Tag Archives: Elton John

the sweet smell of excess

More Medvedev and Svetlana. This time they look a little better attired. Maybe the album graphics are more interesting than the album which was a bit of a dog. Why no mention for Leon Russell? What is he; chopped liver … Continue reading

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running mascara : kleenex holiday pack

As the tears roll down their cheeks. Retailer John Lewis compilation of popular cover songs used in its advertising, which are about as syrupy and schlocky as it gets. Downright Kitsch. But so kitsch, it serves as a satire on … Continue reading

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let it bleed: lame brand images

Missing You. Memo From Turner: the Rolling Stones graphics really suck. Lame and tame. You can’t always get what you want, but….. unless you really care….. Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): This poster/advert/whatever for the 1975 Rolling Stones world tour (specifically promoting … Continue reading

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captains & kids: arcadia behind a honkey chateau

It could be called songs of self understanding. A balancing on the tipping point between discarding self-knowledge after a painful struggle, and the equal impulse to keep pressing on. There is a blurry boundary between a self-reflection worth sharing and … Continue reading

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ACROSS THE UNIVERSE: PSYCHIC INTENSITY OF THE COSMIC OPERA

The earliest reference to Giorgione indicates that he was commissioned to paint frescoes in the Fondaco dei Tedeschi (“Guildhouse of the German Merchants”) in Venice in 1508 and that he was aided in this undertaking by the young Titian. Vasari, … Continue reading

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A MASKED NOBODY CAN BE ANYBODY

“Adah Menken was the most remarkable mingling of angel and devil that ever wore petticoats.” She invented the modern cult of female celebrity. Her goal, originally, was to be famous based on talent. To be recognized as the outstanding actress … Continue reading

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MASKED SAINT ON A WILD HORSE

Are there virtues to an ambiguous past? She was masked and anonymous. Her fidelity was to the plurality of self and she was as much a puzzle at the end of her life, and such an omnipresent figure that the … Continue reading

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MOURNING HAS BROKEN: “Mother” & Wedded to Distortion

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live….Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative… ( Oscar Wilde ) The more justification there is for a grievance, the more … Continue reading

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REMEMBER: ECHOES and MEMORIES

In his Rolling Stone interview,John Lennon said that it was pain which had made the great artists what they were. Memory, oh memory, what you do to me? /Today is all I really need to know. /Why do you have … Continue reading

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SOUL ALCHEMISTS:INSTANT KARMA SPACE ODYSSEY

Instant karma’s gonna get you, Gonna knock you right on the head: You better get yourself together, Pretty soon you’re gonna be dead. What in the world are you thinking of? Laughing in the face of love! What on earth … Continue reading

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