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A Brie Grows in Brooklyn

"Mabel's not crazy... she's unusual."

There is very little that would get me to go to a dance party completely sober, but the Daft Punk album is one such thing. I mean, I want to fucking get out of my chair right now, put on something sparkly, and go dance around to it with a bunch of other people in a darkly lit room. Can someone please have a listening party at some incredibly big space, and invite me to it? I’ll come at fucking 11 in the morning. I’ll come at 2pm. I’ll come after my bedtime, at 10:30. I will fucking dance to this shit until my legs drop off, and then I’ll go home, and listen to it some more.
Seriously though, seeing me at a dance party is like seeing a unicorn come to drink from a stream. If you like unicorns, then you should probably have a listening party.

There is very little that would get me to go to a dance party completely sober, but the Daft Punk album is one such thing. I mean, I want to fucking get out of my chair right now, put on something sparkly, and go dance around to it with a bunch of other people in a darkly lit room. Can someone please have a listening party at some incredibly big space, and invite me to it? I’ll come at fucking 11 in the morning. I’ll come at 2pm. I’ll come after my bedtime, at 10:30. I will fucking dance to this shit until my legs drop off, and then I’ll go home, and listen to it some more.

Seriously though, seeing me at a dance party is like seeing a unicorn come to drink from a stream. If you like unicorns, then you should probably have a listening party.

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I took a million pictures of objects I loved in Tulsa, but I can’t post them all because that’s annoying. But here’s a piece by Sarah Gschwandtner that I really loved at the Philbrook Downton. Composed of strips of 16mm film woven together in popular American quilt pattern, the piece was made while Gschwandtner was a resident at Wave Hill in the Bronx. 
Lauren Ross, who’s the curator of the contemporary collection, is really killing it out there.

I took a million pictures of objects I loved in Tulsa, but I can’t post them all because that’s annoying. But here’s a piece by Sarah Gschwandtner that I really loved at the Philbrook Downton. Composed of strips of 16mm film woven together in popular American quilt pattern, the piece was made while Gschwandtner was a resident at Wave Hill in the Bronx. 

Lauren Ross, who’s the curator of the contemporary collection, is really killing it out there.

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My super violent nightmares are back, and I’m loving them.

My super violent nightmares are back, and I’m loving them.

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Getting pretty obsessed with the new Daft Punk album (what an awesome week for music releases). Listen to Instant Crush, which immediately brought to mind Gena Rowlands, for whatever reason. 

Getting pretty obsessed with the new Daft Punk album (what an awesome week for music releases). Listen to Instant Crush, which immediately brought to mind Gena Rowlands, for whatever reason. 

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In the shadow of a half-sized World Trade Center… (at The Blue Dome District)

In the shadow of a half-sized World Trade Center… (at The Blue Dome District)

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Are-you-kidding-me gorgeous.

Are-you-kidding-me gorgeous.

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I am so into the Native American art collection at the Philbrook.  (at Philbrook Downtown)

I am so into the Native American art collection at the Philbrook. (at Philbrook Downtown)

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Zeppelins: Are You Punking Me?

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When oil was discovered in Tulsa at the beginning of the 20th century, there was such a boom in building that the architectural historian I was with today compared the phenomenon to Dubai in the 21st century.

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The money dried up — but many of the beautiful art deco skyscrapers that were built remain.

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Today, while lightening cut through the sky, we visited a few of them. The best way to describe them is to say that they are like jewel boxes — from the outside, they look like concrete monoliths, but on the inside, they’re saturated with decadent details.

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This is sort of like if Iris Apfel mated with Francis Bacon and made a painting about the Trail of Tears. I love it.

This is sort of like if Iris Apfel mated with Francis Bacon and made a painting about the Trail of Tears. I love it.

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Eight hours in Tulsa, and I’m already really into mauve decor.

Eight hours in Tulsa, and I’m already really into mauve decor.

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Pre-Kardashianalite (at Philbrook Museum of Art)

(If you look, you can see that they’re wearing mink eyelashes. Clearly.)

Pre-Kardashianalite (at Philbrook Museum of Art)

(If you look, you can see that they’re wearing mink eyelashes. Clearly.)
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They’re talking about tornadoes on the ground here in Tulsa, but flying in, all I saw was green.

They’re talking about tornadoes on the ground here in Tulsa, but flying in, all I saw was green.

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Ballin’  (at BizJet)

Ballin’ (at BizJet)

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Even the pilot looks happy to be flying privately! (at Teterboro Airport (TEB))

Even the pilot looks happy to be flying privately! (at Teterboro Airport (TEB))

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@ajmatheny you know me so well. j’adore.

@ajmatheny you know me so well. j’adore.

(Source: nuit-noir, via backofhouse)

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