tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18332428214884543862024-03-13T11:50:44.859-07:00OA-5599They've turned off, shot up, and fucked themselves limp, and nothing helps.RC73http://www.blogger.com/profile/06343106422018455085noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833242821488454386.post-80167777300907643092007-05-18T08:52:00.000-07:002007-05-18T08:59:54.426-07:00Best "little" whorehouse in Sydney.<a href="http://www.stiletto.net.au/">A very appealing and well shot/designed site</a>, makes me want to fly over to Sydney right away.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekFz1RSBC6Mpqy6CThMFTBN1FvGwglj8n0ClHOkxlPSIh3PR10vJR64h7t3kXzLWDSQkSLu_bYR25nSmY6J75rTHWnTuSHPMUvdDhDC8pInCAVtAgUWhokLu3oCweGdb367haZY8Uc4gq/s1600-h/s01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekFz1RSBC6Mpqy6CThMFTBN1FvGwglj8n0ClHOkxlPSIh3PR10vJR64h7t3kXzLWDSQkSLu_bYR25nSmY6J75rTHWnTuSHPMUvdDhDC8pInCAVtAgUWhokLu3oCweGdb367haZY8Uc4gq/s320/s01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065929842607518226" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuKqNmiOdJ9rxKhyCyYrGSP4Gn8e657AXVESSEkxTqk4ccDrY1KOMk71Tt06mbVtBHEDMa4iYsv6r72ZizY07NIae-XplfJs5-xeDWbjYYm0wC9PN-LmlSxjuvuGbAHOYgfv1E0glVQ1k/s1600-h/s2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuKqNmiOdJ9rxKhyCyYrGSP4Gn8e657AXVESSEkxTqk4ccDrY1KOMk71Tt06mbVtBHEDMa4iYsv6r72ZizY07NIae-XplfJs5-xeDWbjYYm0wC9PN-LmlSxjuvuGbAHOYgfv1E0glVQ1k/s320/s2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065929846902485538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.stiletto.net.au/"><br /></a>RC73http://www.blogger.com/profile/06343106422018455085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833242821488454386.post-25915383245305805022007-05-17T03:39:00.000-07:002007-05-17T04:10:40.349-07:003 Funniest US TV Shows...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfU6XGONIj5RMlOvDjEqLDYZkEwRMF-c2zk6OK284jgEvfN3WJcJ0Qbr48ZsYgOwKwyWTVbS1602oqqieqil4X1IRbUMpY2f9mUHhVErEywHW6I60R2ILYTNBxXS9Fcc9ETHuDoOS_TqfG/s1600-h/horatio460.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfU6XGONIj5RMlOvDjEqLDYZkEwRMF-c2zk6OK284jgEvfN3WJcJ0Qbr48ZsYgOwKwyWTVbS1602oqqieqil4X1IRbUMpY2f9mUHhVErEywHW6I60R2ILYTNBxXS9Fcc9ETHuDoOS_TqfG/s200/horatio460.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065485145988657666" /></a><br />...beside cable news...<br /><br />3.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">24</span><br />The dumbest show on earth, the entire premise of the show is about how incompetent the government is and that the country is dependent on a trigger happy sociopath to save a place from a fate which he and his loved ones more or less causes in the first place. Then there's Chloe, do you wish the someone give her an enema, so she could loose her "I haven't shat in a week" look. The fact that it is one of the most watched show Stateside shed light on how blinkered, xenophobic and DUMB most Americans are.<br /><br />2.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Law & Order - The Original</span><br />Reinforcing Middle America's view of the sins in the Big Apple. Dick Wolf and co, manages to cram the crimes and vices of the entire nation into this fictional version of New York City. The first half of the show has always be a solid descendent of Dragnet, but the second half of this longest running PSA is pure comedy. The DAs are pure and righteous fire and brimstone good folks.If you play a drinking game where every time Sam Waterson chokes up or appears indignant at the crime of the week, you'd be drunk by the time the show ends. <br /><br />1.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">CSI Miami</span><br />Horatio Caine, his sunglasses, bad quips, head tilt, and the revolving crane shot. Some of life's purest pleasures.RC73http://www.blogger.com/profile/06343106422018455085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833242821488454386.post-59338963307626275512007-05-17T00:33:00.000-07:002007-05-17T03:17:12.535-07:00Breach<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglz9dN67X7BPJD-2M4HIX-POkNOZOoGKKbs154dKCp8NNj_UNWsZo0LqRo3S_TBH4TpI9wl2U4SSDJ7URuwuS7SJEG5dM_B1480cEZfghtIw5J0DsVRE7D2_mqTasBVuFcFxqMi5UIXprW/s1600-h/breach-poster.