Watched Stardust Memories last night; a Fellini-esque Woody Allen movie.  Not sure if I have a bigger crush on Charlotte Rampling or Woody Allen in this one…

We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t fuck them.
-John Waters

Perhaps you’ve already heard about Pacific Standard Time, especially if you’re a Southern California resident.  If not, check out their site and start planning what events and exhibitions you want to go to!

“Pacific Standard Time is an unprecedented collaboration of cultural institutions across Southern California coming together to celebrate the birth of the L.A. art scene. Beginning October 2011, over 60 cultural institutions will make their contributions to this region-wide initiative encompassing every major L.A. art movement from 1945 to 1980.”

I’m super excited about these upcoming shows and events in and around LA. I suppose I should also mention that my jewelry line is going to be featured in the Orange County Museum of Art’s shop in conjunction with their Two Schools of Cool exhibit and State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970, which is their contribution to Pacific Standard Time. I’m currently working on a batch of one-of-a-kind pieces for them, mainly with vintage materials.

I am embarrassed to say that I just watched True Stories for the first time last night, after years of meaning to watch it. I LOVED IT. I immediately wanted to re-watch it. It’s on demand on Netflix, so seriously, watch it. Or give it a re-watch if you’ve already seen it.

So I just watched Ferris Bueller’s Day Off for the first time with a friend. I know I’m twentysomething years late on this one. This scene is so good… but you already know that. Of course I also love this rad instrumental version of The Smith’s Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want.

*Can anyone out there help me to remember the artist who did a sort of fan-art piece based on this scene? I’ve been scouring the internet for it but can’t find it. It was maybe a year or so ago that I saw it.*

I know that I’m by no means the first to discover it, but I watched the Criterion copy of Obayashi’s 1977 cult classic horror movie House several weeks ago, and took some screengrabs which I forgot about. This movie is hard to describe- it is funny, suggestive, cheesy, campy, surreal, a little creepy, and beautiful in many ways. It combines optical printing with animation, live action, stop motion, and so many editing gems I can’t even describe here. It seems self-aware but is so over-the-top crazy. House is not really horror (if you, like me, are leery of horror flicks) and is worth a watch for it’s sheer artistic value and absurdity. With characters named Gorgeous, Fantasy, Prof, Mac, Melody, and Kung Fu, how can you go wrong?

If you’re not convinced by the screengrabs, then I have two words for you: WITCH CAT.

This Memorial Day weekend was also The Smiths/Morrissey weekend for me. Just thought I’d share some choice songs and videos with y’all.

“I’ll tell you what freedom is to me… NO FEAR!”

My friend Audrey posted this excerpt from an interview with Nina Simone and I just love it.

(via Stork Bites Man)