What is with your hair, Lenny Kravitz?
The only reason I can think that Lenny Kravitz is wearing his hair like that is so that no one will realise that it's really him who has sunk to the depths of appearing in a Gap advertising campaign.Wednesday I went to an exciting party, for the opening of the exhibition for the photographer Platon's book, 'Platon's Republic'. It was exciting because everyone there was really good looking, and looked like a somebody. Then on the Thursday I went back again for a private view with Platon and he was really interesting and it was fun, he took me through the pictures and told me stories about them and talked about what is going on in the world. It was sad seeing that Esquire picture, the last official portrait of Bill Clinton before the end of his presidency, it's such an upbeat photograph and then when you think about what has happened since then.
Further grimness on Friday evening, when I went to a double bill of Tim Robbins films in Hammersmith, where his new play Embedded is also on. Tim Robbins was there at the beginning being interviewed and answering questions, all the talk was about the forthcoming presidential elections and the war in Iraq, and there wasn't much of anything positive said (or to be said). Except that at least the internet is giving other voices a place to be heard.
I liked his argument about the myth of the liberal media in the US. I wasn't so keen when he descended into slagging off George W. Bush for not being a real cowboy and going to expensive schools. I mean, there's enough real stuff, there's far too much real stuff, to criticise him on without resorting to cheap insults. As if a real cowboy is what is wanted anyway!
He kept repeating "It's a surreal world", and I don't know. Now it feels as if it would be surreal if something normal and good happened in the world. Something sensible.
Plans for Sunday: swimming, reading the papers and maybe the six-hour Italian film?? We'll see.
posted by Jennifer @ 4:35 pm
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