I’m so goth I masturbate in the shower to “Disintegration” by The Cure regularly
Seriously. I am not kidding. I do this. It’s how I de-stress.
35 Years Ago Today…
Star Wars (A New Hope) was released in theaters for the first time.
It went on to become the highest-grossing film of all time (up to that point). Adjusted for inflation, it comes in at number 3 in the list of highest-grossing films ever made right behind Avatar (2009) and Gone With The Wind (1939). If you were to include toy/merchandise sales into the mix, it would take the top spot by a very wide margin. It isn’t all just about making money. It currently averages an 8.8/10 on IMDB which places it at #17 all time as voted by users.
In 1987, Miles Davis was invited to a White House dinner by Ronald Reagan. Few of the guests appeared to know who he was. During dinner, Nancy Reagan turned to him and asked what he’d done with his life to merit an invitation. Straight-faced, Davis replied: “Well, I’ve changed the course of music five or six times. What have you done except fuck the president?
Oof… who can trust the guardian nowadays? the real quote from Miles is below…
Miles writes: “She looked at me and turned all red and shit, then she said, ‘Well, what have you done that’s so important in your life? Why are you here?’
“Now, I just hate shit like this coming from someone who is ignorant, but who wants to be hip and has forced you into a situation where you’re talking to them in this manner. She brought this on herself. So then I said, ‘Well, I’ve changed music five or six times, so I guess that’s what I’ve done and I guess I don’t believe in playing just white compositions.’
“I looked at her real cold and said, ‘Now, tell me what have you done of any importance other than be white, and that ain’t important to me, so tell me what your claim to fame is?’”
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(Source: Guardian, via foot-pound)
NEW ART KLAXON! NEW ART KLAXON!
I know it’s dramatic, but i do so much that i can’t share with you (although if you want to see something i worked on at my day job then you could have a look here), so it’s nice to have something of my own out there for public consumption.
Once again i’m contributing to a Gallery1988 art show extravaganza, this time themed around the films and other pursuits of Steve Martin. If i have to explain that this illustration is based on LA Story then you’re probably not the target market for this show, but i encourage you to go and have a look if you’re in LA next month.
Opening night is June 8th and this piece will be on sale as a two color screen print (once again printed by the good, talented and very patient guys at Parliament of Feathers) at the show and then online shortly after. Read more here.
Don’t let yourself die without knowing the wonder of fucking with love.
Gabriel García Márquez, Memories of My Melancholy Whores, translation by Edith Grossman (via frenchtwist)
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Lady Vader
Created by Robin E. Kaplan
Print available at etsy.