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglz9dN67X7BPJD-2M4HIX-POkNOZOoGKKbs154dKCp8NNj_UNWsZo0LqRo3S_TBH4TpI9wl2U4SSDJ7URuwuS7SJEG5dM_B1480cEZfghtIw5J0DsVRE7D2_mqTasBVuFcFxqMi5UIXprW/s200/breach-poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065471496582590962" /></a><br /><br />How religion can make a Superspy stupid.<br /><br />Saw <span style="font-style:italic;">Breach</span>... Well acted and aesthetically "pleasing" though it felt phony and rushed towards the end, with too much compression of time throughout.<br /><br />A solid performance Laura Linney, fine as usual, but the O'Neil's wife has the dodgiest german accent I've heard in a while. Though based on a real person, Ryan Phillipe's interpretation of his character was almost an extension of his role in <span style="font-style:italic;">Antitrust</span>, maybe the Hayden Christensen (who played Stephen Glass in director Ray's superior more focussed, less generic debut, <span style="font-style:italic;">Shattered Glass</span>). Typecasting didn't help either, Chris Cooper, fine actor that he is, has played the perv/ traitor many times, Gary Cole as the office prick, and and the guest appearance of Jonas Blane completely spoils the suspension of disbelief.<br /><br />6.5/10<br /><br />In a world of what-ifs – what if they keep Chris Cooper, but hire Matt Damon instead of Phillipe and add some action – <span style="font-style:italic;">Bourne Begins</span>!<br /><br />Would have made a more compelling 6 episode HBO or BBC miniseries though.RC73http://www.blogger.com/profile/06343106422018455085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833242821488454386.post-1600752593724957672007-05-16T22:03:00.000-07:002007-05-16T22:05:55.830-07:00Falwell croaked!Best news I've heard in a long time! The rest of the free world rejoices, too bad he didn't die whilst getting a blow job from a family member.RC73http://www.blogger.com/profile/06343106422018455085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833242821488454386.post-43337688725960852007-05-16T09:24:00.000-07:002007-05-16T18:07:15.708-07:00Sartorial FascismThere is an interesting subculture of (maily American) men who have appointed themselves as the true descendents of the <a href="http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69208&highlight=sexist">White Gentlemen</a> and Beau Brummel (wonder if they see the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau_Brummell">irony</a> in that). For these <a href="http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65267&highlight=disgusting">puritanical</a> "gents", the world of menswear has halted in the mid 1940s, save for Naples. They all want to dress like the <a href="http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/Golf/Golf%20shoe%20style%20and%20history%20and%20shine.htm">Duke of Windsor</a>, pull birds like the fictional James Bond, behave like either <a href="http:http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Gekko">Gordon Gecko</a> and look like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Bateman">Patrick Bateman</a>. Yet these "gentlemen" feel compelled to dish out <a href="http://styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=35757">homophobic</a>, <a href="http://styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=30031">racist</a> and sexist remarks at an alarming rate within their modern day equivalent of the smoking room. Anything not worn or endorsed by their heroes are deemed <a href="http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61767&highlight=james+bond">"unacceptable"</a>, "<a href="http://styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=27050">trashy</a>" or <a href="http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69070">"gay"</a>.<br /><br />For the non delusional, could you really say with a straight face, that, aesthetically, a man dress like this:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMoWiPbEDzpVy4S11DfABIPotWF2J5fZH0384ooSAJ5qJeDdqocNPyK0mPmmV6efZrEFHw66oljSToopBqPvxtrQUXFOvzU_DSAi2RChfx9Gi5P2QgrloGGTP36ExEzJE78GoHVFj4-TbH/s1600-h/dsc01002edited21uc8.