buzz bissingers gucci addiction

lol that's an excellent theory

I know nothing about this guy except what's on this wondrous thread (don't think I can even read the orig article) which admittedly is more than enough, but please tell me more...

he wrote friday night lights and has a history of being publicly grumpy

also wrote 'three nights in august' a v. good baseball book

though on the downside it's about tony larussa

google 'douchewagon' and you'll find out all about him lol

http://media.philly.com/images/buzz-bissinger-gq-leather-6001.jpg

what the

that's his (mentally disabled) son

in rehab:

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20130327_Buzz_Bissinger_in_shopping_rehab.html

this is like chevy chase's addiction to "back pills"

welp i hope he figures some stuff out

america needs shopping rehab too amirite

bummed missed the first hours of this thread.

This sort of trainwreck confessional writing is just the worst (and the salacious nature of it always results in the prose being subpar—how about that dangling Jockey-briefs clause quoted above—and the insights being limited). I guess it's nice that BB got whatever his better-than-others per-word rate is for a 6K-word-plus piece but ugh the whole "dunk the witch" aspect of pieces like this, and the Wurtzel one, and so many pieces on so many other sites, is just gross.

btw this soul baring cry for help didnt even warrant a cover line for the print mag

(also this thread made me realize that i love style exists, good job everyone)

i dunno -- i can't exactly fault gq for publishing a pulitzer prize-winner's total public breakdown. that is pretty interesting!

it depends on how it's framed, but with stephen marche defending its bravery, yeah. i guess i'm discovering new depths of my own naivety in that some ppl think this is ~deep~

it's quite the harrowing tale, I'd say it's broad but not deep

that's what he said, and she said while brandishing a whip, and she said in Mandarin

It's probably easier to tell yourself "I am a tastemaker with a dangerous sense of style" than "I am a dude who wants to fuck pants"

― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Should probably go in ILX posts that haunt me, but the phrase "I am a dude who wants to fuck pants" has bubbled up into my conscious thought far more than is seemly.

Note: I am not a dude and I do not want to fuck pants. Let's just be clear about that.

this is a safe space

u are among friends carl

thread now needs a picture of the self edge dude and his all-denim wedding tuxedo

there are not enough photos of buzz on the internet. i sincerely hope some noble hacker is furiously attempting to get in to his email/phone as i type this.

request selfies

you think gwb is an accomplished artist? boy do i have some jpegs for u

My only regret is that Buzz wrote this before being introduced to ponyplay

he brags about his ponyhair jacket, tho

Everyone at work who I have mentioned this article to has said to me "how do we get his number?!?"

james fallows:

Speaking of "What Exactly Is the Deal?", I have gone back and forth about Buzz Bissinger's extended "shopaholic" confession in GQ. This is either one of the most subtly skillful and elaborate April Fool's Day hoaxes anyone has ever pulled off ... or one of the most unintentionally embarrassing, you-have-to-turn-away-because-it's-cruel-to-keep-watching acts of unaware self-humiliation anyone has ever committed. Because I so greatly admire Bissinger's A Prayer for the City -- yes, even more than Friday Night Lights -- I am really hoping it's the former. And, 51-49, betting that way too.

Photo of Bissinger, after a (spoofed? this can't really be true?? can it???) leather-pants buying spree, from GQ.

his earlier pics and bipolar status make it unlikely to be hoax

is buzz okay?

thought about buzz the other day. hope his recovery is going well. i also hope he writes something about it.

i think lewis black needs to star in a funnyordie video as buzz doing selections of the GQ piece as a monolouge

ooh, good call

my god, this happened this year

I can't believe I had forgotten

buzzs rocker look never forget

wish he had capitalized on his meltdown a little longer a la charlie sheen but i am glad dude is getting help (i think)

personal shopper

oh lol is this where "done" came from?

this dude's name pops into my head every 5-6 weeks and then I giggle like a fiend

http://i.imgur.com/DcR4hkZ.png

heeeeee

in general i do my best to espouse the attitude that ppl can and should do what they want provided it's not directly harmful to others but i just reread that article and i simply cannot agree w/anyone owning 41 pairs of leather pants.

five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear.

just reflecting back and loling at how he never really got into shirts and just wears whatever tee w his $10k leathers

ikr? i guess there aren't that many leather shirts around.

i would buy a gucci-leather-bound volume of the gq essay, surprised no ones made one yet in fact