DIANE DI PRIMA: HER LIFE AS A BEATNIK AND WOMAN
Diane di Prima (1934-2020) was a poet, artist, activist and teacher who navigated countercultural landscapes of both the...
Lisa Janssen
SUNDANCE DIARY: A VIEW FROM THE SECOND-LOWEST RUNG
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to actually attend and have a movie in consideration at Sundance,...
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MARY WORONOV, CONQUEROR OF THE UNIVERSE
Watch exclusive film clips of Conquest of the Universe by John Vaccaro featuring a cast of Warhol luminaries, including Ultra Violet,...
MY FAVORITE GADABOUT #3: GAY PRIDE EDITION, JOSEPH HANSEN
Lisa Janssen profiles another favorite Gadabout – Joseph Hansen: author, radio personality, community theater actor, tv show writer, beloved...
THE STRANGE PSYCHEDELIC WORLD OF MARTIN SHARP
By Lisa Janssen Martin Sharp, who is referred to in various bios as pop artist, songwriter, cartoonist, et....
Happy Birthday Anne Waldman!
In celebration of poet Anne Waldman’s birthday, April 2, 2017 One of my personal origin stories is of...
Joanne Kyger – In Memoriam
RIP Poet Joanne Kyger (1934-2017), who passed away Wednesday, March 22 I once saw a clip of Jeff Bridges...
THE TORTURED CHILDREN OF LAURENCE “THE KING OF BOHEMIA” VAIL
Who was Laurence Vail? And why did he have so many troubled children?
Thank You Andy Warhol
by Lisa Janssen - Dear Andy, I wanted to write you and let you know the many ways you have impacted my life. It started with “The Philosophy of Andy Warhol from A to B and Back Again.” There were some aphorisms in that book that I live by to this day, at least I try. My favorite is, “So what.”
MY FAVORITE GADABOUT #2, RENATE DRUKS
by Lisa Janssen - In classic gadabout form, Renate Druks is remembered as an ephemeral creature. Like Wallace Berman, she attracted a circle of remarkable people and forged connections between them. On her own, she was a painter, but even more acted as muse for so many others’ work.
MY FAVORITE GADABOUT #1, CAROL EASTMAN
by Lisa Janssen - Carole Eastman. Contrary to the most typical gadabout, she did produce one masterwork, FIVE EASY PIECES. But so quietly that she is rarely remembered behind the towering actor and director.
DRAGON LADIES: A TREASURE TROVE OF PHOTOS OF STRIPTEASERS FROM THE EIGHTIES
BY LISA JANSSEN Tyler Hubby, an editor and director of the highly anticipated Tony Conrad documentary lives around the...
The Genius of Rudy Wurlitzer
by Lisa Janssen - Every once in a while my father would talk about his favorite movie Two-Lane Blacktop. As he spoke of it his gaze would drift to a place far off from the dinner table. He would describe the white line going up the middle of the highway, how it filled the screen of the drive-in theatre he had seen it in.
“These two guys just drive,” he said. “That’s all they do.”