Fashion Board 3-5-04 to 4-6-04

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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Hey, I just realized that I now own music by 3 different icelandic artists (Ske, Sigur Ros, and Bjork)! Does this give me any hipster cred?

Yeah, if you use your time-travel machine to go back to like 1998, wanna-be-man.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
People seem to be very divided about The Von Bondies. (Well, we know how my Dead Pool pick Jack White feels about them, but music critics are more split). I'm very excited about my Franz Ferdinand, Busted, Ske, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs purchases.

Hey, I just realized that I now own music by 3 different icelandic artists (Ske, Sigur Ros, and Bjork)! Does this give me any hipster cred?

No, Icelandic hipster cred died with the last Gus Gus release.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
That isnt the I am sleeping or I am bored icon. that was they "holy shit, I did NOT know that". icon.

and the icon menu is NOT popping up which is unfortuante since the icon is making a comeback for the spring 2004 season.

and this icom reminds me of thrashers fan wherever she is.

TF is a buck-toothed asian woman?
Hey, Nic Harcourt playing Ima Robot, Damien Rice, and a piano cover of "Everything in its Right place" - all within the span of an hour? Now THAT's Good Times. None of this "hangin' in a chow line" crap for me.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Hey, I just realized that I now own music by 3 different icelandic artists (Ske, Sigur Ros, and Bjork)! Does this give me any hipster cred?

Do you have a lifetime subscription to McSweeney's?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
You walked into the courtroom
Right after smoking some killer pot
Your watch strategically dipped below one sleeve
Your argument, it was rot
You uttered foul truths to a juror
who sat stunned and watched you go off
And opposing counsel dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and

You'll get laid
You mostly think everyone's with you
You'll get laid
You mainly think most people agree with you
Don't you? Don't you?

You joined Alpha Dog fifteen years ago
When you were still quite a dweeb
Zipper cat's schlong needed some serious repair
And Beer Bottle Cat's schlong was quite flacceed
Social class and ass are the things you loved
And fake tits were very cheap
I had some blow it was cut with instant white coffee
Instant white coffee, and

You'll get laid
You mostly think everyone's with you
You'll get laid
You mainly think most people agree with you
Don't you? Don't you?

I had some blow it was cut with instant white coffee
Instant white coffee, and

You'll get laid
You mostly think everyone's with you
You'll get laid
You mainly think most people agree with you
Don't you? Don't you?

Well, I hear you moved to Philadelphia
where the asses are totally fat
Then you talked some shit bout how lawyers are tools
Yet you still think you're a really cool cat
Well, you're where you should be all the time
Reminiscing with Slave and Coltrane
About naked boys, bong hits and beer can pyramids
Beer can pyramids and

You'll get laid
You mostly think everyone's with you
You'll get laid
You mainly think most people agree with you
Don't you? Don't you?


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You're freaking me out. I not only love Carly Simon, but also am a huge Stones* fan and happen to absolutely love that song.

*Mick sings background vocals on the track.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
So the point of my post is that I really, really hate the fat-bashing, and I'm trying to discourage it. It's not because I find the repetition of the topic to be tiresome, but rather because I am disappointed by what it is reduced to.

Me too.

Originally posted by robustpuppy
For similar reasons, I didn't like it when posters took pictures from the weatherman website and said nasty things about their looks under those pictures; that just struck me as taking cheap shots at people. It struck me as sufficiently funny to make an allusion to what we all saw when we clicked on the link.

Amen, sister.

I was going to do the above as a PM to rp, but then I realized that it's probably better to say this stuff on the board. I usually just ignore stuff that bothers me or annoys me or whatever, but I remembered that bad stuff happens when good people are silent. Or was it "mean people suck"? Anyway, the fat-bashing is both annoyingly repetitive and unseemly. Y'all should know better.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Do you have a lifetime subscription to McSweeney's?

Yes. The special offer they had at that event he attended at Galapagos in Williamsburg was too good to pass up.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You're freaking me out. I not only love Carly Simon, but also am a huge Stones* fan and happen to absolutely love that song.

*Mick sings background vocals on the track.

Yes.

But the song's not about him.

What's our tally on this one RP?

ETA back in her day I thought she was quite bangable.

(How about that one?)

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Couldn't Walmart subsidize the loss in groceries (pricing them even lower than grocers) by their profit from other products for five years or until they knock grocers out of business? Isn't that what huge companies do? Economies of scope?

Not to be an Econ-dweeb, but the phenomenon you describe has nothing to do with Economies of Scope. You've described predatory pricing (aka cross-subsidization/loss-leading). Many big companies do do this. It's risky.

It's one thing to eat the loss on groceries as a marketing expense to get people in the stores to buy appliances (or CDs, in the case of Best Buy). But to bank on being able to recoup it when your competitors go out of business . . . most of these guys are very well heeled and are in it for the long haul.

I've been told from people who know, that WalMart's lower prices are due in equal amounts to a) their ability to buy on a much larger scale than anybody else, b) their ruthless exercise of their buyer power (chargebacks), and c) their far-superior inventory and logistics system.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Yes.

But the song's not about him.

What's our tally on this one RP?

ETA back in her day I thought she was quite bangable.

(How about that one?)

The first would have counted if you hadn't asked about the tally.

[dtb]

Originally posted by bilmore
Cheetos?

Do they really? I thought all that "chip" type stuff came in that cellophane-y/plastic-y bag that you have to put a binder clip on to keep crisp. (I am familiar with* Tostitos bags only -- as Tostios are a most-excellent accompaniment to guacamole -- a specialty chez dtb.)




I always want to end this phrase with the words "the works of Pablo Neruda". Anyone?

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
The first would have counted if you hadn't asked about the tally.

Who would have thought?

It figures.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by dtb
I always want to end this phrase with the words "the works of Pablo Neruda". Anyone?

You are my SP!

(Il Postino, which, before I saw it, thought was an Italian version of the Postman Always Rings Twice. Uh, no.)

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by dtb

always want to end this phrase with the words "the works of Pablo Neruda". Anyone?

You know, Bart, Pablo Neruda said that language is the laughter of the soul.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
People seem to be very divided about The Von Bondies. (Well, we know how my Dead Pool pick Jack White feels about them, but music critics are more split). I'm very excited about my Franz Ferdinand, Busted, Ske, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs purchases.

Hey, I just realized that I now own music by 3 different icelandic artists (Ske, Sigur Ros, and Bjork)! Does this give me any hipster cred?

Sigur Ros fucking puts me to sleep. And not a nice relaxing sleep, but a sleep fraught with dreams of being trapped in an elevator with the Ricola yodelers.