April 2009 Art Articles
- What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds in our office.
- Tribeca Review: Celine Danhier’s Doc on No Wave and the Cinema of Transgression, Blank City
- Fiction Fix: I Have to Feel Halved by Gary Lutz
- Tilda Swinton at the indieWIRE and Apple Filmmaker Talks
- Cat Power Happy Hour #2
- Neutral Milk Hotel Returns… To Save a Classic Carousel [Strange Pitch]
- Quote of the Day: Do Tassels and Motherhood Mix?
- Cultural Obsessions: Why We Heart Chelsea Handler
- Democratic Euphoria: For Republicans, Arlen Now Just a Specter
- Pandemic Panic: A Poorly Understood Illness Rattles the World
- Exclusive: The Postcards From Yo Momma Ladies’ New Book, Love, Mom
- Pic of the Day: Don’t Get Sick in Poland…
- 7 Things We Want from Milan Design Week
- Barack Obama Visits Netherland (Not the Ranch)
- Video of the Day: Plastic Bags Become Houses in Kenya
- A Masked Speidi, Facebook Vampires, & Puppies That Glow [Morning Links]
- American Idol Recapped: Tough to swallow, huh Adam?
- April is National Poetry Month: Staceyann Chin
- What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds in our office.
- What’s Up with Donovan’s “Mellow Yellow”? [Lyric Detective]
- Rate-A-Trailer: Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia
- Cat Power Happy Hour #1
- Exclusive: How Has the Recession Affected the Sex Industry? [NSFW]
- WTF WWD: Lady Gaga’s Old News is REALLY Old News
- Weekly Reader: THE BOOK OF THE UNKNOWN, by Jonathon Keats
- Pic of the Day: Sick of Your BF’s Bettie Page Obsession?
- When Reality Ruins Reality TV: The Hills
- Five Things that Make Us Suspicious about Wolverine
- Breaking News: Yo La Tengo + Wilco in NYC
- Required Reading: “The World’s Foremost Consultant on the Future of Publishing”
- Exclusive: Prefuse 73 Denounces the Glitch-Hop Throne
- Tribeca Review: Zhang Wei’s Meditative Debut, Fish Eyes
- Leto is a Hugger, Ahmadinejad is a Wannabe, & the iPhone is a Goner (Not Really) [Morning Links]
- American Idol Recapped: The One Where They Sing Old People Songs and Wanda is a Mentor
- Exclusive: Andrea Seigel’s Dark (and Funny!) Take on Teen Lit
- Why Agyness Deyn & Rita from Arrested Development Are the Same Person
- Condom Ads That Make You Scared of Condoms
- What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds in our office.
- A Backstage Tour of The Simpsons with Mike Reiss
- Swine Flu, The End of The World, & Haute Lunchboxes [Foodie News]
- “Apatow World” Looks Like Real Life, No?
- Earplug to the Underground: Black Dice, the Juan Maclean, and Mono
- Tribeca Review: Conor McPherson’s Spare, Supernatural Doozy, The Eclipse
- Five More Photo Ops for the Defense Department
- Tribeca Review: Departures or The Film That Ruined Your Oscar Pool
- Exclusive: Devo’s Jerry Casale on Dome Hats and McDonald’s
- Tribeca Review: Kore-eda’s Priceless Family Portrait, Still Walking
- Pic of the Day: Lolcats + Swine Flu Mashup
- Wakiya’s Cookbook Owns Flavorpill in the Kitchen: James Beard Trial II
- Exclusive: Behind the Scenes of the Crystal Method and Matisyahu’s Otherworldly New Video
- Flaw and Order: Williamsburg Hipsters + Creepy Jeff Goldblum Don’t Mix
- Architecture in the Movies: 8 Classic Films
- Video of the Day: “Subprime” by Beeple
- Depression Special #7: Five Free (and legal) Full-Album Downloads
- DFW’s Speech, Kevin Smith’s Rant, & 9 to 5’s Total Domination [Morning Links]
- What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds in our office.
