Get Thee to a Newsstand! Part 1

Paste Magazine
Articles of interest:
• Rick Moranis' new CD, The Agoraphobic Cowboy
• Prozac Goes Hony Tonk: Cat Powers article
• Philip Seymour Hoffman: The Mad Detective: In-depth article gives some insight into Capote
• As always, a CD sampler is included: I liked track 17: Break Your Mama's Back by Slow Runner. Will definitely be checking into buying the CD. Disappointed by track 8 (Duncan Sheik's latest). Reviews looked promising. Not so much.

Other items of interest:
• New "For Lovers" series of Jazz CDs exclusively at Barnes & Noble:
-Bossa Nova (Various artists)
-John Coltrane
-Ella Fitzgerald
-Stan Getz
-Astrud Gilberto
-Billie Holiday
-Nina Simone
-Sarah Vaughan
• The book Fast Food Nation is being made into a film starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette. Great book!
• David Cronenberg set to produce and direct a pilot for a new series on HBO based on his 1988 film Dead Ringers
• Frida Kahlo Tequila slated to hit stores. Beautiful bottles bear her likeness ($70-90).
• Let's Talk About Sucks: Jamie Foxx'z new CD gets reviewed. "It's better to be the imitation Ray Charles then the poor man's R. Kelly."
• Madonna's latest CD, Confessions On a Dance Floor gets rated 3 1/2 stars. Reviewer Andria Lisle loves it. I don't get it. I thought it was another big ol' audio turd.
• Astro Boy DVD Box set gets high rating, as does the DVD release of Steven Soderbergh's film Bubble

Architectural Digest
Articles of interest:
• This is the Hollywood edition, loaded with tons of classic Hollywood stars and starlets in their homes. Celebrities include:
-Gary Cooper
-Rock Hudson
-Bette Davis
-Audrey Hepburn
-Jack Lemmon
-Doris Day
-Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh
-Cary Grant
-Judy Garland
-Carole Lombard
-Robert Mitchum
-Lana Turner & Artie Shaw
-Joan Fontaine
-Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward
and many more!

• Great Movie Houses

• The Last Picture Show (Restoring the original 1920's spirit to a small-town movie theater in Maine)

• Caption for my favorite photo of Rock Hudson:
"Rock Hudson in the Los Angeles house he leased in 1952. The actor was an avid record collector and was known to call up friends in the middle of the night to play a song." I just love that. He was so handsome. Still a big fan.

Paper Magazine
Articles of interest:
• Can Bad Movies Cause Cancer?
• The Goude Life: Feature article on photographer Jean -Paul Goude
• Fashion Crisis: Feature article on artist and photographer Marilyn Minter
• Super Samurai and Purely Japanese: Fashion photo feature
• The House of Field: At home with Sex and the City designer Patricia Field