the seven deadly seans

Look mom, I’m on the teevee!

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:17:35 -0800

Look mom, I’m on the teevee!

The Dirty Show

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:20:00 -0800

What’s that old real estate mantra - location, location, location? Seems it also applies to smutty art exhibits, as demonstrated by the LA installation of Detroit’s The Dirty Show, which had the good sense to abandon the usual galleries in favor of half a seedy downtown motel.

Entering via back alley (naturally), we moved from room to room. Spaces that would have been utterly depressing under normal circumstances somehow became simulacra of themselves (more real than real?) and thus the perfect backdrop for sex-inspired art, dressed with old porn mags and sad sex dolls (Still, I wouldn’t dare go anywhere near the bathrooms…)

The art was a mix of the beautiful, the arousing, the puzzling and the gross. Some of it was clearly artistic erotica - destined for “adult” magazines but created with enough artistry to hang on a gallery wall. Others had far more interesting agendas than mere arousal.

Maybe the oddest offering of the night was the gentleman selling three dimensional carved wood portraits of ladies’ genitalia. And, he was quick to point out, the clitoral section was removable and usable as a pipe. Ceci n’est pas une pipe, indeed.

A few of the works gave one the sense of stepping into a room you’re not supposed to enter. Kinks and fetishes make the world go ‘round, sure. But it’s one thing to know the definition of “bestiality” and quite another to see a realistically painted image of a naked man being mounted by an Irish setter. I’m still not quite sure what to think about the one with the lactating duckies swimming in a sea of their own milk.

A few that have stuck with me: a very ’80s photo of a top-down view of a woman in a bathtub full of milk and froot loops. An oddly beautiful photo of a masturbating man mid release, cropped like Grecian statuary as just torso and cock. A small curio of a nonchalant satyr getting blown by a pixie. And quite a few others including the images you see here, borrowed from Daily Du Jour’s coverage of the event.

It was all good, not necessarily clean fun, and well worth heading downtown for on a Friday night. That, plus a killer lemon, honey & rye cocktail at The Varnish made for a memorably decadent evening.

Black olive cookie (savory + sweet) from Abroca on E 7 St in the...

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:35:00 -0700

Black olive cookie (savory + sweet) from Abroca on E 7 St in the Village. Damn fine cappuccino too.

now that’s fucking writing. thank god the democrats are in...

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:25:25 -0700

now that’s fucking writing.

thank god the democrats are in charge again or this would single handedly get pbs defunded.

george clooney stares at a goat.

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:49:00 -0700

george clooney stares at a goat.

from "the more things change..." department

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:13:14 -0700

further proof that sharleen, jamie, gary and i were - and still are - ahead of our time.

i have the vhs tape to back this up. too bad i no longer own a functioning vcr.

SEPT. 4, 2009: Fox adds on-air tweets to `Fringe’ reruns

NEW YORK — Summer reruns are ho-hum television, but Fox is trying out a possible solution: Add Twitter.

On the network’s repeat broadcast of its supernatural drama “Fringe” on Thursday night, tweets were added on-screen to the show. The tweets (messages of 140 characters or less from the microblogging Web site Twitter) ran throughout the show on the bottom third of the screen…

June 19, 1995: Sci-Fi Channel Allows ‘Chats’ While a Show Is in Progress

We know that science-fiction pioneers — at least since “Star Trek” — have a mission to boldly go where none have gone before.

That’s what the Sci-Fi Channel is trying to do by letting computer users “chat” about a television program in progress and watch their comments scroll along the bottom of the TV screen almost simultaneously as the program unfolds…

"you’re not saying you bought evan rachel wood as the vampire queen of new orleans? i..."

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:22:00 -0700

“you’re not saying you bought evan rachel wood as the vampire queen of new orleans? i wouldn’t even buy her as the dairy queen of new orleans.”

