by | Oct 21, 2012 | Bright Shiny News, Culture Music Art
from paste R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe to Judge Animated GIF Contest BY RYAN BORT What has Michael Stipe been up to since R.E.M. called it quits last year? Well, we haven’t heard much, but it was recently announced on the band’s website that the former frontman will...
by | Oct 20, 2012 | Literary News
from The Wall Street Journal Writers Leave the Book Covers to Him By MATT MCCUE Rodrigo Corral is the darling of the literati—even though he’s not a writer, agent or publisher. Over the past 15 years, Mr. Corral has designed more than 500 book covers for works...
by | Oct 19, 2012 | Culture Music Art
from GalleristNY Richard Prince Gets His Own Arizona Drink It’s called Lemon Fizz By Andrew Russeth (Courtesy Arizona) It’s true. Richard Prince and Arizona have teamed up on a new drink. It is called Lemon Fizz, and according to Bevnet — ”The Beverage...
by | Oct 18, 2012 | Culture Music Art
from E! Online Sylvia Kristel, Star of Emmanuelle, Dead at 60 by Alexis L. Loinaz AFP/GettyImages In a cinematic era marked by burgeoning sexual frankness and a more fluid acceptance of movie eroticism, Sylvia Kristel was at the forefront of a cresting wave. The Dutch...
by | Oct 17, 2012 | Culture Music Art, Mirth
from GalleristNY Jeff Koons Press Release Has Best Sentence in Any Press Release Ever By GalleristNY Jeff Koons is having his first exhibition in Brussels in 20 years; it open[ed] Oct. 6 at Almine Rech gallery. And that is news! But far more impressive than that news...