December 2009
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“Since the U.S. economy shrank, artists, being luxuries, got less money. The...”
– Donald Judd, from a “Letter to Irving Sandler in reference to the panel at the College Art Association 1973”
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TFM3 [DADDY'S PECKER DANCE]
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TR: So, dude, Begash. I guess you picked up my Artforum notes in the mailbox. No way was I getting out of bed to answer the door. I was out there, man. I mean, I had visions. It was truly awesome & whatnot. How’s DC?
PM: … (not printable) …
TR: Hey, Paul? I know you meant that as an expression of loving compassion, one dear friend to another, but I’m going to have to...
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TFM [part 3D]: Crossroads
Part 3
talking to the young man had
made me feel
bad.
they thought that writing had
something to do with
the politics of the
thing.
they were simply not
crazy enough
in the head
to sit down to a
typer
and let the words bang
out.
they didn’t want to
write
they wanted to
succeed at
writing.
—Charles Bukowski, from “Between Races,” The Last Night of the Earth Poems
“He...
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End of the Second Part
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TR: So what’s this crap about the con on the front page of the New York Times?
PM: My batteries dying, so let’s try to make this quick. Donny Johnson is a murderer in solitary who makes paintings on postcards with the dyes he collects from M&M candies. He’s the latest in a long line of art world dancing monkeys, who get press as human interest types or freaks or oddities. Remember...