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Monthly Archives: June 2011

A Trip Inside My Brain

I’ve been sitting on these images for a while (basically since I redid my old apartment), waiting until I came up with something to say about them. Rather thank keep one waiting, here are the things have been floating around my mind for a while now.

Holy Trinity

I’ve been doing a lot of research into American (and French, and British) history working on the new Chronicles series at work. Las Vegas has proved especially interesting, which is funny, because the Old West never really was my bag.
This photo of the first-ever nuclear explosion — taken far from Nevada in Bikini Atoll — [...]

Teen Dad

Here’s my dad with his dad in 1969. I couldn’t let today go by without thanking the no. 1 man in my life for being the coolest and most supportive father in the world. After all, where do you think I got all this sophistication, wit and charm*? Love you dad! [...]

Greater L.A.

Even though I’m Northeast born and bred, I love me some L.A. And when I saw the exhibition Greater L.A., a survey of artists living and working in Los Angeles, I left wondering: Is Los Angeles the most important city in America right now?
Thankfully, I got to speak with exhibition co-curator Joel Mesler [...]

Schlechtes Gedächtnis / Gute Erinnerungen

In honor of the New Museum’s upcoming show Ostalgia, let’s spend a few minutes with the baddest Frau aus der DDR, Miss Nina Hagen.

Hack Attack!

Last night my e-mail was hacked. Not by Angelina Jolie and the delicious Jonny Lee Miller, but by some a-hole with a cell phone in Poland. (The IP is 83.7.224.17 if that means anything to anybody.)
So if you’ve gotten a weird e-mail from me, DON’T OPEN IT. And whatever you do, always practice safe text.

New ‘Do


A Very Still Life