The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:40:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Karl Lagerfeld Made This For You http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/karl-lagerfeld-made-this-for-you http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/karl-lagerfeld-made-this-for-you#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:40:24 +0000 Mary HK Choi http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/karl-lagerfeld-made-this-for-you FOREALSThis SpongeBob SquarePants figurine fetched $1,500 at auction in Paris because Karl Lagerfeld perched some specs on it, painted fingerless gloves and attached what I thought was a pharaoh's postiche but is actually a very rakish plastic tie with a symmetrical windsor knot. Bully.

The money was raised for the WWF which it turns out has nothing to do with wrestling and everything to do with some charity involving a large and supercute panda logo but I don't think the Stephen Sprouse-ish nod to the "Bob Qui?" is the tack to take especially since "Bob Quoi the Fuck?" really gets to the heart of the matter.

Seriously, is he dreaming exclusively in ugly these days? It's so embarrassing how doddering and oldtimey it is to trick out SpongeBob, it's SO Pharrell, SO Nigo, SO Russell Simmons. The Kaiser is now openly pelting us with fistfuls of cudgeled shit from what is seemingly an inexhaustible pile of shit that maybe costs $400,0000 a year to climate control. Let's do nothing about it.

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]]> FOREALSThis SpongeBob SquarePants figurine fetched $1,500 at auction in Paris because Karl Lagerfeld perched some specs on it, painted fingerless gloves and attached what I thought was a pharaoh's postiche but is actually a very rakish plastic tie with a symmetrical windsor knot. Bully.

The money was raised for the WWF which it turns out has nothing to do with wrestling and everything to do with some charity involving a large and supercute panda logo but I don't think the Stephen Sprouse-ish nod to the "Bob Qui?" is the tack to take especially since "Bob Quoi the Fuck?" really gets to the heart of the matter.

Seriously, is he dreaming exclusively in ugly these days? It's so embarrassing how doddering and oldtimey it is to trick out SpongeBob, it's SO Pharrell, SO Nigo, SO Russell Simmons. The Kaiser is now openly pelting us with fistfuls of cudgeled shit from what is seemingly an inexhaustible pile of shit that maybe costs $400,0000 a year to climate control. Let's do nothing about it.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/karl-lagerfeld-made-this-for-you/feed 5 He Resides In A Subaquatic Tropical Fruit http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/he-resides-in-a-subaquatic-tropical-fruit http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/he-resides-in-a-subaquatic-tropical-fruit#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 09:12:03 +0000 Alex Balk http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/he-resides-in-a-subaquatic-tropical-fruit Goes great with drugsIf you're like me, one of your favorite ways to unwind in the evening is to get super-high and watch Nickelodeon cartoons. (I think "Fairly OddParents" is nothing short of genius, but I am generally stoned out of my gourd when I watch it, so who knows.) A friend of mine is a gigantic fan of SpongeBob SquarePants, the absorbent and porous fast-food employee whose booty was so recently admired by Sir Mix-a-Lot. "He's just so happy," she says, and it's true. The sheer joy contained within that iconic yellow frame is indeed infectious, especially if you are baked to oblivion. Anyway, James Parker offers an appreciation in The Atlantic which provides a slightly more highbrow take on the character's appeal and should convince you, if such approval is necessary, that it's totally okay to enjoy the show. Particularly if you're really blazed.

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]]> Goes great with drugsIf you're like me, one of your favorite ways to unwind in the evening is to get super-high and watch Nickelodeon cartoons. (I think "Fairly OddParents" is nothing short of genius, but I am generally stoned out of my gourd when I watch it, so who knows.) A friend of mine is a gigantic fan of SpongeBob SquarePants, the absorbent and porous fast-food employee whose booty was so recently admired by Sir Mix-a-Lot. "He's just so happy," she says, and it's true. The sheer joy contained within that iconic yellow frame is indeed infectious, especially if you are baked to oblivion. Anyway, James Parker offers an appreciation in The Atlantic which provides a slightly more highbrow take on the character's appeal and should convince you, if such approval is necessary, that it's totally okay to enjoy the show. Particularly if you're really blazed.

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