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The Flight Of Thieves

May 3, 2013 – 8:29 pm

Back in 1976 I wrote a screenplay on my Olivetti typewriter. D. Descending was a tale of a reclusive hang-glider recruited by a mysterious female to rob a Manhattan skyscraper. I can’t remember what they were trying to steal, but the other day I stood on a billionaire’s 5th Avenue penthouse terrace installing bronze lockers […]

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Marking Up Rothko

October 7, 2012 – 2:12 pm

Today at London’s Tate gallery a tourist vandalized Black on Maroon 1958 by abstract artist Mark Rothko. A witness reported via twitter: “This guy calmly walked up, took out a marker pen and tagged it. Surreal.” The museum reported that the defacer used a brush and black paint to mark up the priceless painting, which […]

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