January 29, 2012
(...) Christopher [Hitchens] became almost ferally polite, addressing Mos [Def], as he tore into his ideas, by the faux-respectful moniker “Mr. Definitely,” a name so belittlingly funny that it rendered even more risible the risible notions which Mr. D. was trying to advance.

Salman Rushdie, Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011, for Vanity Fair, January 2012.

I bought the last issue of VF that Hitchens graced with a column, to cry and laugh at Rushie’s eulogy.

January 27, 2012
Fette, The night train, Berlin, December 2011.

Fette, The night train, Berlin, December 2011.

January 26, 2012
Top, screen capture from Diary of a Nymphomaniac, 1973, directed by Jess Franco. Via. Bottom, photograph by K8 Hardy, Position Series 51, 2011, 53 x 79 x 4 cm. Via.

Top, screen capture from Diary of a Nymphomaniac, 1973, directed by Jess Franco. Via. Bottom, photograph by K8 Hardy, Position Series 51, 2011, 53 x 79 x 4 cm. Via.

Top, screen capture from Topio stin omichli [Landscape in the Mist], 1988, directed by Theo Angelopoulos. Via. Bottom, photograph by Tom Palumbo, Anne St. Marie, 1958, editorial for Saks. Via.
RIP Monsieur Angelopoulos.

Top, screen capture from Topio stin omichli [Landscape in the Mist], 1988, directed by Theo Angelopoulos. Via. Bottom, photograph by Tom Palumbo, Anne St. Marie, 1958, editorial for Saks. Via.

RIP Monsieur Angelopoulos.

January 25, 2012
Fette, Wendy White, New York, November 2011. My shots of the fantastic Wendy are now available on Freunde von Freunden with an interview by David John. The post marks the 100th interview on the website. Such a lovely milestone to be associated with.

Fette, Wendy White, New York, November 2011. My shots of the fantastic Wendy are now available on Freunde von Freunden with an interview by David John. The post marks the 100th interview on the website. Such a lovely milestone to be associated with.

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Justice, On’n’On, 2012, from the album Audio, Video DiscoVia.

Did they sample Vladimir Cosma, Habanera which was made for the film La Gloire De Mon Père? Listen. That would be amazing.

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Top, photograph by Nan Goldin, Nan and Brian in Bed, NYC, 1983, Silver dye bleach print, 20 x 24 inches. Via. More. Bottom, photograph by Zoe Strauss, Carlos Parents on Mattress, El Paso, TX - Billboard 29, 2008. Via. More.
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We are habits, nothing but habits – the habit of saying ‘I’. Perhaps there is no more striking answer to the problem of the Self.
Gilles Deleuze. Via.

Top, photograph by Nan Goldin, Nan and Brian in Bed, NYC, 1983, Silver dye bleach print, 20 x 24 inches. Via. More. Bottom, photograph by Zoe Strauss, Carlos Parents on Mattress, El Paso, TX - Billboard 29, 2008. Via. More.

We are habits, nothing but habits – the habit of saying ‘I’. Perhaps there is no more striking answer to the problem of the Self.

Gilles Deleuze. Via.

Music video for Zebra katz, Ima Read, 2011, directed by Ruben Sznajderman.

Fette, Burnt, Ojai, December 2011.

Fette, Burnt, Ojai, December 2011.

January 24, 2012

Live performance of Lady Shave and Back to Nature by Fad Gadget, Hotel Suburbia Part II, 1983. Thank you.

Top, Roland Topor, La Couvée, 1977. Via. Bottom, photograph by Nico Krijno, from the series Is Nothing Secret Anymore, 2011. Via. More.

Top, Roland Topor, La Couvée, 1977. Via. Bottom, photograph by Nico Krijno, from the series Is Nothing Secret Anymore, 2011. Via. More.

January 23, 2012
Both photographs by Alexandra Gordienko, Thom Browne F/W 2012 Men’s Show, Paris. Via.
This looks like one incredible collection.

Both photographs by Alexandra Gordienko, Thom Browne F/W 2012 Men’s Show, Paris. Via.

This looks like one incredible collection.