- – me, about an hour ago, on twitter, re: the penultimate episode of season 2 of true blood.

the bruni list

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:14:00 -0700

restaurants mentioned in frank bruni’s last new york times column.

i’ve been to the ones in bold.

accademia di vino
al di là
bar boulud
bar centrale
blt prime
blue ribbon sushi bar & grill
buddakan
cafe cluny
cafe luxembourg
casa mono
‘cesca
cookshop
craft
daniel
dbgb kitchen & bar
degustation
dressler
eleven madison park
15 east
esca
five points
franny’s
harry’s cafe & steak
hundred acres
insieme
james
keens steakhouse
locanda verde
lupa osteria romana
marea restaurant
masa - i wish!
minetta tavern restaurant
the modern
momofuku noodle bar
momofuku ssam bar
monkey bar
motorino
nougatine
the odeon
peasant
perbacco
perry street
peter luger steakhouse
porter house new york
prune
public
pylos
shake shack
soto
spotted pig
sushi yasuda
szechuan gourmet
trestle on tenth
union square cafe
vinegar hill house

only 14. guess i need to work on this while i’m in new york at the end of september…

(via maura)

once again, the internets provide me with essential things i...

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:21:03 -0700

once again, the internets provide me with essential things i didn’t even know i needed.

dinosaurparty: The Echo Park Time Travel Mart (826 LA) has...

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:25:07 -0700

dinosaurparty:

The Echo Park Time Travel Mart (826 LA) has joined forces with the Federation for the Advancement of Time to release a new poster series.

i picked up the last round of 826LA posters. gotta get some of these too…

three’s a crowd, or: scully jealous scully

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:37:00 -0700

three’s a crowd, or: scully jealous scully

playing around with new tumblr themes. current favorite: brand...

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:11:21 -0700

playing around with new tumblr themes. current favorite: brand new day, though i was also impressed with color shades and amused by vertigo.

like? dislike? or are you all reading me via the tumblr dashboard, so it’s irrelevant?

i saw an early preview screening of lars von trier’s...

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:19:00 -0700

i saw an early preview screening of lars von trier’s antichrist on thursday.

we will be discussing this in october when it’s released. please come prepared.

ph.d in el.f?

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:22:01 -0700

ph.d in el.f?:

add this to my lifetime “to do” list: go to iceland and attend elf school.

dear right-wing lunatic fringe

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:30:00 -0700

we’ll show you obama’s birth certificate when you finish counting the bush v. gore votes in florida.

until then, kindly shut the fuck up.

- sean

p.s. keep your guns the hell away from my president.

snopes.com: van halen brown m&ms

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:58:10 -0700

snopes.com: van halen brown m&ms:

lizlet:

Click a random link off Twitter, learn the real reason why Van Halen banned brown M&Ms backstage. (Their rationale is actually really smart and well-thought-out!)

that’s just brilliant.

"[the mandate is] to keep doing what he’s doing..that is really the gift of joss. some people..."

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:49:00 -0700

““[the mandate is] to keep doing what he’s doing..that is really the gift of joss. some people can create a good show.””

- — kevin reilly, president of entertainment for fox broadcasting at the television critics association summer press tour.

i’ve come to the conclusion that the sole, solitary beneficiary of the wga strike was joss whedon.

the strike gave him the time and impetus to do dr. horrible’s sing-a-long blog. dr. horrible was great, hugely popular and made money in a medium that is usually unprofitable (yet seems to be threatening the underpinnings of the entire entertainment industry).

joss whedon has now become for tv what woody allen has been to film - just write the man a check and leave him alone. except that joss is still funny.

view from my window, san diego, comic-con weekend

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:20:00 -0700

view from my window, san diego, comic-con weekend

lizlet: Hot Tub Time Machine Red Band (via strah48) Shit yeah...

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:46:13 -0700

lizlet:

Hot Tub Time Machine Red Band (via strah48)

Shit yeah I’ma gonna see this.

i need one of these. it’s the only way i’m ever going to see the mets win another world series.

the new season can’t get here fast enough. (that’s...

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:07:00 -0700

the new season can’t get here fast enough.

(that’s supposed to be me holding the bourbon rocks, btw.)