La Luz de Jesus - Bonni's painting mounted boldly in a place of honour next to a portrait of the legendary Billy Shire. Shire was not only instrumental in propelling lowbrow/pop surrealism into the limelight - some might say mainstream - but is also the very definition of an enigma wrapped in a mystery, albeit a hirsute mystery. He once talked to me.
Black and Whites at Night - The bakery at the fabulous Canter's Deli featuring the elusive black and white cookie - elusive in the decidedly goy Vancouver, at least. We hit this joint as often as possible - eggs and lox in the morning, a little chopped liver or beef brisket in the afternoon, and a little cookie action after a boozy night in the Kibbitz Room.
Off Melrose - One can only hope that this display is some sort of weird time-capsuled holdover from the 70's, but maybe it's operating on levels of manufactured irony that only an Andy Warhol drag queen can hear. Then again, I'm not sure that L.A. really does irony without the irony being a learned behaviour thing not unlike the facade erected by a functioning sociopath.
Thanks for posting the LA pictures. I love the commentary. I'm reminded of Kunstler.
http://www.kunstler.com/eyesore.html
Posted by: mia | November 20, 2011 at 10:50 AM