- R.I.P. Bea Arthur: We’ll Always Love You, Dorothy Zbornak
- Tribeca Review: About Elly Brings the Iranian Middle Class Center Stage
- Don’t Quit Your Day Job: Actor Slash Model
- Jen Bekman Artist to Watch: Lauren Dicioccio
- Exclusive: Prefuse 73’s MoMA Monday Nights Podcast
- Pic of the Day: Why We Love Spring in New York
- Three Reasons the Creed Reunion is Bad News for Everybody
- Tribeca Review: A Departure from Dogme in Fear Me Not
- Hypercolor Mags, An Old School Heist, & The Apocalyptic Monument We’d Never Heard Of [Art Links]
- Quote of the Day: Mike Tyson and Nature vs. Nurture
- Possibly-Better-Off Missed Connections [Reader Services]
- Video of the Day: For David Lynch, Ideas are Like Fish
- Why I No Longer Care About Gossip Girl
- Horny Architects, Amy Poehler’s Curse, and Gawker Stalker 2.0 [Morning Links]
- Tribeca Review: Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna’s Soccer-Themed Reunion, Rudo y Cursi
- What’s On at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds
- What We’re Listening To At Flavorpill
- The Fringe Exploits of Leonard Nimoy: What You Never Knew
- Facebook Poets, Bad Sentences, & My First Dictionary [Literary Links]
- Turtle Power: TMNT Turn 25 [Photo Gallery]
- Big Brother Book Club: What does that shirt and book combo say about you?
- Tribeca Review: Hip-Hop’s Next Generation in P-Star Rising
- Pic of the Day: A Truly Puzzling Cake
- Exclusive: Stellastarr* Singer Shawn Christensen Gets Civilized
- Exclusive: 10 Questions with People Are Unappealing Author Sara Barron
- Blago’s Already Plugging the Reality Show
- Video of the Day: Please Don’t Feed the Polite Bears
- Debating the Pleasure Principle + 12 Beloved Buildings
- Zachary Palmer, We Salute You! [Contest Winner]
- Meatcards, Treehouses, and the Return of Instant Photography [Design Porn]
- How to Find a Job In This Crap Economy [Ask an Expert]
- Letterman Loves L.C., Prince Loves Mulah, & Susan Boyle Loves Red Patent Leather! [Morning Links]
- Ben Lee Is a Woman, Too
- Where There’s Smoke There Must be Chimneys [Flickr Found Photo Fridays]
- What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds in our office.
- From the Stadium to the Shower: Noel Gallagher Contemplates Solo Life
- Floppy Hats, Fashion Crazies, Baby Slings, & More [Style Shorts]
- Flavorpill Joins the Fiesta Movement: Let’s Ride!
- What Celebrity’s Memoir Would You Like to Read?
- The 2009 Tribeca Film Festival Has Begun!
- Pic of the Day: The Only Acceptable Excuse for Traffic
- Paolo Sorrentino on His Razzle-Dazzle Rock Opera, Il Divo
- Flame On! The Many Faces of the Online Provocateur
- Rate-A-Trailer: Michael Cera’s Paper Heart
- Flavorwire Learns to Cook One James Beard-Nominated Cookbook at a Time
- Exclusive: Redefining Urban Art at the Auction House
- Matt and Kim Strip Down… Or Do They?
- New art from the Millennials, Generation Y, iGeneration, and Generation Me
- Video of the Day: Better Than “I’m On A Boat”?
- American Idol Recapped: R.I.P. Lil Rounds
- MySpace Drama, Hugh Jackman’s Houdini, & A New Show More Confusing Than Lost [Morning Links]
- Julieta Aranda: Mapping Time in the Museum
- So Yong Kim On Her Quietly Exquisite Sophomore Effort, Treeless Mountain
- What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds in our office.
- Video of the Day: A Playboy Reporter + 15 Seconds of Waterboarding
- Fiction Fix: Hurt People by Cote Smith
- Festival Dispatch: Two New Yorkers Take on Coachella
- Weekly Reader: Alice Fantastic by Maggie Estep
- The One Where We Pretend Interview Asher Roth
- Exclusive: Michael Cirelli Brings Fun, Excitement, T-Pain to Poetry
- MoMA’s Compass in Hand Makes Us Ask: “What is Drawing?”
