It's always you, John Watson. You keep me right.

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Kapoor or one of his agents has, it’s worth noting, violated the terms of service put forth on Semple’s website, and Semple isn’t happy. He expressed his deep concern over the situation in an email to artnet News:

This naturally upset a great number of people in the art world, to say the least, as many other people were excited to experiment with using the Vantablack pigment in their art. Therefore, as an act of retaliation, artist Stuart Semple released PINK, the world’s pink pigment under the stipulation that anyone in the world could buy it, except for Anish Kapoor. At the time of purchase, the purchaser has to agree to a legal statement saying that they are not Anish Kapoor and will not willing or knowingly give the pigment to Anish Kapoor. 

The Rockettes are being hired out to perform for him. These girls actively cannot turn down the job without being blacklisted from dancing. We shouldn’t be angry with those girls, who are trying to survive and live their dream and make an honest living, but rather the asshat who’s hiring them out, who I’ve heard has at least some connection to Trump, being a major Mogul who runs the agency that schedules performances for different dance companies and so on in NY.

So I’m sorry if anyone disagrees, but I feel really bad for the Rockettes, because I have a friend who is being forced to perform at the inauguration if she wants to continue being part of the literal 1.4% of dancers in NYC to actually have a paying job they can live off of, and I know many of those girls are in the same situation, just doing what they have to to keep their jobs.

If you’re a fan of Neil Gaiman and Charles Veda’s “Stardust”, you’re in for a treat. BBC radio is produced an excellent dramatization available for free streaming (in 2 one hour parts). It’s only available for a limited time.