you visit here, or you surfed over. what would you like from here? it can be anything.

type it in.

 

the one on the right in the top one, and on the floor in the bottom one, sent me two of the most amazing letters, once, before he got famous. just look at him; imagine what getting a letter from him must be like; you don't know half of it.

Virginia Puff-Paint by Jeremy Laing, 2004
Jeremy Laing and Will Munro, shot by Bruce LaBruce

 

This person is the opposite of me

The real problem is, pleasure is easy. I feel down, I buy some shoes. Or have sex, or gamble, or have a drink .. These are seen as actual ways to solve problems. On paper, it looks rather silly, but we still all do it to some extent. If you think about it rationally, though .. do those shoes actually solve anything? (unless, of course, you were barefoot before or otherwise actually NEEDED shoes). Do they grant you happiness? Or do you just bring them home and stick them next to your other shoes and want to buy more the next time you feel down?

 

earlier / earliest

 

At True to You:

I am writing this in the city of Barcelona where, many years ago, I discovered the American writer James Baldwin sitting alone and somewhat lost in the darkened lobby of one of the city's oldest hotels. Surprised at being inches away from such a great man, I froze in sheepish clumsiness, circled him eleven times, before I realized that he could not possibly have any interest in being approached by someone who had spent all 25 years of their life locked in an attic because too awful to look at. So, I did nothing, walked on, and shortly thereafter he was dead. Yet another lesson.

 

Jake, 2004
shot by Ryan McGinley

 

Ryan McGinley and Kent somebody, 2006
shot by Amy Kellner

 

nolan
by William Galindo

 

One of my favorite Lou Reed songs, from 2000's Ecstasy. I'll label it an 'overlooked' masterpiece because no one has ever spoken to me about it.

Rock Minuet
by Lou Reed / lyrics
on Ecstasy, 2000

 

For a Friend 2006

Day-

So complete is my inability to resist temptation that I don't claim to know how it feels to be tempted-

Evening-

The night became a blur

 

Today the wall had a sign pointing to it

 

Lou Reed
shot by Andy Warhol, in the Factory kitchen

 

Open Your Mouth, 2006

context

 

Reasons to Live

1, 2005

2, 2006

Smaller, smaller...

 

So, The Sounds have visual clones of both Morrissey and Damon Albarn? Sign me up?

Is their music any good? What song/s should I check out?

-
photograph by Cass Bird, 2006

 

all other entries are in the directory. some questions are answered at return the ring.