Make the Bad Horse gleeful or he'll make you his mare
I drifted marooned on a splinter at sea. Washed up in the dessert and there's nothing to drink. Well, it's no surprise that nothing rhymes with "woman." I drifted marooned on a splinter at sea. Washed up in the dessert and there's nothing to drink. Well, oh Lord I'm sure you're bored of forgiving me. Don't you see, I fell in love with another man's woman. Another man's woman has got a hold on me. Time for Musings!
- Sure, I’m about a week late on this bandwagon (props to Cardinal Dogboard with the indirect tip and to Maureen Ryan with the direct one), but if you too are plaintively trying to conceptualize a rather vicious final project in your assessment class and need a diversion, or if you just want to laugh, I highly recommend Joss Whedon’s online venture “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog,” which only furthers the career re-awesome-ization of its star Neil Patrick Harris. (Dr. Horrible, Dr. Horrible, telephone for Dr. Horrible…). Actually, it might be just as well that I didn’t get to it until Saturday, given how Friday’s KB birthday celebration could have turned out. (Don’t think that between IWasTheWalrus and I that we couldn’t write a KB musical). Too much awesomeness to mention, but it was nice to see Dr. Horrible use, “Balls!” as an expletive. (I don’t happen to know anyone who was at least 6 years out ahead on that one). Or the part about his failed freeze ray attack at the beginning of Act II. Or, of course, “The hammer is my penis.” Anyway, chime back in with your favorite part. Update: It was one week only and they took it down last night. Balls!
- Speaking of Neil Patrick Harris and awesomeness, how the fuck about the timing of last Monday? I asked Monday morning about how the ensemble of How I Met Your Mother met Robin and Barney and last Monday they show the episode where they meet Robin. (Also co-starring Jon Bernthal as “Carlos”). It’s almost like CBS read my mind. (Or that I looked up the info on my DVR and structured the question that way, except that actually didn’t happen). By the way, thanks for the help last week. Yes, I know I’m a latecomer here, but I’m certainly a convert. And as y’all know, I’m a very enthusiastic champion of my favorite shows.
- Speaking of, enthusiastic championing, Carbon Leaf was playing Saturday at the Sheffield Garden Walk Festival, which was in fact on Sheffield and did involve walking, but was kinda missing the gardens. Since it’s one of the city’s oldest festivals at 40-years-old, I wonder what it used to entail that gave it its name. Anyway, it was right in the midst of the DePaul campus and the stage was smack between the DePaul Student Center and the St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church. I gotta say, I understand that’s where the open space of the parking lot is, but the placement deserves a Ph.D. in Horribleness in that the acoustics are pretty wretched, what with the sound bouncing off the walls there. Especially with a band that has a lot of instruments going, there were a lot of sound waves canceling each other out, and for that alone, it was far from the best Carbon Leaf show I’ve seen through no fault of the band’s own. However, they did play a large amount of popular songs and hopefully drew some new fans. Perhaps the highlight for me was they busted out a new song called “Another Man’s Woman,” which apparently they’ve been playing for like 9 months now, but I hadn’t seen them in a year. Anyway, it’s awesome and you may have heard some of it already a bit up the page. Also maybe the first time that at a street festival, where $5 shot glasses of beer, bad tans, and even worse fashion are the norm, there were people crying during “The War Was in Color,” an incredibly powerful and heartbreaking tune sung from the point of view of a dead soldier in the black and while photograph. Their cover of “Come Together” (hopefully as they play it more, there will be better video quality since this is the best I can find and you can’t really hear the vocals), while not quite as much fun as when they would close with “Bron-Y-Aur Stomp,” still freaking rules. Update: I found an MP3 of them playing it, not as well, in 2002. I guess they just took about a 6-year hiatus from playing it.
- As a completely biased observer, I would like to point out that the fucking Freddy Jones Band headlining Saturday at said festival instead of Carbon Leaf constitutes as striking a musical injustice as you’re liable to find. If you’ve been lucky enough to never hear these clowns, think O.A.R. without the ability to write melodies.
- Fittingly, the other street festival in Chicago this past weekend (not counting the Pitchfork Festival) was apparently featuring Ben Kweller in a similar slot to Carbon Leaf. Back in the opening months of Bend It, I took issue with Mr. Kweller thinking his lyrics were a lot more clever than they really are, something that would also be a valid criticism of yours truly. Anyway, I recently found out that one of his primarily objectionably random lyrics, “Sex reminds her of eating spaghetti,” which I had always thought was gobbledygook that doesn’t even make sense, is actually a line from the movie “The Doom Generation.” I don’t know if that entire song is just about that movie, or if he just ripped off the line for the song. And if the latter, I don’t know which is worse between that or just being intentionally random for the sake of attention. That after I just praised “Come Together.” Yes, I’m being hypocritical and I’m OK with that.
