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October 17, 2011

ESQUIRE: "There Is No Truth," He Said.

from Esquire
"There Is No Truth," He Said.
The future of the written word, and the liberation of James Frey. With space aliens.
By John H. Richardson

 
Illustrations by Nathan Fox
 
Published in the November 2011 issue
Things start to get weird when Frey locks the door to his office and pulls down the blinds. That's James Frey, author of the famously [...]
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Published on October 17, 2011 07:35

October 16, 2011

Hollywood Pioneer Sue Mengers Gone

from Vanity Fair
Sue Mengers
With a client list that included Ali MacGraw, Gene Hackman, and Barbra Streisand, Sue Mengers, the first superagent, ruled 1970s Hollywood with her brash, no-nonsense style. Herewith, the expert deal-maker dishes on insects, Paris Hilton, and sleeping.
Jack Nicholson

Which living person do you most admire?  My plumber.
What is the trait you most deplore [...]
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Published on October 16, 2011 04:50

October 15, 2011

The Oldest Art Studio

from The LA Times
Artifacts indicate a 100,000-year-old art studio
In South Africa, abalone shells covered with pigment and tools for making paints are found in a cave, suggesting humans began thinking symbolically much earlier than previously recognized.

Archeologists found evidence of a prehistoric art studio in Blombos Cave in South Africa. (Magnus Haaland / October 5, 2011)
By Amina Khan, Los Angeles [...]
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Published on October 15, 2011 05:27

October 14, 2011

Steal Your Culture

from Collectors Weekly
The Grateful Dead's Great Big Carbon Footprint
By Ben Marks

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, I loved the music of the Grateful Dead. I guess you could say I was a fan, and to this day I still give the guys a listen.
But this year's release of "Europe '72: The Complete Recordings" sort of [...]
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Published on October 14, 2011 05:59

October 13, 2011

Why A Lot Of People Think Detroit Has Seen Its Better Days

from AP via Fox DC
Detroit Police Impound Suspected Mobile Strip Club
Updated: Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011, 10:18 AM EDT
DETROIT - Detroit police have impounded a party bus they say operated illegally as a strip club for reveling football fans at a popular tailgating spot.

The Detroit News and WDIV-TV report that the "Booty Lounge" bus was parked [...]
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Published on October 13, 2011 05:05

October 12, 2011

Pork Tenderloin With Dr Pepper Barbecue Sauce

from The Arizona Republic

[ click to continue with recipe at AZCentral.com ]
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Published on October 12, 2011 05:22

October 11, 2011

"She was a strait-laced English typist. He was a sexually incontinent rock innovator."

from The Guardian
Frank Zappa, his groupies and me
She was a strait-laced English typist. He was a sexually incontinent rock innovator. So why on earth did Pauline Butcher become Frank Zappa's secretary?
Deborah Orr
Monday 3 October 2011 14.59 EDT

Pauline Butcher with Frank Zappa backstage in Anaheim in 1968 Photograph: Plexus Books
One single incident serves as a perfect [...]
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Published on October 11, 2011 06:36

October 10, 2011

Outside The Met

from Exhibition A
ANDY SPADE AND JAMES FREY OUTSIDE THE MET ON 5TH AVE
POSTED ON OCTOBER 3, 2011 BY BILL

[ click to view at Exhibition A ]
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Published on October 10, 2011 17:38

October 9, 2011

340-ton, 21-foot-high solid granite boulder crawls 120 miles to Los Angeles

from The New York Times
How Do You Move a 340-Ton Artwork? Very Carefully

Monica Almeida/The New York Times
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Published: October 7, 2011
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — It is just under 60 miles from the Stone Valley Quarry here — an expanse of dust, boulders, roaring bulldozers and cut granite hillsides — to the lush campus of the Los [...]
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Published on October 09, 2011 16:57

October 8, 2011

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