Not Superstitious

Lifestyles are about making choices and acting upon them.

I’m really bored of being contained by the futility of suburban living and I want out really, really soon.

“The Holga is an inexpensive, medium format 120 film toy camera, made in China, appreciated for its low-fidelity aesthetic.” Ignore the Lomographic Society. Love medium format! This is my favourite camera:

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Lloyd Cole and the Commotions – Lost Weekend.

Mano Negra – Out Of Time Man.

Wild Beasts – All The Kings Men.

More pretty art on burnt-out buildings, please.

I’d like to see the living room that this came out of.

I need to find a coat that doesn’t boil me alive.

I’m currently swimming in essays, articles, presentations, things-to-do! I’ll be back in a week or so, hopefully with some photography to post.

Also, I’m going to be changing the name of this blog to Not Superstitious. The only reason it was ever called lepopnoir is because I couldn’t think of anything better at the time.

Bisous x

Trellick Tower by Ernő Goldfinger.

Carradale House by Ernő Goldfinger.

Metro Central Heights by Ernő Goldfinger.

2 Willow Road by Ernő Goldfinger.

Balfron Tower by Ernő Goldfinger.

More marvellous non-Goldfinger mid-century modernim below the cut.
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Mary Virginia Carmack is a young lady from over the pond, who has an extraordinary talent for collage.

Her work is pretty inspiring, and I mean inspiring in the good way – as in I’m currently surrounded by bits of postcards and magazines and a Pritt Stick or two.

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Someone has uploaded the full Talking Heads Wembley Arena gig/documentary, ‘Once in a Lifetime’.

Enjoy.

“The first Penguin paperbacks appeared in the summer of 1935 and included works by Ernest Hemingway, André Maurois and Agatha Christie. They were colour coded and cost just sixpence, the same price as a packet of cigarettes. The way the public thought about books changed forever – the paperback revolution had begun.”

“The 1960s brought a revolution in popular culture and Penguin was at the forefront. The company was charged under the Obscene Publications Act in 1960 after publishing Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Penguin fought back and was acquitted, marking a turning point in British censorship laws. People formed huge queues to buy the book and Penguin sold 2 million copies in six weeks.”

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