keep calm and carry on

Wino(na) Forever

I know it's been a minute.

I had no idea Winona was in the Black Swan (portraying an aging prima ballerina...OMG).

It's better to burn out than fade away, baby.

the rainbow connection, 1980

i'm your puppet

Elton John 1977

Debbie Harry 1980

Johnny Cash 1981

Weezer 2002

As a kid, I never missed an episode of The Muppet Show. Fact: Muppets have impeccable musical taste. Wocka, wocka.

space age love song

Nebula

Another gorgeous nebula

Transmission, Joy Division single 1979

Galaxy scarf, Risto Bimbiloski

Risto Bimbiloski nebula mania

Who doesn't love nebula pants? As long as they're not crab nebulae, that is. Weh-weh.

OK, maybe the pants - especially the shorts - are a bit much...but I admit, I covet that scarf.

I wouldn't kick that Joy Division 7" out of bed, either. (Insert joke here)

hey baby, it's the 4th of july

Under the big black sun

Exene at Tire Beach, 1979

Here are some sunny, Summery images of Exene and the boys in X to get you in the Independence weekend spirit. Mexican kids are shootin' fireworks below...

cruel summer

Siobhan Fahey was my favorite member of Bananarama. She left the group in the 1980s when she married Dave Stewart of Eurythmics and formed Shakespears Sister. Here she is at 51 - and she's still got it.

some girls

Marianne Faithfull 1967

Anita Pallenberg 1968

Bianca Jagger 1972 (by Richard Avedon)

Jerry Hall 1976 (with ex, Bryan Ferry in background)

Patti Hansen 1978

Some girls wanted to grow up to be to be Florence Nightingale. I wanted to be Anita Pallenberg (or any of the Rolling Stones' chicks). As a kid, I used to look at photos of Bianca Jagger in my mother's Vogue and thought it was genius that I couldn't tell her and Mick apart.

japonesque

Sparks, Kimono My House 1974

The Vapors, Turning Japanese 1980

Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Flaunt It 1986

Bjork, Homogenic 1997

Siouxsie Sioux 1985

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto. More importantly, does anyone actually remember Sigue Sigue Sputnik?

classic rock

Front cover: Marie Antoinette, Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, 1783

Back Cover: Anne Boleyn, Anonymous, 16th century

A Basket of Roses, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1890

Flaming June, Lord Frederic Leighton, 1895

Power, Corruption & Lies by New Order (1983) and Waltz Darling by the late Malcolm McLaren (1989) are favorite albums of mine, both visually and musically. The jury's still out on Nobody's Daughter by Hole (2010), but the cover art is genius. The inlay artwork contains the image of The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche (1834). It's no accident that they're all tragic queens - Courtney being the drama queen bee of them all.

singles mixer

Thurston Moore's mix tape book, 2005

Cassette From My Ex: by Jason Bitner, 2009

"Anyone who understands the obsessive attention to detail, the time it took to collate, select and edit the content of a perfectly executed mix tape, or just someone who appreciated the rhythms and nuances of such extraordinary artifacts will treasure this collection of stories comfortable and secure in the knowledge that such exquisite efforts were not made in vain and indeed there was a time when a humble cassette tape was perhaps the greatest gift of all." ~Shirley Manson

shooting gallery

Lying Gun, 1990

Walking Gun, 1991

Laurie Simmons' photographs always make me smile (inside).

photo finish

Jean-Paul Goode

the sensual world

back cover, Running Up That Hill 12" single, 1985
Making a deal with God

"Kate Bush is a true original...a genuine talent. She went through the same shit I did when she started. 'Oh that's not singing.' Who the fuck wrote the rules about music?" ~ John Lydon

cover art

She's So Unusual, Cyndi Lauper, back cover 1983

The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, oil on canvas 1889

lace face

Siouxsie, 1980s
Gloria Swanson, 1924

The photograph of Siouxsie Sioux by Jay Blakesberg is available on his website for $430. (CHARGE...!)

stephen sprouse

Boutique ad 1988

1986

1989

Louis Vuitton "Graffiti" bag, 2001

safety dance

Walter Hunt invention, 1849

Jamie Reid, 1976

Barbara Kruger, Untitiled (Thinking of You), 1999-2000

Photographic screenprint on vinyl