Dial J for Jacob

This is where I post my own scans, screen grabs, gifs, and also stuff from outside of tumblr.

Mostly comics and film. Some photography and design. I am drawn to the secret history of things.

'Posts I Like' is also used liberally.

One-off photos by me are posted at obsrvd.

I often stay up too late and I rarely do anything productive. I live in Brooklyn.

Posts I Like

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johndarnielle:

To the left of Nick Cave’s left foot, at the lip of the stage, looking up in reverent, fevered wonder, right cheekbone...

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nbcsnl:

Well, this is lovely.

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Mash up …

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le Bat

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Panning with the Little Tramp

Panoramic composites from Modern Times (1936); starring, written, directed, produced, and scored by Charles Chaplin. They can be “read” from right to left.

The first introduces the street on which Charlie is dramatically mistaken for the leader of a demonstration of Communist agitators. The scene was shot in San Pedro harbor.

In the second, Charlie approaches the register of a cafeteria with a big bill he cannot pay, hoping the policeman will take him back to jail, where he had been enjoying a comfortable life.

Up The River (1930)

The Canary Murder Case (1929)

“Hey!”

Charles Chaplin in Modern Times (1936)

Animal Crackers (1930)

Angela Lansbury as badass showgirl with a posse in The Harvey Girls (1946)

The Harvey Girls (1946)

Alexandre Natanson held a party on an evening in February, 1895, in honor of Edouard Vuillard, who had painted a series of murals for him, and had the clever idea to ask Toulouse-Lautrec to be in charge of the drinks and the buffet.
Lautrec designed an invitation, which was sent to 300 people, asking everyone to come at half past nine for “American and other drinks.”
Assisted by his friend Maxime Dethomas, who was two meters (6’6”) tall, the very short Lautrec, his head shaved, dressed all in white and wearing a vest fashioned from the stars and stripes, reigned over the bar all evening. The cocktails that he prepared, all accompanied by highly seasoned and salty foods, had been created for that evening and were brightly colored and very strong! They included his own invention, the “Earthquake.” And certain drinks had to be downed in one gulp.
The elegant gathering, which included writers, painters, pulishers, and actors, was transformed into a group of drunks, who could barely stand up! Lautrec, pleased with himself, was proud to have served more than 2,000 drinks. He himself remained sober the whole evening.

Patrick O’Connor,Toulous-Lautrec: Plaisirs Nocturnes
Recipe for Tremblement de Terre (or “Earthquake”)
In a wine goblet, mix:
3 parts Absinthe
3 parts Cognac

Alexandre Natanson held a party on an evening in February, 1895, in honor of Edouard Vuillard, who had painted a series of murals for him, and had the clever idea to ask Toulouse-Lautrec to be in charge of the drinks and the buffet.

Lautrec designed an invitation, which was sent to 300 people, asking everyone to come at half past nine for “American and other drinks.”

Assisted by his friend Maxime Dethomas, who was two meters (6’6”) tall, the very short Lautrec, his head shaved, dressed all in white and wearing a vest fashioned from the stars and stripes, reigned over the bar all evening. The cocktails that he prepared, all accompanied by highly seasoned and salty foods, had been created for that evening and were brightly colored and very strong! They included his own invention, the “Earthquake.” And certain drinks had to be downed in one gulp.

The elegant gathering, which included writers, painters, pulishers, and actors, was transformed into a group of drunks, who could barely stand up! Lautrec, pleased with himself, was proud to have served more than 2,000 drinks. He himself remained sober the whole evening.

Patrick O’Connor,
Toulous-Lautrec: Plaisirs Nocturnes

Recipe for Tremblement de Terre (or “Earthquake”)

In a wine goblet, mix: