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Anyone who knows me knows I've never been one to revel in the past. I'm the last one to cast a misty-eyed glance back at the "good old days". In my experience the people who take this angle are usually the ones who weren't there. Whatever mistakes, false starts and missed opportunities I've had the pleasure of having, I was wherever I was for better or worse.

This blog is not meant to romanticize any choices I made or any particular era. It's simply a place where I share stories and take stock of where I've been as a way to figure out where I might want to go next. I'll celebrate some people along the way, some of them you'll know or know of, others will be new to you. I'm glad to have known every one of them.

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March 20, 2012
JONATHAN LEVINE 1986 I met Jonathan LeVine in 1986 when we were teenagers. I had left high school early (“dropping out” has such negative connotations) to go on a nationwide tour as the roadie for 7 Seconds. We stayed with him and his mom after playing City Gardens in Trenton, NJ. I saw him again for the first time since then last week at his beautiful gallery in Manhattan. He’s just as cool as he was then. Whatever any of my art school friends might think one way or another of Jonathan’s aesthetic, his story is a truly inspiring one of a self made guy who followed his vision and made it to the big time by being honest, friendly and true to himself while helping a lot of really awesome artists make a good living along the way I might add. You can’t really f—k with that. Plus he has a Teletubby suit and he’s not afraid to wear it. You can f—k with that but I’d  suggest you choose not to.

JONATHAN LEVINE 1986

I met Jonathan LeVine in 1986 when we were teenagers. I had left high school early (“dropping out” has such negative connotations) to go on a nationwide tour as the roadie for 7 Seconds. We stayed with him and his mom after playing City Gardens in Trenton, NJ. I saw him again for the first time since then last week at his beautiful gallery in Manhattan. He’s just as cool as he was then. Whatever any of my art school friends might think one way or another of Jonathan’s aesthetic, his story is a truly inspiring one of a self made guy who followed his vision and made it to the big time by being honest, friendly and true to himself while helping a lot of really awesome artists make a good living along the way I might add. You can’t really f—k with that.

Plus he has a Teletubby suit and he’s not afraid to wear it. You can f—k with that but I’d  suggest you choose not to.

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