- So while wandering the small stretch of Sheffield, I managed to encounter a guy wearing a hat from some sort of local farm entity. However, on the side of his hat was printed ‘“Illinois” Grown.’ Huh? It’s really too bad that I would have had to hold him down to take a picture of it because that would really be a doozy for the Unnecessary Quotation Marks site. I wonder what area of the country these farms are in that is masquerading as Illinois?
- Standing in front of me at one point was some chick who appeared to have a tattoo on one of her boobs that was emerging from her shirt (the tattoo, not the boobs). Now, it pretty much goes without saying that I would find boob tattoos way on the wrong side of trashy. But at the risk of being discriminatory, if you’re going to tattoo your boobs, you kinda have to, well, have boobs of decent size and substance. Otherwise, like this chick, you look a mighty combo of trashy and fucking scary.
- Speaking of the last two items, what would be the odds that someone would put together a photo gallery that combines my twin hatreds of bad tattoos and bad grammar? It wasn’t me, but I highly appreciate the awesomeness? Holy God, that hurts to look at!
- Saturday morning, while bending down to put boxes of organic chocolate milk in the cooler, I noticed a Starbucks customer was wearing official Tony Stewart crocs. They were bright orange and had the #20 on them. It was kinda terrifying. I think I intentionally didn’t look up to see to whom the “shoes” belonged. To be fair, I would probably be creeped out a bit by any sports team’s crocs, but to be unfair, despite my occasional enjoyment of some HD NASCAR, an individual driver crocs get a higher notch on the creepy ladder.
- Speaking of Starbucks, I will have to pour some out for my old store at the corner of Lincoln and Altgeld, which unsurprisingly closed. That store had been on the watch list even back when I worked there, which was before Bend It. Want to know a great place not to put a Starbucks? How about along a street of primarily bars. Sure, it was great for trading coffee for free drinks (not that I know anyone that used to do that), but when those places draw crowds and make their money, Starbucks is closed. But I did have legions of hilarious memories working there, so I’m still sad to see it go.
- I haven’t seen the new Batman movie, but for the last couple weeks I have had this burning question. A couple weeks ago, I saw the first review of it and read that Heath Ledger’s performance was “Oscar-worthy.” And I guess I’m inclined to believe them. I’ve seen “Brokeback Mountain” and “Monster’s Ball.” He can act good. (By the way, I don’t remember who said this, but I read someone write that maybe this performance would lead more people to get over themselves and watch Brokeback Mountain, and I have to agree). But suppose his performance was startlingly mediocre or flat-out awful? Given the circumstances, what would critics say? I almost wish that were the case just see what would happen.
- I haven’t seen “Batman Begins” either. I know I should. Batman is the only comic book hero I can usually stomach movies of, and I do like my movies dark. (Despite the fact that my favorite Batman villain is The Riddler. Go figure). I wish it would be on cable so I could DVR it. But anyway, for whatever reason, I can’t approach that movie without thinking of that Counting Crows song.
- I really have no good intro here, but the one thing I learned from all the wall-to-wall Batman coverage this past week is that Christian Bale’s wife is really hot. Well played, emperor of the sun!
- It may not be English language-related, but a site of pictures of people wearing really random sports jerseys? Sign me up! I think I’d even have a shot at winning if I took a picture of myself. Thanks to some bad pitching and a little time, my Baltimore Orioles Sidney Ponson t-shirt inadvertently turned into about the champion ironic t-shirt of all time. Now when I wear it around, people freaking love it. Yeah, take that Abercrombie and American Eagle! I’m the real fucking deal.
- So this didn’t make it in last week, but is not time-specific. I really have no idea why Atlanta Falcons draftees Matt Ryan and Sam Baker are doing some promotional appearance with the cast of “Oklahoma.” But while those posting this video choose to focus on the players’ reactions, check out the Falcons’ mascot in the background! I have no idea what he or she is doing, but it’s kinda hilarious.
- The Washington Redskins, continuing their hatred of draft picks, traded a second and sixth rounder for Dancing With the Stars’ Jason Taylor after a season-ending injury to Philip Daniels, who wasn’t any good anyway. Now admittedly, they haven’t had a pass rush since … probably Super Bowl XXVI, but that’s also in large part to their refusal to draft linemen. As 8yearoldsdude already mentioned, I hope they got the Jason Taylor robot in the deal as well, since it would probably be the second best D-lineman on their roster.
