When I think of paintings on suede or velvet, images of Vegas and Elvis usually come to mind. Not that I spend much time thinking about paintings on suede and velvet. But I stumbled across an artist recently who made me pause and reevaluate my assumptions about what suede art, in particular, can be. Kate [...]
Cheri Charlotte
Ma cheri Charlotte Gainsbourg, Je t’adore! In fact, I’m currently obsessed with your new album, IRM. I must admit I had a wee tender for your father, Serge. Listening to his music made me want to smoke cloves and lounge about in velvet-covered wine cellars with beatnik intellectuals in a post-coital fog of bliss. Your [...]
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Best 09: Day Ten
What is the best album of 2009 – the one that rocked your world? I’m addicted to KCRW. It’s a radio station. A radio station that plays an incredibly eclectic mix of music. But rarely does it play pop. Or, more accurately, it plays some pop, occasionally, before it becomes popular, and then it lets [...]
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Parlez-Vous Francais
While speaking a language other than the one your parents taught you is not high on the list of priorities for most Americans, I think it is one of the sexiest skills in the world. Show me a man who can tell me how much he adores me in five different spoken languages, as well [...]
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Little Joy
It has been 22 days since Nic Harcourt screwed me, and I’m here to report that I have recovered from my heartbreak just enough to begin a mild flirtation with Jason Bentley. I think things may get serious, though, now that Jason has rewarded me with a little joy – or, more accurately, Little Joy. [...]
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