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Intro
'I was asked recently by a Hoxton-type woman what Leigh Bowery did? "Nobody knew what he did," she said, perplexed. "He dressed up and went to clubs and parties and enjoyed himself. He lived his life as he had to live it," was my answer. Of course that was an easy-way-out answer, but if she couldn't work out what Leigh did, maybe after watching the Charles Atlas documentary, or reading one of the books, or even seeing 'TABOO - The Musical', then what was I going to say that would enlighten her? But then, what do you say about Leigh? I am glad that people have finally decided that Leigh was an artist. I was getting heavily bored with people asking me "Was he an artist? Was what Leigh did art?" I would answer that Leigh had been exhibited in an Art Gallery (Anthony D'Offay), and that although he himself was not for sale, his exhibit was art. A lot of people cannot fathom art that is not for sale. Art is a commodity to such people, and if you can't bid for it, get rid of it. The thing is, you don't have to show in galleries or auction things on the International art market to be an artist. This has always been the case, but so many people live in their own abstracted version of the present. So many people do not interpret their own vision of the scheme of things as the rubbish that it is.'-- Donald Urquhart
5 artworks
Leigh Bowery at Anthony D'Offay Gallery (3:36)
Miss Peanut Visits New York (6:04)
Leigh Bowery at Wigstock 1993 (4:18)
Short performance (0:57)
Leigh Bowery, Trojan, Rachel Auburn and Michael Clark getting it on (6:16)
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w/ Lucien Freud'Lucien Freud began painting portraits of Leigh Bowery after seeing the performer strut his stuff at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery in 1988. Bowery regularly appeared on high heels, wearing latex body stockings and masks his vocals for his art band Minty were mainly orgiastic screams over rasping feedback. "I found him perfectly beautiful," Freud said when Bowery came to his studio and posed nude. What was planned as one portrait became a sequence. Bowery's presence in the studio is another performance, a self-revealing act of theatre. Bowery was a man who liked to wear disguises - a masked reveller, here unmasked. Freud is sometimes accused of sadism toward his models. But Bowery was a subject able to answer back, someone with enough charisma and courage to face the artist's inquiry head on. In Freud's paintings, Bowery is a character out of Renaissance art - perhaps Silenus, the companion of Dionysus. His flesh is a magnificent ruin, at once damaged and riotously alive. Who knew skin was so particoloured? To count the hues of even one of his feet is impossible: purple, grey, yellow, brown, the paint creamy, calloused, bulging. Bowery is a painted monument who quietly contemplates his existence inside this flesh.'-- Jonathan Jones, The Guardian
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Minty'In 1993 Leigh Bowery formed the band Minty with friend and former 80's knitwear designer Richard Torry, Nicola Bateman and Matthew Glammore. Their single "Useless Man""Boot licking, tit tweaking useless man..." which was remixed by The Grid along with their twisted onstage scatological performances caused The Sun newspaper to describe them as the "Sickest band in the world", of which Leigh was very proud. It also became a minor chart hit in The Netherlands. During 1994 Minty performed what they called the "Fete worse than death" in Hoxton Square, Leigh and Nicola Bateman (later, Nicola Bowery) showed their classic "Birth Show", a homage to John Waters' Desperate Living, in which Leigh gives birth to Nicola, using a specially designed harness which holds her upside down to his belly under his costume. In November 1994 Minty began a two week show at London's Freedom Cafe, watched by the young Alexander McQueen, but it was too much for Westminster City Council, who closed the show down after only one night. Minty never lived up to its promise, was a finacial loss and represented a cultural low point in his colourful career.'-- Wikipedia
Minty performing 'Hold On' live at Smashing
excerpt of Minty performing 'Useless Man'
'Useless Man' vid clip (Adam Sky remix)
Antohney lipsyncs and dances to 'Useless Man' (DJ Keoki remix)
'Useless Man' vs Saw
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Taboo'Early in january 1985, Leigh Bowery was approached by Tony Gordon to open a nightclub with him. Tony had tried run some nightclubs before but they werent very successful. He wanted to open a club but he knew that he did not have enough clout on his own to make a go of it, so he enlisted the help of Leigh who would be the public face of the club. Leigh was very excited by Tony's proposition because it seemed to tie in exactly with what the had been thinking about. Tony had discoverd a small nighclub in Leicester Square. It hadn't been used for a fashionable nighclub before and it seemed the ideal premises. It was centrally situated, and it was exactly the right size - not too big,but not pokey. It also had extremely and perfectly tacky decor. There was an a entrance lobby, then a flight of stairs down to the cloakroom and toilets. When you entered the club it had everything you could want from a disco. Tatty red velour banquettes, mirrors everywhere, strange light effects on the walls, three bars and a centrar dance floor with several sheap lights and a mirror ball. The opening night was set for 31 January. Leigh was very excited and as neither he nor Tony had any money to get flyers printed, Leigh decided to make them himself.'(cont.)
