Chloe Sevigny has taste SHOCKER!

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So, Ms. Sevigny is profiled in the "My Music" section of the latest issue of abortive "music" magazine Blender (which I bought hoping to stave off boredom for a twelve hour shift here at work). Surprisingly, not only does she rattle off some inarguably exceptional albums like I Against I by the Bad Brains, but pictured JUST TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH of her shapely posterior (you unfortunately cannot see it in the cropped version of the same photo pasted above).....the first album by Killing Joke.

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EVERYBODY DRINK!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 10 February 2005 22:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Well she was dating Jarvis Cocker for a while.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)

pictured JUST TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH of her shapely posterior

But that could mean she's farting on it.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)

harmony korine schooled her well!

― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:02 (twenty-one years ago)

>(which I bought hoping to stave off boredom for a twelve hour shift here at work)

You'd need two or three years' worth to fill twelve hours.

― pdf (Phil Freeman), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

too bad Harmony Korine's love of metal didnt rub off on her while they were together:-(

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Those NYC stylists know all the good props to use in celebrity photoshoots, don't they?

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

ot$

― come on sock it to me, Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:07 (twenty-one years ago)

She said she was introduced to Nico at age 21 by the boys who work at Kim's. That seems a bit late to come to Nico.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:07 (twenty-one years ago)

x-post

If her musical taste is so exceptional, how does she defend her fondness for A.R.E. Weapons? Dating a member of the band is no excuse.

― cdwill, Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:07 (twenty-one years ago)

she was also in a movie where the soundtrack was completely scored by sonic youth which might also pass the alex in nyc taste filter.

dude, i was introduced to nico while in the womb!!!

― it's tricky (disco stu), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:10 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost:
they did break up. I think she's dating an ex-pro skateboarder now. Gossip says she made it with J4rv1s C0ck3r

― Snappy (sexyDancer), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:11 (twenty-one years ago)

If her musical taste is so exceptional, how does she defend her fondness for A.R.E. Weapons? Dating a member of the band is no excuse.

Wasn't one of them her brother?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, that's a shame.

― Who did release magic family out from the base of $499 (deangulberry), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:29 (twenty-one years ago)

she was also in a movie where the soundtrack was completely scored by sonic youth which might also pass the alex in nyc taste filter.

She made her acting debut in SY's "Sugar Kane" video, too.

― Vic Funk, Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:30 (twenty-one years ago)

what else did she recommend, alex? any kate bush?

― noizem duke (noize duke), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:37 (twenty-one years ago)

"Wasn't one of them her brother?"

Well I think that is a good excuse frankly.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Her other recommendations were Good Charlotte, Limp Bizkit and Destiny's Child. And she yearns for Miccio but she will not have him because Kelly would beat her down.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:40 (twenty-one years ago)

She certainly frowns upon violating international copyright law by releasing gonzo enthography cds.

― Snappy (sexyDancer), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:41 (twenty-one years ago)

"Wasn't one of them her brother?"

Maybe it was her brother, rather than boyfriend. If that's the case, I guess I'll let it pass.

― cdwill, Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:45 (twenty-one years ago)

both were true for a while but i think its all over now

― noizem duke (noize duke), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:47 (twenty-one years ago)

what else did she recommend, alex? any kate bush?

Yeah, but she picks the Whole Story which is, as we all know, a compilation....which is fuckin' lame to pick.

She also picks the Smiths, Nico, Morrissey, Can (!!!!!!), Slint, Eno, the soundtrack to "Annie" (most unfortunate) and says some rude things about the Beatles..

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:55 (twenty-one years ago)

From that very same Blender article she says she became obsessive over Morrissey even to the point of following him around on his last US tour (in her words, stalking him)

One night his manager told him Chloe was at the show again to which Morrissey replied "oh, the model?"

Sevigny was peeved because he referred to her as a model instead of an actress.

― Jeff K (jeff k), Thursday, 10 February 2005 23:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Chloe's got a pretty rough life

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 11 February 2005 00:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I figured that this thread would be about Vincent Gallo's ____. It's cool that she likes Bad Brains, but honestly, she hangs with a pretty cool crowd... I mean, Gallo probably *saw* Bad Brains back then, knowing him.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 11 February 2005 00:00 (twenty-one years ago)

wow the smiths AND morrissey, huh? crazy

i'm curious which Can?

― noizem duke (noize duke), Friday, 11 February 2005 00:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Ege Bamyasi

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 11 February 2005 00:08 (twenty-one years ago)

you think she gets winona ryder's sloppy seconds?

― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 11 February 2005 00:21 (twenty-one years ago)

ugh

― it's tricky (disco stu), Friday, 11 February 2005 00:26 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread is embarrassing.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 11 February 2005 00:28 (twenty-one years ago)

usa for africa is embarrassing. this thread is just stupid.

