a tip of the hat to J.P. Garrett for the link
Monthly Archive for August, 2009
A man holding a skeleton on fire performs during the annual Caribbean festival in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Thursday, July 9, 2009. The annual cultural event features religious ceremonies, street shows, concerts, conferences and art exhibits. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)
There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.
-Douglas Adams (1952-2001) defixiones
Photographer: Stephane Passet, July 1914. “The Moulin Rouge nighclub in Paris, home of the scandalous cancan.” Source: Okuefuna, D., (2008), The Dawn of the Colour Photograph, Albert Kahn’s archives of the Planet, Princeton University Press.

























