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Phrenology Model Hinged Case
Head Case!
You should stash your drugs in this.
Here we have a ceramic storage case shaped like a human head and adorned with markings that harken back to the long abandoned “science” of phrenology, which you can read about here. Because, why not? Then you can buy this rad Phrenology Head Hinged Case (measures 4″ x 6-1/2″ x 3-1/2″), which you can open and put stuff in. It would make a great House Warming Gift!
Bob Dylan Paper Dress
Model wearing Italian-designed Bob Dylan Trapeze Dress circa 1967 (Image Source)
The Bob Dylan Paper Dress: It was a thing.
Bob Dylan Dress on exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. Photographed by Gail on July 4th, 2016.
Remembering Nico
Nico with Andy Warhol Circa 1968
On This Date, July 18th, in 1988: Nico, (born Christa Päffgen) the German-born actress, fashion model, Andy Warhol Cohort and a former singer with The Velvet Underground died of a cerebral hemorrhage after hitting her head when falling off of her bike in Ibiza, where she was on holiday with her son. She was 49 years old.
Recommended Reading: Fall to Pieces By Mary Forsberg Weiland
In Book Stores Now
Around the time that The Strokes were first being hyped-up-the-ass in the press as the Saviors of Rock – while simultaneously confounding my senses with their hopelessly derivative, shitty music – I found myself in the NYC office of that band’s publicist. This particular guy, who I’ll call Ken, because that is his name, had formerly worked as a publicist at the once mighty Atlantic Records and, in addition to working with upstarts like The Strokes, had maintained his relationships with some of that label’s artists.
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