- Earth Day 2009: How You Can Help Save the World
- Never Coming to a Theater Near You: Grift
- Pixies Career-Spanning Box Set for Summer
- Blind Photographers Show the World as They See It
- Proof That Ignorance Is *Genetic…
- Dan Deacon vs the Ambiguously Lame Duo [Blind Item]
- Angelina’s Franchise, A Faux Michelangelo, & Mike Tyson’s Comeback [Morning Links]
- American Idol Recapped: Adam Lambert is the Anti-Christ.
- Seriously: Our Totally SFW Report from Fuck Friends at ASS
- Literature in Miniature: Reading on the iPhone
- Watch the New Gorillaz Documentary and Win! [Giveaway]
- What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds in our office.
- Exclusive: Meet the Man Behind Triptrop NYC
- The State Finally Gets a DVD release – 16 Years Later
- Five of the Worst Raps by Celebrities
- The One Where We Geek Out Over Infographics
- Quote of the Day: Suck on That, Miss California
- The 7 Best Films Starring Real Life Siblings
- Two Weeks of Hip Hop with the Hood Internet
- Pic of the Day: Transparency — More Than Just a Buzz Word.
- Can YOU Score a Book Deal in 140 Characters or Less?
- Prince Charles and the Royal Drama Over Chelsea Barracks
- Secret Messages, Mall Makeovers, & America’s Sassiest Boy [Morning Links]
- Video of the Day: This Dude Can Bike Up Trees
- What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds in our office.
- Required Viewing: The First 5 Minutes of Watchmen
- Pulitzer Drama: Lynn Nottage’s Ruined Takes The Drama Prize
- 5 Ways You and Your iPhone Can Be Naughty
- Quote of the Day: Perez’s Peckers Ain’t What They Used to Be
- Breaking News (To Us): Have Your Portrait Drawn by Michel Gondry
- Pic of the Day: Is Blogging the New TV Watching?
- Still Standing: Jason Flores-Williams and the American Condition
- Rhetorical Questions Inspired By the Weekend Box Office
- Exclusive: An Italian Import for American Ballet
- Video of the Day: A Sneak Peek Of Ebony Bones’ “The Musik”
- The Third Rail: Sports Drinks
- A ’60s Saga With Its Own Theme Song
- FOX’s Apology, Larry King’s Confusion & a Giant Inflatable Mouse [Morning Links]
- What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds in our office.
- Winner! Mister Saturday Night Giveaway Awarded
- Weird Science: Hairless Chimps, Cute Critters, & Dead Dudes
- Rooftop Films @ Migrating Forms: Amie Siegel’s DDR/DDR
- Wait, the Pirate Bay Guys pirated stuff? Well, that changes everything.
- 15 Minutes and Counting: A Hipster Grifter Timeline
- Design Porn: “Subvivor” Fanny Pack, DIY Segways, and Some Polish Concept Ambiguity
- Quote of the Day: Seth Rogen’s Beef with Brad
- Lunch Break: Slaughterhouse 90210
- 49 Cities Found in Tiny Storefront on Kenmare Street
- Video of the Day: The Sinister Side of Diff’rent Strokes
- The Mellow Snifter Bump ‘n Crunk Poetry Hour: “Blame It” (Jamie Foxx and T-Pain) [Video]
- Pic of the Day: LaChapelle is Our Homeboy
- Breaking News: Oprah Has Landed on Twitter!
- Director Eran Riklis Talks About His Sweet/Tart Flick, Lemon Tree
- 50 New Yorkers, One Leather Jacket [Photo Gallery + Giveaway]
- Salma’s Choice: Eran Riklis’ Sharp Allegory, Lemon Tree
- Big Brother Book Club: You’ve Got Good Taste in Books, New York
- Crying Ballerinas, Disposable Pavilions, & Hot Vampire Posters [Morning Links]
- April is National Poetry Month: Urban Word NYC/Ty Belton
- What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds in our office.
