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A Letter of Rejection to Andy Warhol c.1956

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One of his artworks is counted amongst the top 10 most expensive paintings ever sold ($100 million for “Eight Elvises”), but in 1956, the director of collections at The Museum of Modern Art in New York rejected Warhol’s submission, a drawing, simply titled, “Shoe”, informing him that it could picked up from the museum at [...]

Frank Sinatra is Not Amused: Letters from the King of Swing

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Our first letter comes from Frank in 1976, addresed to the Chicago Daily News writer, Mike Royko, who had just published an article questioning the special treatment Frank had received from the Chicago police while in town for a concert. Here is how Sinatra felt about the piece and its writer… 1. “Quite frankly, I [...]

Baroness Shraeder vs. Maria Von Trapp

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When our favorite movies would end and the credits rolled, we couldn’t help but continue dreaming about the stories and the characters. Where filmmakers had skimmed over small details, we dove in and swam around in a sea of untold scenes. I’ve recently stumbled upon a literary treasure trove online called Timothy McSweeney’s Internet Tendency [...]



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