Smyles & Fish - a museum, sort of

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River Allée (1988)

by April Gornik

Oh dear, I had a student coming in for an appointment, but all I wanted was to explore the magazine journal I'd just discovered on the book giveaway table in the hall on my way to get morning coffee. The "WHILE YOU WERE OUT" note below was inside the front cover. Please read it:

Then I leapt immediately onto the Smyles and Fish website.

What can I tell you about Smyles & Fish? It's a gallery of art (including the painting River Allée (1988) by April Gornik at the top of the post, "Love at the Planetarium" by Neil Swaab, and "L.A. Streetcorner" by Nick Weber, below) and writing that is irreverent and sometimes explosive, painfully creative, original, and insightful the way 4-year-olds are insightful.

For an additional, luxurious treat, click on the artists' names below their works to see their galleries. Wow.

"Love at the Planetarium"

by Neil Swaab

"L.A. Streetcorner"
by Nick Weber

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One of the links at their online "lounge" is for lists. Here's one of their lists, for top 100 Celebrity Baby Names, funny!

Top 100 Celebrity Baby Names

By: Shay Azoulay

Ultramodern
progenitors: Zowie Bowie, Maddox Jolie

1. Tek
2. Zapp
3. Syringe
4. Biofuel
5. Zynk
6. HTTP
7. Podcast
8. Blog
9. Tlön Uqbar
10. Orbis Tertius

Earthy
progenitors: Peaches Geldof, Apple Martin-Paltrow

11. Fungus
12. Spring
13. Crevice
14. Emu
15. Opium
16. Gizzard
17. Dingo
18. Saffron
19. Glacier
20. Pineapple

Geographical
progenitors: Brooklyn Beckham, Ireland Baldwin-Basinger

21. Bulgaria
22. Connecticut
23. Iraq
24. Gibraltar
25. Democratic Republic of the Congo
26. North-Northwest
27. Gaza Strip
28. Horizon
29. River Delta
30. Times Square

Classic
progenitors: Dylan Thomas Brosnan, Gabriel Kane Day-Lewis

31. Brandon / Brenda
32. Hamlet / Ophelia
33. Zorba / Zorbina
34. Rumrunner
35. Speakeasy
36. Gilgamesh
37. Muhammad / Muhammadina
38. Titanic
39. Jesus
40. Leopold / Molly Bloom

Tongue-in-cheek
progenitors: Moon-Unit Zappa, America Hoffman

41. Mini Me
42. Snickers^TM
43. Unconditional Love
44. Career Boost
45. Box-Office Gold
46. Mishap
47. Stupid (if parents have shirt "I'm with stupid")
48. Blank Slate
49. Work in progress
50. Tongue-in-cheek

Musical
progenitors: Melody Depp-Paradis, Lark Song Previn

51. Bluegrass
52. Mezzo Soprano
53. Honk
54. Tom-Tom
55. Fender Stratocaster
56. Xylophone
57. A Cappella
58. Punk
59. Tempo
60. Radiohead

Redneck
progenitors: Sean Preston Spears-Federline, Indiana August Affleck

61. Billy Bob
62. Donna Sue
63. Peggy Anne
64. Duke Earl Count
65. Colette Beretta
66. Pearl Opal
67. Dingus Dermot
68. Trevor Cassidy
69. Buffalo Springfield
70. Crosby Stills Nash Young

Sporty
progenitors: Sailor Brinkley-Cook

71. Jog
72. Steroid
73. Dunk
74. Hockey Puck
75. Homerun
76. Taekwon-Jitsu-Shido
77. Ping-Pong
78. Polo
79. Nascar
80. Rugby

Colors
progenitors: Blue Allman, Jade Jagger

81. Maroon
82. Vermilion
83. Aquamarine
84. Beige
85. Violet
86. Off-White
87. Burgundy
88. Turquoise
89. Cyan
90. Khaki

Exotic
progenitors: Shiloh Pitt-Jolie, Suri Cruise

91. Cashmere
92. Angostura
93. Snuffaluffagus
94. Porcini
95. Glubdubdrib
96. Absinth
97. Mango Chutney
98. Tenochtitlan
99. Ozymandias
100. Kuala Lumpur