August 21, 2008
Vanity Fair - September
Three great interviews/articles: Carla Bruni (I love her but some of the details of this relationship? are kinda creepy and worrisome), Paul Newman (swoon), and the '90s Supermodels.
But the best thing in this issue is the four-panel David Bailey B&W shots (more on Bailey here or here/ the David Bailey photographer sites I found did not appear to be the right/same dude). Amazing shots. Wow.
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March 06, 2008
America the Beautiful
There's so many people doing Blurb books these days, it's hard to keep up. Some I've discovered via Flickr, some via the blogs, and some just by browsing the Blurb bookstore.
You haven't seen America until you've seen it like this: Tiff's Big Ass Road Trip.
Really great photos of rocks and waterfalls and cemeteries and insane asylums and fall leaves and glaciers and abandoned boats/houses/castles and...lots more.
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February 24, 2008
Seriously.
These may be the best pictures of the Bean I've ever seen.
And you know how I love the Bean.
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November 23, 2007
15 more minutes!
I've randomly had some photos published in the way back past. Today I found out that one of my recent Brussels photos (this one) is going to be in the Fourth edition of the Schmap Brussels Guide. (I knew it was on the short list.)
Cool, eh?
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September 25, 2007
Two Belgian Artists.
really loved them both.
- Constant Montald - who made sort of "art deco" feeling paintings (you can see two I took pictures of here and here, that were in the lobby of the art museum in Brussels)
- Fernand Khnopff - his paintings have a pre-raphaelite feel to me. You can really see that in some of these. Here's another favorite although it's too small to really see...
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May 22, 2007
Best of April.
I'm not sure why I did so little in April as according to my calendar, I should have had three weekends free with only one weekend out of town, and one weekend with a house guest. Hmmmph. Procrastination reaches new heights!
I only saw one movie in April. And it wasn't very good.
I read a few books in April and I'd have to say that Haven Kimmel's latest memoir and the conclusion to Justine Larbalestier's Magic or Madness trilogy were probably the best two, although I enjoyed all my reads that month.
Wow, I went to five concerts in April, I guess that's what I was doing with my time. The Decemberists and Youth Group were probably the performances I just outright enjoyed the most, but seeing Josh Rouse a second time was definitely worth my while: he's a lot of fun live.
I really didn't buy as much music during April as I did in prior months of 2007. I listened a lot to "She's About to Cross My Mind" from The Red Button which I bought after reading about them here. I bought Vandaveer "Grace & Speed" after reading that he played at Number 4's wedding (!!). And after Golden Smog made my top 10 last year, it wasn't like I could pass up "Blood on the Slacks" with its Dylan teasing title. Singles-wise, I cannot stop listening to "Walk Over Me" Dirtie Blondie and the Like Rebel Diamond remix of The Killer's "Read My Mind" (both featured on Friday Night Lights, of course). I made a mix last month that's pretty damn fantastic if I don't say so myself. I might send you one. Give me a good reason...
Random personal highlights: a) How came to visit!; b) Cezanne/Picasso "Vollard" show at the Art Institute was v. cool; c) FINALLY!! eating at Mas again and having my favorite drink in all the world: Pisco Sour. YUM!; d) trip to NY for Amy's yarn inventory. Nuts.; e) brunch with the McCains and spending time with Clark's dad again, planning our some-day hike through Colorado!; f) Lollapalooza tickets go on sale = Done!
Lowlights? I remember being really, really, really tired. Just cannot catch up.
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January 30, 2007
EW #917 (Eddie Murphy cover)
Friday Night Lights gets a four-page spread! WOOT!!! But sadly it's 100% about why no one is watching the show (what the fuck is wrong with people) and 0% about how "Tim Riggins" and I need to start getting our sexy on, so really, it's not ALL that interesting.
And oooo, I want this book of photos.
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January 13, 2007
Au Musée: David Hockney "Portraits"
At the National Portrait Gallery (London). One of the best art exhibits I've ever seen (and I've been (dragged sometimes) to Many).
Really truly amazing; blew us all away. Portraits in oil, in acrylic, in pen, in crayon, in charcoal, in photo. Different styles, techniques, formats. Sitters repeating throughout the years; you can see how their relationships to Hockney change and grow, how they themselves change and grow.
What an amazing artist. If you can't get to London, the exhibition book is well worth the price (I paid 35 pounds, so about $70).
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