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
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, 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
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.
― 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.
this is a safe space
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
u are among friends carl
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
thread now needs a picture of the self edge dude and his all-denim wedding tuxedo
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
request selfies
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
you think gwb is an accomplished artist? boy do i have some jpegs for u
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:57 (eleven years ago) link
My only regret is that Buzz wrote this before being introduced to ponyplay
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:57 (eleven years ago) link
he brags about his ponyhair jacket, tho
― open the blood gates (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 28 March 2013 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
Everyone at work who I have mentioned this article to has said to me "how do we get his number?!?"
― tokyo rosemary, Friday, 29 March 2013 02:04 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 March 2013 02:23 (eleven years ago) link
his earlier pics and bipolar status make it unlikely to be hoax
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Friday, 29 March 2013 03:37 (eleven years ago) link
is buzz okay?
― ampersand cooper black (elmo argonaut), Monday, 29 April 2013 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
thought about buzz the other day. hope his recovery is going well. i also hope he writes something about it.
― ampersand cooper black (elmo argonaut), Monday, 29 April 2013 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
i think lewis black needs to star in a funnyordie video as buzz doing selections of the GQ piece as a monolouge
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Monday, 29 April 2013 17:34 (eleven years ago) link