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Boy George as L.B. in the Broadway musical 'Taboo' (8:45)
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w/ Michael Clark'The choreographer and dancer Michael Clark did not live the normal disciplined life of a dancer but spent most of his free time drinking, smoking, taking drugs and hanging out in the London' more alternative nightclubs. He met Leigh Bowery in a nightclub and was immediately attracted to this large, painted person. They became the best of friends and had complete mutual respect for each other. Michael was determined to work with Leigh not only because he respected his talent but because he enjoyed his company. "He was charismatic and had an amazing presence, we egged each other on. It was like he was daring me, we both had similar ideas and worked off each other": Leigh was delighted to design costumes for Michael's work.The first piece he designed for was 'Flippin 'eck Oh Thweet Mysthtery of Life ' in 1983. The costumes Leigh designed initally, reflected what he was wearing at the time. The dancers found the costumes hard work yet thrilling and comfortable to wear. It was the start of an inportant collaboration and Leigh continued to work with Michael for the next ten years.'-- Sue Tilley
Video: Michael Clark/Leigh Bowery 'Because We Must', Excerpt #1 (4:44)
Video: Michael Clark/Leigh Bowery 'Because We Must', Excerpt #2 (5:09)
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TV personality
LB on the Gary Glitter Show (8:56)
LB on the Bananarama Show (9:49)
LB on Late and Live (2:12)
LB on the Joan Rivers Show (5:10)
LB in The Fall's 'Mr. Pharmacist' video (2:10)
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Furthermore
The Leigh Bowery Extravaganza Website
Harlot's Quickie Tribute to Leigh Bowery
Charles Atlas's 'The Legend of Leigh Bowery' (DVD)
Sue Tilley's 'The Life and Times of Leigh Bowery' (book)
Minty's Myspace Page
Some drawings by Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery at Perry Rubenstein Gallery
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p.s. Hey. What is there to say about the genius of Leigh Bowery that isn't right up there in this celebratory revival post? Probably a ton of things. Maybe some of you fellow Bowery acolytes out there would like to add your two cents? So, as I guess you can tell by the size of this p.s., I've managed to slip in here for a catch up p.s. today. Even so, I'm going to have to be very quick, for which I apologize. Way too much to tell about the trip, and I'll save a report for a trip-related post once I get back to Paris, but everything is going amazingly. Zac and I are currently in the Argentinian portion of Antarctica, near El Calafate, if you know the local geography. It's crazy beautiful, and today we're off on a 10 hour tromp to and around and on glaciers. So, yeah, all is extremely well here, and I hope the same status is valid in your worlds. Okay, ... ** David Ehrenstein, Greetings from here. Thanks for being the loyalist commenter. I'm naked without knowing it right now. ** Rewritedept, Hi, man. Oh, okay, I'll try that track you mentioned asap. We're in a decent internet zone at the moment, which definitely has not always been the case. The flight was long and boring, but it's ancient history now. ** MANCY, Hi, S! Hope you're great! ** Unknown, Hi! I will let you know about the Brussels show once I get home and have unspun my head. I'm great, hope you are too. ** Gary gray, Hey, G. No, I don't think I've seen 'the responsive eye with mike wallace'. Nice title. That Circus Maximus thing sounds pretty awesome. Trains, yes. My head's too caught up to give you NYC recommendations, and you've probably already gone and went by now maybe? What is '80 Blocks from Tiffany's'? ** Bill, Hi, Bill! We are having an incredible time, yeah. Wait'll I post some pictures. Holy shit. We've just barely managed to avoid the Invunche so far. Not easy. Yes, please report on the readiness of said video. I totally forgot about that film of 'Street of Crocodiles'. Yeah, that was something else. ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben! Got the guest-post, thank you! And I even had a moment to set it up, and it'll launch, as predicted, on the day the blog restarts afresh: March 12th. ** Tosh Berman, Hi, Tosh! ** Steevee, Warm Greetings, Steve. Everyone, please read Steevee's review of the Romanian film CHILD'S POSE. ** Empty Frame, Hey, buddy. You rockin' everything? ** Thomas Moronic, T! Thanks for answering the Mr. Waters questions. I wish I had time to respond richly. So I'll just say, what is 'Love Liza'? ** James, Thank you so much the novel section share! We were in Buenos Aires first thing on the trip for three days. Really great city. You've been there? We stayed in the Palermo area. ** White tiger, Tiger! Love to you! ** ASH, Hi, man. Nice to see you! No, due to traveling and mostly crappy internet signals, I haven't gotten 'Motivational Jumpsuit' yet, but tonight's the night. I only know the two singles, which I adore. Euroheedfest: when is it again? I'll definitely angle to get there finally. I just read about that documentary you saw yesterday. Sounds incredible. Really? Which escort? Photo stealing is definitely a commonality among the escorts, but why they think that'll work for them, I never can finger out. ** bitter69uk, Hi. I don't know, it made me curious about him, but I like them complicated, and I never hire them, so I guess I just proved your point. ** les mots dans le nom, Hi. Nope, escort and slave posts are like the blog's one reliable output, through thick and thin, like death and taxes, not necessarily in that order. I'm doing great, thank you, and I'm so glad you are too. ** David de Croy, Hi, David. Nice to meet you, welcome. Yeah, ha ha, someone pointed that out the first time I posted that post, and I forgot to correct it, and now I've fucked up twice. It's particularly damning because one of the reasons I put J-BM's photo there is because I had just met him a couple of days before, so the mix-up is particularly odd unless they're each other's spitting images? ** Marilyn Roxie, Hi, Marilyn! I hope you're doing wonderfully. Oh, you watched that 'Frisk' movie, you poor thing, ha ha. ** Alan Hoffman, Hi, Alan! Really good to see you! I'm stuck in a situation where I can't linger on and respond with appropriate luxuriousness to the Waters q&a responses, which sucks, so I'll just say 5000?! Wow. And your film list was great. ** Keaton, Hi.K! Sweet answers to the Waters questions deserving of so much more from me than this sentence, damn. You good? ** Toniok, Hi! Yeah, we visited Torres del Paine a few days ago. It was incredible, yeah. Thank for answering those questions. Very interesting, and I wish time allowed me the option to talk them about in detail. ** Frank Jaffe, Frank! How are you? I haven't seen you in ages and ages. I so wish I hadn't missed the LA Art Book Fair. Great answers. I read it like a hawk, even if I'm too rushy to prove that. ** Aaron Mirkin, Hi, Aaron. How are you? Thanks for answering the questions. Really interesting. Was the Current 93 show great? And I think you got to see Shirley Collins! Holy shit, how was that? And thank you for the video still. It's gorgeous! ** L@rstonovich, Larsty! Thank you for those answers. I'm so totally time-hampered and can't say much right now, but it's sweet to see you, buddy! ** Misanthrope, Hi, G! Trip is spectacular, thanks! Rear-ended, yikes! We almost flipped our rental car yesterday. Lovely list! ** Paul Cabine, Hello, welcome, and good to meet you, Paul! Fascinating, impressive answers, thank you! I hope you'll come back when I can talk with you properly. ** Chilly Jay Chill, Hi, Jeff! Man, that's so great about the LA Times Book Prize! Huge congrats! I was nominated for that prize in the poetry division a million years ago. Sweet! I almost bought that Chatwin book in a used English language bookstore here the other day Probably should have. Everything by Ader is extremely worth watching, yes, and seeing his whole oeuvre will only take you about 40 minutes. Zac and I are doing great! I hope you are too! ** Okay. I might not have gotten to the most recent comments as I'm writing this really early and it will launch a little later. If so, I'll catch up with them the next chance I get, or in Paris if not before. Take care, everybody!
