by | Sep 20, 2009 | Culture Music Art
from The Coolhunter Françoise Nielly’s massive, colorful portraits are delicious to look at. Even more wonderful – and particularly infuriating to those of us who have timidly dabbled in painting – is to watch her create them. In a beautiful video posted on her site,...
by | Sep 19, 2009 | Culture Music Art
from the New York Observer Nick Cave Shaves! Rock Snob Reads Raunchy Passage From New Novel By Joe Pompeo If there is one man in the rock-snob canon who can rattle off a series of filthy expletives without sounding anything less than utterly eloquent and polite, it...
by | Sep 19, 2009 | Weirdness
from CBS News Chicago Mobster Al Capone’s Wis. Hideout For Sale Auction Set For Chicago Mobster Al Capone’s Sprawling Wis. Hideout, Stone House, Guard Towers (AP) The buyer of a scenic property in northern Wisconsin will get more than just its bar and...
by | Sep 19, 2009 | Culture Music Art
from The Independent My secret life Daisy Lowe, model, 20 Interview by Charlotte Philby My parents were … My mother was incredibly creative and absolutely mental. She nurtured me to do what I wanted to do when I wanted to do it. The house I grew up in...
by | Sep 19, 2009 | Literary News
Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read! Banned Books Week is the only national celebration of the freedom to read. It was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. More than a...
