what’s wrong with being sexy?

Posted on June 5, 2011 | Leave a comment

1977.

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cute band alert

Posted on June 4, 2011 | Leave a comment

Massive Attack. circa 1991.

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casino royale

Posted on June 3, 2011 | Leave a comment

In a final Playboy spoof, Terence Cooper reveals that—even in heaven—a James Bond always will find fallen angels like Samantha Jewell.

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museum piece

Posted on June 2, 2011 | Leave a comment

Item: Prince‘s yellow-cloud guitar. Custom-made by the Minneapolis, MN firm of Knut-Koupee Enterprises. Designed and used by Prince. 1989.

Where: Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Washington, D.C.

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on your sleeve

Posted on June 1, 2011 | Leave a comment

Seaside Woman. Suzy and the Red Stripes. 1977.

Seaside Woman (remix/reissue). Suzy and the Red Stripes.1986.

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alex in wonderland

Posted on May 31, 2011 | Leave a comment

Donald Sutherland in Alex in Wonderland. Paul Mazursky. 1970.

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f for orson

Posted on May 30, 2011 | Leave a comment

Orson and Paul Newman in The Long, Hot Summer. Martin Ritt. 1958.

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the decorative sex

Posted on May 29, 2011 | Leave a comment

Nastassja Kinski in Paris, Texas. Wim Wenders. 1984.

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a book by its cover

Posted on May 28, 2011 | Leave a comment

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cover art

Posted on May 27, 2011 | 2 comments

Under the Volcano. Huston. 1984.

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