cultural commentary from the desk of Don Shewey
Liam always like an interactive birthday party....
so he created a photo session, vaguely inspired by an Irving Penn self-portrait (the straitjacket is Liam's fetish, not Penn's...or Andy's...)
It was fun to watch him at work -- a master director!
These are my pics...I can't wait to see his.
I'm all for straight-talking advertising...
...but your sign painter could use spell-check
sunny Sunday on Sixth Avenue
Mike Lash's "Jealousy" (see Culture Vulture, below)
Members of Team New York Aquatics after the annual one-hour swim fundraiser
remember when this site was the original Vnyl?
Andy and Randall
A wall of milagras blesses diners and drinkers
Brian and milagras
I only just now noticed the chandeliers
A young man with muscular dystrophy was lovingly fed by his mother
Fort Greene storefront, an ad hoc gallery for community artists
Anne Hathaway as the White Queen in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland
Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter
Japanese girls shopping at Ernest Klein supermarket, midnight
Sunday morning
another eye opens 