like detached from the excessive spending, if he feels his style is over the top euro nikki sixx, go on. the "shopping addiction" angle means he can write about all of it like it's destructive addictive behavior but all of it isn't - if he can't stop himself from buying those $22K jackets, that's not healthy, but there's no need to go to rehab for wanting to look fabulous. the trouble is, he likes bon jovi
― seriously, THIS GUY (daria-g), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 01:20 (eleven years ago) link
buzz
― Room 227 (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 01:21 (eleven years ago) link
what kind of commission u think the divine stylist gets
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 01:44 (eleven years ago) link
i met somebody who was a lowly greeter at LV and she said the proper salespeople can make 6 figures a year in commissions
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 01:46 (eleven years ago) link
i want to make it clear the guy's leading a bizarre possibly self destructive lifestyle but if he called me up and asked me if i was down for hitting up a "sex club" or whatever he calls it, drink a few bottles of cristal and get blowjobs together on a disinfectant-slick vinyl bench while watching some fucked up dutch bodybuilder couple violently simulating coitus on a fur dais... fuck it, i'd be down. you can still talk to the guy about college ball or whatever still, i assume, if it get too awkward.
― dylannn, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 01:49 (eleven years ago) link
Internet says small salery + 3% commision
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 01:53 (eleven years ago) link
why does he think rockers wear gucci
there's something freudian going on with dad's loafers if you ask me
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 03:41 (eleven years ago) link
buzzbissinger @buzzbissinger
I see. You want my Twitter feeds to change. Fuck yourselves. Thin-skinned? Spend a minute in my shoes. Nobody comes close to what I write.8:08 PM - 10 Oct 12
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 05:40 (eleven years ago) link
buzzbissinger @buzzbissinger 19 Mar@michaeltillery Yo. This is Buzz Bissinger. I need to speak to you about Dennis Rodman asap if possible. His style of play. 215-290-5370
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 06:08 (eleven years ago) link
buzzbissinger @buzzbissinger 22 Jan@FakeJohnBolaris I think I should be allowed to own several guns due to my meds. This is America.
― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 10:28 (eleven years ago) link
Despite the many lols this thread and Buzz's unimpeachably brilliant article have brought, it's hard to shake the impression that the guy is in the middle of an epic breakdown and I feel a little guilty for laughing so hard :(
― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 10:32 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah. I'm armchair psychologizing but he seems a little manic, maybe?
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 12:43 (eleven years ago) link
I shouldn't say that, though, bc how could I know. I do get the impression that there's more than just midlife crisis here.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 12:46 (eleven years ago) link
guys, he talks about going to sex clubs
― max, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 12:48 (eleven years ago) link
there is clearly more than just midlife crisis here
― max, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 12:49 (eleven years ago) link
the best part about the whole article is that he writes as though he's being very introspective and deeply honest and rigorous in his self examination... and then you get to the end and you realize hes managed to convince himself that all his new weird sex shit is just an extension of his shopping addiction and not... the other way around
― max, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 12:51 (eleven years ago) link
I think all sex tourists are fundamentally ill in some way, but I didn't think that was the popular view. Also good point.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 12:53 (eleven years ago) link
I am still back on the "I want my pants to give me boners" thing tbh
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 12:56 (eleven years ago) link
xxp Yeah, it seems he's managed to conduct with forensic thoroughness an audit of his history, circumstances, feelings and behaviour and then apparently managed to draw incorrect conclusions about all of them. It's almost an impressive achievement.
― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 12:57 (eleven years ago) link
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, 27 March 2013 13:00 (eleven years ago) link
He can tell himself that all he likes, but ultimately he's just shared with the world thousands of words of self-reflection which can be neatly summarised by "I am a dude who wants to fuck pants" and that's what anyone who reads it will take away. Still, if anyone can maintain the superhuman levels of delusion required to think of themselves purely as a dangerous tastemaker, it's Buzz.
― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:07 (eleven years ago) link
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18ioqanwj3387png/original.png
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:12 (eleven years ago) link
This is all a prank by John Malkovich, right
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:22 (eleven years ago) link
No wonder male heterosexual whites are aimed toward obsolescence, boring the rest of us to death.
"the rest of us"
is he saying...?
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:38 (eleven years ago) link
he says near the end that he's not really straight, but he's not really gay either
basically, he wants to fuck pants
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:41 (eleven years ago) link
that is the one glaring takeaway I got from this article
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
if he feels queer he of course has the right to identify as such but i have trouble seeing his journey for something beyond total dissolution on an epic budget
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
I keep imagining dude browsing through a record store and hovering over Fuck Buttons while going "hmmmm.... almost" and then getting to Pissed Jeans and shouting "EUREKA!"
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:45 (eleven years ago) link
the best part about the article is that he still writes with a tough-guy OH YEAH WELL FUCK YOU chip on his shoulder even, EVEN when writing about leather leggings & boners.
this is the tone he always uses when he writes. except now we're through the looking glass. and it's awesome.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:45 (eleven years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3489b4int1ql9wr1o1_400.jpg
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:47 (eleven years ago) link
dang, as a Gucci style consultant all you need are like 3-4 customers like this dude and that's 6 figures in commissions a year
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
despite what the article says this is how i imagine his 'style consultant' looks
http://i.imgur.com/adzw9WN.jpg
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:52 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.uppitymusic.com/images/albums/divine_styler.jpg
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
the Divine Stylist vs the Perfect Shadow
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 13:57 (eleven years ago) link
― carl agatha, Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:53 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
they mostly just seem pretty depressed from what ive observed, buzz would def fit right in
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
quoting again since it stood out to me and I agree with max that he kind of glossed over the sex stuff like it was no big deal
"I have agreed to go to meetings for sex addiction, since clothing and sex for me have become one."
weirdest quote
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 14:56 (eleven years ago) link
I can show you the world / Shiny, sheeny, and sizzling
― jaymc, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
loool
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
Did you guys miss the part where he said he has bipolar disorder?
― badg, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
I missed it until I saw it mentioned in another article
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
his pants have tent-polar disorder
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder if his aggro and ultimately ill advised defense of Lance Armstrong had anything to do with the bicycle shorts looking like a crisp pair of expensive jeggings
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
ha prob!
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
lol that's an excellent theory
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
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...
― kinder, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
he wrote friday night lights and has a history of being publicly grumpy
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
also wrote 'three nights in august' a v. good baseball book
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
though on the downside it's about tony larussa
google 'douchewagon' and you'll find out all about him lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
http://media.philly.com/images/buzz-bissinger-gq-leather-6001.jpg
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:17 (eleven years ago) link