- Apropos of nothing, this video of the Red Sox Manny Ramirez completely misjudging a fly ball, then rolling around like Uga the bulldog trying to find it is pretty fantastic. Even better since the Red Sox lost that game.
- Hey, the Cubs recalled The Hoff again! See, that’s why I mentioned him. He’s up and down every other week. Don’t hassle The Hoff!
- OK, time for the Official Bend It Major League Baseball Player Dan Uggla Watch! They all sit and wonder why this feelin' I cannot hide. It ain't a question of pride. It’s Uggla! (By the way, that’s DC’s own Rare Essence playing backup for Jill Scott on that song). Yeah, so it’s been widely questioned as to how Tuesday’s All-Star Game performance (which gets the spotlight this Wednesday) would affect his play after the break, and would he just eat it. Well, unfortunately, so far the critics have been correct. So far, 1-12 with 6 hoys (unofficial TM to Major League). That one hit was a home run, though. But that may even be a bad sign of looking to overcompensate. Anyway, he’s Ugglaed back down to .278 with 25 doubles, 1 triple, 24 home runs, 61 RBIs, and 4 stolen bases. Let’s hope for better … wait, actually no. The Marlins play the Cubs this coming weekend, so I kinda hope he doesn’t do much. OK, I hope Uggla gets a bunch of hits, but they’re all singles and everyone behind him gets out. Now that I would want on my black-eyed peas.
- Speaking of the All-Star Game, admittedly I’m seeing this photo was taken out of context, but what exactly is Sarah Jessica Parker doing on the field at the All-Star Game? Besides maybe publicly announcing the next “Sex and the City” movie? Maybe it’s because they think she’s a New York icon because of the stupid show and the game was in New York? That would be stupid, but certainly plausible. Anyone know? Did her character even like baseball?
- Speaking of awkwardly written shows, so apparently the big rumor is that Grey’s Anatomy was so pissed off at Katherine Heigl for declining to be nominated for the Emmys because she said the writing of her character sucked (as opposed to the writing of her character EVER), that they are contemplating killing her off. Well, I have to say, while she wasn’t wrong, publicly criticizing the quality of your show usually isn’t a good way to stay employed. Anyway, the latest I’ve read is that while life or death has yet to be determined, Izzie will get a brain tumor and will be visited by tumor-induced visions of McDirty, who is apparently under contract now to do so. Man, I gotta hand it to the Grey’s writers. They sure showed her. Criticize the quality of our writing, and by God, we’ll give you something that’s not just even worse, but possibly the worst idea in the history of the show. Which is saying something.
- Have Samantha Ronson and Macaulay Culkin ever been seen in the same room together?
- This can even melt a cold heart such as mine. Though I’m really not sure how this hadn’t happened already. Leslie Fiest singing “1-2-3-4” on “Sesame Street" with Muppets. It's officially awesome.
- And finally, time for Senor Beavis’ Fashion Corner! I couldn’t help but notice over the weekend that I encountered about 6 people wearing these Polo shirts that had HUGE fucking logos. You know, the old Polo shirts and sweaters had the little horsey guy on the left. This horsey guy covers pretty the entire upper left (your right) of the shirt. Like a guy’s entire pec, or, unless a chick has oversized boobs, a chick’s entire boob. I’d never seen these before in my life, and then saw them everywhere over the weekend. And I have to say I don’t get it. I always thought the whole Polo aesthetic was high-society understated. (Not counting that entire store that 8yearoldsdude and I explored in Boston where 8yearoldsdude put on the rugby poncho). At first, I totally thought this was actually another company’s parody since it’s so ostentatious that it can’t be serious. So is this a legitimate “LOOK AT ME! I’M WEARING FUCKING POLO AND YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE MOON” shirt by Ralph Lauren, or does this constitute some sort of self-aware inside joke? I’m completely confounded. The guy is HUGE! The horse is HUGE! My only guess is that this must be the work of Bad Horse.
And this time when kindness falls like rain. It washes [him] away. And Batman begins to change [his] mind. "These seconds when I'm shaking leave me shuddering for days," [he] says. And I'm not ready for this sort of thing.
