Posts Tagged ‘Frank Gehry’

Pictures from the 2012 Chicago WorldCon: Friday

Thursday, September 6th, 2012

The obligatory Stina Leicht picture:

Stina was a John W. Campbell Award nominee this year, and she moderated a panel that included Gene Wolfe, Martha Wells, and Joan D. Vinge (below).

After the panel I had lunch with Gene Wolfe, Gary K. Wolfe (below), Gene’s daughter Teri Goulding, and Gary’s girlfriend Stacie Hanes.

Gary ordered the Frank Gehry Sandwich, impressively postmodern and completely impractical.

Alaskan David Marusek:

Laura Ann Gilman. “Smile broadly! Drink heavily!”

Bookseller and Tiger Eye Press publisher Chris Edwards:

Allen Steele.

Jim Minz and Catherine Asaro. I trust you can guess which is which.

James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel and David Marusek. “Look into my eyes!”

Toastmaster and SFWA President John Scalzi:

Architect Frank Gehry Designs Hat for Lady Gaga

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Like all his other work, it’s a complete and utter piece of crap.

On the other hand, I think her Dali piano is pretty cool:

Lady Gaga’s brand of vapid pop isn’t my particular cup of poison, but in the interest of filling out the rare Lady Gaga trifecta, here’s the music video for Paparazzi. (Skip to about 3 minutes in if you want to go straight to the music.) When it comes to attention-whoring pop stars, she doesn’t settle for half-measures. I mean, just look at the number of costume changes there…

Follow-up: There was something that video kept reminding me of, and I finally figured it out:

J. G. Ballard’s Crash