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Richard Ramirez and Hannah Arendt
I went to see the film HANNAH ARENDT on the day Richard Ramirez had died. The film had opened in LA that day and I had waited for about two weeks, eager to see it from the minute I read about it. ARENDT has been reduced to her tagline observation "The Banality of Evil" a…
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Gallery neighborhoods …
The foot traffic never seems to justify the added expense. If I had to do it again I might have gone with a place that had five parking spots and no neighbors. Just a thought.
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Samuel Bayer at Ace Gallery
Ace Gallery Beverly Hills held a preview exhibition of the Samuel Bayer photography exhibit on Saturday night. Doug Chrismas explained to me that the reason the public opening for the reception is listed as Sunday night was that the gallery invited the artist’s rolodex for the Saturday opening and the gallery’s rolodex for the Sunday…
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I Always Turn The Station When These Bands Come On The Radio
I flip the station a lot, but ALWAYS flip the station before I have to listen to four bars of music of any of these bands: Journey Boston Foreigner Styx Fleetwood Mac Aerosmith Bryan Adams The Eagles Foghat Bad Company Billy Joel Phil Collins (solo) Huey Lewis and The News Doobie Brothers Bob Seger REO…
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Lunar Hospital Odyssey
They shaved me in places I had never shaved, taped and bandaged and medicated this body, this earthly shell. They stuck a machine in me to make the whole thing work better. Adam Smith would point out my greed for more days on this earth as the motivation to go thru an ordeal that stretched…
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The Effective Way to Scorn NY Times Critic Ken Johnson
We appreciate you taking the time to submit your most recent post. Unfortunately, we are going to pass on it for publication at this time, and will look forward to your next submission. Thanks, Huffington Post blog team This is the first article of mine that the Huffington Post has declined to publish… There could…