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Well, what with gay Santa Clauses coming out of the closet, at least in Quebec (see page 5), we decided such a momentous occasion deserved some sort of special attention. Michael Rock lensed a series of titillating shots with a satirical variation on this theme for his provocative line of greeting cards, Rockshots. Here and in our other Christmas photos, Kris Kringle definitely has his hands full of something other than toys as he comes bearing bare gifts for the Yuletide. There is unquestionably something hot about to happen, and it has absolutely nothing to do with chestnuts roasting on an open fire. There's even a touch of something for you leathermen, specificially Claus' sensual black gloves. This something for almost everyone extends to Santa's humpy helper who is quite skilled when it comes to hanging balls… on Christmas trees. Or would you prefer he assist you in making certain the proper things are well hung…meaning stockings, of course. Enough puns for now. Just remember that Christmas is a time for international brotherhood and loving your fellow man. We want you to remember this holiday season and give you a final reminder with the ensuing photograph which we couldn't resist entitling "Sandy Claus."

Mandate, January 1980 photographed by Michael Rock for Rockshots

Kristyan Sarkis   (LB-NL, - )

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Poster by Lebanese graphic designer Kristyan Sarkis, co-founder of TPTQ Arabic

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“If the Roman letter was born in stone, Arabic is a product of the pen... Arabic calligraphy represents one of humankind’s most generative and expressive graphic systems. (The so-called arabesque itself is often calligraphic inscription.)

But while calligraphers embraced the most fanciful hand-drawn experimentation, the mechanization and standardization of Arabic letters was a contested act fraught with ominous cross-cultural implications.

While the first printing presses arrived in the Middle East within a century of Gutenberg’s prototypical disruptive technology, the region did not experience the same information revolution that mechanization engendered in Europe. In fact, the Ottoman bureaucracy almost concurrently outlawed, by penalty of death, the mechanization of Arabic text, ostensibly to safeguard sacred scripture from the infection of infidel technology, but also most certainly to protect the centralized authority of scribes who were in effect the productive engine of information dissemination.

This outright rejection of typographic technology hobbled the development of an Arabic mass media for hundreds of years with significant cultural repercussions: information was heavily restricted by the theocracy, books remained rare and expensive, and literacy rates severely suppressed...”

– Indecipher­ability by Michael Rock, 2016, for 2x4 design consultancy, New York City

GHOST (2023) Reviews of apocalyptic demonic horror

‘Forgive me father’ Ghost is a 2023 American action horror film about a deadly religious cult that is weaponising demonic entities; it’s therefore up to a band of church-funded mercenaries to take the cult down before they literally unleash Hell on Earth. When word of a Fallen Angel reaches the team, the stakes are raised and the fate of humanity rests on the shoulders of one man: Ghost. Written…

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I thought about this song a lot when I was younger. All these important people and events- some that disappeared into the sands of time- others that changed the world forever. So much has happened in the span of the last 34 years- we felt like a little system update might be fun. Hope you like our take on it…

We Didn’t Start The Fire is out everywhere now. Pre-order the 7” (limited to 5000 copies).

time travel buddies having a jam session ^_^ commissions

Elvis Costello by Michael Grecco

Matthew Lillard and Michael A. Goorjian as Stevo and Bob in SLC Punk! (1998)

The Cure photographed in London by Jill Furmanovsky, 1979

The 90s Song Ever - Quarterfinals 1

As usual, listen to both songs before voting, and define "better" any way you wish! (Although by now, you've probably heard all these songs many times over.)

the writers said "here is a heterosexual explanation" and jake abel said "no thank you" and proceeded to be unhinged about it for years

Debbie Harry by Michael Brennan. 1977

Oh don’t mind me, just reposting these drawings of Scott and Knives on here for a very, VERY special occasion. :)

originally posted: 12/24/22

A bad bitch with blonde hair is literally worse for you than any drug they've got out there

The Play if Mr. Heere didn’t convince Michael to help Jeremy:

Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and Jimmy Page enjoying a little downtime on the Starship en route to Detroit, January 31 1975 by Michael Brennan, my edit of original via iconicimages