Fashion Board 4-6-04 to 5-7-04

Several new releases I am contemplating purchasing- do a learned listeners have an opinion?

1) Courtney Love- America's Sweethear. I thought Live Through This was a masterpiece and Celbrity Skin a POS. I dont know Pretty on the Inside. I believe that Cobain wrote most of Live throught this and Billy Corgan wrote most of Celebrity Skin. I loved Cobain and loathe Corgan, so dont knwo where this leaves me on the new album. ANyone heard this album and have thoughts? Reades on rolling stone dot com seem to really like it. spin didnt have much on it as I recall.

2) Blondie- the curse of blondie. I think RS gave it a bad review, but the readers loved it except one who called harry "an old hag" (!). i dont recall other reviews. anyone?

3) Prince - Musicology. I own nothing from Prince but enjoyed much of his pop stuff like everyone else, and then lost sight of him when he went indie (thought I heard most of it was great except for the Jehovahs Witness phase). I have read a couple of stellar reviews. Should I pick this one up?


Fuck I have become mainstream in my old age. Can someone recommend a southren fried rock blues type band that I might love? Or someone a little bit country and a little bit rock n roll a la Sheryl Crow? I need new music.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by mmm3587
(edited to fix quote-Burger)

I don't know what it looked like before, but Burger, I am impressed that you could get through the post with enough attention to fix any kind of formatting error.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by mmm3587
My coup de grais was when I realized they absolutely don't want to get into an accident, even a fender bender, because they lose an hours' worth of fares, and cops will always ticket them. They'll get close, but they'll blink first.

This couldn't be more wrong.

They don't give a shit about accidents because it's not their car and they couldn't care less about it. They never blink first because they know you do care about their car. Fender benders are part of their job and they don't even get upset by them unless whoever gets out of their car is carrying a bat.

TM

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I honestly can't recall a ride when the driver WASN'T yapping away on his headset. Although I did tell a driver this morning (walking to work) that he needed to "lay off the fucking horn!"*

*yelling** at cabbies is great. What are they going to do, get out?

**I only do it when they deserve it.

One of my earliest experiences with the criminal justice system was testifying against a cabbie I had witnessed stopping his cab in the middle of Clark Street in Lincoln Park to stab a pedestrian who had yelled at him for laying on his horn at a crosswalk where the pedestrian had the right of way.

Not something you see everyday, but it does go to show that you have to occasionally plan for the wierd and crazy.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
So, what are the reasonable assumptions to draw? That BnB was talking loud enough to overpower the sound system on the plane? No. TM

No, but it is a reasonable assumption that bnb was acting like the grand dame macktastic uptight bitch we know she can be, and that any attitude she got in return was surely proportional and justified -- even if that attitude was partly motivated by jealousy on the part of the flight attendant, who, if only her tits, ass, and legs were half as wondrous as bnb's, would surely have landed a job as a pharmaceutical rep!

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Speaking of the middle seat, Continental has a deal going right now where they'll give you 2000 extra frequent flier miles if you're willing to sit in the middle seat.

It's still not worth it.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Guess she impressed another boss last night. Is this woman employable anywhere other than the House of Lies?

She is the worst kind of co-worker. She will lie in the face of overwhelming evidence of her irresponsibility. Apparently even when there is a camera to record it.

Kwame is an idiot for not taking her duties away completely. But their playing up his mistakes, so he will probably win so that we are all surprised.

TM

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
She is the worst kind of co-worker. She will lie in the face of overwhelming evidence of her irresponsibility. Apparently even when there is a camera to record it.

Kwame is an idiot for not taking her duties away completely. But their playing up his mistakes, so he will probably win so that we are all surprised.

TM

If Kwame doesnt win, Harvard is gonna get its cooter in a twist.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
She is the worst kind of co-worker. She will lie in the face of overwhelming evidence of her irresponsibility. Apparently even when there is a camera to record it.

Kwame is an idiot for not taking her duties away completely. But their playing up his mistakes, so he will probably win so that we are all surprised.

TM

Agreed. Kwame was an idiot for picking her in the first place. She should have been treated like the fat, slow, ugly kid that always gets picked last (not picked) for the playground football team. It's like she's planted to sabotage people, except this isn't The Mole. Did she work with Linda Tripp during the Clinton admin?

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
No, but it is a reasonable assumption that bnb was acting like the grand dame macktastic uptight bitch we know she can be, and that any attitude she got in return was surely proportional and justified -- even if that attitude was partly motivated by jealousy on the part of the flight attendant, who, if only her tits, ass, and legs were half as wondrous as bnb's, would surely have landed a job as a pharmaceutical rep!

Did you go to debate camp?

(If so, did you do atticus?)

TM

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
She is the worst kind of co-worker. She will lie in the face of overwhelming evidence of her irresponsibility. Apparently even when there is a camera to record it.

Kwame is an idiot for not taking her duties away completely. But their playing up his mistakes, so he will probably win so that we are all surprised.

TM

This is the only episode I have watched in its entirety so I could be wayyyyy off but I assumed Omarosa was a plant by The Donald and Kwame is being tested about loyalty and leadership skills. If he wants to win, he will fire Omarosa.

I don't know anything about Omarosa except I read in US Weekly that she is a bitch, but come on. She is going out of her way to be a bad employee.

[barely_legal]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
She is the worst kind of co-worker. She will lie in the face of overwhelming evidence of her irresponsibility. Apparently even when there is a camera to record it.

Kwame is an idiot for not taking her duties away completely. But their playing up his mistakes, so he will probably win so that we are all surprised.

TM

I'm mostly convinced that the Omarossa thing was a set-up and that The Donald told some of the former apprentices not to make things too easy on the finalists. Or maybe the losers decided that they really have no incentive to help anyone else win.

The "problems" that Bill and Kwame have had to deal with so far appear to me to be staged.

eta: crap, I hate being "trumped" -- heh

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
This is the only episode I have watched in its entirety so I could be wayyyyy off but I assumed Omarosa was a plant by The Donald and Kwame is being tested about loyalty and leadership skills. If he wants to win, he will fire Omarosa.

I don't know anything about Omarosa except I read in US Weekly that she is a bitch, but come on. She is going out of her way to be a bad employee.

I thought at first that she was a plant, sent to make sure things don't go right, so that DT can see how well the leaders do in the heat of things. And Nick is the plant on Bill's squad, right?

But she's so fucking out there that I can see her doing what she did last night on purpose. Some of her other crap was similarly crazy.

TM

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
It's like she's planted to sabotage people, except this isn't The Mole.

Why are you assuming she was not given orders by Trump to play a role? If she ever wants to be hired in her line of work, she would not be acting the way she is UNLESS there is a very good reason for it. Who answers the phone in a baby voice?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by purse junkie
I don't watch the show, so I can't tell the blonde chicks apart, but one of them said on the Today show this morning that posing in her bra and panties for FHM was maybe not the wisest decision. She said that she got caught up in the all the reality show publicity, and that, on second thought (apparently her brain didn't kick in at the first opportunity), maybe a piece of pouting chest-thrusting T&A isn't the image a future business leader wants to project.

I think she's wrong. In fact, I plan to go both braless and commando at my next interview.

God, I love braless chicks. Its just the sexiest fucking thing... particularly when they're wearing light colored shirts. It unhinges my brain almost as quickly as the way a snug fitting pair of tailored pants hangs on a woman's hips and moves ever so slightly when she walks, giving you a taste of the outlines of what's underneath...

I can't deal now... I've got to go home and fuck the tar out of the old lady...