poster×club

16 stories, newest first

stories

stories from art, music and film, about a minute each. each one is the short, written out, with its sources and the print that goes with it. new ones go up on instagram and youtube first.

the cover of story 016: microsoft asked brian eno for 3¼ secondsstory 016 · musicmicrosoft asked brian eno for 3¼ secondsthe cover of story 015: the man who cut records on x-raysstory 015 · musicthe man who cut records on x-raysthe cover of story 014: the i ♥ ny logo began in a taxistory 014 · designthe i ♥ ny logo began in a taxithe cover of story 013: the demon hidden in an aphex twin songstory 013 · musicthe demon hidden in an aphex twin songthe cover of story 012: caravaggio painted his own severed headstory 012 · artcaravaggio painted his own severed headthe cover of story 011: he taped coltrane with a hidden recorderstory 011 · musiche taped coltrane with a hidden recorderthe cover of story 010: this organ concert ends in 2640story 010 · musicthis organ concert ends in 2640the cover of story 009: this photo started a $400 million horror hitstory 009 · filmthis photo started a $400 million horror hitthe cover of story 008: someone wrote on the scream, in pencilstory 008 · artsomeone wrote on the scream, in pencilthe cover of story 007: these seven seconds of drums are in 7,000 songsstory 007 · musicthese seven seconds of drums are in 7,000 songsthe cover of story 006: in 1518, a city hired a band to cure a dancing plaguestory 006 · culturein 1518, a city hired a band to cure a dancing plaguethe cover of story 005: houdini gave his wife a password for after he diedstory 005 · culturehoudini gave his wife a password for after he diedthe cover of story 004: there’s a song painted on this man’s backside, in hellstory 004 · artthere’s a song painted on this man’s backside, in hellthe cover of story 003: this album cover is a graph of a dead starstory 003 · musicthis album cover is a graph of a dead starthe cover of story 002: kubrick filmed this by candlelight with a lens made for nasastory 002 · filmkubrick filmed this by candlelight with a lens made for nasathe cover of story 001: this paint was made from dead peoplestory 001 · artthis paint was made from dead people