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LINKS
As it is in all of Creation's domain, change is ever-present here in the Land O' Whimsy. Links and lists are always being added and removed, so please visit frequently; otherwise you'll be missed, you silly radish.
Whimsy links:
Whimsy's Journal: The Affected Provincial's Almanack
Amazon.com: The Affected Provincial's Companion Vol. I
Bloomsbury's Whimsy Page
BBC Ulster Radio: Arts Extra piece on dandyism by Stephen O'Hagan
Frieze article: On Intellectual Whimsy by Charlotte Taylor
Amazon Shorts: Book excerpt (On the Perils of Sportswear)
Momus' online journal, Click Opera
Momus' online journal, Click Opera
Books/writings of interest:
The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Lawrence Sterne
The Life of Lord Timothy Dexter by Samuel L. Knapp
Locus Solus by Raymond Roussel
Songs of Bilitis by Pierre Lou˙s
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
The Naming of Names by Anna Pavord
Domestic Pensees by Ian Hamilton Finlay
Life A Users Manual by Georges Perec
A Pickle for the Knowing Ones; or Plain Truths in a Homespun Dress by Lord Timothy Dexter
The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione
Friend and fellow Philadelphia Independent alumnus Eric Bader's interactive opus, "True Jersey"
Emerson's Gnostic Democracy by Eric G. Wilson
Friends, acquantances, fellow travelers, and complete strangers:
Ivor Cutler
Momus
Dickon Edwards
Mike Alway
Leigh Bowery
Samuel Fosso
Quentin Crisp
Michelle McCoskey
Crispin Glover
Jorge Columbo
Lord Timothy Dexter
Erasmus Darwin
Doran Wittelsbach
Austin Scarlett
Cator Sparks
Jeffrey Marsh
Friend's minstrel troupes:
The Clientele
Weird War
Espers
The Music Lovers
Golden Ball
Niagara Falls
Friend's going concerns:
D.L. and Co.
Obscura Antiques and Oddities
Ellen Christine Millinery
Lord Willy's
Idea Patio
Jonathan Levine Gallery
Bar Veloce
Gina & Matt
Space 1026
Illadates
The Corduroy Appreciation Club
Le Grand Magistery
The Corduroy Appreciation Club
Clotheshorse's corner:
The Sartorialist
Ask Andy
English Cut
Bown's Bespoke
Refinery 29
Duchess Clothier
Whimsy's personal tailors, Lord Willy's, NYC
Seize sur Vingt, NYC
Pocket Square Folds
Tie Knots
The 85 Ways to Tie a Tie: a mathematical exercise with sartorial implications.
"Style—it’s a kaleidoscope in a funhouse, and you’re always lost and wrong."
Aqua vitae:
M.P. Elisir Roux
Chartreuse
Tawny Port
2004 Maculan Dindarello Late Harvest Muscat
2003 Maculan Torcolato, even better than the Dindarello, more complex and well-rounded.
Canella Prosecco Di Conegliano
Really enjoying Rioja reds these days.
Human propelled kinetic sculptures:
The Wheelmen
The Metz Bicycle Museum
Naturalist's nook:
Kindly send blankets, whiskey and muskets to the following troops:
New Jersey Pine Barrens
Pinelands Preservation Alliance
HogHaven, a refuge for groundhogs (includes recordings)
Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research
Unexpected Wildlife Refuge
Guerrilla Gardening: operational tactics
Green Guerrillas: How to make a seed bomb
Popcorn Park Zoo
The wondrous world of plants:
Slow Life Exhibit
Galleria Carnivora
Franklinia alatamaha
Utricularia vulgaris
Passiflora
Nepenthes
Sarracenia purpurea
Rafflesia arnoldii, largest flower on Earth
Amorphophallus titanum
International Carnivorous Plant Society
Treehouse workshop
Saturniid moths:
Actias luna
Antherea polyphemus
Hyalophora cecropia
How to find silk moth cocoons
Moth rearing advice and supplies: eggs, pupae
Spiritual guidance:
The Invisible Pink Unicorn
Church of the SubGenius
Discordianism
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Russell's Teapot
Freethinking--it's symbol is the pansy. No, really.
Ignosticism--you'll wind up there, anyway.
Deism, for those times when you just have to poke a cloud.
Quakers--so glad I live near so many of them. Very sweet people.
I also find druids appealing--all that green and white!.
Curiosity links: folk science, strange beasts, odd ducks
Obscura Antiques and Curiosities
The Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society
Under Byen's beautiful animated song, "Plantage"
Prehistoric megafauna
Eocene whales
The art of Ernst Haeckel
The architectural soul portraits of A. G. Rizzoli
Radiolarians
The Mütter Museum
The Museum of Jurassic Technology
The soul architecture of AG Rizzoli
Leyden Jars
The Young Fogey: An Elegy
Lucy the Elephant
Camera Obscura
Vaucanson's automatons
NY Public Library's Digital Gallery
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