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

iso-costal

Can I be ex and bi coastal?

stick with antipodean

that doesn't sound as cool though :(

i disagree

mention the aurora australis just to be sure

fiiine

Technically the The Pretenders are a British band and the Dead Boys a New York band.

fine you can't touch tin huey or the rubber city rebels or the bizarros so bacdafucup
or devo
or jim jarmusch

;)

Everyone know's I love Ohio punk rock/new wave! Just being a pedant.

No mention of Ubu? For shame!

Even though I technically made him a cappuccino (half steamed milk, half foam) he said that I made the best latte he’d ever had, except for this little place in Greece. I never bothered to correct him, because I didn’t want to sacrifice the dollar tip he always tossed in the jar.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/the-baristas-curse/

what this guy lacks in ruling class, he makes up for in quiddities

quiddities and agonies of just generally narcissistic and insufferable people

when writers become famous they are definitely recognized around town for being writers

btw his "piece in the Paris Review" is a short blog post about clothes shopping.

http://i.imgur.com/i58ET.png

http://www.imjasondiamond.com/

this is like a parody blog

Is your name Jason Diamond?

nah mines clarence

shake...yr...rump etc

This fits...or does it?

But this definitely does:

Ms. Manrao has plenty of experience when it comes to setting the mood. After serving as the director of design and brand experience for a group of Starwood Hotels, including the W, the St. Regis and the Luxury Collection, she started her own firm. She knows what quickens the pulse: a bar or a place to have a nightcap, layers of lighting and, most important, a double chaise or an ottoman large enough for “canoodling,” she said.

“You need to have places to have sex other than the bed,” she clarified. “I don’t mean to sound brash, but that’s what people want.”

In fact, she would approach almost any space, for either couples or single clients, in the same manner, she said, though her design philosophy does seem particularly germane for a divorced client hoping to re-enter the dating world.

“I never discuss it with them in these terms, but if you’re transitioning into this lifestyle, this is what you need,” she said. “I try to always get them to let me do their whole bedding package, and do really good down duvets, the whole thing,” she added. “You have a lady friend over — in this age bracket, you should have nice stuff.”

otm

u need fuckswing old man --advice from decorator

A very large television — a common request among divorced men — hangs over the fireplace --the poetry of infinite sadness

Terrible and sad and true

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

this room is v contrived, wut do u think of this huge light r u afraid it will crush u

cool jug on the dresser

prob contains some vintage sour mash

cuz, you know, divorced men drink a lot... because they are sad

“You need to have places to have sex other than the bed,” she clarified. “I don’t mean to sound brash, but that’s what people want.”

'get wasted, watch tv, on my sex lounge'

Those reclaimed wood sideboards (? the thing the jug is sitting on, don't know if sideboard is right) - or fake reclaimed wood - never look as good in person.

Like other designers with numerous divorced clients, Ms. Manrao has honed insights into what the newly divorced (particularly newly divorced heterosexual men) want and need as they create a new home for themselves.

IMPORTANT DISTINCTION

http://fuckyournoguchicoffeetable.tumblr.com/

stupid furniture is probably from restoration hardware and total bullshit

Have I mentioned I hate televisions mounted high on the wall with a fucking passion? I know you are trying to pretend your living room is for socializing and family and group functions but the reality is that everyone is going to watch that tv at some point and I'd like to do it without throwing my neck out

yah u want it at drunk sex couch level

microfiber might not seem that trendy or glamorous for a couch but do you know how easy it is to clean? so easy

i feel very conflicted abt that "fuck your" blog. conflicted bcuz i hate some of that shit with a passion, yet love the rest even more intensely.

eames rocker and coat rack, nelson bench? fuck yes and forever. <3<3<3 love too terrariums and things organized by color.

otoh, fuck your empty birdcages, frame clusters, luggage stacks, wall decals and cardboard taxidermy = OTM. hate throw pillows on general principle.

something lazy and too cheaply snide abt the site as a whole. no POV, just blanket contempt for fashionable midcentury shit and related doodads.

I think it's kind of sarcastic, in that some are genuinely "eh" and others are just sniping at token expensive furniture pieces for joeks

i like how it flips the script on the way tumblrs like that usually center around "clever captions"

Some of the captions are really funny. "that says EAT in your kitchen" for example is an awesome description. I guess that people really do talk about things like a "chair hodgepodge," but that doesn't make using it in a caption any less frikin hilarious either.

I think it has a point to that even the really nice stuff can be just sort of self-consciously designy and obnoxious when in the wrong setting (and in the photos it picks, that's nearly invariably the case).

“You need to have places to have sex other than the bed,” she clarified. “I don’t mean to sound brash, but that’s what people want.”

Not gonna lie, I have recommended Hyatt Place hotels to people entirely because they have a couch and a big rolling ottoman. Bonus of being relatively cheap via Priceline and clean.

― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, February 9, 2012 7:42 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Standard hotels are p legendary for extremely useful furnishings

the fuck yr noguchi coffee table blog is pretty obviously sarcastic?

and the author knows the exact provenance of all this objets, i.e. methinks he doth "fuck you" too much

(don't know why i think it's a guy)

those are fun to scroll down and guess what the caption will be

i think that noguchi quote at the top adds a touch of class.

and this made me laugh:

Fuck your empty birdcage.
#decor
#interior design
#ornament
#put a bird in it

haha, i just laughed again just reading that! out loud! by myself in an empty room!

I like that blog because I'm an eternal rural 7th grader when it comes to home decor, as in I never seem to pick up on trends until it's too late and they are totally passe and I really want a giant letter on my wall because I think it looks cool but I can't without looking like a total herb, so fuck your antique sign letter. (I still really want a terrarium, though.)