Monthly Archives: August 2009

>What you think I am – a fucking jukebox?

Posted on 10 August, 2009 by jb

> I once worked with a guy (that’s him on the left…) who (I thought) was the spitting image of Willy DeVille. I meant it as a compliment, but I don’t really think he took it as such. Even less … Continue reading →

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>Sometimes, I think I expect too much….

Posted on 10 August, 2009 by jb

> Opened a ceramics exhibition at the excellent Kasino Gallery the other day – all v. serious stuff and some fairly big names, a couple of whom I know quite well (and like a lot). “Don’t expect any arty-farty stuff” … Continue reading →

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>Talk about notey….

Posted on 8 August, 2009 by jb

> Baden-Baden is about as flash as a rat with a gold tooth.Huge villas, a casino, spas here there and everywhere. And loads of rich buggers.Which explains the bill at the Rive Gauche. A bottle of mineral water and 2 … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me…. (about "The Joker")

Posted on 7 August, 2009 by jb

> Alexei von Jawlensky’s “Portrait of the Dancer Alexander Sacharoff” at the stunning “Die Blaue Reiter” (Kandinsky, Klee et al) exhibition at the ever excellent Frieder Burda Museum in Baden-Baden. The late and sorely-missed Keith Ledger as the Joker in … Continue reading →

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>Choice stuff

Posted on 3 August, 2009 by jb

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