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Pocket money
Gawker gasps when confronted with a story on Sofia Coppola’s Allowance. From my 12th to my 18th or so, I was given pocket money by my parents. Fifty guilders for clothing, fifty guilders for other stuff, per month. I thought … Continue reading
Her sweet anatomy let fall a stocking
“You are Lawrence Ferlinghetti! Modern rebel and owner and proprietor of the City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, Lawrence Ferlinghetti is known for his playful tone and innovative style. The works of Lawrence are always eye-opening socio-cultural critiques in a … Continue reading
Princess Juliana (1909-2004)
The Dutch Queen Mother, Her Royal Highness Princess Juliana passed away early on Saturday, 20 March 2004. She died in her sleep at ten to six in the morning. Despite her abdication in 1980, despite not being much of a … Continue reading
Foooooools!
Originally uploaded by Chubbzilla. “”And henceforth he was known as ‘Gandalf the black’,” said Radagast, the only surviving member of the Istari. ‘Brownie’, as he was known among his people, was a bitter man, for he resented not having played … Continue reading
“Stupid white men”
“Why are bloggers mostly straight white men?” Danah asked back in January — I missed it then so I’m only answering now. My gut reaction (not necessarily my most thought through or politically correct response) when I saw that question … Continue reading
Mucha – Jugendstil
We weren’t the only ones in the country who’d decided to go see the Alphonse Mucha exhibition at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. It is a venue entirely unsuitable to large capacity crowds. This made our experience of the work of … Continue reading
VD: fat, naked, dangerous
I think back longingly to the time when this ‘Valentine’s Day’ madness hadn’t yet reached our European shores. When it was something odd you read about in Peanuts comic strips. That was back in the day when we thought sky … Continue reading
From Russia with…
… stereotypes. 8 pm in central Amsterdam. It isn’t exotic at all these days, but for a Cold War baby like myself there’s still a ring of clandestine about meeting a couple of Russians underneath the monument on Dam square. … Continue reading
A long winter
“Down at the Blitz club they were swinging their jodhpurs and “listening to Marvin all night long“. In the North we were hunkering down for a long winter. The contradictions were what made the Eighties so drunkenly fabulous. For Peter … Continue reading
