(Art fair mania in NYC this weekend. The Armory, The Brucennial (all women, yea!), Volta, The Independent, Moving Image, Spring Break, ETC. ETC. not to mention the Whitney Biennnial opening. My usual resistance against the pull of so much social hysteria means there’ll be no recaps here, except to say I had fun at the […]
This really great article by Kid Congo on coming out of the closet got me thinking about this idea of loving rock’n’roll before knowing it was about sex. He talks about this experience, mentioning “Who Wears Short Shorts” by The Royal Teens and “Blue Moon” by The Marcels. For me it was “Wild Thing” by […]
(“A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion.” Marshall McLuhan) C’mon, its funny! I missed the Academy Awards tonite, but I had to share Justin Vivian Bond’s tweets, which I cut-and-pasted from v’s FB […]
I came across the following okCupid question, “Do you enjoy dark, violent, or disturbing music? Yes No When I’m in the mood Unsure”, and I thought, what exactly is that? Dark, violent, disturbing music? I tried to think if there was any kind of music that would disturb me such that I couldn’t enjoy it. I immediately […]
(“It’s hard to explain and best thing to do is not be false.” ― Jack Kerouac, Big Sur, 1962) If you want to know origin/author of any images, let me know….most can be found in a Google search. Just too tired:) Tweet
“With names like R2D2, Romanian Farm House, Uni-bomber Shack and The Chuck Wagon, these structures are built from pallets, bed frames, futon frames, doors, plywood, OSB, paint, packing crates, car consoles, auto glass, refrigerator shelves…when a home is completed, he pushes it into the street, take a few photos and then gives it away.”
