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The Fork
Remember The Nose War? Well, now it’s a fork. There’s a fork on the bookcase by the front door, and it’s been there for at least a week. Maybe two weeks. My teenager asked me about it, without implying that … Continue reading
Memorial Tattoo
It’s taken a while to decide on a tattoo tribute to Max. I finally felt ready and went to my local tattoo parlor, Ink Ink, in Venice. I talked to a veteran artist named Stephanie, who turned the elements I … Continue reading
Magic
Today I went to see my psychiatrist but he forgot to tell me he’d be out of town. His office is in a studio behind his house, which has a large front courtyard. Two beautiful young women appeared in the … Continue reading
Let’s Cast the Trial!
If you live in the US, I’ll assume that you’re following the Casey Anthony murder trial. If you live somewhere else, you don’t know what you’re missing! The trial has everything you could possibly ask for, except for O. J. … Continue reading
Band Lists
I’ve been looking for Max’s list of the bands he hated and I finally found it. He sent it in a comment to a post I’d written about stuff I love. How Maxlike of him! Here’s his comment with the … Continue reading
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Art is Art
After coming across this photo last week, I couldn’t get it out of my mind. It’s a stage in Austria’s Lake Constance, for Kieth Warner’s production of Umberto Giordano‘s opera “Andrea Chénier”, which will open to the public in July. … Continue reading
Fashion Trends: No Idea
Does anyone remember when I was obsessed with leather shorts? That was another me who is long gone. But check out Yoko Ono wearing leather shorts at the Canne Film Festival! What an early-adopter she was. It’s a relief to … Continue reading
I Hope to Dance Again Some Day
Community gardens in all of New York City’s five boroughs, many begun in the late 60’s and early 70’s, were the product of grass-roots activism. Residents who were unwilling to wait for the city to clean up abandoned lots, moved … Continue reading
A Different Jane to Bitch About
Jane Pratt has finally launched her new online magazine and I want to know why something so awful and pointless can even get off the ground. Everything about it is stupid and bad. And where’s Tavi?? Remember when this was … Continue reading
Lars Von Trier: A prankster, not a Nazi
After a silly press conference in Cannes to promote his new film, Director Lars Von Trier has been officially banned from the film festival for his absurdist remarks about Hitler. Reading his “10 most controversial statements” I think it should be clear to … Continue reading