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Interview Magazine has a special tribute last month's issue to Andy Warhol (which is still available online!).

Apparently, besides an artistic genius and reverential icon, Warhol was a packrat, or an obsessive archivist.  So maybe there is a way to discern clutter from "in-progress":

http://www.interviewmagazine.com/

Somewhat of a digression (I meant to post this earlier in a timely fashion), but I am still finding an uncanny resonance in Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love" and "I Want Candy" by The Strangeloves.  It probably has more to do with the peppy '60s-era chorus than blues, per se:

http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/bo-diddley

 

Great personal essay site and an article from Smith Magazine on the six-word memoir:

http://www.smithmag.net/sixwordbook/2008/06/17/notes-from-the-master-of-the-meme/

here's mine: 

misguided secret lives:  indefinite constant upheaval

http://spin.com/reviews/she-him-tour-us-july-august

I had seen parts of The Cell before what seems like ages ago and remember being vaguely disturbed.  Apparently, the director, Tarsem Singh has a new film out on the horizon, The Fall, which screened at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival.  Its whereabouts have been virtually unknown since then, but from the trailer it has a surreal, painterly visual quality and looks amazing:

 

Check out Bjork's new music video for the track Wanderlust and a behind-the-scenes making-of video:

Grace Lee, the director of the well-received documentary film The Grace Lee Project, has a new film out, American Zombie, screening for a limited run in Los Angeles this weekend.  What's interesting about this film is that it's a combination of various genres; documentary, horror and comedy, resulting in an introspective take on the mockumentary film.  Documentary itself is often regarded by some of those at the helm as a version of fictional narrative prose utilizing a cinematic, if not journalistic quality.

Check out the trailer for American Zombie:

And a past article in the Los Angeles Times on fiction and documentary film: 

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-hwang13may13,1,690109.story

The pics from this cover photo shoot and the behind-the-scenes video are totally worth checking out!:

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/04/funnygirls200804
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/video/2008/funnygirls_video200804

The BBC's a pretty reputable source, but this seems almost like a tabloid exploit.  According to USA Today:  "... plan was disclosed during an interview with Mark Young, a former FBI officer, for the BBC's "The FBI at 100" documentary... the men tried to attack Jagger by sea:  "The boat was hit by a storm and all of the men were thrown overboard... They all survived but made no other attempt on his life..."

Hmmm.  Sounds like the Angels were all carousing about on a boat and throwing around "potential scenarios" to me.  Has Michael Moore's ability to spin social injustice into a personal treatise affected discourse instigated by public media and supposedly journalistic broadcasters?  Let's hope not, but I haven't seen the documentary yet.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-03-02-jagger_N.htm