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Dominic Caruso

@dominiccaruso1

I was a snowball in hell. [he/his]

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Dominic Caruso@dominiccaruso1· Apr 11

Me, anytime I have even a minor decision to make:

Dominic Caruso@dominiccaruso1· Dec 25

Buon Natale to youse & yours. “What the hell am I gonna do with this?”—was my grandfather’s traditional response to any gift he received, so I made a little triptych commemorating him.

Photo of a small piece of watercolor paper folded into 3 panels with marker ink artwork on each panel, depicting minimalist/abstract Christmas trees (triangles, basically). The 1st panel is highlighted in this picture & in hand drawn print it reads “What the Hell”.

Photo of a small piece of watercolor paper folded into 3 panels with marker ink artwork on each panel, depicting minimalist/abstract Christmas trees (triangles, basically). The 2nd panel is highlighted in this picture & in hand drawn print it reads “Am I gonna do”.

Photo of a small piece of watercolor paper folded into 3 panels with marker ink artwork on each panel, depicting minimalist/abstract Christmas trees (triangles, basically). The 3rd panel is highlighted in this picture & in hand drawn print it reads “With this?”

Photo of a small piece of watercolor paper folded into 3 panels with marker ink artwork on each panel, depicting minimalist/abstract Christmas trees (triangles, basically). All 3 panels are visible in this picture & in hand drawn print it reads “What the Hell / Am I gonna do / with this?”

Dominic Caruso@dominiccaruso1· Dec 8

@astr0z0mbreez.bsky.social Happy Birthday! Here’s a picture I made of some people playing mourra at the Italian festival 😃

A black & white scratchboard illustration of 6 people—2 of whom are playing mourra while 4 others look on. Hand drawn text on the illustration reads “mourra” (like it’s on a banner), with the words “cinque” & “sette” floating in the space between the two mourra players. Nobody wins a point with this one as the number of fingers the players are displaying is six “sei”. Keep playing, people!!!

Dominic Caruso@dominiccaruso1· Aug 12

Really One of my favorite albums of all time

I made the original poster’s color photo of an Arby’s in Knoxville, TN (featuring the old-school cowboy hat road sign, and the modern restaurant against a backdrop of hills & trees covered in kudzu) look kind of like R.E.M.’s Murmur album cover. For which I apologize.

Dominic Caruso@dominiccaruso1· May 12

Was just there a couple weeks ago. Perfectly normal place.

Photo of Snoqualmie Falls outside of Seattle, Washington with the hotel that was used as the exterior depiction of the Great Northern hotel in Twin Peaks.

Dominic Caruso@dominiccaruso1· May 5

Hoping it’s going well & sending good thoughts that it will all be okay. And also a pic of this Giant Shoe Museum display I saw last week in the Seattle Public Market, which I thought was kinda funny.

Photograph of a circus sideshow-like advertisement covering an entire wall outside a shop in the Seattle Public Market that sells vintage paper ephemera. The advertisement is for The Giant Shoe Museum, featuring the World’s Largest collection of Giant Shoes.

Dominic Caruso@dominiccaruso1· Jan 27

Scum of the Earth

Screenshot of 1978 episode of WKRP in Cincinnati with Gordon Jump (Arthur Carlson), Howard Hesseman (Dr. Johnny Fever), & Loni Anderson (Jennifer Marlowe) in the office of the radio station with a large white sheet banner on which has been spray painted “Welcome Scum.” On the right side of the screen are 3 neatly dressed men who are the station’s special guests, the violent punk band “Scum of the Earth.”

Dominic Caruso@dominiccaruso1· Dec 26

Love to watch this mesmerizing little fire hazard every year at Christmastime.

Dominic Caruso@dominiccaruso1· Dec 11

Post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana or Pearl Jam.

Image of the 1990 album cover by The Sundays, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. The album cover is a black & white photo of spiral shell-like fossils.

Dominic Caruso@dominiccaruso1· Sep 2

Swash letters & cool ligatures have entered the chat

Photo of 3 lines of garamond italic typeface with swash letters & ligatures: “A distinctive typeface With special characters Acknowledged as good”

Dominic Caruso@dominiccaruso1· Jul 26

I saw the world’s largest pheasant once

Photo of 2 people, one of whom is the poster, in Huron (I think) South Dakota with the world’s largest pheasant in the background (it’s like a giant roadside attraction).

Dominic Caruso@dominiccaruso1· Jun 26

Checks out

Robert Rauschenberg: Monogram
Monogram, combine painting (mixed media) by Robert Rauschenberg, 1959; in the Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
Moderna Museet, Stockholm/Photograph: Statens Konstmuseer

Dominic Caruso@dominiccaruso1· May 9

And here come the pretzels!!!

Still from an episode of The Simpsons in which Marge starts a small business selling soft pretzels & a promotion at the ballpark goes horribly awry.

Dominic Caruso@dominiccaruso1· May 9

What is your favorite black & white movie?

Movie poster for Down by Law, directed by Jim Jarmusch. The poster features a black & white still of the 3 main characters, L-R, played by Tom Waits, John Lurie, & Roberto Benigni, dressed in prison uniforms, in an abject-looking prison cell.

Dominic Caruso@dominiccaruso1· Mar 24

Pairs nicely with

Promotional photo with actors Peter Jurasik, Dennis Franz & Dana Wheeler-Nicholson against a Beverly Hills neighborhood backdrop and the text Beverly Hills Buntz on top of the image.

Dominic Caruso@dominiccaruso1· Jan 29

Here are four of my comfort movies. What are yours?

Movie poster for Planes, Trains and Automobiles, featuring John Candy seated with his arm around Steve Martin.

Movie poster for Moonstruck featuring Cher in an elegant black dress against a giant moon that is floating over New York City.

Days of Heaven movie poster featuring 3 images from the film: Linda Manz’s character in a dust bowl-like photo, Sam Shepard’s & Brooke Adam’s characters sitting in a field of wheat, Richard Gere holding Brooke Adams in his arms.

Movie poster for What’s Up, Doc? Featuring Ryan O’Neil in a tuxedo next to Barbra Streisand who is holding a carrot.

Dominic Caruso@dominiccaruso1· Dec 3

I like to vary according to mood