CONTENTS
12 SKY FARRELL
60 GHOST TOWN
Drip collagist Sky Farrell has turned her
obsessions—vintage glossy magazines, 20s Paris,
Warhol, Pollock, Coco Chanel—into wall installations
for offices, hotels and events, earning her the moniker
“Jaqueline the Dripper.” by Kenneth Kubernik
18 THE MACHINE THAT KNEW
TOO MUCH
Seventy-five years ago, Dr. Royal Rife, a small town
lover of microscopes, and fearless inventor, created
The Universal Microscope and The Beam Ray
Machine—two instruments that, together, he claimed
could kill any virus—cancer included. With a so-called
Rife revival in full swing, TREATS! looks back at the
doctor and his “miracle machines,” the man that tried
to silence him and why he still may be, some feel, the
great white hope for curing cancer. by CHASE DANIES
& STEVEN STILES
30 GUY WEBSTER
78 LOULOU
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Get on your bikes and ride, day-glo girls you gonna
make a big man out of us.
photographed by BEN WATTS
134 AMY
Mannequin, mannequin, what would I do, given the
40 SHE MOVED IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS
sits high in the mountain foliage of Beverly Hills like
an alien saucer, is one of the most famous houses in the
world, owned by one of the most enigmatic men in the
world. TREATS! drops by for a chat with the mercurial
James Goldstein about working with Lautner, haute
couture, & why he’s taking on perhaps his biggest
challenge next: building a world-class nightclub (with
a tennis court for a roof) next door. by Joe Donnelly
What happens after midnight on a girls night in?
Seulement Paris sait!
photographed by STEVE LYON
114 BREAKING AWAY
50 GOLDSTEINLAND
The John Lautner Sheats/Goldstein Residence, which
On the surface, all is calm.
photographed by DAVID BELLEMERE
92 FILLES DE NUIT
Reclusive 60s photographer, Guy Webster, took some
of the very first pictures of icons in the making—
Nicholson, Morrison, Jagger, Hopper—before he became
a Buddhist and moved to Spain in the 70s. TREATS!
gets an exclusive peak at his archives—and tales of his
adventures with the future gods & goddesses of pop
culture. by Harvey Kubernik
In the 1930s, as Gotham City’s puritanical mayor was
closing down all its burlesque theaters, Los Angeles
became the de-facto home to this strange and teasingly
mad new form of entertainment, which set Hollywood
ablaze with such bombshell burly stars as Tura Satana,
Lili St. Cyr, Bambi Jones, The Oyster Girl & the
Flying-G. by Kirk Silsbee
The American frontier has never been so bewitching,
bawdy & flirtatious.
photographed by STEPHAN WüRTH
chance to be like you?
photographed by STEVE SHAW
148 NEWS FLASH
Dirty little secrets, dirty little lies, she’s naked at 5.
photographed by TONY KELLY
164 LIKE IT HOT
“The Last Sitting” all over again.
photographed by TONY DURAN
182 ELECTRIC
Phosphorescence now!
photographed by Herring & Herring
196 TREATS! launch party
During Oscar Week Treats! took over the infamous
Sheats/Goldstein Residence in Beverly Hills to celebrate
issue 1.
ON THE COVER
Photographed by David Bellemere. Model: Loulou.