The Monkees – Shades of Gray

Hey Hey we are the Monkees. You know we love to please.

A manufactured image, with no philosophies.

We hope you like our story, although there isn’t one.

That is to say there’s many.

That way there is more fun.

You told us you like action and games of many kinds.

You like to dance, we like to sing,

So let’s all lose our minds!

Hey Hey we are the Monkees.

We’ve said it all before.

The money’s in, we’re made of tin we’re here to give you more.

 

That’s from HEAD starring The Monkees. When I met Jack Nicholson the first thing I said was that HEAD is one of my favorite movies. He paused ever so slightly and smiled and said thank-you. Nuf said.  It was written and produced by Jack and Bob Rafelson in 1968.

By the way – all the coolest people love the Monkees.

 

What’s Downtown

Thumb Tacks Timekiller

Thumbtacks can lend a certain elegance to things.

TIP: Use a thimble.

Please don’t kill the gays

Help em. sign here

Devo – That’s Good

Mummenschanz

the phenakistoscope

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the phenakistoscope, early animation device by joseph plateau

The Imperial Palace

Where you can see Mr. Larry Edwards perform!

Bob Mackie Isn’t Tacky

Jim Bailey as Phyliss Diller

Hilton Reflects on The Widow

Hot Tornado

Whitney’s Home Going

What are your plans for Whitney’s funeral? They’re calling it her “home going” – did you know that?

I’ll be attending the streaming alone.

I’ll be wearing my black suit. I only have one black suit really. It’s real nice though, a Fendi sample from a while back. Pat gave it to me when were working together. I’ll wear it with a black shirt and a matte black tie. I might wear my black Stetson fedora with the velvet band for effect.

Anyway, I guess I’ll probably get up about eleven o’clock and have some fried eggs over in the dining area. There’s an Asian theme happening there now, it’s very peaceful.  About eleven twenty I’ll return to the bedroom to get dressed for the sad occasion. I’m expecting to arrive in the living room about eleven forty-five or so. I’d like to get set up around the screen with my coffee and some Kleenex before we go live. I have a few pictures I’ll be setting out also.

What are your plans? Will you be virtually joining the event or will you be mourning in private? Generally I think a funeral helps a lot when you’re upset about somebody dying, especially when it’s an accidental death.

If it’s warm enough I’ll probably have the window open, just in case some vibes of glory or the scent of a lily comes floating across the Hudson.

Amen to that, sistah.

 

Highlights of Fashion Week’s Best

Paris, 1986 that is… Looks better than most things I saw this week.

New York Nightly

I just need to grab a roll of Konica…

Excuse me, Hi. How much are these shoes?

Crazy Huge – I mean HUGE.

 

Kraftwerk at MOMA

Kraftwerk Announce Retrospective Residency at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art | News | Pitchfork.