even more quiddities and agonies of the ruling class - a new rolling new york times thread

lol I remember about 5 years ago, naively talking with H about how just "owning a brownstone in cobble hill" would be enough for us to live out the rest of our days happy, as though that were some kind of modest goal. Maybe in post-crisis 2008 it was? History has really dickslapped us on that one.

“Our goal was to limit our total reno-architecture budget to under $500,000,” he said. “Which we pretty much succeeded in. It meant that at times we’d splurge on one light fixture, but not another. And it helped because we ended up having to retain original detail, clean it up and leave it as is.”

reno-architecture, Mr. born in 1965

I think he could afford to upgrade his stereo.

To get that last .5%?

It's just funny that they've thrown money all over that place but the turntable is just a regular old TT sitting on a tea cart.
Eh sorta funny anyway. Or maybe Not really.

the beastie boooyyyyyyyyyyyysssss
you know they splurging on a light fixxxtuuuurrre
But only occasionalllyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Only occassionllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

China otm; it's just surprising there isn't a bigger, more terribly self-mythologising ~musical~ presence in the decor. bono probably has Elvis Presley statues & shit, it's weird that this place is 99% expensive glasswork & only minimally manifests musicianship

also this place is way too breakable. for a house with kids? a Pierre Cardin rug & exposed collections of antique china perched on glass shelves? any one of the things in this house being broken would be enough to tear apart a family, a modest Brooklyn earthquake would be like the end of the world here

i mean i ask you, mr. diamond, do you even remember what happened when i broke my granddad's cuckoo clock

huh, i always just assumed the beastie boys still lived above

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rYfuewuzrOc/TKVYt037WuI/AAAAAAAAEGQ/GMpVWJGsJO0/s400/110288_1_f.jpg

those speakers look lame too. he should have doper speakers. man he looks freaky.

ya, just sayin for a guy who would buy that "beautiful" chandelier you'd think he'd have some stereo equipment that would match the conspicuous consumption elsewhere. he's supposed to be into music I think!

That chandelier is going to be hella dusty in 6 months.

wasn't he the least musical beastie though? didn't they want to kick him out of the group for years? i thought i remembered that.

it'll be time to buy a new one xp

i mean its an arty rich house but it is totally a rich people house. like i'm sure the kids know not to touch the friggin' china or they get sent to swiss boarding school.

why arent i rich?

i mean i ask you, mr. diamond, do you even remember what happened when i broke my granddad's cuckoo clock

― daft on the causes of punk (schlump), Thursday, June 13, 2013 12:35 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

He had a broken clock that won't tell time, to go with his thick-ass book that was filled with wack rhymes?

you guys know they probably set up the house differently when there's not an NYT styles shoot right?

i do wonder why none of those apartment therapy photoshoots ever get snaps of peoples basement storage lockers and overstuffed coat closets. 'here's where we stash the xmas tree 11 months out of the year' 'this is were we cram the kids uncool backpacks and the extra wheel-y suitcase we never use'

they hire a kids backpack consultant to ensure that they are always rocking the most stylish kids backpacks

I know a good one in brooklyn

reading the article/slideshow it seems pretty clear that this was ms. d's project which is maybe why its not more music-focused

i like the house tho, dont love it but some cool stuff. hate hate hate that bug cabinet

xp And why it includes ornate mirrored dressing tables that hang from the ceiling. Because when you have a lot of delicate perfume bottles and items of jewelry, you definitely want to store them on something that moves at the slightest touch.

Fuck them. They ruined my brownstone.

THEY HAVE A BACK YARD AND THEY ASTROTURFED IT.

I'm Mike D and I get respect / Your fantasy brownstone is what I expect

the bathroom is corny imo. Everything is a little TOO designed. Still nice though.

i'd live in that house

kitchen is dope, and living room with that giant sofa thingy for laying out while watching projected films

i like the bathroom the best, v v envious of that bathtub. i like the wallpaper too.

but mostly i just want a big townhouse

Okay it's not the exact same building but it's got to be in the same row because the fireplace stone and room proportions/layout and the light are exactly the same. But the fireplace carvings and the window trim are different. Mike D is forgiven, for the moment.

Maybe you can still get your brownstone after all!

Hold a bake sale and breakdancing contest to save it!

I like to pretend it exists outside of time, an icon.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
http://media.corcoran.com/Media/2535770/box/225x300

if i had that much money and labor to do all the shit i have to do myself now, it'd be a cool place to live.

acting like life is a big commercial

mike d's apartment is kinda cheesy in a sort of uncool way, but that's cool. I feel like actual cool artist types have apartments that sorta look 'accidentally' way cooler, but mike d is kind of a dude who wants to impress actually cool art types! is my take.

here's the real deal (minus the 'accidental' part because this is obviously effort-full): http://www.styledon.com/decor/decor-porn/articles/apartment-porn-lawrence-and-alice-weiner

yeah that one looks a lot more lived-in and less forced but still really fucking nice. Would rather live in that one.

mike d's apartment is kinda cheesy in a sort of uncool way, but that's cool. I feel like actual cool artist types have apartments that sorta look 'accidentally' way cooler, but mike d is kind of a dude who wants to impress actually cool art types! is my take.

― chinavision!, Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:32 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah this was what sort of surprised me about it, like I didn't think of him as the dude that would want his apartment to look right out of a catalog but it really does.

mike d's place is kinda flailing

poor mike d :(

walking in that weiner place must feel like a hug. from a robot.

The 90s!

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/fashion/the-night-comes-back-to-life-the-return-of-the-90s-dance-club.html?_r=0

mike d would be so hurt if he knew we were saying this about his apartment!
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his wife seemed kinda appalled by him too
also he described his home as vernacular?!
the bug cabinet is repulsive
i like the mirrored swinging shelf thing but it's totally opulent rich people thing -- it was in a palace!

i like the bug cabinet :)

i think i might like it in a museum more than my home