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Slab City Americana – Niland, California

January 10, 2012 – 6:16 PM

We recently visited Salvation Mountain, but failed to realize there is an “off the grid” desert civilization just beyond. VBS.TV travels to “The Slab” and interviews some of the eccentric, and fascinating characters in America’s last “free” city. So bummed we missed out on this, but it looks a bit locals only. Photo I took [...]

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Places Visited #1: Salvation Mountain and My Photos of It

January 5, 2012 – 7:48 PM

On our Christmas vacation we were very stoked to make it down to Niland, California to visit this colorful mountain installation called “Salvation Mountain” I previously blogged about back in August. It was about an hour and a half drive from Palm Springs, and a little difficult to find (we asked the locals), but it [...]

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Places to Visit #6: Miniatur Wunderland – Hamburg, Germany

November 29, 2011 – 8:00 PM

Wowzee. World’s largest model railway in Hamburg, Germany and the city’s top tourist attraction. It has a working airport (which cost 3.5 million euro), over 200,000 figurines, and a working police and fire fighting force. This puts the Flemington, NJ Northlands Railway to complete shame. I love how it has working ships and computer controlled [...]

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Places to Visit #5: The Parker Hotel, Palm Springs

November 23, 2011 – 1:53 PM

The Parker is a Palm Springs hotel designed by interior designer Jonathan Adler. Going there this Christmas, and I can’t wait. I love these juicy video cuts filmed by Kiki Allgeier, which are so classy and inspirational.

By Andreas Tagger | Also posted in Architecture, Inspiration, Interior Design, Modern Living, Travel | Tagged croquet, jonathan adler, kiki allgeier, mid century modern hotels, palm springs, swimming, the parker hotel, ultimate get away, vacation | Comments (0)

Places to Visit #4: H.R. Giger Bar / Museum

November 23, 2011 – 9:22 AM

Have always loved H.R. Giger’s work, but this bar looks fantastic in his museum located in Gruyères, Switzerland. Take me there, give me a drink and put on some Ali Renault, and I’ll be happy.

By Andreas Tagger | Also posted in 1990s, Alcohol, Architecture, Art, Art objects, Surrealism | Tagged alien, aliens, bar, biomechanics, chur, gothic, Gruyères, H.R. giger, switzerland | Comments (0)

The Double Silly Ants Posts

November 7, 2011 – 11:16 PM

First off, silly ants at burning man posterizing time with a blur. Ultra-comical, terrible house music helps bring all the frenetic energy to life. Next, some extra-terrestrial business finding the horde by pouring concrete inside ant and termite colonies and finding alien corpse fossils. So mental. Is the horde here yet? Thank god GW3 is [...]

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Places to Visit #3: Glass Beach, Fort Bragg

August 23, 2011 – 11:31 AM

I’ve always wanted to visit here, but never have for some reason. Laughing Squid, recently posted some photos from the beach and sparked my curiositiy. The beach was a public dump from 1949-1967, where people dumped a lot of glass. In 1967 the North Coast Water Quality Board decided this was a bad idea, so [...]

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Places to Visit #2: Bregenz Festival, Austria

August 9, 2011 – 11:32 AM

Next on my places I want to visit. Check out these massive and surreal sets on a floating stage in an Austrian Lake Constance. The festival takes place in July and August in Bregenz, Austria and celebrates performing arts. Festival site here.