• Tuesday, July 26, 2011

    Slow Head- Night Glitters by Disaro Records

    SLOW HEAD – NIGHT GLITTERS
    Release Date: June 21 2011
    Limited Edition: 100

    Written and composed by Slow Head

    Packaging Design by Verdilak

    Sleeve Design by Slow Head

    Link:  http://www.disarorecords.com/news/night-glitters-by-slow-head-available-now

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    Monday, July 18, 2011

    SUPER CICCIO SERIES

    Received New CICCIO series!

     
    Since their introduction, artists, celebrities, sports athletes and trendsetters have been wearing SUPER sunglasses. Popular in SUBSTANCE too...
    Thick and chunky the CICCIO is an old school. Offered here in a classic polished black.
    "SUPER" logo in gold color like the metal decorum on the side. Super!

    Danger Mouse

    Danger Mouse T-shirt/ Dark Night of the Soul
    Artwork by David Lynch


    Danger Mouse and Sparklehouse were due to release an album in the summer of 2009 entitled Danger Mouse and Sparklehouse Present: Dark Night of the Soul (with photographs by David Lynch)
    Due to a dispute with EMI the album was not released officially until 12 July 2010 

    Wednesday, July 13, 2011

    BLACK METAL

    Just arrived "BLACK METAL" band tees

    We got "BURZUM", "MAYHEM", "IMMORTAL" and "DARK THRONE" this time. All shirts has back prints.

    The BLACK METAL scene is still strong.
    BLACK METAL can be paid to attention even by the fashion scene recently. 

     


     

    Tuesday, July 5, 2011

    The Five Hundred Arhats

    "The Five Hundred Arhats" by Kazunobu Kano (1816-1863)


    Arhat, in Buddhism, signifies a spiritual practitioner who has realized certain high stages of attainment. The implications of the term vary based on the respective schools and traditions.
    In Buddhism, those who obtain certain high stages of enlightenment are known as arhats. The pieces of The Five Hundred Arhats illustrate the many miracles performed by the 500 arhats. There are a total of 100 pieces, each measuring approximately 172cm x 85cm.One can see the skill of the artist in his depiction of hell.
    A year earlier, in 1854, the head priest at the Genkoin Temple (Tokyo) had asked Kazunobu to create a series of 100 scrolls depicting the lives of the "500 arhats." 


    Kazunobu Kano
    Kazunobu Began working on the Five Hundred Arhats in 1854. It took Kazunobu
    just under a decade before his death in 1863 to complete this epic work, begining with the first scroll and refining the overall conception of the se of 100 paintings, scroll by scroll, through preparation of and consultation on the preliminary sketches.
    The Five Hundred Arhats was created just when Western culture was beginning to come into Japan. Kazunobu mimicked the Western paintings he came in contact with, adopting into his work many techniques of shadowing and perspective unknown in Japan at the time.
    Kazunobu died at the age of 48. He finished being drawn up to 96 scrolls and he spent about ten years on the production of "The Five Hundred Arhat". Apprentices completed four scrolls of the remainder....