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Posted on October 25th, 2011 in Diary (2009-2011)
i am not usually the kind of person who takes pictures of shit on the street, or shelves but for some reason this struck me as beautiful. the part of the bodega shelf where nobody really shops. i never see any of these cans move, and i don’t suppose they’re strenuously re-stocked. the octopus and [...]
Posted on October 25th, 2011 in Diary (2009-2011)
I would be lying if I said that it crossed my mind every year around this time, but sometimes, circa Halloween, I think about River Phoenix and this is one of those times. I was in Los Angeles and very much addicted to drugs right around the time he overdosed. That Halloween night, I was [...]
Posted on October 16th, 2011 in Diary (2009-2011)
I think I read an interview with Tom Waits where he discussed getting into a real groove during the recording of one of his albums and not showering or shaving until it was done. I believe it was Waits. Maybe it was Danni Minogue (I kid). I’ve been completing books or long magazine pieces (remember [...]
Posted on October 15th, 2011 in Diary (2009-2011)
When Cameron Crowe and Nancy Wilson announced they were splitting up, I wrote a blog post about it for Vanity Fair’s site; mostly on the damage it did to my sense of rock and roll true love. Kim and Thurston were always cool customers so it doesn’t feel the same as a fan but perhaps [...]
Posted on October 13th, 2011 in Diary (2009-2011)
“Inside that tormented head of his there’s something wonderful…” I’ve decided that I am only going to watch biopics of painters this week. Last night, I had a bout of insomnia and began Lust For Life, which Turner Classics was showing last month and I managed to save on DVR. Whenever I watch an epic [...]
Posted on October 13th, 2011 in Diary (2009-2011)
I Wish I Was Him Thanks to Evan Dando for curing me of my nostalgia bug. I went to the first of two Bowery Ballroom shows where the Lemonheads were to play It’s A Shame About Ray in its entirety. I don’t really go to those shows. I was at the Cheap Trick shows at [...]
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