She was forcibly quarantined twice by public health authorities and died in quarantine.

Geez, only three people died? I thought it was so many more.

© Tom Gauld. All rights reserved. Used without permission.

© Blue Ant Studio. All rights reserved. Used without permission.

© Scott Teplin. All rights reserved. Used without permission.

I thought I’d start a new feature on this blog – Two for Tuesday – where I’ll post two songs from some of my favourite artists. And to start things off, I’ll begin with John Lennon, my fav Beatle.

Today, unfortunately, is the 29th anniversary of John Lennon’s death. So sad.

This week’s song is simply titled Mary, by Tori Amos.

Your famous Mary for the week is Mary Magdalene.

From Wikipedia:

Mary Magdalene is described, both in the canonical New Testament and in the New Testament apocrypha, as one of the most important women in the movement of Jesus. Mary was one of women who accompanied Jesus during his travels, following him to the end. According to all four Gospels in the Christian New Testament, she was the first to witness his resurrection.

Mary Magdalene is referred to in early Christian writings as “the apostle to the apostles.” In apocryphal texts, she is portrayed as a visionary and leader of the early movement, who was loved by Jesus more than the other disciples. Lot of speculations both in antiquity and in modern times have emerged regarding Mary, including claims that she was Jesus’ wife or even a prostitute.

© JSalvador. All rights reserved. Used without permission.

© Vanja Mrgan. All rights reserved. Used without permission.

© Gilles Barbier. All rights reserved. Used without permission.

© Wonder Bros. All rights reserved. Used without permission.

© Bryan Schutmaat. All rights reserved. Used without permission.

© A Time to Get. All rights reserved. Used without permission.

© Lauren Greenfield. All rights reserved. Used without permission.

© Jason Langer. All rights reserved. Used without permission.