At the end of June, what’s better than a giant leaky beach ball?
Denny’s: to go; Borat’s mankini: “Success!”
Developers: infinity, Preservation of sentimentality: 0.
And in the interest of balance (Warning: disturbing photos of callout below can be found here):
FROM the beaches of Kazakhstan to the catwalks of Milan, the mankini has finally found its way into high fashion.
In an outfit that can only owe its inspiration to the male one-piece swimsuit worn by the Sacha Baron Cohen character Borat, British designer Alexander McQueen sent this brave male model to front the crowds for Milan Fashion Week.
Guaranteed never to let the wearer down, the original mankini made its debut in the movie Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan.
The mankini was a low point of the male collections, which included Donatella Versace dedicating her collection to US presidential hopeful Barack Obama, Giorgio Armani presenting jackets and suits, and Dolce & Gabbana unveiling pin-stripe suits as loose and easy as silk pajamas.
Deadnny’s
Gone in a flash, the Denny’s/Mannings at 15th and Market. Next target of mass destruction: The Sunset. Maybe they’ll run a memorial skybridge between the two properties to remind us of when Ballard was quirky and valued historical significance? Uff don’t.
June
Photos from early June, waiting for summer to arrive, and for a couple of days, doing just that, before a swift departure.
Battle in Seattle: opening night at SIFF
Tracy and I went to opening night at SIFF to catch the Stuart Townsend movie, “Battle in Seattle”. It was… okay, but like many in the audience, I was there when the WTO protests happened, and it was a bit strange to see a semi-fictionalized version of the events on screen. Andre Benjamin (from Outkast) was the runaway hit, though — while Woody Harrelson, Charlize Theron (with a completely unnecessary-to-the-plot pregnancy-with-horrible-end subplot) and the script playing distant second. Ray Liotta was completely miscast as the Mayor of Seattle, as was the actor who played the Governor. There was also an unnerving disconnect between real-world footage and the film’s footage, which made me wonder that a straight documentary would have the better solution.
It wasn’t all bad, though — apart from Benjamin’s performance, the fight scenes were very spot on, and Townsend worked with people involved on both sides of the WTO protests to help build a story.
BUT, the best account I’ve seen from any of these films is Showdown in Seattle: Five Days That Shook the WTO. On VHS, though.
Wiitar!
BillO II: The Producer and corporate logo mashups
BarelyPolitical shows behind-the-scenes footage of the recent Bill O’Reilly meltdown clip:
John Nelson, a karaoke compadre from Molly Maguire’s, shows his voice and camera talents here with traffic reports for King 5 news.
Windows Vista using VW logo? That and other corporate logo mashups can be found here and here.
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O Canada! Spring party, Hattie’s Hat
Photos from our spring party, and breakfast at Hattie’s Hat with Krista and Ryan from Vancouver, BC!
Mariners call up Clement
Finally! The guy who impressed me after the Mariners killed their playoff chances last year is back!
