Flares into Darkness

James Rhoads 1940-2015 Jim was one of the original YARGB's, as we had all gotten familiar with each other via Roger Simon's blog. ...

Click on any image to enlarge For Easter I was going to post a picture of the Pieta. Instead I'll post an image of a detail from it...

Here is a small collection of vintage coffee ads. Not surprisingly, they mainly show smiling people holding a cup of coffee, but there ...

We Will Live Again from Brooklyn Underground Films on Vimeo . Considering the whole 'Rising from the Dead' vibe this is probab...

Monday morning, start of the work week blues by Albert Nicholas.

Anders Helstrup, a Norwegian skydiver, had a couple of GoPro cameras mounted on his helmet when he did a jump. When he reviewed his vid...

Monday morning, start of the work week blues by the Mojo Blues Band.  

(click on any image to enlarge) These days for our quakery we have spiritual crystals, aroma therapy and the like -- in the old days I t...

Get ready for a possessive weekend with The Gotan Project and Sarah Vaughan.   

Gee... I wouldn't want anybody to think I'm slacking off in my blogging, so here is one of my beloved GoPro point-of-view video...

Scott Andrews shot a large number of photographs of the space shuttle Endeavor's last trip from Florida to its resting place in a Los...

With Benghazi last year and this red line nonsense this year it is clear that, to our detriment, many have forgotten. Not me.   

NASA has put together the above video from 548 pictures taken by the Curiosity Rover's hazard avoidance camera over a year's pe...

For this Memorial Day, and no disrespect intended, I present this ferocious battle. All goes well with the landing until the ramps drop an...

We at Flares like RC helicopters and we like dunces, so combining the two is a win-win situation (video swiped from The Borderline Soci...

Get ready for a languid weekend with Jehro.  

For those that had to work Monday today is hump day, so to get you over the hump in hump day we have a rare movie fight without a bad g...

In this Stratfor article, which is a good one, George Friedman discusses drone warfare and targeted killing. He covers both the arguments ...

Due to the Presidents Day holiday, Monday morning start of the workweek blues on a Tuesday with Mississippi John Hurt.  

Get ready for a blissful weekend of sorts with Nouvelle Vague.