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acehotel: Passionately devoted to contemporary art and artists,...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:00 -0400

Passionately devoted to contemporary art and artists, Dorothy and Herb Vogel—a New York City postal clerk and a librarian—began, in 1962, to build what would become a legendary art collection. They collected the art of their time and got to know the artists and their work, eventually bringing together some 5,000 artworks. In 1991, the Vogels donated most of their collection to the National Gallery in Washington. In addition, they selected 50 works for one museum in each of the 50 U.S. states. The Seattle Art Museum is the beneficiary in the state of Washington and will exhibit the Vogel gift in the spring of 2013, which will be contextualized by works from the museum’s collection.

– Catharina Manchanda, Jon & Mary Shirley Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art

The 2008 documentary about them — Herb & Dorothy — is such a fun watch, and is available to stream on Netflix.

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Fri, 17 May 2013 11:34:44 -0400

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Arrested Development mood chart by Lindsey Weber

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:17:49 -0400

Arrested Development mood chart by Lindsey Weber

millionsmillions: “Paradoxically, this is the reason to write...

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:34:20 -0400

millionsmillions:

“Paradoxically, this is the reason to write and read about Zelda [Fitzgerald], because she deserved a life much more interesting than the one that she got. Interesting to her, that is, a life she could have given her energy and talents to, not just a life made interesting by famous friends and European capitals.” - Janet Potter

oldloves: Bill Murray on Gilda Radner: “Gilda got married and...

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:40:12 -0400

oldloves:

Bill Murray on Gilda Radner:

“Gilda got married and went away. None of us saw her anymore. There was one good thing: Laraine had a party one night, a great party at her house. And I ended up being the disk jockey. She just had forty-fives, and not that many, so you really had to work the music end of it. There was a collection of like the funniest people in the world at this party. Somehow Sam Kinison sticks in my brain. The whole Monty Python group was there, most of us from the show, a lot of other funny people, and Gilda. Gilda showed up and she’d already had cancer and gone into remission and then had it again, I guess. Anyway she was slim. We hadn’t seen her in a long time. And she started doing, “I’ve got to go,” and she was just going to leave, and I was like, “Going to leave?” It felt like she was going to really leave forever.

So we started carrying her around, in a way that we could only do with her. We carried her up and down the stairs, around the house, repeatedly, for a long time, until I was exhausted. Then Danny did it for a while. Then I did it again. We just kept carrying her; we did it in teams. We kept carrying her around, but like upside down, every which way—over your shoulder and under your arm, carrying her like luggage. And that went on for more than an hour—maybe an hour and a half—just carrying her around and saying, “She’s leaving! This could be it! Now come on, this could be the last time we see her. Gilda’s leaving, and remember that she was very sick—hello?”

We worked all aspects of it, but it started with just, “She’s leaving, I don’t know if you’ve said good-bye to her.” And we said good-bye to the same people ten, twenty times, you know.

And because these people were really funny, every person we’d drag her up to would just do like five minutes on her, with Gilda upside down in this sort of tortured position, which she absolutely loved. She was laughing so hard we could have lost her right then and there.

It was just one of the best parties I’ve ever been to in my life. I’ll always remember it. It was the last time I saw her.”

- from Live from New York: an Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live

SHE-RA starring Kylie Minogue, a Funny Or Die original trailer

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:28:00 -0400

SHE-RA starring Kylie Minogue, a Funny Or Die original trailer

Says Rob Delaney: Auction to see one of my NY shows, drink free booze, hang out with me, and help...

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:21:00 -0400

Says Rob Delaney:

Auction to see one of my NY shows, drink free booze, hang out with me, and help someone out

The wife of a friend recently suffered a brain injury. A cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) rupture, to be specific. It required major brain surgery and continues to require many months of rehabilitation. Her insurance just stopped paying for her to stay at the rehabilitation hospital, not because she doesn’t need it, but because they don’t feel like paying for it anymore.

In an effort to alleviate just the tiniest portion of her staggering, unbelievable medical bills, I am auctioning tickets to an upcoming show in New York and doing a meet and greet after the show. You will also - are you ready? - get unlimited free booze. This wasn’t my idea. I don’t consider myself “auction worthy” by any stretch of the imagination. But when asked to do it, I said yes, because the way health care is administered in this country is offensive and brutal and mercenary and I enjoy calling attention to that fact. I would also like this beautiful young woman to get whatever it is she needs so she can walk, talk, and remember things again.

So if you’d like to attend a show of mine and meet me afterward and, more importantly, help someone out in a very direct manner, bid on these tickets. I look forward to meeting you.

Rob

http://www.ebay.com/itm/An-Evening-of-Comedy-with-Rob-Delaney-/271206713182

Says marissaaross: THE TOP REASONS YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS NEW...

