” We are not one monolithic group to be written about like zoo animals.” -Claire of fashion bomb daily. It couldn’t have been said better. The Elle France article made me think of Chimamanda Adichie’s speech for Ted Talks titled, “A single story.” It describes the danger of telling a single story of a people, [...]
“…I improvised, crazed by the music…Even my teeth and eyes burned with fever. Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.” I used to have this quote from Josephine Baker on my Pop blog and I thought it to be so powerful. [...]
Dear ————-, It’s funny, I was always so cynical about things like world peace but something strange has happened. I would always make fun of John Lennon’s song Imagine, “how could he imagine such a thing as world peace? It’s so stupid” I’d tell myself, and anyone who would listen. But slowly this summer, [...]
Slide down here and see. ”I wonder if I’ve been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I’m not the same, the next question is ‘Who in the world am I?’ Ah, that’s [...]
Hands down goes to Zoe Kravitz.
One of the most interesting shops to hit the universal web, it’s visually stunning, maybe because I love words so much, take a look for yourself. Justoneeye.com photo: front page of justoneeye by Ed Ruscha
For No.1 click here. And for more Karlie go here and also here. .
Richard Prince, Jeff Koons and Robert Rauchenberg. Follow the links to see what the papers are saying about these three artists. It’s notable that these articles all came out within the last week. Richard Prince Jeff Koons Robert Rauchenberg
In Durban South Africa it is hot! Despite having had some rainfall over the last 2 days, the heat persists. Though November ends in 3 days the intense climate negotiations that have come to characterize the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Conference of the Parties will continue to rage on through December 9th, [...]
The first time I ever saw Jimi was in London in a Carnaby Street boutique called “I Was Lord Kitchener’s Valet.” I had been reading in the local papers, in Disc and Music Echo and Melody Maker and the New Musical Express, about this wild man from Borneo with all the hair and the guitar-eating [...]
August 8th, 1968 Dearest Dad, Well… I know you probably wonder what happened to me ——– Well nothing good. I just quit Little Richard. He didn’t pay us for 5 ½ weeks… and you can’t live on promises when you’re on the road – So I had to cut that mess loose – And [...]
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