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
ooh, good call
― mh, Monday, 29 April 2013 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
my god, this happened this year
I can't believe I had forgotten
― SHAUN (DJP), Monday, 9 December 2013 20:31 (ten years ago) link
buzzs rocker look never forget
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 December 2013 20:59 (ten years ago) link
wish he had capitalized on his meltdown a little longer a la charlie sheen but i am glad dude is getting help (i think)
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Monday, 9 December 2013 21:11 (ten years ago) link
personal shopper
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 December 2013 21:14 (ten years ago) link
oh lol is this where "done" came from?
― ☞ (brimstead), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 03:39 (ten years ago) link
this dude's name pops into my head every 5-6 weeks and then I giggle like a fiend
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Friday, 8 August 2014 00:47 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/DcR4hkZ.png
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 8 August 2014 00:51 (ten years ago) link
heeeeee
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 August 2014 03:44 (ten years ago) link
in general i do my best to espouse the attitude that ppl can and should do what they want provided it's not directly harmful to others but i just reread that article and i simply cannot agree w/anyone owning 41 pairs of leather pants.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 8 August 2014 04:07 (ten years ago) link
five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear. five-inch heels that only a man with real balls could wear.
― lol on hoosly (crüt), Friday, 8 August 2014 04:25 (ten years ago) link
just reflecting back and loling at how he never really got into shirts and just wears whatever tee w his $10k leathers
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 August 2014 07:06 (ten years ago) link
ikr? i guess there aren't that many leather shirts around.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 8 August 2014 11:15 (ten years ago) link
i would buy a gucci-leather-bound volume of the gq essay, surprised no ones made one yet in fact
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 8 August 2014 11:17 (ten years ago) link
I own eighty-one leather jackets, seventy-five pairs of boots, forty-one pairs of leather pants, thirty-two pairs of haute couture jeans, ten evening jackets, and 115 pairs of leather gloves.
NO SHIRTS
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 August 2014 11:24 (ten years ago) link
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 ...
Need a group photo of Buzz flanked by Fallows, David Brooks, etc.
― the one where, as balls alludes (Eazy), Monday, 11 August 2014 22:00 (ten years ago) link
so sad that i can't see buzz-bissinger-angry-elf.jpg
― lol on hoosly (crüt), Monday, 11 August 2014 22:42 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Dy7gn6o.png
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 00:49 (ten years ago) link
Now claims the GQ article was a cry for helphttp://longform.org/posts/longform-podcast-109-buzz-bissinger
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 06:43 (ten years ago) link
lol i believe i called it exactly that when it came out
― max, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 10:08 (ten years ago) link
http://gawker.com/5992427/buzz-bissingers-midlife-sex-crisis-metastasized-into-a-600000-shopping-addiction
a cry for leather
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 13:19 (ten years ago) link
http://putthison.com/post/105362018283/own-the-jackets-that-nearly-ruined-buzz-bissinger
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 03:14 (nine years ago) link
good update thank u
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 03:21 (nine years ago) link
The prices on that auction are insanely cheap. I'll go with the Blue McQueen motorcycle jacket.
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Friday, 19 December 2014 05:12 (nine years ago) link
needs some kinja
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 December 2014 05:14 (nine years ago) link
The Brotherhood of the Traveling $5K+ Burberry Prorsum Made in Italy Lambskin Leather DB Trench Jacket Coat 44 NR
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Sunday, 21 December 2014 01:55 (nine years ago) link
oh shit the diane von furstenburg jacket on auction now is the one from the photo in the first post!
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 21 December 2014 06:45 (nine years ago) link