BlackBook anoints top 5 places to get your ’50 Shades of Grey’ on. New York’s chaste, not a go-go, compared to the Midwest and its love of “that book.” But BlackBook magazine and its always-clever website have picked some “creative” … Read More
A special collector’s edition homage’s the satire classic. “Totally MAD: 60 Years of Humor, Satire, Stupidity and Stupidity” –with a foreword by Stephen Colbert and Eric Drysdale—is coming to newsstands here and there, and includes “The Soul of MAD,” a … Read More
Charlotte Druckman’s upcoming group tell-all, accounted by 100-odd kitchen witches, is going to blow the lid on all those chauvinistic pigs, man. Prune chef Gabrielle Hamilton’s “Blood, Bones & Butter” and Spotted Pig chef April Bloomfield’s “A Girl and Her … Read More
This summer, be the brains on the beach and now thine marine life up close and icky-amazing, with this gee-wiz evolutionary tale of horseshoe ‘arthropods’ and (not-so) velvet worms of the sea. In Richard Fortey’s Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms, … Read More
Take a pre-summer road-trip to the land of the seer-suckered authors. Before the car-paint-eating love bugs arrive, hit the below-Mason-Dixon highways to visit the inspiration points of your favorite Southern writers. Plan the course accordingly, and you can do all … Read More
Two visually stunning, escapist coffee table books exhibit the worlds of two artistic geniuses. For your oh-so-correct beach house this summer, pick up “Houses of the Sundown Sea: The Architectural Vision of Harry Gesner” (Abrams), by Lisa Germany, and “Silent … Read More
She died 50 years ago, but Marilyn Monroe remains wildly alive and kicking in pop iconography. Now with Taschen’s new limited-edition monograph, Norman Mailer, Bert Stern: Marilyn Monroe, never-before seen photographs of Hollywood’s most tragic and enigmatic kid-in-the-picture keeps teasing … Read More
A rare gallery show of Dare Wright’s creepy-plush creations. Through April 28th, Fred Torres Collaborations gallery in NYC is showing what purports to be the first photographic exhibition of images shot by the author of “The Lonely Doll” series of … Read More
A new photo book animates the faded but opulent beauty of Cuba, a lavish paradise still unattainable. You hear about the vintage cars, the uber-nice people, the vibrant nightlife, the sultriness of it all. And of course, the menacing reality … Read More
Ginger Baker’s beyond-believable documentary and beyond-the-grave Johnny Ramone’s, tell-all make our upcoming rock-god spring hits list. Last week at SXSW, cool-cat Jay Bulger’s documentary on the legendary Cream drummer Ginger Baker took Southwest’s top honors at its well-regarded film festival … Read More
Guy walks into a bar, girl walks into a bar: Daniel Boulud’s new drinks and canapé books have the poison for both. Split between “For Him” and “For Her”—is Daniel Boulud Cocktails and Amuse-Bouches, a drinks and small bites guide … Read More
Room 100: The Magazine!: Thompson Hotels publishes its smashing in-house new bedside companion. Our Winter 2012 edition of Room 100 just hit the rooms, lounges and front desks of all our hotels, including our newest ventures in South Beach, Miami, … Read More
‘The Savoy Cocktail Book’ and ‘The PDT Cocktail Book’ are the go-to drink recipe tomes for X-mas and onward, no! And they have pictures inside too! Remember the good ole days when cocktail books used illustrations to, well, illustrate, drinks? … Read More
Fruitcake? Literary publisher powerHouse reveals new cheesecake coffee table book just in time for the holidays, boys! “Do Not Disturb,” Adam Raphael’s new book of preening studs (listed as a gay imprint), features 150 “full color” (!) pics that will … Read More
New photo show proves the impossible. “My parents split up when I was four,” said porny-artsy photographer Terry Richardson. “It feels good for me to have them back together again, even if it’s in a gallery and only for a … Read More
