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Tom Sachs, Duct Tape painting

Article: Tom Sachs, Duct Tape painting

One of my favorite contemporary artists is Tom Sachs. For the art-cinephile here’s one of his pieces that I blogged about in the past. And for the art-techie, he has a Google Chrome theme as well. Anyway, @munipenny recently shared this link about the above “duct tape painting” with a brilliant story attached: I heard…

The Divine 80s

Article: The Divine 80s

The venerable NYC nightclub 1984 has been celebrating the 80s long before they became chic again. And it still offers a remarkable treat to those of us who spent our formative years in day-glo listening to Duran Duran. Resident DJ Chip Duckett, who also happens to be NYC’s biggest drag queen booker, curates a video show each week worthy of price of admission alone.

Last week he played 6 plus hours of all Kate Bush’s videos. Yes, Kate Bush is an acquired taste. And this week’s videos are even more so: Divine.