Intro
'I was asked recently by a Hoxton-type woman what Leigh Bowery did? "Nobody knew what he did," she said, perplexed. "He dressed up and went to clubs and parties and enjoyed himself. He lived his life as he had to live it," was my answer. Of course that was an easy-way-out answer, but if she couldn't work out what Leigh did, maybe after watching the Charles Atlas documentary, or reading one of the books, or even seeing 'TABOO - The Musical', then what was I going to say that would enlighten her? But then, what do you say about Leigh? I am glad that people have finally decided that Leigh was an artist. I was getting heavily bored with people asking me "Was he an artist? Was what Leigh did art?" I would answer that Leigh had been exhibited in an Art Gallery (Anthony D'Offay), and that although he himself was not for sale, his exhibit was art. A lot of people cannot fathom art that is not for sale. Art is a commodity to such people, and if you can't bid for it, get rid of it. The thing is, you don't have to show in galleries or auction things on the International art market to be an artist. This has always been the case, but so many people live in their own abstracted version of the present. So many people do not interpret their own vision of the scheme of things as the rubbish that it is.'-- Donald Urquhart
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5 artworks
Leigh Bowery at Anthony D'Offay Gallery (3:36)
Miss Peanut Visits New York (6:04)
Leigh Bowery at Wigstock 1993 (4:18)
Short performance (0:57)
Leigh Bowery, Trojan, Rachel Auburn and Michael Clark getting it on (6:16)
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w/ Lucien Freud'Lucien Freud began painting portraits of Leigh Bowery after seeing the performer strut his stuff at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery in 1988. Bowery regularly appeared on high heels, wearing latex body stockings and masks his vocals for his art band Minty were mainly orgiastic screams over rasping feedback. "I found him perfectly beautiful," Freud said when Bowery came to his studio and posed nude. What was planned as one portrait became a sequence. Bowery's presence in the studio is another performance, a self-revealing act of theatre. Bowery was a man who liked to wear disguises - a masked reveller, here unmasked. Freud is sometimes accused of sadism toward his models. But Bowery was a subject able to answer back, someone with enough charisma and courage to face the artist's inquiry head on. In Freud's paintings, Bowery is a character out of Renaissance art - perhaps Silenus, the companion of Dionysus. His flesh is a magnificent ruin, at once damaged and riotously alive. Who knew skin was so particoloured? To count the hues of even one of his feet is impossible: purple, grey, yellow, brown, the paint creamy, calloused, bulging. Bowery is a painted monument who quietly contemplates his existence inside this flesh.'-- Jonathan Jones, The Guardian
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Minty'In 1993 Leigh Bowery formed the band Minty with friend and former 80's knitwear designer Richard Torry, Nicola Bateman and Matthew Glammore. Their single "Useless Man""Boot licking, tit tweaking useless man..." which was remixed by The Grid along with their twisted onstage scatological performances caused The Sun newspaper to describe them as the "Sickest band in the world", of which Leigh was very proud. It also became a minor chart hit in The Netherlands. During 1994 Minty performed what they called the "Fete worse than death" in Hoxton Square, Leigh and Nicola Bateman (later, Nicola Bowery) showed their classic "Birth Show", a homage to John Waters' Desperate Living, in which Leigh gives birth to Nicola, using a specially designed harness which holds her upside down to his belly under his costume. In November 1994 Minty began a two week show at London's Freedom Cafe, watched by the young Alexander McQueen, but it was too much for Westminster City Council, who closed the show down after only one night. Minty never lived up to its promise, was a finacial loss and represented a cultural low point in his colourful career.'-- Wikipedia
Minty performing 'Hold On' live at Smashing
excerpt of Minty performing 'Useless Man'
'Useless Man' vid clip (Adam Sky remix)
Antohney lipsyncs and dances to 'Useless Man' (DJ Keoki remix)
'Useless Man' vs Saw
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Taboo'Early in january 1985, Leigh Bowery was approached by Tony Gordon to open a nightclub with him. Tony had tried run some nightclubs before but they werent very successful. He wanted to open a club but he knew that he did not have enough clout on his own to make a go of it, so he enlisted the help of Leigh who would be the public face of the club. Leigh was very excited by Tony's proposition because it seemed to tie in exactly with what the had been thinking about. Tony had discoverd a small nighclub in Leicester Square. It hadn't been used for a fashionable nighclub before and it seemed the ideal premises. It was centrally situated, and it was exactly the right size - not too big,but not pokey. It also had extremely and perfectly tacky decor. There was an a entrance lobby, then a flight of stairs down to the cloakroom and toilets. When you entered the club it had everything you could want from a disco. Tatty red velour banquettes, mirrors everywhere, strange light effects on the walls, three bars and a centrar dance floor with several sheap lights and a mirror ball. The opening night was set for 31 January. Leigh was very excited and as neither he nor Tony had any money to get flyers printed, Leigh decided to make them himself.'(cont.)