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400

Says marissaaross:

THE TOP REASONS YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS NEW EPISODE OF THE SHOW I WRITE & STAR IN, TANGENTS & THE TIMES:

1. THE RETURN OF STONED MARISSA! ALSO, THE ADDITION OF DRUNK MARISSA! FIGHTS BETWEEN STONED AND DRUNK MARISSA!
2. THE RETURN OF DUDEFRIEND! [portrayed by everyone’s chillest homeboy, Alan Hanson]
3. I give the performance of my life at 2:40 because you get to watch me melt. You’ve never seen a realer melt. I will never win an Oscar because I gave the performance of my life with that melt!
4. The way I say “fingerblasted”!
5. I try to be sexy! Try not to barf!
6. I cry!
7. Dope tunes from TV Girl, Springtime Carnivore, and Roman Ruins! Also, it is the most perfect placement of TV Girl’s “I Wonder Who She’s Kissing” cause that’s just how I roll!
8. My hair is fucking perfect in the opening scene!
9. Watch it so I don’t have to keep asking people to watch it!
10. I love you? I mean… I LOVE YOU! ♥♥♥

Arthur Ou - Screen Tests, 2008-11 (via)

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:24:45 -0400

Arthur Ou - Screen Tests, 2008-11

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Says photographer Jaime Moore: “So my amazing daughter, Emma,...

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:39:00 -0400

Says photographer Jaime Moore:

“So my amazing daughter, Emma, turned 5 last month, and I had been searching everywhere for new-creative inspiration for her 5yr pictures. I noticed quite a pattern of so many young girls dressing up as beautiful Disney Princesses, no matter where I looked 95% of the “ideas” were the “How to’s” of how to dress your little girl like a Disney Princess…We chose 5 women (five amazing and strong women), as it was her 5th birthday but there are thousands of unbelievable women (and girls) who have beat the odds and fought (and still fight) for their equal rights all over the world.”

theniftyfifties: Rosemary Clooney listening to records.

Sun, 12 May 2013 20:33:00 -0400

theniftyfifties:

Rosemary Clooney listening to records.

Me + Mom, circa 1985ish

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:15:12 -0400

Me + Mom, circa 1985ish

Last night’s Novelization reading at Union Hall was a...

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:12:34 -0400

Last night’s Novelization reading at Union Hall was a blast. Thanks to Heidi and the other organizers for having me!

heidicomestolife:

@sarahspy cuts Footloose.

beautilation: “I’ll never forget the day Marilyn and I were...

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:41:28 -0400

beautilation:

“I’ll never forget the day Marilyn and I were walking around New York City, just having a stroll on a nice day. She loved New York because no one bothered her there like they did in Hollywood, she could put on her plain-jane clothes and no one would notice her. She loved that. So as we we’re walking down Broadway, she turns to me and says ‘Do you want to see me become her?’ I didn’t know what she meant but I just said ‘Yes’- and then I saw it. I don’t know how to explain what she did because it was so very subtle, but she turned something on within herself that was almost like magic. And suddenly cars were slowing and people were turning their heads and stopping to stare. They were recognizing that this was Marilyn Monroe as if she pulled off a mask or something, even though a second ago nobody noticed her. I had never seen anything like it before.” - Amy Greene, wife of Marilyn’s personal photographer Milton Greene

weird-vibes: New episode of Weird Vibes, rockumenting the one...

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:09:24 -0400

weird-vibes:

New episode of Weird Vibes, rockumenting the one and only Marnie Stern. Also features bedbugs, dogs, sxsw, free sponsored sunglasses, and guests mac demarco, diiv, sky ferreira, trash talk, hannibal buress, flaming lips, neon indian and more.

music videos from co la, wild nothing, the babies, and mac demarco.

WATCH: http://www.mtvhive.com/2013/05/06/weird-vibes-marnie-stern/

"Going through a drawer I found the submissions/applications log I’ve kept off and on over the years...."

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:33:00 -0400

“Going through a drawer I found the submissions/applications log I’ve kept off and on over the years. Just in case you think it’s all been roses I’d like to report that Yaddo rejected me (as recently as 2011). McDowell rejected me. Hedgebrook rejected me twice. The Georgia Review rejected me and Ploughshares rejected me and Tin House rejected me, as did about twenty other journals and magazines. Both The Sun and The Missouri Review rejected me before I appeared in their pages. Literary Arts declined to give me a fellowship three times before I won one. I’ve applied for an NEA five times and it’s always been a no. Harper’s magazine never even bothered to reply. I say it all the time but I’ll say it again: keep on writing. Never give up. Rejection is part of a writer’s life. Then, now, always.”

- Cheryl Strayed, in a Facebook post

architizer: New York And London Double-Exposed Today we’re...

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:09:28 -0400

Photo: Daniella Zalcman, "New York + London". 2012.

Photo: Daniella Zalcman, "New York + London". 2012.

Photo: Daniella Zalcman, "New York + London". 2012.

Photo: Daniella Zalcman, "New York + London". 2012.

architizer:

New York And London Double-Exposed

Today we’re spotlighting the work of photographer Daniella Zalcman, whose stunning New York + London series of superimposed photos takes Instagram images to a new level. Navigating between travel and art photography, Zalcman documented her major transnational relocation to London from New York with this set of overlapping photographs of both cities. Her meticulous compositions produce synergy and dissonance in the same frame, heightening their visual contrast and strong atmospheric presence. Click through to see more!

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Wed, 08 May 2013 17:33:10 -0400

4ever

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Between Two Ferns / Lonely Island “Spring Break...

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:33:00 -0400

Between Two Ferns / Lonely Island “Spring Break Anthem”

Illustrations by Barbara Baldi (via)

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:27:09 -0400

Illustrations by Barbara Baldi

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