I like the fonts, dammit. I have a fondness for Art Deco. Except the “Tale of 1990” one, it’s bad and doesn’t go with the others. As @NomadUK noted, it looks more like it says “Iggo”.
(The Art Deco decor at Hoover Dam is gorgeous. BFF and I oohed and ahhed whilst the husbands were discussing Manly Things like concrete and turbines.)
@B’mancer: I was under the impression that Oscar would flirt with anyone who’d listen to him quip. Plus, he must have done it with Mrs. Wilde at least twice.
I can’t really tell if she’s actually a mermaid or is just wearing a very leg-confining dress.
@Lewis: well, they do say styles repeat. (I’m looking forward to the return of the 1970s: finally, I won’t be the worst-dressed man in the room).
I must say that’s a very non-futuristic 1990: not a flying car in sight! As the Wilde fans have pointed out, this could just as easily be 1890. A guy playing music at a bored mermaid is sort of a timeless subject.
July 18th, 2019 at 9:37 am
Well, the artist got the 1990 Madchester curtains hairstyle right.
July 18th, 2019 at 12:38 pm
1990 must be a typo. If I’m not mistaken, that’s Oscar Wilde on the fiddle.
Nice artwork, actually. Reminds of the Oscar Wilde Statue in Merrion Square: https://themostbeautifulplacesineurope.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/oscar-wilde-statue-merrian-square-dublin/
July 18th, 2019 at 1:19 pm
@Juan – Oscar Wilde flirting with a girl? I don’t think so.
July 18th, 2019 at 3:15 pm
Wish it was 1999, or, artist willing and enough cover space, 9999.
July 18th, 2019 at 3:28 pm
@Biblio he did put up a front for while before he was heinously persecuted. A wife and two kids!
July 18th, 2019 at 3:53 pm
“Wait. You’re not a real mermaid. That’s just a costume!”
July 18th, 2019 at 4:04 pm
And after that they went to a foam party at Manumission.
July 18th, 2019 at 4:18 pm
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think they will sing to me.*
So I’ll capture one, and maroon her on dry land, and make her sit there all day while I sing to her ! That’ll show ’em. Stupid mermaids.
*TS Eliot
July 18th, 2019 at 7:03 pm
He only knows one song but she’s got a three-second memory so it doesn’t matter.
July 18th, 2019 at 7:07 pm
The early grunge aesthetic sure was different!
July 18th, 2019 at 8:10 pm
I’m trying to figure out which one is named Iggo.
fred@4: Shouldn’t that be Space: 9999?
July 18th, 2019 at 10:52 pm
I like the fonts, dammit. I have a fondness for Art Deco. Except the “Tale of 1990” one, it’s bad and doesn’t go with the others. As @NomadUK noted, it looks more like it says “Iggo”.
(The Art Deco decor at Hoover Dam is gorgeous. BFF and I oohed and ahhed whilst the husbands were discussing Manly Things like concrete and turbines.)
@B’mancer: I was under the impression that Oscar would flirt with anyone who’d listen to him quip. Plus, he must have done it with Mrs. Wilde at least twice.
@BC, Tat: GSS!
July 19th, 2019 at 12:23 am
I can’t really tell if she’s actually a mermaid or is just wearing a very leg-confining dress.
@Lewis: well, they do say styles repeat. (I’m looking forward to the return of the 1970s: finally, I won’t be the worst-dressed man in the room).
I must say that’s a very non-futuristic 1990: not a flying car in sight! As the Wilde fans have pointed out, this could just as easily be 1890. A guy playing music at a bored mermaid is sort of a timeless subject.
July 19th, 2019 at 1:05 am
“Don’t you know Part of Your World? This is the tenth time you’ve played Under the Sea.”
July 19th, 2019 at 1:06 am
And I thought One Direction were famous for not playing any instruments.
July 19th, 2019 at 2:18 am
@Tom Noir: Britain was a bit more fashion-forward in 1990, alas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djEcmrA-y1Y
July 19th, 2019 at 6:32 am
@BC in No. 8: GSS!
July 31st, 2019 at 5:56 pm
“Maybe if I keep playing long enough, the other boob will eventually show itself..”
October 28th, 2019 at 9:23 am
The decade when Grunge Violin broke into the mainstream.
October 29th, 2019 at 3:25 am
Who knew the dreaded Mermaid Conspiracy started that long ago?