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMoWiPbEDzpVy4S11DfABIPotWF2J5fZH0384ooSAJ5qJeDdqocNPyK0mPmmV6efZrEFHw66oljSToopBqPvxtrQUXFOvzU_DSAi2RChfx9Gi5P2QgrloGGTP36ExEzJE78GoHVFj4-TbH/s320/dsc01002edited21uc8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065199784066544082" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjos6kmAlTRcAh3fdyyWhsEwtB5g2JAG5g6pvmqPDA2b6_fwSwdwQHhUxOT8ZTPwosDe56WK0i75rGX8VULL-kkAoJqn8Zt_S3uT22veN4lpIBQmg8gVDZ3AsdqPFksS7Xg4IKHPb1OXiEh/s1600-h/clsl11_tailor_tapia.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjos6kmAlTRcAh3fdyyWhsEwtB5g2JAG5g6pvmqPDA2b6_fwSwdwQHhUxOT8ZTPwosDe56WK0i75rGX8VULL-kkAoJqn8Zt_S3uT22veN4lpIBQmg8gVDZ3AsdqPFksS7Xg4IKHPb1OXiEh/s320/clsl11_tailor_tapia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065200458376409570" /></a><br /><br />is really it more attractive than someone who dresses like this.<br /><br />And is it not equally predictable that their <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Suit-Machiavellian-Approach-Mens-Style/dp/0060891866/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-5038066-8306531?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1179333653&sr=8-1">"bible"</a> is written by a former speech writer for Dubya?RC73http://www.blogger.com/profile/06343106422018455085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833242821488454386.post-69839420461714070922007-05-16T02:57:00.000-07:002007-05-16T11:13:12.914-07:00Top Shelf Films No.1 - Homicide<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwjfpC7r4RJB0c6Kg0jnU0xJZvIejsFcbTLm6aIswou-jf0kd29YMkCNqTq3WwwclsDw-V4FDkRrUGLQINDy0w2FYPEvcg1R0434OeiSLITW8d5U-ma-Oun_lfwmCZygq68R7oTFv0CUX/s1600-h/3700173220386.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 5px 5px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwjfpC7r4RJB0c6Kg0jnU0xJZvIejsFcbTLm6aIswou-jf0kd29YMkCNqTq3WwwclsDw-V4FDkRrUGLQINDy0w2FYPEvcg1R0434OeiSLITW8d5U-ma-Oun_lfwmCZygq68R7oTFv0CUX/s200/3700173220386.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065095790023405986" /></a><br /><br />a.k.a. When Mamet was still brilliant.<br /><br />Maybe it was my first conscious exposure to Mamet's work (saw <span style="font-style:italic;">The Verdict</span> before this), but this is my idea of <a href="http://gerodimos.blogspot.com/2005/09/race-identity-and-conspiracy-in-mamets.html">a perfect Mamet film</a>. I enjoyed it more than <span style="font-style:italic;">House of Games</span>. Great dialogue, intriguing premise, the flawed characters were well portrayed and rythmically coherent. Why no decently put together dvd? All that's left of this film is a piss poor Region 2 release that's cropped and poorly mastered.<br /><br />Joe Mantegna was at his peak as an actor, the Mametspeak was less stylised than it was in <span style="font-style:italic;">House of Games</span> and his delivery was effortless.<br /><br />I could hit repeat watch it all day...RC73http://www.blogger.com/profile/06343106422018455085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833242821488454386.post-48378574397346602092007-05-16T02:12:00.000-07:002007-05-17T21:27:47.637-07:00List No.1 - Favourite Female Actresses<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0j32VNZTRWnVRTXCj3Zycb_Znd9KS32Pd8X-KHmDxK2y7_9NQStV4DBVzcJqpKoaeBOGCExPK_Z-iJXzTiiUUIBxDhIbMJ8e8tp0YHBN6OlqRHatm-BKNnjyEXO4dCKXUSazhojWhlkJ9/s1600-h/19.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0j32VNZTRWnVRTXCj3Zycb_Znd9KS32Pd8X-KHmDxK2y7_9NQStV4DBVzcJqpKoaeBOGCExPK_Z-iJXzTiiUUIBxDhIbMJ8e8tp0YHBN6OlqRHatm-BKNnjyEXO4dCKXUSazhojWhlkJ9/s200/19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065109160256598466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">In no particular/conscious order<br /><br />Overall</span><br />1) Naomi Watts<br />2) Julianne Moore<br />3) Cate Blanchett<br />4) Anna Karina<br />5) Laura Linney<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Performance specific</span><br />1) Melissa Leo, <span style="font-style:italic;">Homicide</span><br />2) Mary Louise Parker, <span style="font-style:italic;">Weeds</span><br />3) Maggie Cheung, <span style="font-style:italic;">In