Riding The Radar Range
Tons of small items rolling around today, bookmarks and what not that I’ve had good intentions on posting or creating entries, but… Sitting anymore than a few days items go stale or get funky, and I’m forced to defrost the bookmark file. Here’s some touch and go items with little or no commentary, direct quotes or paraphrasing; some of this is just starting to incubate so I may revisit some of these ideas, feel free to comment away.
Leggings Are The New Must-Have Item for Men?
I’m just going to go on the record right now and say that the first ass clown I see wearing men’s leggings is going to get a beat down right on the spot. I’ll rip those sons of bitches clean off ya, wrap them around your neck and shove them down your throat; I’ll give new meaning to the term fashion frenzy. Sure, we’ve seen a ton of kooky fashion forward trends march down the runway; stretch pants, ultra skinny jeans, dresses on men, skirts on men, rubber pencil skirts on men, skorts on men, and fuck some dudes even look hot in kilts, but leggings, no way, no how, not ever. When are designers going to realize that men do not want to look like Little Lord Fauntleroy or even touch anything that smacks of women’s wear. We want urban commando mother fuckers, shit you can throw on and hit the jungle rolling, we want gear you can go to the fights in, or eat a bloody steak in, or occasionally wear to an office, work, or family function. We want to look hot and covert like special forces in ties! Miss Consuelo Castiglioni, Marni’s Creative Director in Milan, I’m calling you out and drawing the line right now. No we do not want leggings made of microfiber cotton and wool, shown in colors like violet, forest green and gray, no no and hell no. Menswear is good enough as is, stop trying to tweak it, explore it, rebuild it to be something ridiculous and unnecessary. Of course, if you make the leggings out of kevlar and call em a smart pant, I could be persuaded.
XLR8R Podcast DJ Mix Series: Ellen Allien
For the latest in their DJ Mix Podcast Series, XLR8R friend and techno goddess Ellen Allien, label boss of BPitch Control, hand selected and mixed a collection of some of her freshest new cuts. No Snow In Berlin showcases her own work as well as some of the hottest tracks from artists like Dabrye, Feadz, Modeselektor, and more.
The TATE now offers free Podcasts
MTV Wrestling Show
MTV is going to be pimping Wrestling Society X, their new hardcore wrestling show. The style of WSX is concentrated on having an intentionally underground look, which is represented through the set-up of a ratty ring with no apron and rag-stuffed turnbuckles. Another notable difference between WSX and other wrestling promotions is that WSX will have live bands playing at the start of each episode and band members will join announcers on commentary. Sounds like a complete knock off of Lucha Va Voom only not as cool, and without the burlesque.
Ted Haggard Says Evangelicals Have the ‘Best Sex Life’
“Much has been made of America’s so-called religious divide, but few of the discussions and debates resemble Alexandra Pelosi’s new film, “Friends of God.” The HBO documentary shows the Rev. Ted Haggard, the former president of the National Association of Evangelicals, talking frankly about how evangelical Christians have sex more than any other religious group.”
10 Things You Should Know About WordPress 2.1
Monday, WordPress released it’s first major update since the 2.0 branch was launched 2 years ago. Aaron Brazell reprises and updates his popular 10 Things You Should Know About WordPress article and gives you the run down on such things as better image handling, auto-save of drafts, plugin compatibility, the new visual editor interface and native WordPress migration functionality. I got so sick of Blogger going down that I migrated everything over to WordPress in November and couldn’t be happier.
Every Ad in Times Square
“Sometimes I get dangerous thoughts in my head, like “I wonder what it would look like to see every ad in Times Square all on one page.” So when I knew I’d be passing through Times Square this weekend, I made sure I had my camera. For the purposes of this nearly purposeless project, I considered storefront signs the same as ads if they were flashy and glitzy like Times Square ads tend to be…keeping reading and looking on Ironic Sans”
Before the Court of Wikipedia
Why the People’s Encyclopedia Ain’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be
Perform Act
Are you keeping up on the recently resurrected Perform Act? “Music industry bigwigs like the RIAA somehow convinced California Senator Diane Feinstein (and a few others) that internet and satellite radio stations are acting as music distribution services (read: music download services), and as such, should cough up even more licensing fees, as well as abandon MP3 streaming in favor of a DRM-heavy audio format to thwart the apparent piracy that is happening.”
The Turntables That Transform Vinyl
Long Playing records are gathering dust in the homes of many music lovers, who hope to hear their contents one day on a CD player or iPod. Now, an updated version of another audio relic, the phonographic turntable, may provide a fairly inexpensive way to do that. Two new consumer turntables on the market at $200 or less connect directly to computers to transfer cherished vinyl to MP3 files and CDs…
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[...] like special forces in ties 22Jan07 Quoted: Jocko on leggings (aka tights) for men: “When are designers going to realize that men do not want to look like Little Lord Fauntleroy or even touch anything that smacks of women’s wear. We want urban commando mother fuckers, shit you can throw on and hit the jungle rolling, we want gear you can go to the fights in, or eat a bloody steak in, or occasionally wear to an office, work, or family function. We want to look hot and covert like special forces in ties!” Filed under: All about me | [...]