― it's tricky (disco stu), Friday, 11 February 2005 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm here!

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 11 February 2005 01:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm no a Chloe Sevingy appologist, but come on guys, why does her music taste necessarily need to be derived from Jarvis Cocker or Harmony Korine or some other boyfriend or her brother? Even gross hipster girls can develop their own fondness for records.

― M. Maerz, Friday, 11 February 2005 01:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Gallo was probably in the Bad Brains.

I saw this model/actress at an Eyehategod show once.

Don't buy Blender, dummy.

― Cootch Collateral, Friday, 11 February 2005 01:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, let's face facts. The woman went down on Vincent Gallo on camera! Clearly, taste isn't her strong suit.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 11 February 2005 01:42 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread is embarrassing.

especially since she's a obviously lurking...
(She also picks the Smiths, Nico, Morrissey, Can (!!!!!!), Slint, Eno, the soundtrack to "Annie" (most unfortunate) and says some rude things about the Beatles.)

― faig city, Friday, 11 February 2005 01:47 (twenty-one years ago)

why is there so much hate for a.r.e. weapons? they seem funny.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 11 February 2005 02:40 (twenty-one years ago)

if it was some regular hipster girl who wasn't a dumb modelactress, i'd make the same argument, but it's chloe sevigny. she's never had to think about anything in her life!

― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 11 February 2005 02:46 (twenty-one years ago)

i saw her at a palace show at the knitting factory in like 1995-1996.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 11 February 2005 03:08 (twenty-one years ago)

i didn't learn of nico until my mid-twenties. i'm sorry :(

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 11 February 2005 03:20 (twenty-one years ago)

damn jody! anyway, i'd probably pick the whole story too, why not? the "stylist" explanation rings truest for the appearance of Our Beloved Joke. maybe they had an array of records, and asked, for next to your ass, the killing joke? or maybe negative approach? or... we have a crispy ambulance flexi? or the journey best of? what do you say miss sevigny??

― f--gg (gcannon), Friday, 11 February 2005 03:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Chloe Sevigny has taste SHOCKER!

This was no shocker for me, because a few years ago I was at a campus book sale and found a little paperback called "Star Tunes: Celebrities Reveal the Top Ten Albums They Can't Live Without". Here is Chloe's list:

The Smiths -- The Smiths
The Smiths -- Meat is Murder
The Smiths -- Hatful of Hollow
The Smiths -- Louder Than Bombs
The Smiths -- Rank
The Smiths -- The Queen is Dead
Morrissey -- Bona Drag
Morrissey -- Viva Hate
Dirty Three -- Ocean Song
Nico -- The Marble Index

Easily the most interesting choices in the actors chapter.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 11 February 2005 03:45 (twenty-one years ago)

not horse stories?? no boyfriend would stand for that!!

― f--gg (gcannon), Friday, 11 February 2005 03:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Alex, why do you have to cop a plea about buying/reading Blender? It's just a magazine.

― shookout (shookout), Friday, 11 February 2005 04:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, but it's a bad magazine.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 11 February 2005 04:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm wondering why her having good taste would be a "shocker" at all?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 11 February 2005 04:14 (twenty-one years ago)

...and I blame Blender for the broad-sweeping dumbing-down of so many other magazines.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 11 February 2005 04:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm wondering why her having good taste would be a "shocker" at all?

Well, I was speaking specifically about her apparent fandom of Killing Joke (many may not quite consider that "good taste"). I do. I'd have sooner pegged her for a fan of yawnsome crap....(y'know, like the movies she's in).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 11 February 2005 04:16 (twenty-one years ago)

last days of disco was awesome!

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 11 February 2005 04:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh good lord, no it wasn't.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 11 February 2005 04:29 (twenty-one years ago)

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OH NO, NOT DISCO REVISIONISM! HOW WILL THE CHILDREN KNOW THE REAL STORY?

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 11 February 2005 06:03 (twenty-one years ago)

But, as the title implies, the movie takes place after disco's peak. I don't think Stillman ever suggests that yuppies owned disco, but that they constituted a sizeable chunk of its audience at that point.

I seem to remember a certain monologue in the film wherein the apparent demise of disco is lamented, and some straight-laced lillywhite yupster in a tie heartily affirms that the movement in question was theirs and that it was their contribution to society (or whatever). Now, I'm no disco fan, nor was I around (well, i was around, but I was about nine years old at the time), but I seem to remember Disco being the offspring of both Black and Gay culture -- stop me if I'm wrong. The music of Whit Stillman's gang is Lester Lanin, not Sylvester.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 11 February 2005 06:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the character was just saying that it was the music his group of friends liked!

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 11 February 2005 06:28 (twenty-one years ago)

That speach is very clearly tongue-in-cheek. Yes, disco was very much related to black and gay culture, but, like anything with comperable visibility, developed a much larger audience, including "Stillman's gang" (and certainly Stillman himself, who appears to be pretty preoccupied with disco and dancing, in general).

