The New And Improved Fashion Board

[Jack Manfred]

First, thanks to whomever suggested that I get Live at Fillmore East. That's a great album.

Those who wonder why Esquivel had to go away when the whole lounge thing died might want to check out Ben Vaughn's Designs in Music.

The latest Cassandra Wilson doesn't sound much like her older work, but it's still worth a listen.

I haven't yet figured out what the best album of 2006 is, but the sexiest album has to be Feist's Open Season. Runner up is Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins. You can't cover The Travelling Wilburys and expect to win sexiest album.

No Disassemble by Slow Runner is also worthwhile for those still interested in indie rock.

The Pop Candy podcast on the USA Today website is something you should download. Whitney Matheson usually has songs and interviews each week, but this week is an all-music edition.

I know I'm supposed to like Joanna Newsom, but I've got to file her with Tom Waits in the "artists I respect but don't listen to" pile.

Can anyone explain why there wasn't a second Propellerheads album? Was I the only one who liked the first one?

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
A former strip club waitress was sentenced Wednesday to five years of supervised release after she pleaded guilty to mailing threatening letters and flammable material, including condoms filled with a potentially explosive mixture, court documents said.

The documents said Kimberly Lynn Dasilva, 49, of Hull, mailed the condoms to a television station, strip clubs where she had worked and other places, saying she was tired of being mistreated by men.

So always remember to tip your waitress.

Exploding condoms

You are doing better, but yet have unexplainably failed to link us to Lohan doing AA. You may wonder, given my past comments, why I would care to see that link. I don't, but if you are going to give us your abridged version of the same crap I can read in the supermarket line, at least give me useful titbits, like that the new place at which to try to bang Lohan is meetings, not Hollywood clubs.

I remain your unhumble, disappointed, pixilated, non-servant LessinSF.

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I more or less agree with you. I'd actually like to have a happier take on stripping as empowering or whatever, and I'm sure for some it is (but probably not for the majority or sex workers/strippers). I think it is sad that the power dynamic in our country regarding sex is the way it is, but I'm not sure what, if anything, could ever be done to change that. The best efforts in the sex shop arena seem to occur when women have some ownership/input (eg., Good Vibrations).

Strip clubs do nothing for me, but they clearly do something for 2 types of men: (1) committeds (see Pony and Chef's posts); and (2) trolls. Both are beneficial. In the former case, it gives them an outlet and something to think about as they slepp with the same woman again and again and again and ... again. In the latter case, it gives them an outlet so they don't rape you as you walk down the street.

Maybe this is just another way of saying what you said about the power dynamic in our society, but you should embrace such clubs (and even more liberal institutions such as brothels). Societies that are more hostile to them, say Islam, tend to be, um, worse for women. Societies that accept them, say Scandanavia, tend to be superior for women. It is a virtual 100% correlation between tolerance of sex clubs/workers/whatever and tolerance of women's rights, the amount of women's success (whether financial, religious, political, intellectual or whatever) and women's freedom. Viva la Cheetahs!

[nononono]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
oh please. he's trying to start a fight with the bitter spinsters. I almost bit, and then was like, whatever, I'd rather he stay focused on the fucked-in-the-head* strippers.


*and not in the relatively fun, skull-fucking way

You think so? That post seemed pretty much completely non-inflammatory, lots of caution and caveats to avoid people jumping to conclusions upon spying a generalization or two.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by Spanky
Of course these are sweeping generalizations, and of course there are exceptions, but I think they hold true most of the time.

Apropos of nothing in particular regarding strippers, in FB Lore, one of the most well-loved Sebbyisms is the line "everyone agrees that I am mostly correct." (It may be a well-loved Sebbyism, but I can never remember if I am quoting it correctly, or what the actual subject of his comment was, but anyway.)

So, if anyone responds to your comment with something along the "everyone/mostly" lines, it is because they were reminded as they read your post of that delightful little phrase from the annals of FB History.

