Crumbling Aura

A collection of random ish.

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Michael Tilson Thomas on James Brown. From Fresh Air, 1995.

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The East Village Other, Vol. 5, No. 50 (November 10, 1970).

Cover illustration by Abdul Mati Klarwein.

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The Untouchables, Brian De Palma, 1987.

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Leo and Diane Dillon, cover illustration

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Photo of Mexico City protest by Gerardo Vieyra for NurPhoto/Shutterstock. Published in The Guardian, July 15, 2025.

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Alanis Morissette in Budapest, 2008. Photo by Karoly Arvai for Reuters.

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Joanne Chesimard FBI wanted poster. (h/t Bolerium Books)

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Anju Suzuki in YMO Propaganda (1984).

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"The Atlanta Story," Columbia Journalism Review, September/October 1981.

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Zasu Pitts as Trina McTeague in Greed (1924). Erich von Stroheim's masterwork is full of haunting images. But this scene of Trina obsessively laying her gold coins on her bed, taking off her clothes, and sleeping with them has stayed with me.

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Photo of Stanley Kubrick directing the record store scene in A Clockwork Orange, with a poster of T. Rex's "Ride a White Swan" in the background. Still taken from Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures.

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A shot of Sterling Hayden alongside a poster of Lenny Bruce headlining a burlesque show at the Gayety Club in Stanley Kubrick's The Killing. Read this post for more on the shot.

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David Byrne in Musician, September 1983. Photo by Deborah Feingold.

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"Ladies United Violently" / Aphrodisia, Lili et Fury - Paris 1977 (Photo : Catherine Faux)

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Heatwave in SOUL Magazine, December 11, 1978.

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"Modern Renaissance" by allieu.

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Alma Hitchcock at home. Photo by Philippe Halsman. From Rolling Stone, July 29, 1976.