Came across this Shakespeare sonnet in the Bruce La Bruce film, Gerontophilia, 2013, which, as mentioned, I’m watching in prep for our interview. Melvin, the elder man, recites it to Lake, his young lover, while they dance in a nightclub on the former’s 82nd birthday. Its a brilliant moody scene, the whole film entrancing. Anyway, […]
Being in bed all weekend with that stomach flu going around, my Gigi kitty just relished in the company. I saw a lot of happy tail action, and all manner of it. Where I lie in bed gives me such a vantage that her long furry tail, swishing and twirling as she exits the room, […]
“I’m not a conceptual artist, more like an intuitive anarchist.” – Jana Boková I’m half way through Reinaldo Arenas’ The Palace of The White Skunks, 1982, and totally enraptured. It made me look up his poetry. That led to my discovery of this clip from the documentary Havana, 1990, by the Czech-born director Jana Boková […]
I’d hop the fence for Asia Argento anytime. I’ve always found her fascinating and yes of course very sexy because of the roles she’s played. Who does raw and real better than her? But its also the fucked up relationship with her Dad, a weirdo himself (and a masterful director), that she’s talks so openly […]
(One of the ways we know we’re part of the world is that it goes on without us.) The craze of all things vampiric feels like another Romantic revival of the supernatural anti-hero, but what does it really say about this cultural moment? I did a quick Google School report to try and find out. […]
As someone who has always been ambivalent about art fairs and their circus-like distractions, whose barkers — like so many whores dressed in fine clothing — would have us think that money isn’t their sole objective, I’m nevertheless intrigued by all the off-shoots to the major players. And so with New York’s Armory Show now […]
