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

type it in.

 

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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

 

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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?

Emphasis mine of course. [Word to the wise: that is a screen.]

 

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earlier / earliest

 

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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.

 

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Jake, 2004
shot by Ryan McGinley

 

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Ryan McGinley and Kent somebody, 2006
shot by Amy Kellner

 

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nolan
by William Galindo

 

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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

 

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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

 

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Today the wall had a sign pointing to it

 

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In the 1997 Taschen 'Complete Works 1976-1996' for Pierre et Gilles (perhaps the best $40 that has ever been spent on a gift for me*), there's an essay written in French by Bernard Marcadé. It's translated into English by Martyn Back and into German by Uta Grosenick.

There's also an essay written in English by Dan Cameron. It's translated into French by Frédéric Maurin, and into German, again by Uta Grosenick. I think in both cases, Uta Grosenick actually translated the English version into German, not either French version, but obviously I don't know (might you know?).

Anyway, translator irrespective- the essay titles are as follows-

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Bernard Marcadé's
In the original French: 'Pierre et Gilles, ou Il n'y a pas de second degré'
In English: 'Pierre et Gilles, or What you see is what you get'
In German: 'Pierre et Gilles, oder »What you see is what you get«'

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Dan Cameron's
In the original English: 'In the Name of Love'
In French: 'Au nom de l'amour'
In German: 'Im Namen der Liebe'

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My impression [?]
;There's no real way to say Il n'y a pas de second degré in English - literally, in French, 'There is no second degree', generally meaning something like 'There's not another layer/level'.
;There's no real way to say it in German either.
;There's also no real way to say 'What you see is what you get' in German.
;But 'in the name of love' means the same in all three languages.

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Christophe 1981

 

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Lou Reed
shot by Andy Warhol, in the Factory kitchen

 

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Open Your Mouth, 2006

context

 

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Reasons to Live

1, 2005

2, 2006

Smaller, smaller...

 

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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?

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photograph by Cass Bird, 2006

 

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Damon Albarn on Brett Anderson, 2001: 'Yeah, I know I went overboard with all that stuff... I was rather pissed off... but I have to ask one question, is he still a bisexual who's never had a homosexual experience? Because I'm essentially straight, and I've had homosexual experiences. If he actually is bisexual, he's obviously got some sort of hang-up.'

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photograph of Damon Albarn by Gregg Williams, for Make Trade Fair
photograph of Brett Anderson 'bi'... ?

 

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