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on the topic of being bad, i would say this is a carload full of dunhills and attitudes. michael jackson, once again not invited. by sv
books
Mimi Beardsley: JFK’s affair with the then 19 year old white house intern
interning at roman polanski’s studio seems safer than interning at the white house!
it appears that bill clinton wasn’t the only one having fun on the job. it also appears that jfk had superior taste and judgement compared to mr. clinton. the then 19-year-old intern at the white house, mimi beardsley, apparently lost her virginity to the president in 1962, after she had been invited to swim at the white house pool, (where george bush choked on a pretzel). jfk’s affair went on to last 18 months and the relationship apparently continued even after mimi left washington, and she claims to have slept with kennedy just days before he was assassinated. all of this remained her secret until very recently. her book of memoirs “once upon a secret” is published by random house and will make for good reading if you like the vanity fair’s take on the tabloid stories. by dd
der process: franz kafkas original handwritten manuscripts
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a high resolution scan of a page from franz kafka’s manuscript “der process” for your discerning eyes. by dd
do you have the look? la eyework
when full on 80’s meet “studio harcourt” portraits you get “la eyework” campaigns. the famous californian spectacles brand release a book with all those famous portraits. by pp.
francois berthoud – studio
german publishing house hatje cantz had the great insight to publish a monograph on mythic illustrator francois berthoud, the book is beautiful and seeing the making of this artwork is really inspiring and quite intriguing. a must have i would say. by pp.
inez & vinoodh – pretty much everything
i heard about this book for almost 5 years now and was starting to think it was an urban legend…. well now it’s there, it’s at taschen and it looks good. a bit late for x-mas though. by pp.
thomas mann: le docteur faustus
beautiful signed copies of thomas mann “le docteur faustus” and “le buddenbrook”. by kc
amazing show: maurizio cattelan at the guggenheim
the maurizio cattelan show at the guggenheim is a must see. its fantastical, whimsical and imaginative to say the least; not to mention its unconventional display that can only have been done at the guggenheim. this was despite all the nay-sayers who criticize the museum for its less than ideal space for art work. case and point. lucky for us kl used her VIP access and got us in without the wait, and for free. you can’t go wrong there. by dd
terry richardson books again
terry richardson with unrecognizable party, for the launch of some book by some pop star singer we never heard of. by dd
paolo roversi – nudi
i owned this book at some point in my life but i guess the pictures inside as well as the money you need to spare to buy it make this book the perfect target for librarylifting. so among others, beautiful shots of kate, shalom and audrey in no other cloth than their own skin. by pp.
this is no pulp fiction: meet british publisher, faber & faber’s new editor-at-large
faber & faber, home to 12 nobel laureates and six booker prize winners, faber & faber is now looking to bring a little cocker magic to its list after hiring jarvis cocker as its new editor-at-large. “jarvis felt like a natural fit with the faber sensibility, both as author and editor, and i’m sure the small list of books he will develop will represent his eccentric and yet popular touch,” said faber editor lee brackstone. sign me up! by dd+ar
and another: on guns and books
this is becoming a series it seems, J.D. Salinger.
disclaimer: books are good things. guns are terrible things. we are not suporters of NRA nor easy access to guns but we do support responsible hunting of birds and animals that one eats after and wears their fur… or decorates their hair with feathers… by dd