- Mmmm…Pancakes…Nom Nom Nom [Food Songs]
- Daily Poll: Crazy Like a Foxx…
- Today’s Top 5 Twitteriffic Headlines
- Exclusive: Paul Laster Goes Gallery-Hopping in Amsterdam
- Possibly-Better-Off Missed Connections [Reader Services]
- Killer Queen: An Interview With Ida Maria
- Kanye’s 30 Seconds To Mars Collaboration [Gossip Roundup]
- Quote of the Day: This Easily Could Have Taken a Hipster Grifter Turn…
- Mexican Media Blitz: Just How Bad Is the Country’s Drug War?
- Video the Day: Billy Corgan’s Wrestling Promo
- The Weird and Unpredictable World of Thai Politics
- American Idol Recapped: Saved.
- Pic of the Day: Who Moved My Cheese?
- The 8 Albums That’ll Impress Any Music Nerd
- What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds in our office.
- Exclusive: What’s Your Financial Horoscope?
- F5 Creative Fest: We Have a Winner!
- Can’t Afford Camp Cucamonga? Spend the Summer with Flavorwire!
- Party with Mister Saturday Night and Brand Nubian [Giveaway]
- Slate’s Magical Vanishing Jobs Map
- Viva La Mix! #5: Downloads from Fever Ray, Little Boots, Phoenix, and Super Furry Animals
- Design Porn: Hamsters, Sharks, & Edible Transformers, Oh My!
- Emo Kids Arise! A Free Bright Eyes Doc Is Now Online
- Weekly Reader: COLD SKIN by Albert Sanchez Pinol
- Inside Michael Jackson’s Defunct Estate Sale
- Pic of the Day: Double Docking?
- Wouldn’t a Tarantino/Palahniuk Collab Be Awesome?
- Exclusive: Alyssa Monks Talks about her Bathing Beauties
- Who Should Be on Blago’s Island?
- Daily Poll: Is Shepard Fairey Street Art’s Fall Guy?
- Required Reading: How It Ended, by Jay McInerney
- American Idol Recapped: What Does Tarantino Know About Singing?
- Sad Songs, Dancing Crowds, & Torture that Tickles [Morning Links]
- Taming the Winter Music Conference Monster
- What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds in our office.
- A Brief History of Musicians & Murder
- Maztzah Dioramas, Gastronomical Bromance and Cupcakes [Foodie News]
- Five to Watch: Today’s Must-See Viral Videos
- Fiction Fix: “The Martian Agent, A Planetary Romance,” by Michael Chabon
- Exploring the Avant Garde, Nurse With Wound-Style
- Neil Gaiman’s “It Was a Dark and Silly Night” [Video]
- Exclusive: X is for Xylopholks
- Pic of the Day: Suck on That, Kindle
- Earplug to the Underground: Fever Ray and Dan Deacon
- Quote of the Day: Drugs Are Bad, M’kay?
- Moby + David Lynch = “Shot in the Back of the Head”
- In Search of the Perfect Lawn Chair [Flickr Found Photo Fridays]
- The One Where We Redesign a Bunch of Things
- Video of the Day: The Lost Tribes of New York City
- Depression Special #6: Five Free (and legal) Full-Album Downloads
- Creepy Fans, Date Rape, & Baby Names! [Morning Links]
- Throw a Knife, Save the Coney Island Sideshow
- What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds in our office.
- Jen Bekman Photograher of the Month: Beth Dow
- Friday Night Lights: “Tomorrow Blues”
- Get Creative at F5 Conference [Giveaway]
- The Dead and the Dying: 15 Bands We Wish Wouldn’t Reunite
- Even Their Talent Show Contestants are Cooler
- We’d Be Angry If We Were in Gigli Too [Video]
- Overhead at Flavorpill: The Great Tea Bagging Debate
- Exclusive: We Chat with The New Museum’s Generational Curator Massimiliano Gioni
- Exclusive: Talking Avant-Garde Electronics with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
- Video of the Day: Stoner Ben Affleck Makes Us Laugh
- 10 Reasons Pirates ARE NOT Awesome
- Rhetorical Questions Inspired By the Weekend Box Office
- It’s Hard Out There for a… Literary Agent?
