White stripe (for Zac)
*p.s. Hey. ** David Ehrenstein, Hi, David. Thank you so much again for yesterday's amazingness. Being allowed to put the blog's signature frame around it was a privilege. Success is such a slippery...
View ArticleGig #96: Of late 32: Lush, Wanda Group, Anna Meredith, Boris with Merzbouw,...
LushWanda GroupAnna MeredithBoris with MerzbouwCavern Of Anti-MatterRob Crow's Gloomy PlacePierre BastienLet's Eat GrandmaWireDaniel Menche and MamifferRobert PollardCollapsible ShoulderPere UbuKenward...
View ArticleSpotlight on ... Ishmael Reed The Free-Lance Pallbearers (1967)
'Called “a great writer” by none other than James Baldwin, Ishmael Reed’s reputation always had to contend with accusations of misogyny and with the barriers that a career of writing difficult-to-place...
View ArticleSome films (1966 - 1974) that either faked ingesting LSD or did
'The story of acid in the America of the 1960s is a story of a nation in conflict between a renewed lust for life and an enhanced drive towards death, between the rebels and the republic, the old guard...
View ArticlePeriwinkle presents ... Shopping Tombs
Belden Village Mall, Canton, OhioDixie Square Mall, Harvey, IllinoisMuscatine Mall, Muscatine, IowaHawthorne Plaza Mall, San DiegoFelicita Mall, PortoMarketplace Mall, Syracuse, NYColumbus City Center,...
View ArticleSypha presents ... Voyager en Soi-Même: a Tribute to J.K. Huysmans’ Là-Bas,...
“With its allusions to, and fierce polemical discussions about,the occult, conspiracy theories, cultural imperialism in theshape of creeping Americanisation, mass murders, femalepromiscuity, Satanic...
View ArticleSypha presents ... Voyager en Soi-Même: a Tribute to J.K. Huysmans’ Là-Bas,...
“At outdoor rituals, Arizona says she wore a red robe and stood in the centre of a pentagram which was surrounded by a hexagram or Star of David. She was triggered into her ‘Isis’ program and conducted...
View ArticleJean-Paul Belmondo Day
'Jean-Paul Belmondo was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, the son of the sculptor Paul Belmondo. He performed poorly at school but developed a passion for boxing and football. By the time he reached his...
View Article'I dont fuck people without faces': DC's select international male escorts...
_____________3men, 24CrawfordsvilleVoracious absorber of all things masculine.I Straight identify.Incredibly hot inside and outside.Really really really well endowed, but it is mostly for decoration...
View ArticleSome books (1961 - 1975) that either faked ingesting LSD or did
Terry Taylor Baron's Court, All Change(1961)'Terry Taylor did it all. He was the model for the unnamed narrator of Absolute Beginners, did some serious work in drugs and magic (taking up from Berber...
View ArticleMine for yours: My 35 all-time favorite amusement park rides (in no order)
1. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (Disneyland)Anaheim, CA2. Fabeldyrene (RIP, Kongeparken)Ålgård, Norway3. Full Throttle (Six Flags Magic Mountain)Valencia, CA4. Le Defi de Cesar (Parc Asterix)Plailly, France5....
View ArticleMimsy Farmer Day
'Cult icon Mimsy Farmer was a pretty hazel-eyed blonde with the fragile features of a Mia Farrow or Yvette Mimieux and the independent streak of a Tuesday Weld. After playing the innocent virgin in a...
View ArticleJames presents ... Spotlight on … Scott Bradfield The History of Luminous...
Painfully beautiful writing– Mary GaitskillJames Nulick considers Scott Bradfield (a love story)October 1989. I’m 19 years old. I’m walking in downtown Cedar Rapids, a stranger to the land, the people....
View ArticleGalerie Dennis Cooper presents ... Duncan Hannah
'Contemporary art depends upon context, a commonplace perhaps, but the artist’s intentions, tactics and talents are today always adjudged depending upon the where and the how of their presentation....
View ArticleGig #97: Of late 33: Ytamo, 18+, Tim Hecker, The Body, Bitchin Bajas and...
Ytamo18+Tim HeckerThe BodyBitchin Bajas and Bonnie Prince BillyThe RangeInnsyterWinkieDJWWWWAsh KooshaHorse LordsRobert PollardNot WavingLust for YouthCeramic TLNew Dreams Ltd.__________YtamoHuman...
View ArticleLech Majewski Day
'Today, Lech J. Majewski lives in Venice, however, he often visits the region of Silesia where he was born and grew up. He works as a lecturer at the Rutger Hauer Filmfactory in Rotterdam. He started...
View Article_Black_Acrylic presents ... Geordie, Mackem Magick - A Sophie Lisa Beresford...
Spiritual Life Coach, Evolutionary Artist, Law of Attraction & Emotional Healing Specialist, Medicine Woman, Grey Witch. at Planet Earth, Solar System.Ever since that fateful moment back in 2010...
View ArticleBlack Belt, a literary gif thing (for Zac)
*p.s. RIP Johan Cruyff, Garry Shandling. ** H. Hi, H.! Thanks a lot for the great response to her work and to Ben's post! ** David Ehrenstein, Hi, David. Well, on the day of the Brussels attacks, it...
View ArticleNew Queer Cinema (1985 - 1998) Day
'In the United States the gay and lesbian cinema that emerged in the 1970s emphasized documentary and experimental work. On the West Coast in 1971, Milton Miron’s documentary Tricia’s Wedding (1971)...
View ArticleSpotlight on ... Muriel Spark A Far Cry from Kensington (1988)
'What do we do with our lives? How do we employ ourselves? How do we view our pasts, and more, how do we survive them to really inhabit our futures? And what do we do if those pasts keep us awake at...
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