Impossiblog is the non-official blog of the Ministry of the Impossible, a continuously updated collage that celebrates exceptional and experimental culture.IMPOSSIblogTumblr (3.0; @impossiblog)http://impossiblog.org/Photo<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqiyqaHhCD1qzcg50o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://impossiblog.org/post/196551866http://impossiblog.org/post/196551866Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:32:00 -0400renzo pianomount vesuviusitalyarchitectureSorry for the poor quality, but well worth it.<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rrHSr_iXLaw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rrHSr_iXLaw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Sorry for the poor quality, but well worth it.</p>http://impossiblog.org/post/192460874http://impossiblog.org/post/192460874Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:50:40 -0400max zuckermanA long forgotten town unearthed on New York’s...<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq9nc6fgZ81qzcg50o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/arts/19archaeology.html" target="_blank">A long forgotten town unearthed on New York’s Governor’s Island…</a></p>http://impossiblog.org/post/192459980http://impossiblog.org/post/192459980Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:48:06 -0400Governor's Islandsemaphoric: Robert Frank’s Elevator Girl Sees Herself Years...<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpajx0pq8j1qzvaq6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://semaphoric.tumblr.com/post/177045354/robert-franks-elevator-girl-sees-herself-years" target="_blank">semaphoric</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h1><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112389032" target="_blank">Robert Frank’s Elevator Girl Sees Herself Years Later</a></h1> </blockquote>http://impossiblog.org/post/186015833http://impossiblog.org/post/186015833Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:15:00 -0400robert frankRobert Krulwich: Can we believe what journalists report?<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AgGnyy2a2po&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AgGnyy2a2po&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Robert Krulwich: Can we believe what journalists report?</p>http://impossiblog.org/post/185662546http://impossiblog.org/post/185662546Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:36:34 -0400Robert KrulwichA New York bus driver’s private Carnegie Hall.<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpo6svp5JS1qzcg50o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2009/09/man-with-horn.html" target="_blank">A New York bus driver’s private Carnegie Hall.</a></p>http://impossiblog.org/post/183069738http://impossiblog.org/post/183069738Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:41:19 -0400bus drivervanishing new yorkThe most mariachi players, Michael Jackson impersonators, and...<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpng6iEEO21qzcg50o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The most mariachi players, Michael Jackson impersonators, and fashion models. The largest meatball, the fattest man, the youngest bullfighter. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/world/americas/08records.html?_r=1&hp" target="_blank">A country in crisis becomes obsessed with world records.</a></p>http://impossiblog.org/post/182751560http://impossiblog.org/post/182751560Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:06:18 -0400New York TimesGuiness Book of World RecordsMexicoMichael JacksonThrillermeatballsA young Jools Holland tours New York at night in the early 80s....<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/03u_6DadGms&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/03u_6DadGms&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>A young Jools Holland tours New York at night in the early 80s. The old city.</p>http://impossiblog.org/post/179533267http://impossiblog.org/post/179533267Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:20:12 -0400Jools HollandNew Yorkthe RoxyThe world is a beautiful place.<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8pUAnrVWUkk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8pUAnrVWUkk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The world is a beautiful place.</p>http://impossiblog.org/post/179226921http://impossiblog.org/post/179226921Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:21:19 -0400Bro FranklinchurchHoustonVideo<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g8frL7dKBfU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g8frL7dKBfU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://impossiblog.org/post/179135304http://impossiblog.org/post/179135304Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:12:24 -0400Jib KidderAga AgaBanda Conmoción. De Chile.<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XD8eVh9VYpQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XD8eVh9VYpQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Banda Conmoción. De Chile.</p>http://impossiblog.org/post/177890451http://impossiblog.org/post/177890451Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:43:44 -0400“This would have been a great room for making love,”...<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp9ktrxAau1qzcg50o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“This would have been a great room for making love,” he said, balancing on a plank he has just thrown over a chasm in the floor</p>http://impossiblog.org/post/176611334http://impossiblog.org/post/176611334Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:20:15 -0400tallest log cabindachagangsterAnti-Gravity Forest Facades<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp9bvfoptp1qzcg50o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.wired.com/culture/art/magazine/17-09/pl_design?currentPage=1" target="_blank">Anti-Gravity Forest Facades</a></p>http://impossiblog.org/post/176478362http://impossiblog.org/post/176478362Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:06:51 -0400forestvertical forestanti-gravitybotanyCooking Primordial Soup, with a characteristically breathless...<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7pt0rIZ3ZNE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7pt0rIZ3ZNE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><i>Cooking Primordial Soup</i>, with a characteristically breathless and awkwardly enthusiastic Julia Child. </p>http://impossiblog.org/post/174743596http://impossiblog.org/post/174743596Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:38:28 -0400Julia Childprimordial soupWhy craigslist is such a mess. “There may be a peace sign...<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp55yjatpF1qzcg50o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b><a href="http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/17-09/ff_craigslist?currentPage=all" target="_blank">Why craigslist is such a mess.</a> </b>“There may be a peace sign on every page, but the implicit political philosophy of craigslist has a deeply conservative, even a tragic cast.”</p>http://impossiblog.org/post/174698465http://impossiblog.org/post/174698465Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:08:43 -0400skip james     devil got my woman<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JB2POWSnStU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JB2POWSnStU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>skip james     devil got my woman</p>http://impossiblog.org/post/174696671http://impossiblog.org/post/174696671Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0400skip jamesPLASMOBOTS. Robots made out of mold: “The plasmodium is...<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp4xcuj6871qzcg50o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090827073256.htm" target="_blank">PLASMOBOTS</a>. Robots made out of mold: “The plasmodium is capable of solving complex computational tasks, such as the shortest path between points and other logical calculations.”</p>http://impossiblog.org/post/174633207http://impossiblog.org/post/174633207Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:02:54 -0400moldplasmobotsplasmodiumsciencerobotsamorphousruth brown   mama he treats yr daughta mean<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HnmbJruEkKw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HnmbJruEkKw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>ruth brown   mama he treats yr daughta mean</p>http://impossiblog.org/post/173868227http://impossiblog.org/post/173868227Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0400ruth brownaaronmeyers: Marine Biologists in Portobello, New Zealand have...<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kobzs9PlVF1qzqywno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://aaronmeyers.tumblr.com/post/173565241/marine-biologists-in-portobello-new-zealand-have" target="_blank">aaronmeyers</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p><i>Marine Biologists in Portobello, New Zealand have had hand-blown glass shells made to help study the life of hermit crabs. Ever wonder what they looked like inside their home?</i></p> </blockquote> <p>via <a href="http://withgrace.tumblr.com/post/162301321/sexartandpolitics-absurdlakefront-thewarindrew" target="_blank">withgrace</a></p> </blockquote>http://impossiblog.org/post/173791714http://impossiblog.org/post/173791714Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:36:06 -0400shellshermit crabsAhmad Jamal, ladies and gentlemen.<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_Qc3VaXtW5M&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_Qc3VaXtW5M&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Ahmad Jamal, ladies and gentlemen.</p>http://impossiblog.org/post/172985054http://impossiblog.org/post/172985054Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0400ahmad jamaljazz