ISAAC NEWTON DIED - NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH ISAAC FROM THE LOVE BOAT

31 March 2012

- ISAAC - NOT THE ONE FROM THE LOVE BOAT-

1727- Isaac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84

Method: apple tree tappestry with tentacle and cut out apple.

HALLEY'S COMET - NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH HALLE BERRY

30 March 2012

- UNLIKE HALLE, THIS ONE HASN'T HIT AND RAN -

240BC - 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.

Method: photograph of Halley's comet with some cut up paper and tentacle in the foreground. then the colour was removed

SUPERMODEL BIRTHDAY - ELLE MACPHERSON

29 March 2012

- THE BODY TENTACLE -

29 March 1964 - Australian Supermodel, Elle MacPherson was born

Method: tropical beach photo with tentacle layed on it and Elle's famous swimsuit and flippers blue-tacced on

THE LOUVRE OPENS: WELL HUNG

28 March 2012

- WELL HUNG -

28 March 1794 - despite technically having opened in August the year before, this is the date that the Louvre opened to the general public

Method: photos of frames with tentacle laid on top

PULP FICTION BIRTHDAY - QUENTIN TARANTINO

27 March 2012

- YOU KNOW WHAT THEY CALL A TENTACLE IN FRANCE? -

27 March 1963 - Quentin Tarantino was born.

Method: altered film poster with tentacle overlaid

SOAP PREMIERE - YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS

26 March 2012

- SLAPS, POOLS, TALKING TO CAMERA, CLIFFHANGERS -

26 March 1973 - The Young and the Restless premieres

Method: bamboo sticks, young and restless symbol with the tentacle stuck via double sided tape to mimic the curl of the Y

DOCTOR WHO BIRTHDAY: PATRICK TROUGHTON

25 March 2012

- TWO HEARTS ARE BETTER THAN ONE -

25 March 1920 - The 2nd Doctor Who actor, Patrick Troughton is born

Method: tardis sitting on the arm of the couch with a pamphlet for Patrick's episodes under it and th etentacle holding a mini cyberman in the air.

ESCAPOLOGIST HARRY HOUDINI - BIRTHDAY

24 March 2012

- SOME LIGHT B&D -

24 March 1874 - Escapologist Harry Houdini was born
Method: tentacle tied up in string and hung inside a Starbucks glass filled with water. Antique padlock in foreground with tape to represent ropes around the glass.

MONOPOLY WAS DELEVOPED BY A QUAKER

23 March 2012

- DO NOT PASS GO -

Monday, March 23, 1903. :   The earliest version of the board game 'Monopoly' is developed.

The popular board game 'Monopoly' is named after the economic concept of monopoly, the domination of a market by a single seller. The game was developed by Charles B Darrow, but the concept was actually based on a game by Lizzie J Magie, a Quaker from Virginia. Magie's invention was called the Landlord Game, and was designed to promote her political agenda by demonstrating how rents enrich property owners and impoverish tenants. Magie applied for the patent on her game on 23 March 1903, and receieved her patent in January of the following year. The properties on Magie's board were for rent only, not acquisition. Otherwise, the game was played much like the Monopoly of today.

Method: Las Vegas Edition Monopoly and tentacle

MARCEL MARCEAU - FRENCH MIME YOU WANT TO PUNCH

22 March 2012

- MIMES, BEING PUNCH-IN-THE-FACE-ABLE SINCE 1923 -

22 March 1923 - French mime artist, Marcel Marceau, is born

Method: Black and white tape jersey and pants with the tentacel dipped in flour

BIRTHDAY - CLASSIC COMPOSER JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

21 March 2012

- I'LL BE BACH -

1685 - Composer, Johann Sebastion Bach born.

Method: Tentacle on old K-Tel vinyl record

POP ART - UP YOUR WARHOL, ANDY

20 March 2012

- UP YER WARHOL -

20  March 1963 saw the first Pop Art exhibition held in New York City

Method: tentacle out through the tint filter on the iPhon and spliced together.