the Mood for Love</span><br />4) Louise Brooks, <span style="font-style:italic;">Pandora's Box</span><br />5) Meg Ryan, <span style="font-style:italic;">When Harry Met Sally</span><br />6) Carole Lombard, <span style="font-style:italic;">My Man Godfrey</span><br />7) Nicole Kidman, <span style="font-style:italic;">Birth</span><br />8) Mia Farrow, <span style="font-style:italic;">Purple Rose of Cairo</span><br />9) Irene Jacob, <span style="font-style:italic;">La Double vie de Véronique, Rouge</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Purely superficial, pervy oogling</span><br />1) Eva Green<br />2) Greta Garbo<br />3) Veronica Lake<br />4) Kristen BellRC73http://www.blogger.com/profile/06343106422018455085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833242821488454386.post-25898496859937111552007-05-15T07:16:00.000-07:002007-05-16T11:11:25.808-07:00Did Clooney or anybody else notice the irony?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThxTapuZUeqo3QMQYdDmHuliVfDhJmaiNm49F0cuCSbdzDTrsqTxTRzvHCbXRL9mWvkuI8mhXoC2dU8xQP3d3SIOcoatuGVyIJDnHA-c6YEj0eJ_Xh-wgYSLX6AV4AE_9p4ueo5OlEN0F/s1600-h/murrow1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThxTapuZUeqo3QMQYdDmHuliVfDhJmaiNm49F0cuCSbdzDTrsqTxTRzvHCbXRL9mWvkuI8mhXoC2dU8xQP3d3SIOcoatuGVyIJDnHA-c6YEj0eJ_Xh-wgYSLX6AV4AE_9p4ueo5OlEN0F/s200/murrow1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064794683621408146" /></a><br /><br />I saw <span style="font-style:italic;">Good Night and Good Luck</span> a second time last night, I liked the film immensely as it is well shot, structured evokcative, and reminded me of more "mature" films of late 50s-80s mainstream cinema. However, midway through the film I realised that the only difference between Murrow and cretins like Bill O'Reilly or its Fox cookie cutter counterparts is their political worldview. Murrow's shift from reporting "facts" to subjective editorial soapboxes is what makes current Stateside television news the madhouse that it is today.<br /><br />Wonder what the late-Murrow, Clooney or Noam Chomsky would say about that.<br /><br />Image(C)Warner Independent Pictures. All Rights ReservedRC73http://www.blogger.com/profile/06343106422018455085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833242821488454386.post-8995572517941728252007-05-15T05:47:00.000-07:002007-05-16T11:14:29.556-07:00Breaking and Entering<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSM5PTYoqghmcVVweCHobYaFh_DlnPe1bJbNd7cq7tc51lSXFz8bOxc0uIQdHCujHxDaz6nYPkkdtLJNTHbykoW5zxdQSsLj1Fe_ayEgxV0SAs3-aD6bAVOdTzB4IM0mN6dx2OItNAyCE/s1600-h/break2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSM5PTYoqghmcVVweCHobYaFh_DlnPe1bJbNd7cq7tc51lSXFz8bOxc0uIQdHCujHxDaz6nYPkkdtLJNTHbykoW5zxdQSsLj1Fe_ayEgxV0SAs3-aD6bAVOdTzB4IM0mN6dx2OItNAyCE/s200/break2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064769674026843522" /></a><br /><br />Tedious! A potentially interesting character(s) study of urban isolation becomes a miscasted <span style="font-style:italic;">Crash / Babel</span> hybrid. Bland, preachy and full of artifice, only Robin Wright Penn, Ravi Gavron and Poppy Rogers "feels" real. Maybe I am spoiled by "proper" British kitchen-sink drama and Haneke's clinical studies of middle class egocentrism but this cod British-Hollywood movie (not film) has as much insight as <span style="font-style:italic;">Love Actually</span>, albeit better shot but less entertaining.<br /><br />4/10<br /><br />Note to self - let's rewatch <span style="font-style:italic;">Secrets and Lies</span>, <span style="font-style:italic;">Notes on a Scandal</span>, <span style="font-style:italic;">Cache</span>, or <span style="font-style:italic;">Blue</span> again...<br /><br />Image(C)The Weinstein Company and Miramax Films. All Rights ReservedRC73http://www.blogger.com/profile/06343106422018455085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833242821488454386.post-81173416197226330352007-05-13T23:51:00.000-07:002007-05-16T02:34:54.837-07:00The Thom Browne Conundrum<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAoWnzf8nAy9xdcJLZsOgVwuHUKl6xdESG6z7DbD0bZrOQdWKJfwnjyAMS8YIst3QEKCbk9EF_mh2jXEDexZhQn9CCqWk07y4YDoKd5oDPADB4TnYweed5s8HzyBFWJj0lE4Zkp-ij7Gk/s1600-h/99942.