- 5 Things Cuter than Obama’s (Not) Pound Puppy
- James Joyce for the Stroller Set [Lit Shorts]
- Exclusive: Video Highlights from the NY Auto Show
- Amazon.Com Drama, NBC’s Dirty Secret, & Flutter [Morning Links]
- Exclusive: Live from The New School Protest [Video]
- Newspaper Bailout Plan
- What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds at our office
- Exclusive: From Tundra to Techno with Alaska in Winter’s Brandon Bethancourt
- Exclusive: Julieta Aranda Talks about Her Guggenheim Debut
- UPDATE: How to Alienate Bloggers and Boost Book Sales
- Design Porn: Scones, Leicas, Dolly Parton, & More!
- TV Dinner: Chicken Tetrazzini Inpsired by MAURY
- The Bible a la Goldstein: The Good Book vs A Great Book
- Quote of the Day: “Over my dead body”
- Nerds in Mourning: The Death of Dave Arneson
- What We’re Listening To at Flavorpill…
- How to Adapt a Michael Chabon Novel for the Big Screen
- Hair in Do-Rag of Nylon Mag Hair Feature (Or: Tales From The Third Dimension of PR)
- Video of the Day: The One Where Batman Goes on Vacation
- eBook Sales, Boos, Aunt Jackie, & the Hold Steady [Morning Links]
- Exclusive: Anvil Will Save Us All
- Quote of the Day: The One That’s in All Caps
- Exclusive: Cinereach Launches the Next Generation of Socially-Aware Filmmakers
- April is National Poetry Month: Suheir Hammad
- Pic of the Day: The Standard Launches the High Line
- Exclusive: Four Tet’s Kieren Hebden
- Does Licking an Ad Count as Falling Off the Wagon?
- Required Reading: One D.O.A., One On the Way by Mary Robison
- Sharjah Biennial 9: The Gulf’s Premiere Contemporary Art Event
- Ben Silverman, Ryan Atwood, & EVEN MORE Legos [Morning Links]
- Exclusive: Amir H. Fallah, a Cultural Hybrid with a Vision
- American Idol Recapped: "Her voice could be used to euthanize strays."
- Exclusive: Cristina Henriquez Talks About her Debut Novel, The World in Half
- What's on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds at our office.
- Big Brother Book Club: It's Hard Out There for a Book Spy
- It Doesn't Get More Meta Than James Franco's Art-House Debut
- A New Videogame Thingy We Can Wait in Line For
- How to Alienate Bloggers and Boost Book Sales
- Daily Poll: Is This the Worst Reality TV Show Ever?
- Weekly Reader: THE LOST CITY OF Z by David Grann
- Pic of the Day: An Interesting Juxtaposition
- Noemie Lafrance Sends a Brooklyn Virgin Packing
- Video of the Day: Same Shiz, Different Disney Flick
- Lost Classics: B4-4, "Get Down"
- American Idol Recapped: "He was born in 1980 and he's the oldest contestant. I'm depressed."
- The First Edition of The Generational Opens at The New Museum
- Lindsay Lohan, Kurt Cobain, Samuel Beckett, & More [Morning Links]
- Watch Before Reading: Art-House Book Trailers
- What's on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds at the office.
- Lil Wayne and His Not So Lil Lawsuit
- The Only Reason We Wish We'd Gone to School with Lady Gaga
- Ten Plot Suggestions for Sex And The City 2
- Quote of the Day: A 24-Inspired Haiku
- Daily Poll: Apparently Teen Girls are the Real Child Pornographers
- Mapping Buzz, Calling B.S.
- The Third Rail: Wasted Youth — Adventureland and Alcohol
- In Praise of Urban Gardens
- Video of the Day: Best Funeral Ever
- Is Lauren Conrad the Next Cecily Von Ziegesar? [Morning Links]
- Pic of the Day: How Many Artists Can You Fit in a Floating City?
- What's on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds in our office.
- Amy Poehler Love or Why We'll Give Office 3.0 a Chance
- Parsons' Aftertaste 3 Leaves Us Wanting More
- Our Rooftop Films "Name a Band" Contest Winner
- Snail Mail Fun with The Simpsons
- 13 TV and Film Types You Should Follow on Twitter
- Quote of the Day: Bob Dylan on Barack Obama
- Friday Night Lights: "Underdogs"
- Three Words: Lego. Rock. Band.
