Happy Halloween

Photo: Bob Gruen

I love this photo so much. Mainly because this is the corner of 23rd street and 8th avenue back in the day when what's currently a BBQ was a bank, the ad in the background on the building that's only really appropriate for a pack of smokes was a pack of smokes, and diagonally across from where the awesome band for whom every day was Halloween is standing there was the bowling alley where I won a second-place trophy in 5th grade (I was playing against a bunch of chimpanzees, I'm sure) and the Lamston's where I bought my first Maybelline eyeliner pencil, etc., etc., stood.

But perhaps most of all, look at how Gene Simmons is dressed. Not only do I have clogs almost exactly like that, I would wear his whole dang outfit in a snap. Homey looks sharp!

Halloween anticipation

This year you get a preview of what my sister has cooking. It's gonna be bananas.

The ol' switcheroo

Here's yet another impossible-not-to-love photography project. Canadian artist Hana Pesut photographs (mostly) straight couples, then has them switch their outfits and takes another picture.

Go here to see more.

Blog infidelity

I wrote a post for MoMA's blog Inside/Out last week.


Ger Van Elk's version of Paul Klee's Around the Fish

I'm sorry oh snap! I still love you as a form of self-indulgence and communication! (And yeah, I know, most of you already heard about this from my post on the social network that shall not be named and other blathering. Apologies for the repetition repetition.)