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July 2013

Rebecca Naomi Jones sings murder ballads for fun

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Rebecca Naomi Jones on the set of Murder Ballad.

Rebecca Naomi Jones on the set of Murder Ballad.

Rebecca Naomi Jones is a badass, and I was lucky enough to cross paths with her when I shot her for The Aesthete recently. She plays the narrator in Murder Ballad, the rock and roll musical now playing a limited run in Union Square (it closes July 21, so hurry and get your tickets now.) Later this month, she’ll be heading uptown to Central Park to play Jaquenetta in Love’s Labour’s Lost– part of the Public Theater’s beloved Shakespeare in the Park series.

Check out our story in The Aesthete so you can say you knew all about her before she becomes a household name. You can thank me later.

Joe Bradley rocks

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Joe Bradley drawings at Gavin Brown

This is my favorite wall of Joe Bradley’s show at Gavin Brown Enterprises in NYC.

Joe Bradley’s recent NYC show at Gavin Brown was profound, funny, simple, huge, graphic, tactile, primitive and subtle all at the same time. Pay attention to this artist, who is quickly moving into the art-star category. I love his work.

Click below to see more from this show… — Read more

Monday, Monday

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Japanese briadal clones

A mini-me for the Japanese bride. Photo © Danny Choo

A few links to help usher you all into this long holiday weekend…

It continues to be wedding season, so if you’re still trying to figure out what to get the bride who has everything, consider a clone. It’s all the rage in Japan.

And speaking of marriage, the Gay Pride parade in NY yesterday had a little something extra to celebrate, thanks to the Supreme Court. As did these guys.

I’m embarrassed to admit this, but after I watched this video showing us all how to fold a short sleeved shirt in just 2 seconds, I found myself rummaging through my drawer for a tee shirt to practice with. It really works. Amazing.

No seriously, there really is going to be a second avenue subway. Check out these mind blowing photos and see how it’s going.

A brilliant summer activity for the kids from the folks at Momfilter. (More of these, please…!)

Oh right… July 4th is this Thursday! Get patriotic at the grill with this star spangled spatula.

And speaking of holiday picnics, will somebody please make this peach/pecan crumble and tell me how it tastes?

We are not gay…

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at the gay pride parade in San Francisco.

Here are my partners-in-crime at the center of the universe, getting ready to join the party…

But we are proud. And as we managed to find ourselves in San Francisco today, we couldn’t help but head downtown to see (and be immersed in) the gay pride parade. Because if San Francisco wasn’t the place to be today, I don’t know what was.

My husband and I both found ourselves moved to tears, thinking about what an incredible journey so many of these people have been through, and what the Supreme Court’s recent ruling striking down the Defense of Marriage Act must mean to the folks marching, and the GLBT community in general.

My daughter, on the other hand, slightly annoyed that I had neglected to pack any of her dress up clothes, just wanted to be in the parade, and didn’t understand why it is such a big deal that these same sex couples can now be married. To her, any two people that love each other make a couple, and her life is filled with so much same-sexness that it doesn’t even occur to her to question it.

Which is as it should be.

Some photos of the parade follow. — Read more