"We need a new kind of feminism, one that stresses personal responsibility and is open to art and sex in all their dark, unconsoling mysteries. The feminist of the fin de siècle will be bawdy, streetwise, and on-the-spot confrontational, in the prankish Sixties way." ~ Camille Paglia, 1992

"The sky hides the night behind it and shelters the people beneath from the horror that lies above." ~ Paul Bowles

Re-formed and re-touring.

Crime & the City Solution, Six Bells Chime

"I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another." ~ Richard Pryor

True by Charles Bukowski

one of Lorca's best lines 
is, 
"agony. always 
agony..." 

think of this when you 
kill a 
cockroach or pick up a razor to 
shave 

or awaken in the morning 
to 
face the 
sun. 

Henri Matisse

Lykke Li, Get Some

"The sadness will last forever." ~ The last words of Vincent van Gogh

"If you're gonna lead people, you have to have somewhere to go." ~ The Motorcycle Boy

This new service that uses facial recognition technology and Facebook to promote deals makes my skin crawl! Minority Report here we come. I recommend you go read Little Brother now.

"That's what a project is: a heavy question mark.You're the dot under that mark and you mustn't let it crush you." ~ Leos Carax on the making of Pola X.

Wild Bill is a gritty London drama set in an estate overlooking the Olympic park. It's not nearly as hackneyed as that sounds and was actually rather excellent. And worth watching if you're a Talk Talk fan for the Mark Hollis song near the end.

Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive was one of my favourite films of last year so I'm re-watching Bronson. The electronic musical aesthetic of Refn that pervades and elevates Drive is clearly hinted at in 2008's Bronson.

"One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore." ~ André Gide