- Sure, I’m about a week late on this bandwagon (props to Cardinal Dogboard with the indirect tip and to Maureen Ryan with the direct one), but if you too are plaintively trying to conceptualize a rather vicious final project in your assessment class and need a diversion, or if you just want to laugh, I highly recommend Joss Whedon’s online venture “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog,” which only furthers the career re-awesome-ization of its star Neil Patrick Harris. (Dr. Horrible, Dr. Horrible, telephone for Dr. Horrible…). Actually, it might be just as well that I didn’t get to it until Saturday, given how Friday’s KB birthday celebration could have turned out. (Don’t think that between IWasTheWalrus and I that we couldn’t write a KB musical). Too much awesomeness to mention, but it was nice to see Dr. Horrible use, “Balls!” as an expletive. (I don’t happen to know anyone who was at least 6 years out ahead on that one). Or the part about his failed freeze ray attack at the beginning of Act II. Or, of course, “The hammer is my penis.” Anyway, chime back in with your favorite part. Update: It was one week only and they took it down last night. Balls!
- Speaking of Neil Patrick Harris and awesomeness, how the fuck about the timing of last Monday? I asked Monday morning about how the ensemble of How I Met Your Mother met Robin and Barney and last Monday they show the episode where they meet Robin. (Also co-starring Jon Bernthal as “Carlos”). It’s almost like CBS read my mind. (Or that I looked up the info on my DVR and structured the question that way, except that actually didn’t happen). By the way, thanks for the help last week. Yes, I know I’m a latecomer here, but I’m certainly a convert. And as y’all know, I’m a very enthusiastic champion of my favorite shows.
- Speaking of, enthusiastic championing, Carbon Leaf was playing Saturday at the Sheffield Garden Walk Festival, which was in fact on Sheffield and did involve walking, but was kinda missing the gardens. Since it’s one of the city’s oldest festivals at 40-years-old, I wonder what it used to entail that gave it its name. Anyway, it was right in the midst of the DePaul campus and the stage was smack between the DePaul Student Center and the St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church. I gotta say, I understand that’s where the open space of the parking lot is, but the placement deserves a Ph.D. in Horribleness in that the acoustics are pretty wretched, what with the sound bouncing off the walls there. Especially with a band that has a lot of instruments going, there were a lot of sound waves canceling each other out, and for that alone, it was far from the best Carbon Leaf show I’ve seen through no fault of the band’s own. However, they did play a large amount of popular songs and hopefully drew some new fans. Perhaps the highlight for me was they busted out a new song called “Another Man’s Woman,” which apparently they’ve been playing for like 9 months now, but I hadn’t seen them in a year. Anyway, it’s awesome and you may have heard some of it already a bit up the page. Also maybe the first time that at a street festival, where $5 shot glasses of beer, bad tans, and even worse fashion are the norm, there were people crying during “The War Was in Color,” an incredibly powerful and heartbreaking tune sung from the point of view of a dead soldier in the black and while photograph. Their cover of “Come Together” (hopefully as they play it more, there will be better video quality since this is the best I can find and you can’t really hear the vocals), while not quite as much fun as when they would close with “Bron-Y-Aur Stomp,” still freaking rules. Update: I found an MP3 of them playing it, not as well, in 2002. I guess they just took about a 6-year hiatus from playing it.
- As a completely biased observer, I would like to point out that the fucking Freddy Jones Band headlining Saturday at said festival instead of Carbon Leaf constitutes as striking a musical injustice as you’re liable to find. If you’ve been lucky enough to never hear these clowns, think O.A.R. without the ability to write melodies.
- Fittingly, the other street festival in Chicago this past weekend (not counting the Pitchfork Festival) was apparently featuring Ben Kweller in a similar slot to Carbon Leaf. Back in the opening months of Bend It, I took issue with Mr. Kweller thinking his lyrics were a lot more clever than they really are, something that would also be a valid criticism of yours truly. Anyway, I recently found out that one of his primarily objectionably random lyrics, “Sex reminds her of eating spaghetti,” which I had always thought was gobbledygook that doesn’t even make sense, is actually a line from the movie “The Doom Generation.” I don’t know if that entire song is just about that movie, or if he just ripped off the line for the song. And if the latter, I don’t know which is worse between that or just being intentionally random for the sake of attention. That after I just praised “Come Together.” Yes, I’m being hypocritical and I’m OK with that.
- So while wandering the small stretch of Sheffield, I managed to encounter a guy wearing a hat from some sort of local farm entity. However, on the side of his hat was printed ‘“Illinois” Grown.’ Huh? It’s really too bad that I would have had to hold him down to take a picture of it because that would really be a doozy for the Unnecessary Quotation Marks site. I wonder what area of the country these farms are in that is masquerading as Illinois?
