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As noted femiblogger Moe Tkacik coolly observes, party gal Lydia Hearst has a diary page in Page Six Magazine in which she decries tabloid celebutards and also gives readers insight into what it means to be wealthy, young, intemperate, macabre, shallow, vapid, viscous and blithe. In the current Hearst Chronicles, we learn that Lydia and her friends have a thing called Factory 2.0. In her words, it's a "Andy Warhol-esque atmosphere in our own time."
Factory 2.0 is a place where "people can have creative outbursts." An example of such a creative outburst, according to Hearst:"we held an impromptu Halloween party (I dressed as a cavegirl) and got tattoos."
It's kind of like Damien Hirst meets Piero Manzoni meets, uh, the Geico guy? That's also like precisely what normal people call getting wasted and doing something dumb! But whatever, everyone's got their 15 minutes, right?
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I would like to read more about Factory 2.0 member Edie Segway.
or John "I can Basquiat 1200 lbs" F. Page.
Or Andy "If you think Warholin' that couch up these stairs for anything less than a dime bag, think again."
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is stupid.
@LolCait: Give yourself a Commie for that!
Sienna Miller fucking hates it there.
Pics of the tatoos, please.
I wonder if her creative outbursts ever make the water splash against the bottom of the seat.
@Nard38: Ha. And eww.
Does this mean the new album from Velour Underpantses is dropping soon?
@furious-george: Hah!
Where is the place where I can have emotional outbursts?
They are not necessarily creative.
Next up is a five page feature in Interview Magazine where Lydia is interviewed by Lindsay Lohan, styled by Marc Jacobs, and photographed by Cisco Adler's balls.
Lydia, you are aware that part of that whole "Andy Warhol" thing was his exploitation of a vacuous and attention-hungry culture that sacrificed quality for the sake of notoriety, right? Like, the whole silk-screening of mass-produced images and brands wasn't so much "pretty" as it was mordant social commentary? You get that, right?
Yes, Lydia, gum tastes good.
can we summon the spirit of valeria solanas?
valerie.
When the 2.0 Valerie Solanas finds out, there WILL be hell to pay.
Does "2.0" now just mean "Nauseatingly Stupid" in the same way that "Express" now means "Crappier and Just as Expensive" (as in "Holiday Inn Express," "Pizza Hut Express," etc.)?
Good to know that "Factory Girl" is out on Netflix now. Way to be servicey, Gawker!
@VenusCloacina: Or the way that "Select" means "stuff we pulled off the cutting room floor and repurposed," and "rightfully elected" means "just kidding?"
Oh Cisco Adler's balls! I heard he was going to be a HUGE photographer!
@LolCait: Allow me to comminate you for a Nommie.
You've still got it!
Oddly enough, I'm forming the SLA 2.0. This time, we get it right!
I hope Mary Woronov gives her a good spanking.
Who's gonna star in the "blow job" remake?
@Chief Wahoo: Ha!
Back in my artcow fucking days we always knew we were gonna get a good hatefuck on any stupid fingerpainter when she mentioned Andy Warhol or The Factory or Factory Records. While two of those things are not like the other, in this context they all belong.
I still kind of feel bad for explaining pimping their asses out for bachellor parties and line-ups as 'an experiential art project I had been exploring,' but that's all water under the bridge now.
The Factory era is overrated. Friendly cunnilingus from Loulou de la Falaise at "54" is underrated.
This is the Renaissance Faire for artsy types. This is what has happened to New York.
@mathnet: It's worse than Shittsburgh! I'll bet Zac Braff would give his left nut to get into this Factory 2.0 happening. So would Mandy Moore.
That is the third time Manzoni has come up in conversation this week. I smell: zeitgeist!
Or, you know, the other thing.
Just somebody let me know if an early 70's Joe Dallesandro lookalike will be there.
Let them eat snark.
@Itsjustcatnip: Tee Shirt PLEASE!
Way to keep the tradition alive, cavegirl. Your aunt robbed banks with a tommy gun. You fail.
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