very special thanks to ALEX TANGUAY over at NIKE for sending me these super lightweight and magnificent athletic shoe. it MIGHT just send me fat ass back to the gym…who knows.

* i misread “PLANT” as “PAINT” and i got excited thinking NIKE was targeting depressed artists, haha. then i realized what it said and then felt slightly bad that i’m not a jock.

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thanks to the homie GREG KUBIE from HARPER COLLINS. ANGELO told me this book was a gem and he was right. i am so not a reader, it’s stupid…but, i can’t put this book down.

*it’s PATTI SMITH’S autobiography about her growing up, coming to NYC and her relationship with photographer ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE. it’s so good…all you aspiring artists should give it a read.