- Standing in front of me at one point was some chick who appeared to have a tattoo on one of her boobs that was emerging from her shirt (the tattoo, not the boobs). Now, it pretty much goes without saying that I would find boob tattoos way on the wrong side of trashy. But at the risk of being discriminatory, if you’re going to tattoo your boobs, you kinda have to, well, have boobs of decent size and substance. Otherwise, like this chick, you look a mighty combo of trashy and fucking scary.
- Speaking of the last two items, what would be the odds that someone would put together a photo gallery that combines my twin hatreds of bad tattoos and bad grammar? It wasn’t me, but I highly appreciate the awesomeness? Holy God, that hurts to look at!
- Saturday morning, while bending down to put boxes of organic chocolate milk in the cooler, I noticed a Starbucks customer was wearing official Tony Stewart crocs. They were bright orange and had the #20 on them. It was kinda terrifying. I think I intentionally didn’t look up to see to whom the “shoes” belonged. To be fair, I would probably be creeped out a bit by any sports team’s crocs, but to be unfair, despite my occasional enjoyment of some HD NASCAR, an individual driver crocs get a higher notch on the creepy ladder.
- Speaking of Starbucks, I will have to pour some out for my old store at the corner of Lincoln and Altgeld, which unsurprisingly closed. That store had been on the watch list even back when I worked there, which was before Bend It. Want to know a great place not to put a Starbucks? How about along a street of primarily bars. Sure, it was great for trading coffee for free drinks (not that I know anyone that used to do that), but when those places draw crowds and make their money, Starbucks is closed. But I did have legions of hilarious memories working there, so I’m still sad to see it go.
- I haven’t seen the new Batman movie, but for the last couple weeks I have had this burning question. A couple weeks ago, I saw the first review of it and read that Heath Ledger’s performance was “Oscar-worthy.” And I guess I’m inclined to believe them. I’ve seen “Brokeback Mountain” and “Monster’s Ball.” He can act good. (By the way, I don’t remember who said this, but I read someone write that maybe this performance would lead more people to get over themselves and watch Brokeback Mountain, and I have to agree). But suppose his performance was startlingly mediocre or flat-out awful? Given the circumstances, what would critics say? I almost wish that were the case just see what would happen.
- I haven’t seen “Batman Begins” either. I know I should. Batman is the only comic book hero I can usually stomach movies of, and I do like my movies dark. (Despite the fact that my favorite Batman villain is The Riddler. Go figure). I wish it would be on cable so I could DVR it. But anyway, for whatever reason, I can’t approach that movie without thinking of that Counting Crows song.
- I really have no good intro here, but the one thing I learned from all the wall-to-wall Batman coverage this past week is that Christian Bale’s wife is really hot. Well played, emperor of the sun!
- It may not be English language-related, but a site of pictures of people wearing really random sports jerseys? Sign me up! I think I’d even have a shot at winning if I took a picture of myself. Thanks to some bad pitching and a little time, my Baltimore Orioles Sidney Ponson t-shirt inadvertently turned into about the champion ironic t-shirt of all time. Now when I wear it around, people freaking love it. Yeah, take that Abercrombie and American Eagle! I’m the real fucking deal.
- So this didn’t make it in last week, but is not time-specific. I really have no idea why Atlanta Falcons draftees Matt Ryan and Sam Baker are doing some promotional appearance with the cast of “Oklahoma.” But while those posting this video choose to focus on the players’ reactions, check out the Falcons’ mascot in the background! I have no idea what he or she is doing, but it’s kinda hilarious.
- The Washington Redskins, continuing their hatred of draft picks, traded a second and sixth rounder for Dancing With the Stars’ Jason Taylor after a season-ending injury to Philip Daniels, who wasn’t any good anyway. Now admittedly, they haven’t had a pass rush since … probably Super Bowl XXVI, but that’s also in large part to their refusal to draft linemen. As 8yearoldsdude already mentioned, I hope they got the Jason Taylor robot in the deal as well, since it would probably be the second best D-lineman on their roster.
- Apropos of nothing, this video of the Red Sox Manny Ramirez completely misjudging a fly ball, then rolling around like Uga the bulldog trying to find it is pretty fantastic. Even better since the Red Sox lost that game.
- Hey, the Cubs recalled The Hoff again! See, that’s why I mentioned him. He’s up and down every other week. Don’t hassle The Hoff!
