quiddities and agonies of the ruling class - a rolling new york times thread

it seems to have worked for me, although who knows what accepting the offer has unleashed in terms of spam. lol at the idea of my driving a lincoln. this is what is says on my account page.

Subscriber since
March 22, 2011
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4527247
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NYTimes: Web + Smartphone App
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The idea is that most people will forget about it in a year until they're automatically renewed at a crazy rate. The smart thing to do right now is go to your calendar, flip to some day in December, and write "cancel NYTimes online subscription."

they don't have my cc number, at
least they shouldn't

the ruling class has all our cc numbers

then why don't they send me a towncar and charge me for it

doing that now, thx

they don't have my credit card number either.

Somewhere there's a NYTimes angel watching over this thread, and he has given us this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/weekinreview/03cannell.html?_r=1

ha i am guilty of stanning for The Selby

From Hurting2's linked article:

"Historically, only a fraction of Americans hired architects or interior designers."

Well-researched, sir! As near as possible to a content-free sentence as I've seen this week.

First I've heard of modernism being a frugal response to the depression too. What, like they couldn't afford ornate details?

I suppose hand in hand with modernism as the form follows function ideal was the sense that the products were made for mass production, supposed to be cheap and easily accessible to everyone.

It was the ornate details on mass-produced crap that pissed off the modernists so much. Mass produced product should look it.

(I have shelves of Heller Vignelli tableware.)

scandiniavian modernism has its roots in late 19th century democratic ideals, "Vackrare Vardagsvara" and "design for all" & so forth

“There are people who are known bad guys, and then there’s him,” said Russell S. Novack, the Legal Aid lawyer who represents many of Midtown’s hustlers, prostitutes, shoplifters and public drunks. “He’s like the goodwill ambassador of Eighth Avenue. And when he comes into court, he says hello to everybody.”

Organized as a series of visits to the homes of writers, musicians and other creative types, the site shows rooms filled with artful clutter — taxidermy, thrift shop paintings, exquisitely peeling wallpaper.

so, is the article trying to say that the "kitsch as design aesthetic" is filtering into the general populace?

because this selby thing just seems like something someone did a zine about 20 years ago with the same decor.

"The only guiding principle is that there is no guiding principle."

http://www.daveandthomas.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/keanu-reeves-whoa.jpg

new keanu, same as the old keanu

Anything goes, as evidenced by a Chicago couple who parked an Airstream trailer in their loft.

Look here, if you can afford 1) a living space big enough to house an Airstream trailer; and 2) to pay someone to move that Airstream trailer into your large living space, your home decor choices are not suffering during a recession.

While modernism wagged a disapproving finger at those who dared breach its formal orthogonal lines and rigid color palette

http://www.poster.net/chagall-marc/chagall-marc-le-violiniste-bleu-7600118.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bbVTmWTlIF8/TQpCCHPNxXI/AAAAAAAAEKY/uSPUT8ZONVk/s1600/iiiinspired+_+venetian+red+_+dagobert+peche.jpg

http://image60.webshots.com/160/2/12/74/537121274KYbOjP_ph.jpg

http://kkaymarie.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/094.jpg

tbf theyre talking about modernist design!

the second image there is a wallpaper design

http://images.artnet.com/WebServices/picture.aspx?date=20071121&catalog=126605&gallery=424157700&lot=00627&filetype=2

http://image.architonic.com/imgObj/phillips1203_sat/3101_0050_1_lg_sq.jpg

http://www.ecscw09.org/images/tn450x_974471486.jpg

come one that is a ridiculous thing to say! it's only there to set up these "undecorators" as somehow original

peche is arguably pre-modernist/"arts & crafts" but even so i dont think "formal orthogonal lines and rigid color palette" is the WORST generalization as these things go

perhaps instead of "modernism" we should speak of "modernisms" but its the nyt style section

they're the same shabby-chic scavengers we've always had but with an extra layer of artistic pretension that this writer has decided to turn into another trend piece about "the recession"

xpost well yes

i guess i feel that if the style section has to exist the editors should stick to rich people's hobbies without attempting to yoke them to subjects they couldn't pay attention to in college, i.e. economics i.e. art history

but i guess none of it works unless there is a faint aroma of education wafting in

TBF, as the NYTimes has often reminded us, 'the effects of the recession' are not necessarily about what you actually can or can't afford as wanting to not look too rich and go with the spirit of the times.

By putting an Airstream trailer in your loft.

how do their blogs fit into the paywall? will looking at the Frugal Traveler's count against me?

By putting an Airstream trailer in your loft.

Oh man this gives me an idea...

classic NYT lede:

AT Easter time, when the shops erupt in a pastel frenzy of chocolate bunnies, candy eggs and marshmallow chicks, I try hard to resist. Unless I’m buying an artisanal rabbit made from single-origin chocolate, most of the confections look a lot better than they taste.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/dining/20appe.html

Good grief.

not even the chocolate Peter Cottontail is safe from the scorn of a foodie who's oh-so-refined palate has been offended.

assuming someone posted about this a long time ago, but when you hit the NYT article limit, just delete everything after and including the "?" in the URL, and reload.

also, you can press ESC as soon as the page begins loading, but before the little pop-up box appears. (again, sorry if this is old news but i thought it might be useful)

The obnoxious lede aside, I think peeps are gross, but the ones she made sound tasty. I'd definitely like to try the green tea ones.

"A small pinch of ground saffron, I hoped, would give a faint yellow cast while adding an earthy, spicy note to my chicks, and pomegranate juice would put the pink in my bunnies’ cheeks along with a tart and fruity nuance."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/nyregion/matching-private-school-insiders-and-parents.html?_r=2&ref=nyregion

think this should go here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-new-yorker-group-a-book-club-for-the-on-the-go-washingtonian/2011/03/03/AFsq2nOE_story.html

total ripoff of an ilx thread imo

"The women ate couscous and discussed an article about Aderall..."

In the room the women come and go,
eating couscous and talking about Adderall...

(or so)

that article J0rdan posted damn

classic NYT lede:

AT Easter time, when the shops erupt in a pastel frenzy of chocolate bunnies, candy eggs and marshmallow chicks, I try hard to resist. Unless I’m buying an artisanal rabbit made from single-origin chocolate, most of the confections look a lot better than they taste.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/dining/20appe.html

― I DIED, Saturday, April 16, 2011 12:21 PM Bookmark

This person needs to DIA(artisinal)F

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703856704576285450222313000.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

wsj but still, choice quote:

"Now, with so much of his or her compensation at risk, the prospect of the banker toiling deep into his 50s or even his 60s is very real."