Finally, a reason to have sex
April 13, 2007
I’ve always been a big fan of condoms, regardless of necessity, so the launch of a new range bearing the “Rubber Doll” design of one of my all time favourite artists, Trevor Brown, is a cause for, erm, celebration.
More:
- Trevor Brown condoms (condomania.com)
- BabyArt: Official Trevor Brown Website (pileup.com)
- Buy Trevor Brown books/posters/condoms in Europe (klangundkleid.ch)
- Coop condoms (condomania.com)
This is the truth
April 12, 2007
Despite having “a new found faith in Christianity” (generally the kiss of death to any kind of creativity), Peter Howson, “Scotland’s greatest living painter” ™ has now managed to produce a triumvirate of highly pleasing paintings of my favourite celebrity idiot and orphan botherer, the graceless Madonna. As can be seen from the extract above, also featuring her equally boorish husband (referred to here by Howson as ‘Ogre’), he has succinctly and expertly captured the repulsive allure of the “golden couple”.
More:
- “Madonna has bad brush with artist” (timesonline.co.uk)
- Peter Howson Official Website (peterhowson.net)
- “Howson slams ‘conveyor belt’ artists” (scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com)
- Flowers East Gallery, London (flowerseast.com)
Features images of all paintings in the collection “Acheron and other works”.
Previously:
Historical note: “Scotland’s greatest living painter” was actually born in England.
Can the world be as sad as it seems?
April 2, 2007
An excellent promotional video for “We are the massacre” by World’s End Girlfriend.
I’ve been listening to a lot of World’s End Girlfriend (a.k.a. Katsuhiko Maeda) lately and this video perfectly complements the beautiful track from his 4th album, “The Lie Lay Land” (2005).
More:
There’s surprisingly little of interest/substance out there but here’s a start:
- World’s End Girlfriend at Noble Records (noble-label.net)
“Nothing will delight us more than to see your life and spirit enhanced with our music.” - World’s End Girlfriend interview (autresdirections.net)
A short interview from the time of the release of “The Lie Lay Land”. - “Scorpius Circus” live (youtube.com)
Not his most original work but worth watching to see him perform live with a full-size band.
We are fam-i-lee
February 19, 2007
“You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something.
Nowadays everybody’s crazy.”
Charles Manson
Image source: Nick Bougas (unpopart.org)
More:
- No, please, no more.
Compounded
January 26, 2007
A new Consumer Electronics album “Nobody’s Ugly” (vinyl only?) has been announced.
Released by No Fun Productions of New York there is no firm date yet but you can add yourself to their mailing list to be notified when it becomes available.
More:
- Philip Best (philipbest.blogspot.com)
- No Fun Productions (nofunproductions.com)
An interesting island
January 20, 2007
“Did you know there’s a girls’ school with 400 girls just round the corner? Very nice, I’ll tell you, it really is lovely. I mean they’re so beautiful those little girls are. My conscience won’t let me tamper – feel I might damage their lives if I do anything.”
A short, but unusual, 1974 interview with Brian Eno. Conducted by then journalist Chrissie Hynde.
More:
- Everything you’d rather not have known about Brian Eno (hyperreal.org)
- EnoWeb (hyperreal.org)
- Brian Eno at Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Brian Eno Official Store (enoshop.co.uk)
- Brian Eno official site (brianeno.com)
“Experiment appearing shortly”
I should Co-Co
October 22, 2006
“Twin Klownz Oral Balloon” by Glenn Campbell
I am embarrassed and ashamed to say that I have never had erotic thoughts of any kind about clowns. Sadly, it just never occurred to me that clowns and porn could be such a combustible mix. We should all be thankful that Glenn Campbell doesn’t have the same lack of imagination.
More:
- Klown Erotica (klownerotika.com)
- Porn Clown Posse (pornclownposse.com)
- Ouchy The Clown (ouchytheclown.com)
- Sherbert The Clown (ropelover.com)
- Bedding Bozo by Cara Bruce (eros-guide.com)
- Erwin Olaf “Paradise Portraits” (erwinolaf.com)
Completion
October 18, 2006
Just turned up on Dime-A-Dozen, a performance length video of Whitehouse recorded live in the United States earlier this year, namely:
live action 143
05 mar 06
bar – new haven, usa
william bennett, philip best
avalanche, dans, ruthless babysitting, cruise (force the truth), philosophy improv, nzambi ia lufua, cut hands has the solution, munkisi munkondi, a cunt like you, tit pulp, why you never became a dancer, movement 2000
This one is not yet available officially from Susan Lawly. The performance was videotaped but I have no reason to believe that this is the “official” recording.
More:
- Whitehouse Live Action 143 torrent (dimeadozen.org)
- Susan Lawly (susanlawly.freeuk.com)
- William Bennett blog (williambennett.blogspot.com)
Previously:
Yes, that is a gun in my pocket
September 13, 2006
While “researching” a soon-to-come post about Jim Thompson I came across this fascinating article about the (usually uncredited) photographs used to illustrate the noir magazines of the ’30′s and ’40′s.
Great article, even better pictures.
“Film star Mae West once asked, "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?" In the case of this photograph, we can confidently say - it's a gun. There is real danger here - and not just from smoking in bed. But there's also danger in assuming too much.
So look closely at the languid young thing on the bed. She may be holding that hand mirror as if to check her lipstick - but her eyes are turned to the side, the better to see that gun being pulled.“
More:
- Pulp Pix: The Bizarre Case of Photography Noir (photographymuseum.com)
Get the fuck over it
September 8, 2006
Philip Best has started blogging.
Shouldn’t you be reading it?
“WHAT SORT OF SEX WAS IT?
CHERRY RIPE NOVELTY OR
SOMETHING MISERABLE, INSIGNIFICANT
FADED, CRUSHED AND OLD
LIKE THE JILTED ROADSIDE BLONDE
CROAKING THE SONG
DEAR FUCKING DIARY
TODAY I LEARNED
ACTRESSES GET SLAPPED
ACTRESSES GET RAPED
GET THE FUCK OVER IT”
More:
- Philip Best (blogspot.com)
