March 2009
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Maurice Jarre, 1924-2009 →
Hum the main theme from Lawrence of Arabia as you read this Q&A with him from 1993, via The Daily Mirror.
And from the Reuters obit: Jarre maintained that music should be a central part of any film. “If it’s just there to underline a piece of action or a love scene, it’s really not interesting. It’s like putting too much sugar in a cake.”
We give A Fistful of...
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The Jean Seberg Affair Revisited | The Daily... →
Reprints of the LA Times coverage of the FBI “investigation” of actress Jean Seberg and her death from barbituate poisoning in Paris in September 1979, when she was found naked in a parked car.
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Stuff White People Like: Mad Men →
Guilty.
Mad Boy: Arlo Weiner (his dad created Mad Men),... →
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Reasons to be Cheerful» The artistry of Antoinette... →
More on Barney Bubbles: that first image, the back cover of Pure Pop for Now People, summed up a whole love/hate relationship with sho-biz conventions that lingers in us even today. Post covers the contributions of Bubbles’ collaborator Antoinette Sales, creator of the Riddler suit and the former Mrs. Jake Riviera. They liked to bring work home, shooting album covers in their dining room.
Barbie's real-life Dream House created in Malibu →
UPDATE: Follow the link to see a set of photos of Jonathan Adler’s dream interior. He held back on the pink! In some areas! Others, not so much…
AND STILL MORE: from LAist
“Vintage Barbie,” he continued, “goes with the aesthetic” of stylish 1950s...”
– Barbie at 50, Popular, Ponytailed and Primo
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