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The Whole Shebang
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Crazy but well informed
So I was reading an excellent interview with Todd Haynes about his new glorious film, Carol. The article had an overview of Todd's work, so he was asked about his earliest influences, which of course includes Mary Poppins. Those who know have been aware of the MP/VG links via the now decade old Mary Poppins/Velvet Goldmine Gallery.From the ( Read more... ) -
Q&A Audio with Todd Haynes and Sandy Powell at the MCA
So a few Sundays ago I shook out my Marc Bolan style corkscrew curls, put on some glitter eyeshadow, my Bowie/Tilda leggings, a silver jacket, my Lindsay Kemp designed Swatch watch and took a 6:45 am flight to Chicago to see the David Bowie Is exhibit at the MCA. Also on the schedule for the day was a screening of Velvet Goldmine followed by a Q&A ( Read more... ) -
DB and VG Q&A at the MCA with Todd and Sandy!
Dear Sweet Darlings,
We are less than a week away from the event of the century: Todd Haynes and Sandy Powell are doing a Q&A after a screening of Velvet Goldmine as part of the David Bowie Is exhibition in Chicago. This brilliant show from the Victoria and Albert Museum is touring the world and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago is the ( Read more... ) -
Those who know should make the cognoscenti think
One night, eons ago when I was waitressing at an art bar in Tribeca, these two angelic faced young men, tourists from Germany, had finished their meal and were paying their tab when they asked with complete sincerity, in beautiful, slightly accented English, Where is this Wild Side? At first I thought they meant the West Side but they clarified ( Read more... ) -
Damn you Atlantic Ocean
Dear Sweet Darlings,
So many of our obsessions are represented at museums this year. The academics have analyzed Glam Rock and now the curators have at it. There's a Bowie retrospective at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Glam! The Performance of Style is now at the Tate Liverpool. Stateside we've got Punk: Chaos to Couture at The Metropolitan ( Read more... ) -
Insightful review of Todd's films
including this perfectly apt take on Velvet Goldmine, by Dennis Lim:
"The common knock on Haynes - that he's overly cerebral - came up most often with "Velvet Goldmine," which remains his most underrated film. Some found its layered, referential game-playing antithetical to the Dionysian spirit of rock and roll, but in Haynes' best work - and in ( Read more... )
