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The Art World Got A Little Less Interesting Yesterday

Posted in Art, obituary, Toni Tiller with tags Art, louise bougeois, obituary, Toni Tiller on June 2, 2010 by Toni Tiller

Louise Bourgeois passed away yesterday at the age of 98. A completely fascinating woman who really only started to receive the recognition she deserved when she was in her 70′s. As an artist she was incredibly gifted in her ability to draw on autobiographical experiences and relate them without cloying self referentialism. The works were rich, sensual, sexual, and often terrifying. Giant spiders, tables of breasts, hacked up and mutated penises, I mean what’s not to like?

We’re going to miss her a whole lot.

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R.I.P. Marilyn Chambers

Posted in news, obituary, Toni Tiller with tags marilyn chambers, obituary, porn on April 14, 2009 by Toni Tiller

Marilyn Chambers was one of the superstars of the 70′s porn scene, and I happen to be writing this from the same place that she filmed her break out performance for the Mitchell Brothers in Behind The Green Door. Originally from Westport Connecticut, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a mainstream acting career but eventually found herself in San Francisco where her chance encounter with Jim and Artie Mitchell changed all their lives as well as the adult movie industry. Marilyn was one of the first savvy business women of the era, demanding, and getting, the contract requests that set the standard for major adult stars today and Behind The Green Door went on to become one of the highest grossing adult films of all time generating about 25 million dollars and is still in print. What I always appreciated about her was that she took complete ownership of her choices and her career, neither glamorizing nor sugar coating the business she was in and never resorting to the role of victim. She died at home yesterday at the age of 56.

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R.I.P. Lux Interior

Posted in current events, news, Toni Tiller with tags lux interior, music, news, obituary, the cramps, Toni Tiller on February 5, 2009 by Toni Tiller

The Cramps were a huge part of my Jersey teen years, a band who’s sound and aesthetic paved the way for the legion of rockbilly disciples that exists today. They did it way back when this kind of retro was just not cool, and they did it with their own psychotic edge. Unfortunately Lux Interior passed away last night of a pre-existing heart condition in California. I have a lot of fond memories of him in a vinyl cat suit and a pair of stilettos destroying himself at City Gardens (Shitty Gardens for those in the know) and though I haven’t seen them play in years I will miss his warped and fearless spirit. The world needs more Lux Interiors.