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stephen ‘thNDErCat’ bruner/ Mayview Dr., Silverlake, CA (p. KenBts. iPhone)

anthony talauega/ melrose& wilton pl., Los Angeles, CA (p. – Os oNn Y+)

(p. dash snow)

“Inevitably, an initiate may even be obliged to descend into hell….for training purposes, of course. How else will he learn how to conquer his lower nature”?

-Omramm Mikhael Aivanhov

Beautiful, flamboyant, daring and fiercely independent, Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) emerged in the 1960s as a powerful and original figure in the male-dominated art world centred on Paris. She began as a model for Vogue and appeared in many other fashion magazines. After an accident, she discovered her passion for art. She had already made her mark by the early 1960s, when she embarked on her famous Shooting Paintings, in which parcels of paint hidden under the plaster surface of the picture were exploded by being shot at with a 2.2 rifle, seen by many as a satirical comment on the machismo of action painting. Aspects of femininity and the representation of womanhood were enduring themes. Her Nanas were brightly-coloured, archetypal female forms, varying from life-size to gargantuan, often depicting brides or motherhood, dazzlingly decorated with mirrors or mosaics. De Saint Phalle worked with some of the world’s leading artists and architects, including Tinguely, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers and Mario Botta.

Les Tirailleurs sénégalais est un corps de l’armée française recrutée en Afrique de l’Ouest à partir du français. La première unité a été créée en 1857 et a servi la France dans un certain nombre de guerres, y compris la Première Guerre mondiale et la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

“The current system could be called a ‘disease-care system’ rather than a ‘health care system’. Right now, the system is perverse in that it does too little to encourage preventive care”.

-Pres. Barack Obama

(081409- 12:23pm/speaking @ a Montana Townhall on Healthcare)

That the Pretenders were led by a hard-rocking woman was no small factor in their early breakthrough. With her trademark dark bangs, dark eyeliner, and dark jeans, ChrissieHynde appealed to both genders. And due to “her sheer authenticity as a three-dimensional woman whose sexuality is completely in sync with a superb rock sensibility,” she was able to escape many of the clichéd roles of women in rock music. (w)

guy blakeslee/ laurel canyon (p. -0S oN ny+)

( p.Mor Elian)

(bottom row, 4rth from left-)

The L.A. Ladies Choir came to be when two Los Angeles musicians, Becky Stark (Lavender Diamond) and Aska Matsumiya, had a shared vision for a local women’s choir. “We wanted to create this positive feminine energy, not against anything, but just this beautiful energy of strength and power for something, by women.”

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The Mighty Boosh is a British, surrealist comedy show starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt.  It details the adventures of a time-travelling, Camden electro-band.

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lil’ Kenny and Mor Elian/ Joan’s on 3rd (p. -0s oN nY+)

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