Purple Rain Dried Out…
Prince is dead.
Known for his sexually charged lyrics and electric performances, Prince made a final public appearance at a show on Sunday.
Prince did...
U.S v. China. Are We the Queen of Outerspace?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awWQo9gYayQ
Playing with his big kite, Marquel, the TPV Times Colorful Section Correspondent, read In China’s Shadow, U.S. Courts Old Foe Vietnam. Increasingly at loggerheads...
Hair. The Next (to last) Generation.
Unless hyped, hair is such a non-issue, that one would be baffled to hear that Hair makes for a less repetitive musical than Mama...
Bono’s Appendix to His Little Book to Humanity
TPV is greatful to be able to reproduce Bono's appendix to his little book published a few days ago on his website.
If this is...
Arts and Politics: Doll Boxes
In an age of miniature politics, nothing can help us better visualize reality than Sherry Mills' art in a box. Watch her interviewed by...
Bro, I’m Kanye West and You’re Not
TPV received a new letter from Kanye West this morning. It listed 10 reasons why he is Kanye and we are not.
Bro, I have...
Watch, Don’t Think: The Case of “Top Secret” in Beijing
There is a profound distinction to be made between seeing and thinking, between witnessing something and unpacking it intellectually. Wrapped up in these concerns,...
Be Right Back!
Wes Craven, a Master of Slasher Horror Films, Dies at 76, read Marquel, TPVs NYTimes zombie section correspondent. He immediately got depressed and screamed.
Mr. Craven, a...
Ghost Money
Marquel, TPVs NYTimes Ghosts and Phantoms Section correspondent, was praying for a happy ending, when he read Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman.’ This...
Nude and Pretty
Marquel was staring at his naked body in Central Park recently , when a pretty girl handed him a copy of the TImes' Hundreds...
Ziggy Stardust or Living with David Bowie
For many of us David Bowie will remain the consummate #Rebel.
https://youtu.be/eF551z9KlA8
For me, Bowie & Mercury remain the teachers of living under pressure.
https://youtu.be/YoDh_gHDvkk
Thank you,
#TPV.
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ThePotholeView: Ziggy Stardust or...
Death, by Chris Burden
Chris Burden, a Conceptualist With Scars, Dies at 69, read Marquel, TPVs NYTimes What's Next Section correspondent, and laughed at the joke.
Burden is famous for...
TPV played the D
To celebrate Make Music New York (MMNY), a group of 175 artists joined together break the mark for the largest electronic keyboard ensemble, playing Pachelbel's Canon...
