Because I Have Never, Not Once, In All My Life, Been Cool Enough To Wear The Big Suit
Look, kids: This was how we thought cool rolled back when we blogged via chisel and slate.
(I needed a break from words after the last three posts. Enjoy.)
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April 14, 2010 at 1:34 pm
You mean that’s not how cool people dress now? [Reconsiders wardrobe, friends.]
April 14, 2010 at 6:32 pm
PS — nice to see you back round the place.
April 15, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Further to the theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_6GPPlSFZ0
April 14, 2010 at 3:00 pm
My favorite thing about the big suit is actually it’s irony. The idea of a big suit makes one seem poewrful, yet donning it makes one’s head seem tiny, project impotence and strangeness.
April 14, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Byrnes was never anything other than a master ironist. I did love that phase of the band, irony or no.