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Yauch (MCA in the Beastie Boys, as if you didn’t know) died today (I know; you knew).
Yes, the music. But he was also an incredible independent filmmaker..! Written + directed by Yauch, this is his 2011 short – Fight for your right revisited. 30 mins of anarchistic wit and superbly mercurial characters from an impeccable cast.
Watch it on Mubi for free right here, right now.

THIS WEDNESDAY I SHALL BE PERFORMING IN MY BIRTHDAY SUIT AT IMAGINING CHANEL, A COLLABORATIVE NIGHT BETWEEN THE LONDON COLLAGE OF FASHION AND THE V&A, DEVISED BY ARTIST ADELE VARCOE.

Click here for the website and reservations.

Then you can all get me a stiff one.

YIPPEEEEEEEEE
ONLY THREE DAYS UNTIL THE 80′S ARTIST COLLECTIVE’S SATURDAY MARATHON ALL-DAYER @ TATE MOD.
I MADE A BET WITH MYSELF I’D DO THE FULL 11.5 HOURS, AND I RARELY LOSE.

In cooperation with Calvert 22, Chelsea space and The Courtauld Institute of Art.

THE RUN ALMOST KILLED ME. AND THEN I DANCED A LOT AND WE MADE THIS VIDEO.
YOU CAN WATCH SOME MORE FROM NTS CREW HERE.

CUE HENNESY’S CLUSTERFUCK CURATORIAL AT CHELSEA NYC’S FAMILY BUSINESS – DROP ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN FRI MARCH 30TH + SUN APRIL 1ST TO EXHIBIT. PV ON THE 3RD

I WAS JUST SELECTED TO BE ONE OF THE 20 RUNNERS FOR NTS RADIO‘S EAST LONDON NIKE+ RUN. TOMORROW @ 7PM, STARTING AT SHOREDITCH BOXPARK.
WHAT’S A GIRL TO WEAR?

SO CANNES HEAT IS A MONTH AND A HALF AWAY (16 -27 MAY), AND I’VE PEAKED 102° WITH INSURRECTION FOR ANDERSON’S LATEST DYNASTIC MISDEMEMOIR; SET IN A 1965 HOLIDAY CAMP, CO-WRITTEN WITH ROMAN COPPOLA AND OPENING THE FESTIVAL THIS YEAR.
MANY REGULARS STILL PRESENT – FOR BILL MURRAY THE ANDERSON FULL PELT IS LIKE A SECOND SKIN – AND EXTRA INFALLIBLE NEW CASTING (OH TILDA), PLUS CLASSIC WES-APPROVED SARDONICS AND WRY DETACHED DELIVERY FROM BRUCE WILLIS.
WATCH THE TRAILER BELOW

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY BROUGHT MANY GIFTS.

IN WOMEN’S HOUR TOM MARTIN - CURRENTLY SUING LSE FOR ‘ANTI-MALE DISCRIMINATION’ – INADVERTENTLY WEIGHTS HIS ‘OPPONENT’S’ GRAVITAS WITH OILY SPREAD OF PARBOILED THEORY AND UNSEASONED DATA, A SOLAR STORM PASSES WITHOUT INCIDENT, THE QUEEN TAKES A PUBLIC TRAIN RATHER THAN HER OWN ONE, AND SAVES US £64,285, I OVERHEAR A MAN SAY TO A WOMAN RE I.W.D; ‘NAH, I WOULD’VE DONE IT IF THAT WASN’T TODAY’ OUTSIDE BOOTS, AND WE STEEL AND SQUEAL FOR THE WOW (WOMEN OF THE WORLD) FESTIVAL AND ANNIE LENNOX’S EQUALS GIG AT SOUTHBANK THIS WEEKEND. SANDI TOKSVIG + THE MIRTH CONTROL? REMEMBER TO BREATH = BUY TICKETS HERE

MEANWHILE ELSEWHERE, INCREDIBLE EXILED IRANIAN WOMEN RELEASE THE FOLLOWING NUDE VIDEO IN THE FIGHT FOR GENDER EQUALITY (COPY OF A COPY = BEING CENSORED AS FAST AS POSTED)

Last night I was invited to Tracey Neuls East on Redchurch to see the latest short-short from filmmaker Camilla Robinson; ABCDEAD.
Based on Edward Gorey’s unparalleled The Gashlycrumb Tinies, this soft B + W, analogue-effect ’silent film’ (aptly melancholic backer sounds like one of Satie’s Gymnopédies) is a nimble + darkly comic motion that exhibits the work of designer, jocose stylist and cinematographer with still-life wit. A cheeky tongue in a tender cheek.
Show runs until the end of March.

A MAN IN A BROWN SUIT, GREASY HAIR + CHAPS BEGAN TO PLAY TIME AFTER TIME AT A SMALL UPRIGHT IN THE CORNER. ON A FLAT-SCREEN PLACED UNCOMFORTABLY HIGHLY ABOVE US THE DOGS IN THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION-DRAMA TOOK ON A NEW MELANCHOLIC BEAUTY.

I FELT THE FONDUE BEGIN TO SOLIDIFY SLOWLY INSIDE MY STOMACH.