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[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
He must be adopted.

that's what I was thinking

[lookingformarket]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
He must be adopted.

Actually, it is his wife's child.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
"public cum art"

I think I'll skip this exhibit.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Photos of Paris:

http://www.defamer.com/hollywood/par...pics-large.jpg

spree: some nakedness.

She has nice tits.

TM

She has that odd quality of possessing tits that look better de-bra'd than bra'd.

Season Highlights from your friends at McSweeney's. Not particularly funny, but given the undead nature of the board today I think I get a pass to post whatever crap takes my fancy.

No points for the "and this is different how" jokes you're all itching to type.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
What is the overall effect when you walked through it? Are there any overhead shots or something that conveys the overall effect? Because from the shots I've seen, it looks like people are going to the prom.

It's hard to describe an overall effect since it is so huge. The sheer number alone is amazing. Standing under them or walking through them brings nothing remarkable to mind. But walking through a bunch and getting to a spot where you can see other parts of the park is what is memorable. Seeing all these gates arranged like big orange dominos, in areas you've known and can remember as being the same all your life is kind of cool. Each gate, taken individually, is hardly impressive. It's the fact that they were everywhere and seemingly, under each one, there was at least a few people that makes it interesting.

Is this photo high up enough for you?



Have you checked out the interactive features here?: http://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/design/GATES-REF.html

TM

ETA: And here is a photo of DK's house. You can see why she's so upset.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by ironweed
Season Highlights from your friends at McSweeney's. Not particularly funny, but given the undead nature of the board today I think I get a pass to post whatever crap takes my fancy.

Since it is so dead, . . .

I liked McSweeney's "York Peppermint Patty commercial blurbs that didn't make the cut" article:

"When I bite into a York Peppermint Pattie, I get the sensation of having the life of a normal person and not someone who got her innocence stolen in the back of a '72 Chevrolet Vega and left as a single mother, trying to wring a child-support check from the worthless bastard of a father so the kid can have a fucking Christmas this year.

When I bite into a York Peppermint Pattie, I get the sensation of the life draining out of a man's body as I crush his windpipe, screaming, "So, I'm a bitch, huh? I'm the bitch? Who's the bitch now? Who's the fucking bitch now, bitch!"

When I bite into a York Peppermint Pattie, I don't get any sensation. I feel nothing. Absolutely nothing. Please ... just leave me alone.

When I bite into a York Peppermint Pattie, I feel the sensation of the Lord's righteous anger as he reveals his plan to use me as his holy instrument of judgment! It's all right there between the lines of the ingredients list!

When I bite into a York Peppermint Pattie— Whoa! Holy crap, check out these colors. Dude, your leg just turned into a chicken. Dude, it's fuckin' singing to me! Dude!

When I bite into a York Peppermint Pattie, I get the sensation of being curled in a ball inside a cold, dark cave filled with my darkest, most paralyzing fears. Maybe if I stay really, really still, the clowns won't find me when they come out of the mirror. Shh! "

[Diane_Keaton]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
The amazing thing about The Gates is not the artistic redefinition of the Central Park landscape. It's the effect it had on people.
Central Park is considered the city's oasis...People took photos, walked through the park, climbed the rocks and explored areas they probably hadn't explored in years. Adults were lining up to get on swings and everyone just seemed younger and happier.
I agree with you that its artistic merit is debatable (orange flags. okay. so?). But the real art is in how it affects people.

Well, I'm certainly not going to fall into the trap of arguing whether something is "art" considering the term is now used in phrases and material like, "The Art of Public Speaking", Zen and The Art of Motorcycle whatever that book is, and in fact the latest book I'm reading which is the Art of Housekeeping. No. It's the ultra serious descriptions of the event, and sometimes pretension that goes along with it. I like your description of this event and the effect it had. I think, then, it deserves a more lighthearted approach then -- hey it got us out to the park in Winter which was super cool and we got to act like kids and even meet our fellow NY'ers. But...from what I can tell, some think this event is considerably loftier and historically placed than that. I got out too and it was nice to walk under pretty things and the color is real pretty and reminded me of fall. I'm just sick of the pseudo intellectual talk I have to put up with about this event. I might have also run out to the park to see those homos having at it in the trees. That would have been a fun crowd of watchers. Art? Maybe, though admittedly not a children event.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Have you checked out the interactive features here?: http://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/design/GATES-REF.html

TM

I live disturbingly close to a Hooters and noticed yesterday that they have gotten into the Gates spirit. Large orange Hooters flags are now draped underneath the canopy outside the entrance to Hooters. It's charming.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I live disturbingly close to a Hooters and noticed yesterday that they have gotten into the Gates spirit. Large orange Hooters flags are now draped underneath the canopy outside the entrance to Hooters. It's charming.

That is Art.

[SlaveNoMore]

greatwhitenorthchick
I live disturbingly close to a Hooters and noticed yesterday that they have gotten into the Gates spirit. Large orange Hooters flags are now draped underneath the canopy outside the entrance to Hooters. It's charming.

Come to think of it, the Gates would be much more appealing if they had young, scantily-clad girls serving cocktails.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
ETA: And here is a photo of DK's house. You can see why she's so upset.

I like this better. While clearly inspired by and derivative of Christo's work, it has added the critical element of function, and does not have the qualities of applied whimsey that doom The Gates to mediocrity.

[ABBAKiss]

I have been dating a bunch of people that I knew before I got divorced and hung out with. However, on Friday I ran into a guy I knew from college and we had a blast and he has asked me out for later this week. He is different because I REALLY like him and I don't want to screw anything up.

Here's my question: Part of what we discussed when we ran into each other is that we were both commando at the time -- he said it was a sign that we are destined to be together.

I am not commando every day; I just happened to be on that day. So, do I wear underpants for our date? Go commando?

I really like him so serious replies only.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
But...from what I can tell, some think this event is considerably loftier and historically placed than that. I got out too and it was nice to walk under pretty things and the color is real pretty and reminded me of fall. I'm just sick of the pseudo intellectual talk I have to put up with about this event.

This happens to anything and everything of interest in this city and beyond.

TM

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I have been dating a bunch of people that I knew before I got divorced and hung out with. However, on Friday I ran into a guy I knew from college and we had a blast and he has asked me out for later this week. He is different because I REALLY like him and I don't want to screw anything up.

Here's my question: Part of what we discussed when we ran into each other is that we were both commando at the time -- he said it was a sign that we are destined to be together.

I am not commando every day; I just happened to be on that day. So, do I wear underpants for our date? Go commando?

I really like him so serious replies only.

No. You'll end up having the same conversation twice.

Wear interesting underwear, but no commando. The bra that says "aBBa" and "kISs"; the ABBA/Kiss panties with the carefully placed "Kiss".

By the way, while we're working on the ongoing ABBA/Kiss branding project, can I also suggest that we need a slogan? Perhaps, "Let Me Count the Ways?" would work.