{"id":977,"date":"2008-10-09T08:20:24","date_gmt":"2008-10-09T15:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2008\/10\/full-on-show-at-the-half\/"},"modified":"2008-10-09T08:21:27","modified_gmt":"2008-10-09T15:21:27","slug":"full-on-show-at-the-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/09\/full-on-show-at-the-half\/","title":{"rendered":"Full-on Show At The Half"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic\"><a href=\"http:\/\/guestofaguest.com\/nyc-arts\/damon-johnson-gives-his-dad-some-real-gossip-to-write-about-inspires-michael-ovitz-james-frey-and-others-to-emulate-his-art\/\" target=\"_blank\">from Guest Of A Guest<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 20px; line-height: normal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/guestofaguest.com\/nyc-arts\/damon-johnson-gives-his-dad-some-real-gossip-to-write-about-inspires-michael-ovitz-james-frey-and-others-to-emulate-his-art\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Damon Johnson Gives His Dad Some REAL Gossip To Write About: Inspires Michael Ovitz, James Frey And Others To Emulate His Art\" style=\"font: normal normal normal 1em\/normal Georgia; font-size: 1em; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; border-width: 0px; border-style: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\">Damon Johnson Gives His Dad Some REAL Gossip To Write About: Inspires Michael Ovitz, James Frey And Others To Emulate His Art<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/guestofaguest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/james_frey_1.jpg\" style=\"font: normal normal normal 1em\/normal Georgia; font-size: 1em; color: #0000ff; text-decoration: none; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/guestofaguest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/james_frey_1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26190\" title=\"james_frey_1\" width=\"400\" height=\"473\" style=\"font: normal normal normal 1em\/normal Georgia; max-width: 100%; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; border-style: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em style=\"font: normal normal normal 1em\/normal Georgia; font-style: italic; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">[James Frey imitating a painting by Damon Johnson]<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: normal normal normal 1em\/normal Georgia; color: #000000; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px\">JOHN NORWOOD<br style=\"font: normal normal normal 1em\/normal Georgia; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\" \/>NYC: IT\u2019S A BEAUTY &#8211; IT\u2019S A BITCH!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: normal normal normal 1em\/normal Georgia; color: #000000; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/guestofaguest.com\/galleries\/album287\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font: normal normal normal 1em\/normal Georgia; font-size: 1em; color: #0000ff; text-decoration: none; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\">Go HERE\u00a0<\/a>for the entire gallery from this event by<strong style=\"font: normal normal normal 1em\/normal Georgia; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\">\u00a0John Norwood.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: normal normal normal 1em\/normal Georgia; color: #000000; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px\">Night is my time for walking. I love to look for that glow of light that beckons from my intended destination; a movie premiere, a new restaurant, a new nightclub, an art gallery opening. As I approached the appropriately named Half Gallery, for painter\u00a0<strong style=\"font: normal normal normal 1em\/normal Georgia; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\">Damon Johnson\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0new show titled, \u201cThanks for Asking\u201d, I noticed that only a slight glow could possibly escape from this tiny LES storefront. Also, apropos, their logo was done all in caps with the bottom halves of all the letters removed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: normal normal normal 1em\/normal Georgia; color: #000000; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px\">Never mind the size of the gallery, I had big expectations. Three clever people own the place;\u00a0<strong style=\"font: normal normal normal 1em\/normal Georgia; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\">James Frey<\/strong>, the best selling author.<strong style=\"font: normal normal normal 1em\/normal Georgia; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\">\u00a0Bill Powers,<\/strong>\u00a0the former editor of Blackbook Magazine and\u00a0<strong style=\"font: normal normal normal 1em\/normal Georgia; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\">Andy Spade,\u00a0<\/strong>husband of handbag empress, Kate Spade. Plus, Damon is the son of the New York Post\u2019s Page Six editor,\u00a0<strong style=\"font: normal normal normal 1em\/normal Georgia; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px; margin: 0px\">Richard Johnson.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: normal normal normal 1em\/normal Georgia; color: #000000; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; padding: 0px\">[ <a href=\"http:\/\/guestofaguest.com\/nyc-arts\/damon-johnson-gives-his-dad-some-real-gossip-to-write-about-inspires-michael-ovitz-james-frey-and-others-to-emulate-his-art\/\" target=\"_blank\">click to continue reading at Guest Of A Guest<\/a> ]\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Guest Of A Guest \u00a0Damon Johnson Gives His Dad Some REAL Gossip To Write About: Inspires Michael Ovitz, James Frey And Others To Emulate His Art [James Frey imitating a painting by Damon Johnson] JOHN NORWOODNYC: IT\u2019S A BEAUTY &#8211; IT\u2019S A BITCH! Go HERE\u00a0for the entire gallery from this event by\u00a0John Norwood. 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