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
what the
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
that's his (mentally disabled) son
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
in rehab:
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20130327_Buzz_Bissinger_in_shopping_rehab.html
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Thursday, 28 March 2013 00:16 (eleven years ago) link
this is like chevy chase's addiction to "back pills"
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 28 March 2013 00:17 (eleven years ago) link
welp i hope he figures some stuff out
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 March 2013 00:20 (eleven years ago) link
america needs shopping rehab too amirite
― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 March 2013 00:26 (eleven years ago) link
bummed missed the first hours of this thread.
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Thursday, 28 March 2013 02:04 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― maura, Thursday, 28 March 2013 03:34 (eleven years ago) link
btw this soul baring cry for help didnt even warrant a cover line for the print mag
― max, Thursday, 28 March 2013 03:39 (eleven years ago) link
(also this thread made me realize that i love style exists, good job everyone)
― maura, Thursday, 28 March 2013 03:41 (eleven years ago) link
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~
― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 March 2013 03:53 (eleven years ago) link
it's quite the harrowing tale, I'd say it's broad but not deep
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Thursday, 28 March 2013 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
that's what he said, and she said while brandishing a whip, and she said in Mandarin
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Thursday, 28 March 2013 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
― 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.
― carl agatha, Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
Note: I am not a dude and I do not want to fuck pants. Let's just be clear about that.