Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

RIP Brick aka paul newman aka alongside monty clift and cary grant my most envied film star.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Kids Incorporated

i often joke about my band called bubbles inc. but in many ways my ideal band already has happened and it is called kids incorporated and they recorded the greatest versions of the best songs before many of you were even born.

Comic Strip - Serge Gainsbourg

avec brigitte bardot

The Wedding Present-

everyone thinks he looks daft

Anne of Green Gables

this is slightly embarrassing but i dont really care what people think. this summer a friend (and die hard anne of green gables fan) screened this film for me (initially i resisted standing by my claim that besides duchamp/mondrian/picabia/braque/hemingway/brancusi/and fitzgerald i am strictly interested in only post-war culture) i have to admit that i fell really hard for the story of anne and mostly for the amazing performances by megan follows, collen dewhurst and richard farnsworth. this past weekend came a newspaper article by the creator of anne of green gables' granddaughter where she reveals that her grandmother l.m. montgomery actually committed suicide in 1942 and that it was covered up due to the stigma attached to mental illness.
here is the article:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080919.wmhmontgomery0920/BNStory/mentalhealth/

in the article the author cites a very telling line spoken by anne: "my life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes." - i would like to point out that this news and the later suicide of the actor richard farnsworth who played anne's adoptive father and who was the initial sympathetic character in the film adds another poignant note to this coming of age tale. anne is a sensitive soul in a cruel world, much like all of us. the sad point is that if l.m montgomery was the real life alter ego of anne, it pains me to think that at some point even her notable pluck and determination wasn't enough to keep despair at bay.

Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen Paris 85

let's change some things this november.

DION - born to be with you

many thanks to the mellow legend for sending me this record. pete townsend of the who's favorite ever. and it might just be the best. spiritualized, primal scream, etc owe almost their entire career to it.

The Cure - Barcelona First Song ( Plainsong )

for steve and dan

Go Gos - We Got the Beat (live)

last night i went to the megawords storefront and saw my dear friends steve and dan shred some guitar and drum machine. tonite i am going to see will pym talk about teenagers at the great show at temple gallery called volume attempts. but i am really most excited about my killer classic go gos pin that constance gave me last night. she bought it for me in boothwyn. it is purple and gold backed with the go gos logo seen on the drum riser here. the go-gos are my top west coast pop band even better than the mighty mamas and the papas (i know i know, but you got face it the go gos are tops) i love this video arden wohl take a look at belinda's headband! oh and could charlotte caffey be cuter?!


http://www.megawordsmagazine.com/storefront.php

http://www.temple.edu/tyler/exhibitions/volumeattempts/

http://web.mac.com/constancemensh/iWeb/Vision%3AThread/constancemensh.html

the midnight train

on the way home from nyc this weekend i caught the last train and just past princeton it struck and killed someone. it looks like it was a suicide. it was very sad. i have more to say in a longer essay but on the slim bright side it enabled a diverse group of people to have a thoughtful and wide ranging conversation at 3:30 in the morning in trenton nj, which i will take solace in. also thanks have to go to the nj state trooper who was thoughtful enough to make sure that amtrak train picked us up so we wouldnt have to wait till 7 am for septa.

great essay by carter ratcliff on a photo of barnett newman with michel auder and viva and what it means

http://www.tate.org.uk/tateetc/issue11/kissacrossages.htm

Cindy Sherman filmed in 1986 from State of the Art

B-52's dirty back road

Orson Welles' Lifetime Achievement Award

Do I Make You Nervous? - A Place in the Sun (1951)

Painters Painting

many thanks are due to my high school art teacher ms. starr who first showed me this great film in 1993 and for introducing me to the work of two of my most favorite painters - willem dekooning and barnett newman

OMD - Souvenir

OMD are practically infallible. truly flawless pop music. the convertible is great in this video. i dont know what it is about me and driving lately. almost 33 years old and the past few i really have been feeling the pangs of regret about not ever getting a driver's license.

Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol 01-2 (1972)

oh montuak, lee radziwell, jonas mekas, the velvet underground . . .andy warhol i am so jealous.

I Can Hear Music- Ronnie Spector

she's the best and she is singing the best beach boys song.

YOU'RE READY NOW - Frankie Valli (Northern soul)

in my personal top 5 pop vocalists ever frankie valli is very close to the top. other voices that belong in his company are michael jackson, debbie harry, ronnie spector and evan dando.