asked and answered!

what should i read next?

you have to believe we are magic

back in new york... back in the swing of things.

sunday night, 10 pm: i went directly from newark airport to puffy's tavern in tribeca to hang out at the premiere party with the creative team behind superjail, a new show on adultswim. great guys. *love* those guys. then monday was king tee's birthday, and even though we were frenemies for a while, i attended his lovely dinner party at casa de workhorse.















i've been reading a lot lately. thick fantastical novels back to back.

the alienist - psychological thriller set in seedy turn of the century new york - lots of scenes happen in my neighborhood, on streets i walk down all the time. B+
the electric michelangelo - lush, weird, gorgeously written tale of a boy who grows up by the sea in england and later becomes a tattoo artist in coney island, new york. some passages were so beautiful they literally hurt. A
water for elephants - a 93 year old man in a nursing home recalls his younger days, when he hopped a boxcar on what turned out to be a circus train. rubes, first of may, roustabouts, cooch tent, kinkers - all this colorful circus lingo, plus a mystery and a love affair... B-
the vintner's luck - one night in 1808 in burgundy, france, a drunken grape grower faints and is caught by an angel. he thinks it's divine intervention, but the angel is not what he seems. bizarre, sensual, tragic, erotic, it raises more questions than it answers. B+

if anyone has any book recommendations, please let me know. i like drama, romance, beauty, strangeness, the unexpected, florid/vivid prose, vampires, angels, sex, heartbreak, humor, glitter, glamor, grime, freaks, etc.





track of the day: olivia newton-john - magic (thanks, poo.)

you have to believe we are magic
nothin' can stand in our way
you have to believe we are magic
don't let your aim ever stray
and if all your hopes survive
your destiny will arrive
i'll bring all your dreams alive
for you



track of the night: dirty pretty things - you fucking love it

going to the needled relaunch party tonight... should be fun!

spread the bread, pool the moola

YAWN.

dinner last night at barrio chino, one of my faves.

margaritas + huitlacoche quesadillas + postprandial cupcake @ sugar sweet sunshine = ♥

i've been listening to a lot of fucked up mashups and remixes lately, totally chaotic and intriguing, some of them make me shimmy in my seat on the A train.

here's one: starkey - touchofevilriddim

here's another: somebody told me i wear my sunglasses at night (team 9/the killers)



and here's book my good friend matt gave me:



one hen, two cocks, sigh.....

home is where the art is, part deux

i had no idea you could buy art by kurt vonnegut on his website. i had no idea kurt vonnegut had a website.

when i was in high school i was obsessed with him. i read everything i could get my hands on, one after the other: cat's cradle, slaughterhouse five, breakfast of champions, player piano, deadeye dick, etc. etc. etc. busy busy busy.