Love in Union Square: I spotted the above shot in a Slate gallery this afternoon. This intimate moment was captured in 1976 by Richard Kalvar. If I'm not mistaken, that's on the southeast corner of 14th Steet & Broadway. In other words, they're standing in front of what until recently was the Virgin Megastore. Across the street from them, that Nedick's is now Shoe Mania.
Apparently, Guns n' Roses (or at least Axl Rose and a ragtag mob of exceptionally patient musicians he's managed not to alienate yet) played at the noxious John Varvatos Bowery boutique (i.e. that which used to be CBGB) last night. Not sure who went … or who cared, for that matter, but it was evidently a Fashion Week event, so you can bet there were more waifish clothes-horses and lamentable industry scum than bona fide rock fans present, but whatever. In any case, Driven By Boredom was there and captured some strikingly intimate and frankly disarming photos of the proceedings. Axl needs to lose that handlebar mustache, methinks.
In news of a less lame nature, the estimable Ted Leo gave Pitchfork his "5-10-15-20" list, or – more specifically – the albums that mattered most to him at said ages. I was pleased to learn that, much like myself, Mr. Leo is a big fan of Adam & the Ants' Kings of the Wild Frontier, for which I salute him.
Crisis of Conformity – the Spinal Tap-esque 80's hardcore band on 'SNL' I wrote about recently, evidently now have their own Facebook page, … how long before there's a movie?
Behold my power: I passed a link to a pal who works on the TODAY show about "Death Bear," and lo and behold, they wrote a story about it. Whoohoo!
Curiously, there were some brand new photos of the events of September 11th, 2001 released this week. They're striking, but … why now?
Lastly, it being almost Valentine's Day, I thought I'd leave you with my favorite-ever love song (which I wrote at great length about here). Crank it!
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