Mad About Anger

Written by Gerry Visco on May 26, 2010. Posted in Bash Compactor, Posts

“Shut the fuck up!” Julian Schnabel screamed from the stage of the sedate and swanky Hiro Ballroom. The crowd in the balcony had the nerve to chat during the night’s program. The tickets were $100 per person, $500 a table for the Anthology Film Archives’ 40th anniversary benefit, called “Return to the Pleasure Dome.” I
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Some Like It Vaginal

Written by Gerry Visco on May 26, 2010. Posted in Bash Compactor, Posts

“I’m glad I’m wearing the cheapest suit I own,” a man in rather spiffy business attire said to his friend. “How much was it?” I asked, ever a nosy eavesdropper. “$250,” he confided, a bit embarrassed. That didn’t seem cheap at all to me. Moments later, performer, artist and mega-personality Vaginal Davis, a 6-foot-6 tall
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Whale’s Tales

Written by Jordan Galloway on May 26, 2010. Posted in Bash Compactor, Posts

The art deco design of The Griffin on Gansevoort Street looks like something straight out of The Great Gatsby, making it a fitting location last Thursday for an awards ceremony all about books—the first annual Moby Awards. I’d call it an entire night devoted to honoring the best and worst in book trailers, but that
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