What I'm Watching: Alex Consani on Fashion Neurosis
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Harvard House
The Harvard House Motel in Hollywood, Calif. at night. For more of my photographs, follow me on Instagram.
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Chronically Dr. Dre
Earlier this year, I submitted a proposal to do a 33 1/3 book on Dr. Dre’s The Chronic. The 33 1/3 book series is published by Bloomsbury and each slim volume is a close study of an album. I proposed doing one on Dr. Dre’s The Chronic. Recently, the editors shared all the artists that were proposed this year, which you can see here. In any case, I’ll learn if my proposal was accepted in June or July. I’ll share that info on this blog.
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Call Me Definitely
In my latest newsletter, we’ll take the call, Diddy and male escorts, an adult star gets sentenced, a strip club closes its doors, the Cannes Film Festival screens kink, the Playboy Mansion undergoes a reno, and more.
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Triptych (Highland Park)
Scenes from a recent evening in Highland Park in L.A. For more of my photographs, follow me on Instagram.
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Books I Read: Caprice
Caprice by Charles Burns is a small thing. It’s not really a comic book, per se. And it’s certainly not a graphic novel. It’s a collection of fictional comic book covers, apparently. The themes are classically Burnsian: girls in trouble, blobular creatures, impossible landscapes. It’s an interesting journey through a curious mind.
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My Photo in an Upcoming Group Show
A photo of mine will be part of a group art show later this year. I’ll have more information when it’s available.
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Books I Read: Persepolis
I wish I hadn’t waited so long to read Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis because it is incredible. A feminist Maus, it takes a young girl’s story as its subject to examine the broad themes of identity, empowerment, and resilience. The drawings are simple, but the impact is powerful. A must-read for all, including young people.
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Take a Picture
Recently, someone reached out to me about using some of my photos in a TV show. I’ll post more about that when it’s available—if my work makes the final cut. For more of my photos, follow me on Instagram.
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What I'm Listening to: My Morning Jacket's "River Road"
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It's Real and It's Not
Adult movie set, Canoga Park, Calif., 2009 (Photo credit: Susannah Breslin)
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Books I Read: Heart of Darkness
I picked up a copy of Peter Kuper’s graphic novel adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness for a few reasons. I’m a fan of Kuper’s work, which I admire for its ability to express strong emotions in a terrifying way, which seemed fitting for this project. I’ve read Conrad’s novella and appreciate many things about it, including its unique framing structure. And Apocalypse Now, which was inspired by Conrad’s book, is one of my favorite movies. I found this retelling riveting, spooky, and considered. I guess that last word is sort of a strange thing to say, but Kuper’s version brought something new to the material for me. Perhaps it was the illustrated strife between natives and invaders, or the intensity of this Kurtz’s having “gone native,” or maybe it was the monstrous depiction of what happens to one when one travels far enough up the river. Either way, I loved it.
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Triptych (Girls & Boys)
A Van Nuys estate sale, fake John Cena, and Crazy Girls. For more of my photographs, follow me on Instagram.
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I'm Reading at The Pop-Hop
I’m happy to share I’ll be reading on Saturday, May 24, 2025, at 7 pm as part of Space Stories: A Variety Show at The Pop-Hop Books Co-op in Highland Park, Los Angeles. I’ll be reading an excerpt from “Topical Matters,” an unpublished short story I wrote about a sexagenarian who discovers an adult movie is being filmed in the house behind his house in the San Fernando Valley. You can buy event tickets here.
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Books I Read: Mudbite
I read Dave Cooper’s Mudbite some years ago, lost my copy, and so I was happy to find it again and reread it. I love Dave’s work! It’s so insane. Mudbite is especially fun because it contains two stories that you read by flipping the book back and around. It’s hard to pick a favorite between “Mud River” and “Bug Bite.” The former, starring Eddy Table, who I love so much I have a figurine of him on my desk, is probably my favorite; little Eddy’s bottom ride on the lady is just so hilarious! But the latter had me literally loling, too, with its crazy twists and turns and creepy critters. Anyway, this book is a two-for-one that will make a Cooper devotee out of anyone.
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Triptych (Money)
L: Adult movie audition, Canoga Park, CA, 2018
M: Strip club, Memphis, TN, 2017
R: Hotel room, Burbank, CA, 2021
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Books I Read: Breakdowns
Art Spiegelman’s Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*! is perfect for those who want to remind themselves that a masterpiece starts as something less than that. A reprint, with an expansive new introduction, of work published early in his career, this collection contains the seeds of what will become the author’s greatest work: Maus. From a one-page strip version of Maus to the arresting “Prisoner on the Hell Planet” in which he grapples with his mother’s suicide, these are the experimental steps that were required for Spiegelman to create the first graphic novel to win the Pulitzer Prize. Oversized, colorful, dazzling.
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The World's Most Exclusive Sex Club, My Mother, and Me
Orge di Messalina, Federico Faruffini, 1867
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Cronenberg vs Pulp
L: Eastern Promises, director: David Cronenberg, 2007
R: This Is Hardcore/Pulp, art directors: Peter Saville & John Currin, 1998
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Meta L.A.
A storefront in Beverly Hills makes for a meta moment. For more of my photographs, follow me on Instagram.
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