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Are you as terrified of this man as I am? Does he reach into the weird Matthew Barney parts of your brain and then jiggle his finger into the mucous and fatty lobes of where you make sense of the world? But that shirt, wowza, this guy looks like he just came off a Carnival cruise ship that’s destination was the Bermuda Triangle, 18 years later, no food, no drinks, just sheer “otherness.”

If this guy asked me for a quarter on the street one day I’d punch him and then run away to the nearest Bed Bath and Beyond and hide myslef in the world’s biggest pile of pillows and blankets and all things down until I mellowed out. Then I’d eat a bowl of soup.

The reality is this guy is a professional model that participated in a Yohji Yamamoto fashion show in the Forbidden City in Beijing. China is hurting these days, doggies! People are getting lessons on how to be civil and not spit everywhere they go. They are leading the pack in human rights violations and now they’ve hosted a fashion show with a model that looks like a pale anorexic Frankenstein with a Beatles wig on, to boot. You go, China.

Every once in a while, the folks over at SNL just kill it.

Brits that have an affinity for both gun and rhyme battling now have a union made in heaven at their disposal. The hoodie pictured below may appear to be a run of the mill staple for your wardrobe, but these are more dynamic times we live in and nothing can be taken for granted, like say, some $700 Lanvin high tops that make me want to barf. The hoodie can allegedly stop a bullet from a 9mm Magnum handgun and protects the entire upper body.

The company that manufactures the hoodie, Bladerunner, maintains that their previous knife-resistant model was ordered by all walks people, even a priest! I’m not sure if this speaks more to the fact that Brits are crooked toothed tweakers or just dumb, but apparently the owner of the company, Barry Samms has his finger on the pulse of our increasingly hostile and paranoid culture. Their currency may be strong, but their heads are twsited.

How long before there are videos on YouTube of some 13 year old chavvies in knock off Burberry sweats and these things blasting themselves with a 9 mill from 10 paces?