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Hallucinogens and Other Drugs
I will neither confirm nor deny any drugs I may or may not have experimented with in the past. In the present, I find many intriguing and interesting, despite being unsure of the things they’ll do to an already over-active mind and imagination – but again will not admit what they are. Whilst bad, and mind altering, sometimes forever, various drugs are at the very forefront of the entertainment industry. Walt and Jesse are nearly household names because of their mad skillz (I hope you heard that in Aaron Paul’s voice) as meth cooks on Breaking Bad. Mary Louise Parker has given so many of us a soft spot for…
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Dali et le Baby-Boomeur
Pendant les années 70, si ma mémoire ne me trahit pas, j’ai découvert le grand peintre Salvador Dali. A l’époque, je fuyais comme la peste les émissions culturelles – aujourd’hui aussi. Je ne m’attendais pas à voir à la télévision un homme avec des moustaches aussi ridicules que celles d’Hitler ou Napoléon III, déclamer avec force : « Je suis fou du chocolat Lanvin. » Plus tard, je fréquentais les endroits branchés – mais le mot n’existait pas encore – les lieux comme Castel où Jean nous accueillait avec tellement de gentillesse, ou Régine rue de Ponthieu, plus moyen-oriental dans le débordement de parures d’or et de diamant portées par de jolies…
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Marmite and Klee
Let me steer you away from the realm of art for a moment, and instead let me ask you to consider the many love/hate relationships that we so often have. Take chocolate for instance; LOVE chocolate, HATE myself afterwards (for all those who have consumed an entire large Galaxy bar in one sitting, you know what I mean….). And then there’s Reality Television. You know it’s wasting your life, minute by minute, and yet it can be so voyeuristically compelling. And finally: marmite. Of course, the old ‘you love it or you hate it’ phrase was seemingly created for this food product. Personally, I fall into the ‘love’ category, but…









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