HAPPY 80th SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE AUSTRALIA

19 March 2012

- AND THE WINNER IS...SYD-A-NEEE -

Today is the 80th Anniversary of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in New South Wales, Australia.

Method: tentacle pushed through a snapshot of the bridge.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DICK SMITH - DICKHEADS MATCHES

18 March 2012

- DON'T FORGET TO BLOW IT WHEN YOU ARE DONE -

18 March 1944 - Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith (from Dick Smith Electronics) is born.

Method: A packet of Dick Smith's fantastically named Dick Heads matches (an Australian owned rival to the Red Heads matches).

HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY

17 March 2012

- Leprechauns, shamrocks and potatoes -

17  March, 0461 - Saint Patrick's Day, celebrated on March 17, is the Irish feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.

It is believed that St Patrick died on 17 March 461. St Patrick's Day has grown in importance through the centuries, to the point where countries around the world, as well as Ireland itself, celebrate with parades and festivities.

Method: clover (not a four leaf) with a snazzy cut out top hat (quote stolen from my mate Margaret Breen)

JERRY LEWIS' BIRTHDAY - NUTTY PROFESSOR

16 March 2012

- SHARES A BIRTHDAY WITH DEHLIA MACDONALD -

16 March 1926  - Comedian Jerry lewis (birth name: Joseph Levitch) was born 

TODAY also marks the birthday of my mate Dehlia! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEE!

Method: altered film poster

THE IDES OF MARCH - DEATH OF JULIUS CAESAR

15 March 2012

 - ET TU TENTACLE? -

15 March 44 -  the term Ides of March is best known as the date on which Julius Caesar was killed in 44 B.C. Caesar was stabbed (23 times) to death in the Roman Senate by a group of conspirators led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus.

Method: roman font printed on paper with cutout wreath and cracked marble photo filter. 

YOUNG (ALBERT) EINSTEIN - E=MC2

14 March 2012

- THE PERSON WHO WAS PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOVIE YOUNG EINSTEIN -

14 March 1879 - Physicist Albert Einstein was born

Method: chalkboard picture with tentacle overlay (he is taped on to create a rounder C)

URANUS DISCOVERED: PLANET, CASTRATION AND PERVY JAPANIME

13 March 2012

- HA HA HA HA, URANUS! -

Some fun facts about Uranus:

1) the planet was discovered on 13 March 1781

2) the planet is named after the Greek Titan, Uranus, who was the first ruler of the universe, and then his son castrated him with a sickle (depicted above) and his testicles were thrown into the ocean where they created a froth (gross) which became Aphrodite.

3) there is a Sailor Moon character called Sailor Uranus (only in Japan)

Method: Picture of Uranus, with Sailor Uranus front right, and a copy of the fresco "The Castration of Uranus" by Giorgio Vasari and Cristofano Gherardi in the bottom right.

CANBERRA DAY: THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

12 March 2012

- GAREMA PLACE: RIP WOODSTOCK PIZZA -

When Melbourne and Sydney could not agree on which should become the Capital of Australia, a compromise was reached - a new Territory would be created apprixmately mid way between the two cities - Canberra was named as the foundation stone was layed on 12 March 1913.

The city was designed by architect Walter Burley Griffin (after a competition was ran to design the city).

The 12th of March is celebrated as 'Canberra Day' each year when Territorians get a day off from work.

Method: tentacle and paper flag in front of a Parliament House Canberra postcard with text added

Maori Chief Hone Heke - Flagstaff War

11 March 2012

- WE ALREADY AXED YOU NICELY -

11 March 1845 - The Flagstaff War: In New Zealand, Chiefs Hone Heke and Kawiti lead 700 Māoris to chop down the British flagpole and drive settlers out of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka because of breaches of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.

Method: photograph of Kororareka with a balsawood and cloth flagpole.

MONEY: WHO WAS ON THE FIRST US DOLLAR BILL?