― C0l1N B--KETT, Friday, 11 February 2005 06:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I should watch it again -- and that's not a pleasant concept for me (it's just simply not a very good film, revisionism or no). I don't remember detecting in any tongue-in-cheekiness in the dialogue in question, but perhaps I missed. That said, I don't believe there was ever even a nod or faint acknowledgment that Disco belonged to Black/Gay culture in any capacity, and I remember that sort've bothered me. It's not that I hold this stuff particularly dear or anything, I just thought it was misleading and disengenous and historically inaccurate.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 11 February 2005 06:55 (twenty-one years ago)

You completely misread the film, Alex. I'm not saying that it's good or bad (I liked it but didn't love it), but it was in no way supposed to be representative of The History of Disco: gay, black, or otherwise. It was essentially the same movie as Barcelona and Metropolitan, movies about rich white kids who feel they own a scene that clearly does not belong to them at all.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 11 February 2005 07:00 (twenty-one years ago)

You might be right on that point. I also found it completely stiff -- and not in a captivating David Mamet sorta way. Not sure if the rich white kids in Metropolitan didn't own the scene they travelled in, but haven't watched it in ages. Only saw Last Days of Disco once, and apart from my grievance with the arguable revisionism, I just didn't find it particularly engaging or the characters that interesting. The whole thing was quite flat.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 11 February 2005 07:04 (twenty-one years ago)

i saw her at a palace show at the knitting factory in like 1995-1996.

that was around the same time that Harmony would come into Kim's with Larry Clark and buy every new Palace release.

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― Russell (Russell), Friday, 11 February 2005 07:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Not sure if the rich white kids in Metropolitan didn't own the scene they travelled in, but haven't watched it in ages.

They totally didn't own it. They were just kids playing dress up.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 11 February 2005 07:17 (twenty-one years ago)

She came to one of my shows once with Dennis Pennis, the comedian.

Actresses have lots of time to think (and listen to music) because shooting films is 90% waiting around.

― Momus (Momus), Friday, 11 February 2005 07:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I went to the store looking for Fire Dances on CD today. They didn't have it. They didn't have Revelations either. That's because they are assholes and bastards.

― Bimble... (Bimble...), Friday, 11 February 2005 07:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Also it wasn't because of anything you wrote, really, Alex. I haven't even had a chance to read much of anything here today. I was just listening to Ski Patrol and the mood took me and I went off in my car.

― Bimble... (Bimble...), Friday, 11 February 2005 07:42 (twenty-one years ago)

i love last days of disco... and chloe sevigny's only mistake was being born american. and so late. she could have been a real star in a bygone french era.

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Friday, 11 February 2005 07:43 (twenty-one years ago)

and lots of actors and actresses have good taste, btw. they're surrounded by people with good taste. it's bound to rub off... sure you have a lot of people with questionable taste too, but the hit to miss ratio is much better off than with regular plebes.

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Friday, 11 February 2005 07:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, but she picks the Whole Story which is, as we all know, a compilation....which is fuckin' lame to pick.

OTMFM.

― Bimble... (Bimble...), Friday, 11 February 2005 08:47 (twenty-one years ago)

see these are the kind of threads that make me think all you guys are tossers

― forbidden or obsolete (24 hour troubleshooter), Friday, 11 February 2005 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

alex in NYC : not a tosser

― forbidden or obsolete (24 hour troubleshooter), Friday, 11 February 2005 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't care what anyone says, I adore Chloe Sevigny.

Now for a real shocker...there's a Mary Kate and Ashley movie soundtrack (I can't remember which one) that has *gulp!* quite a decent music selection. The Modern Lovers were on it, if I remember right...

― Ian Riese-Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Friday, 11 February 2005 14:51 (twenty-one years ago)

"Cool"

― David Allen (David Allen), Friday, 11 February 2005 14:59 (twenty-one years ago)

if it was some regular hipster girl who wasn't a dumb modelactress, i'd make the same argument, but it's chloe sevigny. she's never had to think about anything in her life!

Link? Evidence? I'm still trying to decide if that's some ingrained knee-jerk misogynistic reaction, or is there ample evidence of her simply being a hipster version of Paris Hilton that I don't know about (which is a possibility)? Otherwise, this thread creeps me out.

― alex in montreal, Friday, 11 February 2005 15:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I'd like to know the musical tastes of the entire cast of Gummo.

― billstevejim, Friday, 11 February 2005 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Kreator

― eman (eman), Friday, 11 February 2005 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

as far as i know, a.i.m., she doesn't say outrageously stupid things in interviews or act out obnoxiously in bars or get caught shoplifting or physically attack her fans. i've always found the level of sneering directed at her a bit out of proportion.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 11 February 2005 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)

She came to tons of N0 neck Blues B4nd shows ... without Harmony.

