the rum diary…

// April 8th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // books, cinema, writings

Remember that movie Johnny Depp was making out of Hunter S. Thompson’s The Rum Diary? Probably not since it finished more than a year ago and not only is there no release date for it in sight, it’s not even done. This can’t mean good things but now at least there’s a chance, a small one mind you, that someone somewhere may actually be able to see it.

Hollywood Elsewhere has uncovered information from Shoot Online which suggests that the movie may be finished. Either that or they’re starting with the movie’s title sequence and then maybe eventually getting around to editing the movie. Probably not. So the news that the title sequence is done could suggest that somewhere out there is an actual, nearly finished movie, based on one of the greatest books ever written.

So the rumor is that the movie may show up at Cannes or barring that, the movie’s producer may show up at Cannes looking for someone to distribute The Rum Diary. Obviously it’ll be more likely to happen if the movie’s good, but even if it isn’t maybe you’re thinking it’ll get snatched up just because Johnny Depp is in it and Amber Heard (if this is a faithful adaptation) spends a lot of time wandering around naked in it.

I’m going to knock back a slug of scotch and hope The Rum Diary, in spite of all the suspicious delays, is brilliant and therefore does better. Even if it sucks, I have to see it. For get Tron: Legacy, this is the movie I’m dying to see over any other. While we wait, do yourself a favor and pick up Hunter S. Thompson’s novel.

Why honor this day in history?

// February 20th, 2010 // No Comments » // books, inspiration.links, writings

From the Rolling Stone:

Hunter S. Thompson, the dean of gonzo journalism and a longtime contributor to Rolling Stone, died Sunday Feb 20th 2005 in his Colorado home of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was sixty-seven.

“one of god’s own prototypes, never considered for mass production, to werid to live, but yet to rare to die. Always with us”

these people look far too normal… WHERES THE WEIRDNESS?

RIP Hunter  S. Thompson

Xmas buyer’s guide @ Pushgallery: Arkitip Subscription

// November 28th, 2009 // No Comments » // Buyers Guide, art, books

What is Arkitip?

Arkitip’s beginnings were humble. While the magazine began with a 50 copy, hand stapled run in 1999, those first copies look more sophisticated than most other “zines” you might have considered in the same category. The covers were silk-screened on corrugated cardboard and the docutek used to replicate the black & white art in the magazine rivaled the performance of most offset printers. It had a great homemade feel that was bona fide quality. Excellence in production is still of primary importance to Arkitip today. Artists contributing to the magazine respect this, as they know their art will not be compromised in any way. Today, Arkitip is a hand numbered 4/color art book. The fact that the magazine publishes site specific work at a lower price point than what hangs on gallery walls makes it available to art collectors of all economic levels. Each issue is like an original piece of art in and of itself. The magazine’s founding principles remain as they were when we began:

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new book on creative : justin snyder

// October 26th, 2009 // No Comments » // art, books, justin snyder art

Born into Brothels, by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski

// October 15th, 2009 // No Comments » // books, cinema, films to watch

Born into Brothels, by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski, is the winner of the 77th annual Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, Born into Brothels is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light district of Calcutta, where their mothers work as prostitutes. Zana Briski, a New York-based photographer, gives each of the children a camera and teaches them to look at the world with new eyes.

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