Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
I photographed Marissa Bregman a while back and we’ve since become friends. She’s super nice and it’s always some kind of adventure when we are hanging out. So I was excited to hear recently from a mutual friend that Marissa [edit: is rumored to have been*] cast, in part due to these very photos, as Alice in the Tim Burton adaptation of Alice in Wonderland! Marissa as Alice, Christian in Eloise… next up, I’m going to be playing Rabbit in a live-action Winnie the Pooh.
I’m going through some of my stuff to prepare for the gallery on my new website, and I found the pictures of Stephen and Michael from a few months ago. I really like the ones that they liked most, but I like these ones below more than the backyard poses that they both have been using as promo photos. Maybe because these are closer, personal images; more “them-at-home” than “them-as-hosts.”
*Actually I just read something saying a girl named Mia Wasikowska is going to be Alice, but then the more official thing I read said that she’s still “in talks” for the role. So who knows! I’ll wait to celebrate until Marissa confirms it herself. Either way, I think I’m going to hate Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. He’s just going to be Jack Sparrow/Sweeney Todd/Willy Wonka in a bigger hat.
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
I really love Thomas Doyle’s stuff. It’s not often you see something on the internet and say “wow” out loud.
Christian and I have different priorities when it comes to celebrity spotting. He regales me with descriptions of his conversations with Rumer Willis and Paris Hilton, but when I’m impressed by the (omni)presence of Nick Zinner at the table next to us at Red Bamboo, he doesn’t even really remember who the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are. I say “we just passed Diplo and Santogold” and he says “who?” Then I sing “L.E.S. Artistes” and he smiles and lets me try. When we watch The Ten, I’m excited to see Jason Sudeikis and he’s impressed that they got Jessica Alba. I wish that there had been a one-second Dianne Wiest cameo.
We wandered into a dingy pharmacy on Bedford that looks like a 1992 Rite Aid and I found a bag of Tootsie Pops that may also be from 1992, but they sure are good.
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
I’m beginning to think Al Gore was right and Manbearpig is our greatest threat. First there was the pig with a monkey face and now there’s a big lumpy whatsit washing ashore in Montauk. Next comes a human-plant hybrid and the Loch Ness Hamster.
I know I’m behind on this but I finally listened to the Sam Sparro promo I got a while back and recognized “Black and Gold” as the song I heard in some store a few times and liked. I don’t really like much else on the album; he has a great voice but a lot of it is too R&B or Europop for me. I do like “Pocket” and “Sick,” which sort of sound like they could have been on the new Presets album.
Sam Sparro – Black and Gold
BRAD: what if it turns out to really be an experiment
BRAD: at that place [the nearby gov't animal lab]
BRAD: and they made a weird beaky dogbirdpig with turtle hands and hind legs
BRAD: WHAT WILL YOU DO
KATHY: i will never ever go to the beach again
KATHY: it looks like it was boiled
KATHY: and it looks like its little hand things are tied together
KATHY: which means it was bad and being restrained
KATHY: i need a pencil in that photo for scale.
KATHY: god, it just looks like something that would make you solve a riddle to pass.
KATHY: “what goes on four legs when it’s young, then two legs, then three legs? then washes up on the motherfucking beach in the hamptons looking like a ham with a beak?”
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
I’ve been getting drunk lately and smiling in photos. Uh oh.
I like to sit in between hot people. Christian and I had some people over to his place on Friday. These are the pictures in which people look maybe upset to be in our company:
Who am I kidding? There are no other pictures.
Monday, July 28th, 2008
I watched one by myself last night that I tried to watch with Christian on Saturday to no avail. After a few minutes he said “what is this” and went directly to sleep. I did, too. But last night I decided to give it another try. It’s called Abigail’s Party, a BBC movie based on a play by Mike Leigh. I’m still not sure if I liked it. I don’t want to try to explain it, but I will say that I have no idea why I ended up loving Tony, nor why I turned around on Demis Roussos.
Demis Roussos – Forever and Ever
We also watched Ever After (still so bad but I like it) and One Missed Call, which proves again that Shannyn Sossamon has all the range of a monkey butt.
Friday, July 25th, 2008
Last night Christian and Lisa and I went to Nigel Barker’s photo and film opening for A Sealed Fate. Josh was the star DJ, turning a 900 year old plastic fishfaced lady on to MGMT. It was very crowded, but that was great because so many people got to see and hear the message. The project was about exposing the killing of hundreds of thousands seals each year, especially practical infants, for pelts. The photographs were amazing, I don’t know why I was so stunned by what a great photographer he is. That’s what he does, after all. But I was really impressed, and we were all shocked and moved by his speech. Go to ProtectSeals.org to learn more about it all.
As a party, it was pretty fun, too. Christian introduced me to Jaslene, who’s so nice despite the fact that she is basically an Earth-walking deity who could be a total bitch to everybody and get away with it. Some other Top Models and a Real Housewife were there. And Tatyana Ali was, for some reason, standing in the corner looking gorgeous.
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Jes only keeps one “S” in her name. Jes has a face tattoo (fattoo) of a broken heart. Jes and I had vegan chicken the other day. Jes has frizzy hair on super hot and humid days (see above). But I love this picture nonetheless. Last week I photographed her in Williamsburg, which may as well be her capitol.
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
There’s a lot I want to say about everything. I want to defend myself against every little thing people bring up, I want to be outraged by some of the insane victim-blaming that’s gone on, and I want to state again and again that I did not lie or exaggerate my story even a little bit. But really, it’s a done deal and I suppose nothing I could say would change the minds of strangers who have already made up their mind. Some people received a skewed version of the story secondhand instead of from my words, some are simply intolerant, and some just think differently than I do. I will say that I never suggested or wanted a boycott. I actually really like Yuengling.
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Christian’s new mini-line for Bluefly debuted today! I have loved looking at these on his racks at home for weeks, everything just looks so pretty. Go check it out. Lots of press lately about him doing a couture line for the fashion show in the Uma Thurman Eloise movie, too. Check out his Tresemme contest. And his show at fashion week this September is coming up very soon… I’m so proud. He’s doing so much.
The new issue of Zink is out:
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Regarding the incident from last week, I have been contacted by the distributor that Yuengling contracted to deliver their product. After the distributor was notified of the incident (albeit nearly a week after the incident occurred and was reported to Yuengling, and merely a matter of hours after the story was reported by several news sources) they called the driver and his union in to discuss. I have been told that the driver was terminated. Thank you to everybody who helped me, offered their services and time, and spread the word so that the information was finally passed along to the distributor.
Yuengling have passed along a press release:
D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc. is the oldest brewery in America, priding itself in making fine quality beer and ales. Yuengling products are distributed in multiple states through independently-owned distributors and wholesalers. Yuengling was recently notified by Mr. Brad Walsh about an incident which, if accurate, is against all principles Yuengling holds true. Yuengling has confirmed that the driver of the truck involved with this incident was not an employee of Yuengling and is an employee of the independently-owned wholesaler which supplies Yuengling products to New York City residents. Yuengling does not discriminate and does not condone any discrimination against any individual on the basis of their race, religion, gender, national origin, disabilities, and/or sexual orientation. At this point, Yuengling trusts that the matter will be investigated by local authorities and the driver’s employer. Yuengling is confident that a just resolution of this matter will be forthcoming. Yuengling extends its thoughts and prayers to Mr. Walsh for a speedy recovery.
I would like to thank the distributor for their quick and appropriate action, and Yuengling for their ultimate action and their well wishes. I feel like the right thing has occurred.