Boy George as L.B. in the Broadway musical 'Taboo' (8:45)
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w/ Michael Clark'The choreographer and dancer Michael Clark did not live the normal disciplined life of a dancer but spent most of his free time drinking, smoking, taking drugs and hanging out in the London' more alternative nightclubs. He met Leigh Bowery in a nightclub and was immediately attracted to this large, painted person. They became the best of friends and had complete mutual respect for each other. Michael was determined to work with Leigh not only because he respected his talent but because he enjoyed his company. "He was charismatic and had an amazing presence, we egged each other on. It was like he was daring me, we both had similar ideas and worked off each other": Leigh was delighted to design costumes for Michael's work.The first piece he designed for was 'Flippin 'eck Oh Thweet Mysthtery of Life ' in 1983. The costumes Leigh designed initally, reflected what he was wearing at the time. The dancers found the costumes hard work yet thrilling and comfortable to wear. It was the start of an inportant collaboration and Leigh continued to work with Michael for the next ten years.'-- Sue Tilley
Video: Michael Clark/Leigh Bowery 'Because We Must', Excerpt #1 (4:44)
Video: Michael Clark/Leigh Bowery 'Because We Must', Excerpt #2 (5:09)
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LB on the Gary Glitter Show (8:56)
LB on the Bananarama Show (9:49)
LB on Late and Live (2:12)
LB on the Joan Rivers Show (5:10)
LB in The Fall's 'Mr. Pharmacist' video (2:10)
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Furthermore
The Leigh Bowery Extravaganza Website
Harlot's Quickie Tribute to Leigh Bowery
Charles Atlas's 'The Legend of Leigh Bowery' (DVD)
Sue Tilley's 'The Life and Times of Leigh Bowery' (book)
Minty's Myspace Page
Some drawings by Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery at Perry Rubenstein Gallery
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p.s. Hey. What is there to say about the genius of Leigh Bowery that isn't right up there in this celebratory revival post? Probably a ton of things. Maybe some of you fellow Bowery acolytes out there would like to add your two cents? So, as I guess you can tell by the size of this p.s., I've managed to slip in here for a catch up p.s. today. Even so, I'm going to have to be very quick, for which I apologize. Way too much to tell about the trip, and I'll save a report for a trip-related post once I get back to Paris, but everything is going amazingly. Zac and I are currently in the Argentinian portion of Antarctica, near El Calafate, if you know the local geography. It's crazy beautiful, and today we're off on a 10 hour tromp to and around and on glaciers. So, yeah, all is extremely well here, and I hope the same status is valid in your worlds. Okay, ... ** David Ehrenstein, Greetings from here. Thanks for being the loyalist commenter. I'm naked without knowing it right now. ** Rewritedept, Hi, man. Oh, okay, I'll try that track you mentioned asap. We're in a decent internet zone at the moment, which definitely has not always been the case. The flight was long and boring, but it's ancient history now. ** MANCY, Hi, S! Hope you're great! ** Unknown, Hi! I will let you know about the Brussels show once I get home and have unspun my head. I'm great, hope you are too. ** Gary gray, Hey, G. No, I don't think I've seen 'the responsive eye with mike wallace'. Nice title. That Circus Maximus thing sounds pretty awesome. Trains, yes. My head's too caught up to give you NYC recommendations, and you've probably already gone and went by now maybe? What is '80 Blocks from Tiffany's'? ** Bill, Hi, Bill! We are having an incredible time, yeah. Wait'll I post some pictures. Holy shit. We've just barely managed to avoid the Invunche so far. Not easy. Yes, please report on the readiness of said video. I totally forgot about that film of 'Street of Crocodiles'. Yeah, that was something else. ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben! Got the guest-post, thank you! And I even had a moment to set it up, and it'll launch, as predicted, on the day the blog restarts afresh: March 12th. ** Tosh Berman, Hi, Tosh! ** Steevee, Warm Greetings, Steve. Everyone, please read Steevee's review of the Romanian film CHILD'S POSE. ** Empty Frame, Hey, buddy. You rockin' everything? ** Thomas Moronic, T! Thanks for answering the Mr. Waters questions. I wish I had time to respond richly. So I'll just say, what is 'Love Liza'? ** James, Thank you so much the novel section share! We were in Buenos Aires first thing on the trip for three days. Really great city. You've been there? We stayed in the Palermo area. ** White tiger, Tiger! Love to you! ** ASH, Hi, man. Nice to see you! No, due to traveling and mostly crappy internet signals, I haven't gotten 'Motivational Jumpsuit' yet, but tonight's the night. I only know the two singles, which I adore. Euroheedfest: when is it again? I'll definitely angle to get there finally. I just read about that documentary you saw yesterday. Sounds incredible. Really? Which escort? Photo stealing is definitely a commonality among the escorts, but why they think that'll work for them, I never can finger out. ** bitter69uk, Hi. I don't know, it made me curious about him, but I like them complicated, and I never hire them, so I guess I just proved your point. ** les mots dans le nom, Hi. Nope, escort and slave posts are like the blog's one reliable output, through thick and thin, like death and taxes, not necessarily in that order. I'm doing great, thank you, and I'm so glad you are too. ** David de Croy, Hi, David. Nice to meet you, welcome. Yeah, ha ha, someone pointed that out the first time I posted that post, and I forgot to correct it, and now I've fucked up twice. It's particularly damning because one of the reasons I put J-BM's photo there is because I had just met him a couple of days before, so the mix-up is particularly odd unless they're each other's spitting images? ** Marilyn Roxie, Hi, Marilyn! I hope you're doing wonderfully. Oh, you watched that 'Frisk' movie, you poor thing, ha ha. ** Alan Hoffman, Hi, Alan! Really good to see you! I'm stuck in a situation where I can't linger on and respond with appropriate luxuriousness to the Waters q&a responses, which sucks, so I'll just say 5000?! Wow. And your film list was great. ** Keaton, Hi.K! Sweet answers to the Waters questions deserving of so much more from me than this sentence, damn. You good? ** Toniok, Hi! Yeah, we visited Torres del Paine a few days ago. It was incredible, yeah. Thank for answering those questions. Very interesting, and I wish time allowed me the option to talk them about in detail. ** Frank Jaffe, Frank! How are you? I haven't seen you in ages and ages. I so wish I hadn't missed the LA Art Book Fair. Great answers. I read it like a hawk, even if I'm too rushy to prove that. ** Aaron Mirkin, Hi, Aaron. How are you? Thanks for answering the questions. Really interesting. Was the Current 93 show great? And I think you got to see Shirley Collins! Holy shit, how was that? And thank you for the video still. It's gorgeous! ** L@rstonovich, Larsty! Thank you for those answers. I'm so totally time-hampered and can't say much right now, but it's sweet to see you, buddy! ** Misanthrope, Hi, G! Trip is spectacular, thanks! Rear-ended, yikes! We almost flipped our rental car yesterday. Lovely list! ** Paul Cabine, Hello, welcome, and good to meet you, Paul! Fascinating, impressive answers, thank you! I hope you'll come back when I can talk with you properly. ** Chilly Jay Chill, Hi, Jeff! Man, that's so great about the LA Times Book Prize! Huge congrats! I was nominated for that prize in the poetry division a million years ago. Sweet! I almost bought that Chatwin book in a used English language bookstore here the other day Probably should have. Everything by Ader is extremely worth watching, yes, and seeing his whole oeuvre will only take you about 40 minutes. Zac and I are doing great! I hope you are too! ** Okay. I might not have gotten to the most recent comments as I'm writing this really early and it will launch a little later. If so, I'll catch up with them the next chance I get, or in Paris if not before. Take care, everybody!