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAoWnzf8nAy9xdcJLZsOgVwuHUKl6xdESG6z7DbD0bZrOQdWKJfwnjyAMS8YIst3QEKCbk9EF_mh2jXEDexZhQn9CCqWk07y4YDoKd5oDPADB4TnYweed5s8HzyBFWJj0lE4Zkp-ij7Gk/s200/99942.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064342341960760690" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2-tone.info/lgsb/specials_uk_back.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://2-tone.info/lgsb/specials_uk_back.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.legrandaction.com/point-blank/img/pointblank01.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://www.legrandaction.com/point-blank/img/pointblank01.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />While I like <a href="http://nymag.com/fashion/06/fall/19389/">his designs</a>, I fail to see what's revolutionary about them. From a menswear perspective, are these not repros of the late 50s-60s "Ivy meets Roman" aesthetic? Check out Lee Marvin in The Killers or Point Blank, the 500-odd Reid Miles designed, Francis Wolff photographed album covers of Blue Note or KoB-era Miles Davis – They're all "Thom Browne" in flashier colours.<br /><br />If that's too distant in the past for you, check out the Two Tone and Mod '79 subcultures, the covers of The Specials or The Jam. From the world of fashion, it's all early 90s Jil Sander, Kartherine Hammnet, G Fujiwara, mid 90s Prada or even his contemporaries like Slimane or Raf Simons. Too much column space is wasted on him already when more innovative and potentially more influential designers are given scant space - is it because he's an American?<br /><br />On a related note, for every article of Browne you read, it's unnerving to know that somewhere, clothing fascists out there (mainly Americans) would be starting up numerous threads in dogmatist/conservative "men's style*" forums, equating his designs with A) Pee Wee Herman, B) Anti American, C) Gay, D) Al Qaeda, E) Anti "Real-sized People"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=35728">www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=35728 </a><br /><a href="http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69070">www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69070</a><br /><a href="http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51308">www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51308</a><br /><a href="http://www.getdressedbest.blogspot.com/2006/04/thom-browne.html">www.getdressedbest.blogspot.com/2006/04/thom-browne.html</a><br /><br />If you don't like the designs DON'T BUY EM, why get all hot under your spread collar?<br /><br />*Don't you DARE call them fashion sites, fashion are for "queers".RC73http://www.blogger.com/profile/06343106422018455085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833242821488454386.post-71813931537458364812007-05-13T22:54:00.000-07:002007-05-16T11:10:00.568-07:00"My motherfucker is so cool, when he goes to bed, sheep count him."<a href="http://mamet.eserver.org/">Mamet</a> had been a personal favourite since I caught <a href="http://gerodimos.blogspot.com/2005/09/race-identity-and-conspiracy-in-mamets.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Homicide</span></a> on cable tv more than a decade ago. For me, his earlier works are still the best and I think that barring a handful of episodes, <span style="font-style:italic;">The Unit</span> is a shameful chapter of Shawn Ryan and his career. 5% Mametspeak, 50% Trite Patriotspeak, 45% <span style="font-style:italic;">A-Team</span> meets <span style="font-style:italic;">Desperate Housewives</span> - what were they on?<br /><br />Let's hope it gets cancelled - real soon.RC73http://www.blogger.com/profile/06343106422018455085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1833242821488454386.post-3951471573071800482007-05-13T22:23:00.000-07:002007-05-14T00:34:36.494-07:00"Let's cut the mini-moves and the bullshit, and get on with this big romance."You got something to say or are you waiting for me to ask you to dance?RC73http://www.blogger.com/profile/06343106422018455085noreply@blogger.com