Of you know this means that I will now laugh openly the first time I see a man in leggings…. I may even point.
I’m in full agreement with the f’ing leggings I think they are called long johns and they go on under pants..duuu! Whats next Leg warmers? wait ..I saw that last week on the subway. I’m covering fashion week and I’ll be thinking of you as the silly , absurd and straight up embarrassed models cavort down the runway in the next “great leap forward” The only pay off is when they take the freakin clothes off! see Jeremy Scott last year.
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Leggings! no, no, no, no, not even in Kevlar, not even if they come with a matching strapless tube top. (sequins optional)
guys aren’t gonna feature leggings unless there’s a nike logo.
no worry… the pope at prada declared tabbies on men’s pant ankles for last year’s fall/winter show, and the lemmings have yet to sport those. meanwhile this season’s prada for unfortunate men is waymore faghettini than the marnie vision. and yet surprisingly dan+dean at D-twinked have turned-out their most wearable men’s ever …whodathunkit!
This pains me to type, but unfortunately they are already on the streets of Los Angeles, worn by tiny emo-esque male hipsters with whack haircuts and cardigans who actually want to look like that. Your worst fears will be realized if you head out west.
It’s NOT pretty.
I’m not sure about that vinyl to cd turntable. How much sound goes away? The whole point of vinyl is the sound of vinyl as opposed to digital sound. I think i’ll keep the couple of thousand vinyl lp’s I still have and play them as is. Also,the transferring would take forever and I already have a full-time job. Now, as far as the four large boxes of 45′s goes….
Your rant about the leggings gave me wood. What if the kevlar ones came equipped with kneepads? I’m in total agreement, but then I do alot of my shopping at 5.11.
Thom Browne the designer has made a nice living from selling suits with leggings, suits average 3,500 a piece.
I think they look really stupid on any guy over 25.
Thank you Jocko, for publishing precisely what many of us thought when reading that ‘news’ from Milan.
This is a cruel joke inflicted on fashion victims as a result of a genuine lack of creativity on designers’ parts.
And Bede, I’m still pissing myself laughing at “what next leg warmers?”
The Horror! It is like fashion week meets sci-fi channel. I thought I wanted to sucker punch guys who wear skinny jeans now they look practically butch next to guys who wear leggings. I have to agree with bede though, despite my passive aggressive nature I will blatantly point and laugh.
“…shit you can throw on and hit the jungle rolling, we want gear you can go to the fights in, or eat a bloody steak in, or occasionally wear to an office, work, or family function.” Amen, brother, amen! Let me add to that: Nothing that needs pressed, dry cleaned, and if by hand washed you mean I need to wring it out after I step out of the river or off of the beach, then I’ll let that one slide.
As for the Ted Haggard, well that one’s so easy I’m not even gonna go there, cept to say Alexandra couldn’t have DREAMED of better PR for her flick than what the Good Lord just handed her via Mike Jones. Sweet for her.
P.S. WordPress really that good. Hmmmmm…
Re: leggings. Let’s not celebrate the lowest common denominator, please.
Nobody is forcing anybody to wear anything, and I wouldn’t be caught dead in fashionista garb, but I still applaud people who challenge the rules of menswear (Miuccia Prada, for example), rules in general, and general expectations. People who try to reshape the world. Who needs to see combat pants on a runway?
Also: I don’t wanna see “sexy” anymore. I’ve seen it and I’m sick of it. The conformism of sexiness is so fucking dull. I’ll take fuzzy cocoon sweaters anytime… oh, and leggings.
Jim-thanks for the passionate writing, we’re all fired up. The leggings look like long underwear to me, Practical but not sexy and not for display. Boys, keep your pants on in public and that goes to the pathetic saggers in boxers too.
A tight-ass P.S.: isn’t that “sons of bitches?”
I thought the revival of the tight tapered black jeans with big shockingly white high-top sneakers look was bad enough. Why would men want to look like Mickey Mouse? I guess with leggings you could be trying to look like Napoleon or something, maybe that’s better.
Wait a moment … what about the lycra leggings that bicyclists and body builders have been wearing for years? This is not something new … perhaps for fashion yes, maybe.
Now, from what I’ve seen of what’s in these … if lycra were only edible … hmmmm.
Yeah, no leggings! The butch cross-dressing dykes don’t want that gnarly shit either!
If codpiece is attached, leggings maybe allowed conditionally. A hot Hamlet is totally possible.
I’m a straight, open-minded guy!
I think there is nothing wrong with wearing leggings!
I wear them all the time!
Leggings are nothing new! Men have been wearing them for centuries!