Role Models by John WatersMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
There is something so comfortable about John Waters' essays. He is an extremely reasonable man in an unreasonable world. The beauty of this book is Waters' riffing on old friends, various famous people who inspired him, and the best part is a tour of his town's (Baltimore) most sleezy bars, which he's an natural consumer of.
Also his appreciation for various Gay Porn directors is both hysterical and moving at the same time. John Waters is one of those once-in-a-lifetime type of character who can both do art (film, visuals, writing, performer) and be sort of the great Uncle in your life. His genius like appreciation for the arts and literature is fantastic as well. Waters is a hardcore aesthetic and is extremely dandy-like with his appreciation for the world and how he transforms that 'place' into his own liking. Amazing!
What I have is a galley, and the book is coming out in June. For sure purchase it!
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Did it and an excellent blo.
nice read. I would love to follow you on twitter.
and it seems like yesterday
i was scratchin & sniffin
smell-o-vision
the american
joe meek
kinda
seen telstar?
the meek film?
wow
divine
cheers
I have seen "Telstar" and I am not sure if its a good film or not. I think I was just thrilled to see a big screen (sort of) version of the Meek story.
In my mind I have always saw it as a big budget film with Daniel-Day Lewis playing Meek. But what an incredible story (& time) that was. I have a lot of the Joe Meek recordings.
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