Recommended: Where The Bodies Are Buried – Mick Brown on Kenneth Anger in Esquire

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//Photo: esquire.co.uk//

Do yourself a favour and read Mick Brown’s interview with Kenneth Anger on the Esquire website.

We were fortunate to sit with Mick during part of his preparation for the piece, attendance to the screenings of contemporary work and  a q&a with the magus during last summer’s brief Anger season at the ICA. As Brown’s article confirms, Anger’s powers appear undimmed by age; his presence that night was enhanced by a beautiful suit by Agnès Troublé (Agnes B); the pair’s friendship goes back to 1959.

There are few exponents of popular journalism to rival Brown for economy, precision and wit in delivery. Read this fine example of a writer at the top of his game here.

Memories of Mick Farren: An entertaining afternoon in West Hollywood and a champagne-drenched night in Islington

//’Mick Passes Shirley, 1955′  Illustration for a feature about growing up in the 50s by Mick Farren, Club International 1975 by Hollyhead/NTA from an idea of George Hardie’s//

Growing up in London in the 60s and 70s with an interest in the counterculture, music and street politics meant that the shaggy-headed figure of Mick Farren loomed large on the landscape.
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Man About Town LA issue

Teaser trailer for Hedi Slimane’s Man About Town LA issue, featuring Kenneth Anger, John Baldessari, Beck, Larry Bell, Chris Burden, Dave Grohl, Henry Hopper, No Age, Gus Van Sant, Gore Vidal, Wavves + Brian Wilson.