[bold_n_brazen]

Today is my birthday. You may admire me now.

(I am old enough to recognize the song from which NotBob's post title comes. In fact, the quote next to my picture in my high school yearbook comes from that very song. *sigh*)

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Jack Manfred
Can anyone explain why there wasn't a second Propellerheads album? Was I the only one who liked the first one?

I think one of the two guys in Propellerheads suffered from mental illness and had some sort of breakdown after the first album. I'll do a little Googling when I have a second.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
good question.

another question - they have waitresses in strip bars?

In Quebec they do. That is the only place I have gone to a strip bar.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by nononono
You think so? That post seemed pretty much completely non-inflammatory, lots of caution and caveats to avoid people jumping to conclusions upon spying a generalization or two.

Fucking lawyers.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by LessinSF
Strip clubs do nothing for me, but they clearly do something for 2 types of men: (1) committeds (see Pony and Chef's posts); and (2) trolls. Both are beneficial. In the former case, it gives them an outlet and something to think about as they slepp with the same woman again and again and again and ... again. In the latter case, it gives them an outlet so they don't rape you as you walk down the street.

Maybe this is just another way of saying what you said about the power dynamic in our society, but you should embrace such clubs (and even more liberal institutions such as brothels). Societies that are more hostile to them, say Islam, tend to be, um, worse for women. Societies that accept them, say Scandanavia, tend to be superior for women. It is a virtual 100% correlation between tolerance of sex clubs/workers/whatever and tolerance of women's rights, the amount of women's success (whether financial, religious, political, intellectual or whatever) and women's freedom. Viva la Cheetahs!

I think the point that you are making is the less hypocritical and religious the society, the better the treatment of women. Which I agree with 100%.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Today is my birthday. You may admire me now.

(I am old enough to recognize the song from which NotBob's post title comes. In fact, the quote next to my picture in my high school yearbook comes from that very song. *sigh*)

Til hamingju med afmaelisdaginn!


(that is Happy Birthday in Icelandic)

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I think one of the two guys in Propellerheads suffered from mental illness and had some sort of breakdown after the first album. I'll do a little Googling when I have a second.

Apparently, Will White suffered from some sort of mysterious and difficult to diagnose illness that required surgery. There has been talk of a second album for some time. Wikipedia has an entry that is kind of vague and I have not found much better info in a couple of quick searches.

Switching subjects, did anyone see Ronaldinho's free kick against Werder Bremen yesterday? It is hard to believe he did that on purpose, but also hard to believe he did not.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Today is my birthday. You may admire me now.

(I am old enough to recognize the song from which NotBob's post title comes. In fact, the quote next to my picture in my high school yearbook comes from that very song. *sigh*)

Happy birthday! (And thank you for reading my re lines.)

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Oh great. Just go ahead and dangle an award in front of my face. At this rate I'll never get out of the princess bed.

Can you figure out who won in 2005?



TM

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Jack Manfred
First, thanks to whomever suggested that I get Live at Fillmore East. That's a great album.

Those who wonder why Esquivel had to go away when the whole lounge thing died might want to check out Ben Vaughn's Designs in Music.

The latest Cassandra Wilson doesn't sound much like her older work, but it's still worth a listen.

I haven't yet figured out what the best album of 2006 is, but the sexiest album has to be Feist's Open Season. Runner up is Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins. You can't cover The Travelling Wilburys and expect to win sexiest album.

No Disassemble by Slow Runner is also worthwhile for those still interested in indie rock.

The Pop Candy podcast on the USA Today website is something you should download. Whitney Matheson usually has songs and interviews each week, but this week is an all-music edition.

I know I'm supposed to like Joanna Newsom, but I've got to file her with Tom Waits in the "artists I respect but don't listen to" pile.

Can anyone explain why there wasn't a second Propellerheads album? Was I the only one who liked the first one?

I can't believe Live at Fillmore East is new to you. That's always been one of my "desert island" discs.