10 March 2012

- DOLLAR BILLS, Y'ALL -

10 March 1847 - The first Hawaiian coins were issued as copper cents with the portrait of King Kamehameha III (see the big coing above, not to scale).

10 March 1862 - USA issues its first paper money and the face on the dollar bill (see above) was Salmon P Chase, the US Treasurer.

Method: photocopies of 1st issue dollars and cents (not at counterfeit quality, nor to scale).

IT'S A BARBIE WORLD - MATTEL

9 March 2012

- RIDE THAT TENTACLE -

On this day in 1959, the first Barbie doll goes on display at the American Toy Fair in New York City. Interestingly, it was the day after International Women's Day.

Method: cut out altered Barbies riding the tentacle in front of a licorice tin.

SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE - RELIGION IN SCHOOLS

8 March 2012

- IT'S HAILING, MARY -

 1948 - The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that religious instructions in public schools was unconstitutional. The case was McCollum v. Board of Education. The case was an early test of the the separation of church and state with respect to education. On March 8, 1948, the Court ruled 8-1 in favor of McCollum, ruling that the classes were unconstitutional.

Method: two religious candles on a book being held up next the cross on my sidetable.

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL VS SALVADOR DALI

7 March 2012

- TENTACLE TELEPHONE -

On 7 March 1876 Alexander Graham Bell patented the Telephone.

As Alexander Graham Bell already had a Birthday tentacle post the other day, I decided to create a twist on Salvador Dali's "Lobster Telephone" instead.

Method: "Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Preminition of Civil War)" print with a carboard cutput of the lobster telephone in the foreground, with the tentacle taking over the lobster duties.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF ASPIRIN WITH A MINOR IN 'I.P LAW'

6 March 2012

- NOT TONIGHT DEAR, I HAVE A HEADACHE -

On 6 March 1899 'Aspirin' was patented by Felix Hoffman and registered as a Trademark by the Bayer corporation. It was a busy day - intelectual property-wise.

Method: Sleeping pills and headache tablets on a plate with prop aspirin bottle and box.

ELVIS PRESLEY TV DEBUT: LOUISIANA HAYRIDE

5 March 2012

- IS IT A HOEDOWN OR A HOOTENANNY? -

1955 Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance on "Louisiana Hayride" show (source: Elvis Presley Pedia)

Method: Silhouette of Elvis' guitar and a hayride clipart. Taken with a black and white lense.

GEORGE WASHINGTON - THE TENTACLE PRESIDENT

4 March 2012

- STRIPPER'S BEST FRIEND -

4 March 1793  - George Washington is inaugurated as President for the second time

Method: US dollar bill on the couch with a macro lens.

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL'S BIRTHDAY - TELEPHONE Y'ALL

3 March 2012

- YOU CAN RING MY BELL -

On 3 March 1847, the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell is born.

Method: old rotary-dial phone on the bench in my lounge room.

DR SEUSS' BIRTHDAY: CAT IN THE HAT, YERTLE THE TURTLE

2 March 2012

- WOULD YOU TENTACLE ON A TRAIN? -

On 2 March 1904, Theodor Seuss Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss) was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Seuss penned such classics as the Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Yertle the Turtle.

Method: altered book cover scans with turtles and cats removed.

KINDNAPPING OF CHARLES LINDBERGH'S BABY and RIP DAVY JONES

1 March 2012

- SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS -

On 1 March 1932 Charles Lindbergh III, the infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped from the family home. The kidnapper demanded a $50,000 ransom from Lindbergh who had gained noteriety by flying solo across the Atlantic Ocean 5 years earlier. The baby was found dead two months later not far from the Lindbergh's home.


Method: photocopy of Lindbergh snr and his plane, the Spirit of St Louis against a beach towel background with a hint of the infamous green shag-pile rug.

Also, today Monkee's musician Davy Jones died -

RIP DAVY

-DAY DREAM BELIEVER -