- Possibly-Better-Off Missed Connections [Reader Services]
- Rhetorical Questions Inspired By the Weekend Box Office
- Exit the King. Please. Exit.
- The Lady Behind the Scandal [Literary Links]
- Lock Up Your Children, The Slants are Coming!
- E-Books, The Other Nick Cave, and More Wolverine Fallout [Morning Links]
- Video of the Day: The Murray Hill Song
- What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds in our office.
- Exclusive: Jodie Gates on Defying Gravity — and Gender Roles
- The Bakertweet, A Walking House, and Kate Moss' Great Contribution to Your Closet [Design Porn]
- Six Celebs Sadder about the Economy Than You Are
- Exclusive: The Black Lips Hate Rules (And Their High School Teachers)
- Exclusive: Home by Noémie Lafrance — Our Bodies, Ourselves
- Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle [Found Photo Fridays]
- Exclusive: 20-Something Gloom and Doom in Matt Aselton's Gigantic
- Alex Katz Named J. Crew "Great American Artist"
- Quote of the Day: Vanilla Ice Still Talking About Madonna…
- What We're Listening To at Flavorpill…
- Neil Gaiman's Coraline Gets a Magnetic Fields Makeover
- Video of the Day: Young Problemz – F**k Yo MySpace Page (Mr. Hanky Remix)
- These Days, Even ScarJo Gets the Financial Blues [Morning Links]
- Why Buy the Cow When You Can Stream the MP3 for Free?
- Pic of the Day: Do Not Pass Go. Do Not Collect $200.
- What's on at Flavorpill: Links that made the rounds in our office.
- Feel this Photograph: The Pretty Guts of the Apple 1
- Hungover Till June [Rate-a-Trailer]
- Thousands Flood the Streets in Student-Led Protests in Barcelona
- Coming to America: We Survive the Topshop Opening
- Thank Strunk and White for Ben Affleck's Writing
- Vampire Weekend to Play Happy Ending @ Joe's Pub [Breaking News]
- Strap on Your Homemade Spidey Suit…
- The news is breaking — who will fix it?
- Helen Levitt, NYC Will Miss You
- Pic of the Day: While Barack Prefers Doing Sit-Ups.
- Be Like Rusko: Home Studio 101
- Video of the Day: Michelle Obama Is a Hugger.
- Pitchforks Meet Payos [Photo Gallery]
- Was the Leaked Wolverine a Message to Murdoch?
- Exclusive: Dear God, Please Pay My Rent!
- Why You Should Spend Your $$$ on Hair
- Daily Poll: Would You Offer a Stranger a Kidney?
- American Idol Recapped: Megan Corkrey's Swan Song
- Will the World Have to Wait for Posthumous Márquez? [Morning Links]
- Introducing Said in Bed: As Awkward As the Act Itself
- What's on at Flavorpill: Links the made the rounds at the office.
- Fiction Fix: "Pinecone" by Michael Cera (plus bonus non-fiction by Matthew Derby!)
- Exclusive: Mister Saturday Night Chats with the Phenomenal Handclap Band
- Doug Jaeger's Trouble with Mom
- Pedro Zamora Movie Premieres Tonight on MTV
- 5 Objects That'll Ring Your Bell [Design Porn]
- Video of the Day: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Edition
- Exclusive: With dre.dance, Taye Diggs Proves One Hot Choreographer
- Big Brother Book Club: Sci Fi Week
- Upcoming Musicals, Movies, & TV Shows We Wish Were April Fools' Jokes
- What's in a Name: Brooklyn is So Over Anyway…
- 04.01.2009 = Duh
- Pic of the Day: SANAA's Serpentine Pavilion Inspires Ice Skating
- Weekly Reader: THE MOONFLOWER VINE by Jetta Carleton
- Borders Decides to Phone a Friend [Lunch Links]
- American Idol Recapped: Top Digital Downloads Night
- Exclusive: Derick Martini Talks Living Lymelife
- Births, Deaths, & Bathroom Stuff [Web Shorts]
- Exclusive: Bacon Gets Taken Down
- Welcome to the Omegledome
- Exclusive: Dan Deacon talks collapsing clubs and the end of his on-the-floor antics
