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☞ YR PSYCHIC INTEGRITY IS AT RISK. And, frankly, the only way to protect yrself from the dangers that loom thick in the astral interstice is to take a master class from our premiere spectral spectator: JULAVITS.
☞ Join the critically-acclaimed and Archer-revered Heidi Julavits as we launch the paperback edition of her VERY EXCELLENT & VERY IMPORTANT novel THE VANISHERS at WORD tomorrow night.
☞ BONUS CONTENT: the stage will be shared by Hari Kunzru, who will be launching the paperback of HIS critically-acclaimed novel GODS WITHOUT MEN, as well.
☞ As our narrator warns us in THE VANISHERS’s opening pages, “this is not just a story about how you can become sick by knowing other people. This is a story about how other people can become sick by knowing you.” Accordingly, if I know you and you don’t attend? You make me sick and I will make you sick.
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Mega-babe David Rakoff is the subject of this week’s “Grub Street Diet” feature over at New York Magazine. Utter, utter bliss.
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New York City is eternally evolving. From its iconic skyline to its side alleys, the new is perpetually being built on the debris of the past. But a movement to preserve the city’s vanishing landscapes has emerged. For nearly 20 years, Frank Jump has been documenting the fading ads that are visible, but less often seen, all over New York. Disappearing from the sides of buildings or hidden by new construction, these signs are remnants of lost eras of New York’s life. They weave together the city’s unique history, culture, environment and society and tell the stories of the businesses, places and people whose lives transpired among them – the story of New York itself. Fading Ads is also a study of time and space, of mortality and living, as Jump’s campaign to capture the ads mirrors his own struggle with HIV. Experience the ads—shot with vintage Kodachrome film—and the meaning they carry through acclaimed photographer and urban documentarian Frank Jump’s lens.
Attending.
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Coming soon: our valentine to the women of Twin Peaks!
Was there ever a coterie of female talent as diverse as the one David Lynch assembled for Twin Peaks? Join host Tom Blunt and an army of performers, presenters and special guests as they obsess over the lives and careers of actresses whose paths intersected in this sleepy (yet over-caffeinated) town. Tickets and further info HERE.
Damn fine coffee will be available for all attendees!
*Reception to follow in the 92YTribeca cafe*
This is happening and it will be exactly as weird and rewarding as the graphic indicates.
David Rakoff’s Day Job Involves Napping, Snacking, and Onanism →
… What makes someone a New Yorker? …
Truly, I’ve no idea. Although, not fretting over arbitrary litmus tests of one’s New Yorker authenticity conferred by others, for starters.
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1/3 in honor of Daria; 1/3 in honor of Irene; 1/3 in honor of the Queens Trader Joe’s Parking Lot c. 6pm on 8/26
Jake
I got a foot on the gas and a hammer in my head,
Thinking ‘bout my girls and they ways they might be dead.
They should be safe at home and warming by the fire,
Instead of warming up the sing in that Heavenly choir.
God, God damn it!
Other Driver #1
Learn to drive, jerk!
Jake
God, god damn it!
Other Driver #2
Glad you got your horn to work!
Jake
God, God damn it!
Other Driver #3
Stay in your lane!
Jake
There’s a hurricane coming and I’m going insane!
Christian Douche
Quit swearing like a drunkard and get right with the Lord!
Christian Cunt
We’re a very moral family with a baby on board!
Jake
And I say GOD, GOD DAMN IT!
Christian Douche/Christian Cunt
OH ME! OH MY!
Jake
God, God damn it!
Christian Douche/Christian Cunt
We hope that you die!
Jake
God, God damn it!
All Drivers
YOU TELL ‘EM, JACK!
Jake
I think I see my turn-off, so you’d better get baaaaaaaack!
All Drivers
GOD, GOD DAMN IT!
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Childhood Role Model: Marcia Fox (Anjelica Huston) in Manhattan Murder Mystery
Marcia: “I wouldn’t say beautiful.”
Larry: “Well, I would.”
Marcia: “But I do have tremendous sex appeal.”
(Special appearance by the HarperCollins offices, BTW.)
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At www.mta.me, Conductor turns the New York subway system into an interactive string instrument. Using the MTA’s actual subway schedule, the piece begins in realtime by spawning trains which departed in the last minute, then continues accelerating through a 24 hour loop. The visuals are based on Massimo Vignelli’s 1972 diagram.
Source: vizualize