― Snappy (sexyDancer), Friday, 11 February 2005 16:20 (twenty-one years ago)

shes a scenester and people hate feeling excluded! i think thats pretty much it.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 11 February 2005 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

fwiw i like her!

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 11 February 2005 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Actress likes rock band SHOCKA! If she was going on about Derek Bailey or something I could probably understand some of the negative shit on this thread but it's not like Killing Joke are especially difficult to 'get', are they?

― Jason J, Friday, 11 February 2005 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Why couldn't she like Derek Bailey?

― David Allen (David Allen), Friday, 11 February 2005 16:37 (twenty-one years ago)

xxxpost: "Cool"

Yeah, I overuse this word sometimes.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 11 February 2005 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

but it's not like Killing Joke are especially difficult to 'get', are they?

:::sigh::::

No, they're not. It's just somewhat rare these days to find people willing to own up to their fandom for it. Once again, when I initially exclaimed that she had taste, I was talking solely about her appreciation for Killing Joke. It's not at all surprising that she likes the Smiths and whatnot. I was using "taste" in a very narrow capacity there. It wasn't meant to be a scathing indictment of fatuous Hollywood scenesters necessarily. Although I do think that most of the films she's appeared in have been deathly dull. I was just more surprised that she evidently appreciates Killing Joke. I don't resent her scenesterism nor do I feel excluded by her. She can go down on Vincent Gallo all day and that's just fine with me.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 11 February 2005 17:20 (twenty-one years ago)

She was so cute when she was a Sassy model/intern.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Friday, 11 February 2005 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Can we rename I Love Music to I Love Hysterical Overreactions?

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 11 February 2005 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Fuck yeah Dan! That's the spirit.

― Bimble... (Bimble...), Friday, 11 February 2005 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Alex, my comment wasn't directed at you so much as the posts that followed it

― Jason J, Friday, 11 February 2005 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Chloe's acting style is so mysteriously camp and perverse, I think she hasn't been understood by many directors. She's too agro for your average suit. I feel she'll end up being like Uma Thurman, doing her best work when she's older.

― Snappy (sexyDancer), Friday, 11 February 2005 18:27 (twenty-one years ago)

once again, i agree with spencer chow. her good taste doesn't surprise me at all--or should i say, her taste, period, doesn't surprise me at all. i've never read anything to make me think anything bad of her. maybe i'm not reading the right trashy magazines.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 11 February 2005 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

wow. this is among the most sexist and nasty of ilx threads i recall. i was randomly searching for some harmony korine info and stumbled upon this. i think it was one of the first threads i read here and i was torn between whether or not i should stick around with a bunch of sexist rockist dudes to try and figure out why they'd care about chloe sevigny enough to make a value judgement about her, or to leave and clean my eyes with bleach and scrape off my fingerprints. glad i stuck around, but you guys can be really brutal/unfair/silly sometimes.

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 17:40 (nineteen years ago)

Misogynists (who deny it, but only because they don't understand it) on ILM (and the greater culture in general) SHOCKAH!

― i'm from hollywood, Tuesday, 30 May 2006 18:03 (nineteen years ago)

She said she was introduced to Nico at age 21 by the boys who work at Kim's. That seems a bit late to come to Nico.
-- Mary

this may be one of my favorite ilm posts ever.

― jewess harvell (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 18:10 (nineteen years ago)

You have inspired me to finish my long-gestating project: a list of movies where Chloe Sevigny plays someone's assistant.

Voila:

Last Days Of Disco
American Psycho
Demonlover
Shattered Glass
Broken Flowers
Mrs. Harris
An episode of Will & Grace

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

Misogynists (who deny it, but only because they don't understand it) on ILM (and the greater culture in general) SHOCKAH!

OTMFM but it's all a bit of fun innit, no big deal, lighten up eh, I mean it's not like anybody said anything racist

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

Calum?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

haha no Ned Calum's hardly the only indictable person here man

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

Oh I know. ;-) Er wait. *flounces self off cliff bemusedly*

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

JBR's a sexist rock dude? awesome!

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 22:52 (nineteen years ago)

It's amazing how these things work.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 22:59 (nineteen years ago)

actually reading through the posts i felt compelled to classify jbr a sexist rockist dude (evidence notwithstanding).

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 23:55 (nineteen years ago)

Chloe's first cousins Jimmy the Brain and John Sevigney were in a pretty great punk rock outfit called the Human Oddities in the early 90s.

― Uncle Tom (Uncle Tom), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 01:13 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

What were their noses like?

― Heave Ho, Saturday, 14 July 2007 12:03 (eighteen years ago)

i saw chloe sevigny

― gershy, Saturday, 14 July 2007 15:39 (eighteen years ago)

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