“…if beneath all our criticisms and detestations of America’s vulgarity, misuse of power, and sheer pompous stupidity there has been still some optimistic love affair with the secret potentialities of this nation, some buried unvoiced faith that the nature of America was finally good, and not evil, well, that faith has taken a pistol whipping in the last months. the romance seems not even tragic or doomed, but dirty and misplaced.”
-norman mailer, cannibals and christians
you may have seen this but i like it as the movements are less literal and more liquid. a nice mixture of street and classical done well. here is lionel hun dancer/choreographer performing in tokyo during the tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. four days after he evacuated to macau where he decided to express his love for japan by making this performance. by kc
“the year i turned ninety, i wanted to give myself the gift of a night of wild love with an adolescent virgin.” – gabriel garcía márquez. by cp
more goude, here the “pre-photoshop” steps of goude’s famous pictures for the cover of grace jones’s island life record. all of these with a pair of scissors and a brush… lovely! by pp.
free download of the album for a limited time starting october13. made in connecticut, USA. see ultra bunny live in brooklyn this sat the 13th. rock on bunny. by xy
bela and boris in the same film, with a story written by poe nonetheless. the actual tale of the black cat is quite short, i remember reading it as a creepy adolescent. despite that, it has been made into two (that i know of) full length films, both with merits to share. i came across these swedish movie posters, and you can check out the full list here. by sv
poor karol karol. you’ll feel better in about another hour into the film, don’t worry. by sv
“there are things i can’t force. i must adjust. there are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
-dennis diderot
i hear ya! by cp
tamaryn’s new album tender new signs, out 10/16/12. by cp
gil scott heron playing with the devil. by cp
so nice to see jean paul goude back! really missed this playful photographic style.
the tavi shots using goude’s famous collages “a la grace jones” is really great. also loved the kenzo ads. want more! by pp.
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