- OK, time for the Official Bend It Major League Baseball Player Dan Uggla Watch! They all sit and wonder why this feelin' I cannot hide. It ain't a question of pride. It’s Uggla! (By the way, that’s DC’s own Rare Essence playing backup for Jill Scott on that song). Yeah, so it’s been widely questioned as to how Tuesday’s All-Star Game performance (which gets the spotlight this Wednesday) would affect his play after the break, and would he just eat it. Well, unfortunately, so far the critics have been correct. So far, 1-12 with 6 hoys (unofficial TM to Major League). That one hit was a home run, though. But that may even be a bad sign of looking to overcompensate. Anyway, he’s Ugglaed back down to .278 with 25 doubles, 1 triple, 24 home runs, 61 RBIs, and 4 stolen bases. Let’s hope for better … wait, actually no. The Marlins play the Cubs this coming weekend, so I kinda hope he doesn’t do much. OK, I hope Uggla gets a bunch of hits, but they’re all singles and everyone behind him gets out. Now that I would want on my black-eyed peas.
- Speaking of the All-Star Game, admittedly I’m seeing this photo was taken out of context, but what exactly is Sarah Jessica Parker doing on the field at the All-Star Game? Besides maybe publicly announcing the next “Sex and the City” movie? Maybe it’s because they think she’s a New York icon because of the stupid show and the game was in New York? That would be stupid, but certainly plausible. Anyone know? Did her character even like baseball?
- Speaking of awkwardly written shows, so apparently the big rumor is that Grey’s Anatomy was so pissed off at Katherine Heigl for declining to be nominated for the Emmys because she said the writing of her character sucked (as opposed to the writing of her character EVER), that they are contemplating killing her off. Well, I have to say, while she wasn’t wrong, publicly criticizing the quality of your show usually isn’t a good way to stay employed. Anyway, the latest I’ve read is that while life or death has yet to be determined, Izzie will get a brain tumor and will be visited by tumor-induced visions of McDirty, who is apparently under contract now to do so. Man, I gotta hand it to the Grey’s writers. They sure showed her. Criticize the quality of our writing, and by God, we’ll give you something that’s not just even worse, but possibly the worst idea in the history of the show. Which is saying something.
- Have Samantha Ronson and Macaulay Culkin ever been seen in the same room together?
- This can even melt a cold heart such as mine. Though I’m really not sure how this hadn’t happened already. Leslie Fiest singing “1-2-3-4” on “Sesame Street" with Muppets. It's officially awesome.
- And finally, time for Senor Beavis’ Fashion Corner! I couldn’t help but notice over the weekend that I encountered about 6 people wearing these Polo shirts that had HUGE fucking logos. You know, the old Polo shirts and sweaters had the little horsey guy on the left. This horsey guy covers pretty the entire upper left (your right) of the shirt. Like a guy’s entire pec, or, unless a chick has oversized boobs, a chick’s entire boob. I’d never seen these before in my life, and then saw them everywhere over the weekend. And I have to say I don’t get it. I always thought the whole Polo aesthetic was high-society understated. (Not counting that entire store that 8yearoldsdude and I explored in Boston where 8yearoldsdude put on the rugby poncho). At first, I totally thought this was actually another company’s parody since it’s so ostentatious that it can’t be serious. So is this a legitimate “LOOK AT ME! I’M WEARING FUCKING POLO AND YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE MOON” shirt by Ralph Lauren, or does this constitute some sort of self-aware inside joke? I’m completely confounded. The guy is HUGE! The horse is HUGE! My only guess is that this must be the work of Bad Horse.
And this time when kindness falls like rain. It washes [him] away. And Batman begins to change [his] mind. "These seconds when I'm shaking leave me shuddering for days," [he] says. And I'm not ready for this sort of thing.
posted by Senor Beavis @ 11:15 AM
1 Comments:
At 9:45 AM,
8yearoldsdude said…
what a great advertisign idea, put a huge F---ing horseman on the package. people could get high and say "the horseman is talking to me."
um, I believe this is polo's attempt top keep up with the urban culture trend of 2-3 years ago of silkscreening large intricate logos onto t-shirts, often in non-central locations. but it does function, somewhat ironically, as a broadcast signal of the horseman. Polo has a funny job, because the horseman, like the Lacost alligator, is meant to be an understated marker of privelege. you see it and you know the thing is wicked expensive and well made, but not gaudy. but these poor designers have to match thier youth market and incorporate current trends which for many years have been driving by hiphop fashion which has a massive strain of nouveau riche gaudiness to it. so the bastard child is the giant horseman.
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