Getting into my sci-fi again lately and beginning to realise there are a lot of classics I haven’t read yet, like The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury for starters (it’s in the post). Basic gist is that there are 18 short stories in the book, all tied together by the fact they exist in the form of tattoos on one man. The still above is taken from the 1969 film of the book. If you like your retro-futurism, check out the trailer.

I haven’t read the new Brett Easton Ellis book Imperial Bedrooms yet so this isn’t a review, but he’s been in London doing press for it this week. Inspired me to pick up the latest Interview magazine and read the Christopher Bollen feature about him. The main thing that stuck out for me was this quote:

“I really think New York is over, man. L.A. is the future. It’s much more cutting edge than New York, I’m sorry. Yeah, it has an immense doucheness to it. It does. But also, the cool parts are so much cooler than New York right now. I think New York’s really old-school. I can’t explain it. That’s just where I’m at. And also, I don’t believe that whole idea that if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. If you survive L.A. and get over that initial hurdle, then you can make it anywhere.”

I’ve never stayed in either for longer than a month but I think it’s a pretty penetrating view and I wonder how many people share it.

One morning during last season’s London Fashion Week I woke up and stumbled down the stairs from my Hackney attic bedroom only to come face to face with Lily Jones hard at work on a multi purpose kitchen mixer straight out of Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory. Over the days following I was treated to taste tests during various stages of an other worldly red devil recipe. Lily Vanilli’s cookbook/graphic novel “A Zombie Ate My Cupcake” has just been released and I can attest that her beauty has been matched by her baked goods. Like her crackcakes Lily is drop dead gorgeous inside and out and her, until now, secret creations are sure to satisfy the most ravenous cannibal cravings.

Reading what Max was saying about the DVN show reminded me I had this old Nick Knight book gathering dust on the shelf. It’s a classic bit of inspiration and a regular reference point for men’s designers but beautiful all the same. Dries does it justice.

Jean Toche, I Accuse, March 26 – April 9, 1968, Gallerie Le Zodiaque, Brussels, 20 pages, offset, staple bound.

A rare catalog from an early solo exhibition by Jean Toche of Guerrilla Art Action Group (GAAG). This booklet documents Toche’s little-known aggressive light environments. The catalog, which is also a kind of artists’ book, features text in English and French.
Click HERE to download the PDF file.

As seen at fucking-good-books.ch

As seen in the new zines section of the latest issue of The Journal, some familiar-looking pictures of Helga by Estelle Hanania & Christophe Brunnquell from SB III/IV.