Posted in celebrities, mad men, Television, Uncategorized, tagged mad men, mad men season 5, mad men's vincent karthesier, pete campbell, pete campbell mad men, pete campbell vulture interview, vince kartheiser vulture interview, Vincent Kartheiser, Vincent Kartheiser interview on June 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“I think it’s a testament to the writing over the last five years that they’ve built animosity in our audiences towards a character that has done some pretty despicable things and, at the same time, who has lived a life in a perfectly moral way.”
I haven’t done a gratuitous Pete Campbell post in awhile. I was too busy being completely absorbed by Mad Men’s Season 5. Here Vincent Kartheiser defends his shattered, sneaky alter ego to Vulture.
Posted in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Memoir, Uncategorized, tagged amy dezellar l.a. riots, l.a. memories, l.a. riots, los angeles, los angeles memories, los angeles riots, rodney king, rodney king riots on April 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Hey! My former hometown paper the Los Angeles Times published an essay I wrote about my memory of the L.A. Riots
Posted in books, Dating Amy, oldies but goodies, Seattle, social life, Uncategorized, tagged art chantry, B-movies, creature from the black lagoon, damaged goods seattle, pulp fiction, rock and roll poster art, shameless honeymoon, vintage art on December 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
[This is a stock photo, not taken at Damaged Goods]
On Friday night I went to poster artist Art Chantry’s show at Damaged Goods in Belltown. He’s a Seattle artist who was first known for designing posters for Nirvana and Pearl Jam, I think, and has been shown at the Louvre, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Smithsonian.
I love his distinctive style. My favorite piece was the big poster of Hollywood mugshots–Frank Sinatra, Jim Morrison, a surprisingly glamorous Jane Fonda…
I’m trying to get over my shyness with well-known people, so I made it a point to introduce myself and Mr. Chantry was cute–he shrugged and was bashful when I asked if he was the artist and then was even more so when I sort of non-sensically thanked him for his work.
I really like the Damaged Goods store. They have all this cool memorabilia–40s prints, vintage Playboys, band posters.
The hipsters were out in force with their wool caps, tiny black rectangular glasses and tinier black jeans, buying vinyl records and drinking beer from a can.
Damaged Goods also has a great collection of pulp fiction for $4.50 each. I don’t read them, but I’m so in love with the artwork of those old paperbacks. This is the one that the cover of my book DATING AMY was inspired by:
It was not based on this, as a former boyfriend guessed:
