Turkmenistan looks like something from another planet. Or more precisely, from a science fiction movie. Here’s a few buildings in Ashgabat. Note the consistent architectural style, common to many fictional space civilizations: A view from the spaceport parking area. The “Golden Eye” defense system is ready to blast hostile spacecraft. Continue Reading
Beautiful World
North Korean People’s Army Funky Get Down Juche Party
It is my belief that capturing the reality of North Korea through purely rational means is impossible.
Non-radioactive, I’m sure…
(Photo: Juhana Pettersson) An overturned barrel of what I’m sure is 100% non-radioactive sludge at the abandoned Jupiter factory in the Chernobyl Zone of Alienation. Would you stick your finger into this?
Chernobyl, a view from the rooftops
(Photo: Juhana & Maria Pettersson) A view of the Sarcophagus constructed over the no. 4 reactor at Chernobyl, taken from the rooftop of a sixteen-story building in Pripyat.
The penguins wait patiently
You’ll be interested to know that the penguins are queuing into a restaurant. Note the antennae:
Circus near Paris in January
This is a circus in a suburb of Paris this January. It huddled in the shadow of concrete apartment blocks, a long, treacherous walk from the obscure train station. Note the caravan in the darkness on the right. I don’t envy the circus people who live there in the cold. Continue Reading
I, a Muse
I recently wrote an article for City with Maria Pettersson about pheromones you can buy in sex shops. I just found out that a website called paivanbiisi.com has recorded a song about our article. This is the first time anything I’ve written or made has been inspiration for song.
Lisää Cannes-juttuja
Mike kirjoittaa blogissaan Sanningen om Marikan tiimoilla tapahtuneista seikkailuistaan: Kirjoitan tätä osallistujille varatussa isossa kokous- ja nettitilassa. Vieressäni istuu pornotähden näköinen nainen, joka on tv-ohjelmien ja -konseptien ostaja. Hän kysyi, tiedänkö mistä saisi kokkelia. (En tiennyt, mutta jaoin kuulemani huhut kannabiskauppiaan sijainnista.) Sitten mimmi kertoi piipahtaneensa illalla Monacossa bilettämässä. Melkoinen Continue Reading