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“It’s Pablo-matic: Picasso According To Hannah Gadsby” Doesn’t Make Any Goddamn Sense (Or Go Far Enough)
Art

“It’s Pablo-matic: Picasso According To Hannah Gadsby” Doesn’t Make Any Goddamn Sense (Or Go Far Enough)

What does a deep-throating, tongue-heavy interspecies make-out session between famed feminist artist, meat writher, and interior scroll yanker Carolee Schneemann and her cat have to do with Pablo Picasso? Is there some tenuous link between Carolee’s hot and steamy pussy-licking, Infinity Kisses II, and Pablo’s looming animalistic Minotaur draftsman cosplay? Are they both aspiring furries? … Continue reading

American Schemers and Dreamers: Zany Tales from a Nation in Decline in Drew Buxton’s “So Much Heart”
Books

American Schemers and Dreamers: Zany Tales from a Nation in Decline in Drew Buxton’s “So Much Heart”

Americans are never happier than when they’re getting in on a scam. Or so said comedian Tim Dillon in a set I saw at The Stand in April (and as a former subprime mortgage hocker, he should know). If he’s right—and as much as I’ve rambled about con art as America’s foremost artistic discipline on … Continue reading

Everyone Will Be Famous for Fifteen Cookies: 15 Things I Would Steal from “Brigid Berlin: The Heaviest”
Art

Everyone Will Be Famous for Fifteen Cookies: 15 Things I Would Steal from “Brigid Berlin: The Heaviest”

The muddled, muffled sounds of an indiscernible song fuzzily blasted through a pair of wireless headphones at Vito Schnabel Gallery. Even though the listening experience was akin to holding a tin can full of static to my ear, I got a little choked up, straining to hear a then-new Velvet Underground demo played over the … Continue reading

Mire Lee’s “Black Sun” Invites New Museum Visitors Into a Sweaty, Unwiped Asshole
Art

Mire Lee’s “Black Sun” Invites New Museum Visitors Into a Sweaty, Unwiped Asshole

Late last month, I nearly passed out at a concert. My senses fuzzed blank, dominated by the earsplitting, hypnotic wrath of the droning cacophony erupting from the stage courtesy of Nordra, the solo project/assault of Zen Mother’s disarmingly petite in contrast to her aural fury, Monika Khot, who opened for Zola Jesus (whose band Khot … Continue reading

Nick Cave Asked for the Best of Nick Cave Playlist and I Sent Him This: The Best of the Worst (Or the Worst of the Best) of Nick Cave
Music

Nick Cave Asked for the Best of Nick Cave Playlist and I Sent Him This: The Best of the Worst (Or the Worst of the Best) of Nick Cave

Can the biggest stinkers from your favorite artist actually be much closer to your heart than the universally praised classics? I certainly think so. Last week, Nick Cave received a flurry of inquiries submitted to his Red Hand Files newsletter from new converts who, upon listening to his stint on the Louis Theroux podcast, turned … Continue reading

Fuck the Zipless Fuck! It’s All About Sexyless Sex in Jamie Stewart’s “Anything That Moves”
Books

Fuck the Zipless Fuck! It’s All About Sexyless Sex in Jamie Stewart’s “Anything That Moves”

I doubt I’ll look at a butter knife the same way ever again after reading Jamie Stewart’s Anything That Moves. That cool, silver, kind of fussy utensil will forever be etched in my brain as tossed unceremoniously into the bushes like Sally Draper’s Barbie doll after an indulgence in childhood anal fixation. Those rounded edges … Continue reading

10 Videos to Watch and Contemplate America on This Fourth of July: Lana Del Rey Live! Edition
Lists / Music

10 Videos to Watch and Contemplate America on This Fourth of July: Lana Del Rey Live! Edition

Hello? Hello?!! HELL-OOOOOOO!! *taps mic* Can you hear me? Is this thing even on? Oh! Hello there, my most precious Filthy Dreams patriots! What’s that? What am I doing? Checking to make sure the plug wasn’t pulled on us like it was for OUR Trash Magic Miss America, Lana Del Rey, during her recent set … Continue reading

The Diva Will Succeed: HBO’s “The Stroll” Documents the Lives of Trans Sex Workers of the Pre-Sephora Meatpacking District in Their Own Words
Film / TV

The Diva Will Succeed: HBO’s “The Stroll” Documents the Lives of Trans Sex Workers of the Pre-Sephora Meatpacking District in Their Own Words

I’ve recently been suffering from a bad case of documentary intolerance. If I see another talking head, I’m going to puke! This sudden allergy to all things doc is a condition I developed as every streaming service has become bent on churning out an endless excess of hashed-out, shoddily produced documentary films or docuseries on … Continue reading