skatearound usa

I remember skating to Gigolo Tony at Skate-A-Round USA in Easley, SC.

frog frock

Lady GaGa in Kermit. More pictures at Just Jared.

rap o clap o

Joe Bataan's 1979ish single. Early rap.

solid gold

Obsessed with this song.

mirror, mirror

Ginger Rogers in the mirror in Kitty Foyle.

favourite things

Some of her favourite things are mine too.

discrimination cannot stand

ray of light

Madonna performing "Ray of Light" on Oprah. 1998.

o my darlin

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levity

Senator Al Franken and Sonia Sotomayor joke over "Perry Mason."

mary, 1975

My friend Rio's mom's fake id from 1975. Love it.

i look to you

Whitney Houston unveils the cover art for her forthcoming album I Look to You.

beautiful nightmare

Beyonce's video for "Sweet Dreams."

precious painting

New oil paint poster for the film Precious.

rome where you want to

the tingler

Just watched The Tingler which was a lot of fun and much more artistic than I expected. It would have been great to see it in the theater! Electrical buzzers were put under people's seats in the auditorium and activated whenever the Tingler appeared on-screen. William Castle dubbed this as Percepto! Fake screamers and fainters were also planted in the audience.



The Tingler itself reminds me of the Puss caterpillar.

sarah palin's diary entry

Maureen Dowd's persona editorial.

paris

Paris Jackson from her father's memorial service

a willow deeply scarred

ease on down

shannyn moore

Huffington Post reporter Shannyn Moore on Sarah Palin's ridiculous threats to sue her.

clementine issue two

Becca & I are so happy to unveil the second issue of Clementine Magazine today! There are excellent new poems by Kimiko Hahn, Marcus Jackson, Janine Joseph, Lauren Gould, and Erin M. Bertram. David Levine's 1970s photographs are also included.

Please check it out here.


Eve's Right Foot, Oregon Coast, 1977
Photography by David Levine

moscow

Moscow.
More photos here.

land of the lost

When I was back home in Lynchburg, I stopped by River Ridge Mall. It was sad to see all the closed stores and Macy's with no customers. The mall was never dead like that on a Friday night in the 90s.

FYE (previously Record Town) was out of Michael Jackson CD's. If you wanted to reserve one, there was a $5 deposit. I remember buying the cassette single to "Scream" for 99 cents there the day it came out. I was embarrassed to buy it then. The man who rang it up for me still works there. There are no longer cassettes in FYE nor a spot for singles. In the wake of Michael's death, it's ever more apparent that the era he came from--where pop music consumption could be an event-- is over.