the comments on that are QuidAg gold
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Sunday, 9 June 2013 03:23 (eleven years ago) link
“It’s challenging for the boys to go from surfing in Malibu to Brooklyn, so we fill their rooms with surfer art,” Ms. Davis said.
Otherwise this maybe doesn't belong here but ughhttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/greathomesanddestinations/licensed-to-grill-mike-ds-brooklyn-town-house.html?hp&_r=0
― Hadrian VIII, Thursday, 13 June 2013 01:22 (ten years ago) link
man, it's WEIRD to see Mike D all yuppied out like that
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Thursday, 13 June 2013 01:24 (ten years ago) link
sick pad though
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Thursday, 13 June 2013 01:26 (ten years ago) link
that could almost be an onion article
― iatee, Thursday, 13 June 2013 01:27 (ten years ago) link
Mr. Diamond, who prefers not to give his age
oh come on, it's already in the public record
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/beastie-boys/biography
― dunham checks in (get bent), Thursday, 13 June 2013 01:35 (ten years ago) link
i was on my way to post that here love ya mike but cmon
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 13 June 2013 01:37 (ten years ago) link
i really do love cobble hill and am terribly envious.
― dunham checks in (get bent), Thursday, 13 June 2013 01:39 (ten years ago) link
The thing that most weirds me out and just seems kinda distasteful is WHY they would even do the interview. Like what is the upside? To show off his wallpaper? The guy is already super famous and at least in nyc probably can't even go to the bodega for milk w/o getting recognized. You want people to see yr bathtub?
― Hadrian VIII, Thursday, 13 June 2013 01:53 (ten years ago) link
Also yeah wtf he's not even that old. Kim Gordon could be his mom almost.
― Hadrian VIII, Thursday, 13 June 2013 01:55 (ten years ago) link
I think we need to address the most pressing issue here: where the fuck have Mike D's eyebrows gone?
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 13 June 2013 12:19 (ten years ago) link
― dunham checks in (get bent), Wednesday, June 12, 2013 9:39 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh fuck yeah. H and I spent the morning gawking at the photos. I mean I don't think I'd go for that catalog-perfect look even if I had the money, but if you told me a condition of living there was not changing a thread I'd be happy.
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Thursday, 13 June 2013 14:25 (ten years ago) link
But who are your light fixtures by?
― Hadrian VIII, Thursday, 13 June 2013 14:30 (ten years ago) link
Oh my god. That is my house. I'm not kidding, that house was on a realtor's website like three years ago or more when my life was pretty terrible, and I loved it so much I downloaded all the photos as a reminder of what happiness looked like. They gutted my brownstone.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 13 June 2013 14:38 (ten years ago) link
!!
― http://threeframes.net (gr8080), Thursday, 13 June 2013 14:39 (ten years ago) link
Mike D Is Playing In My House
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Thursday, 13 June 2013 14:40 (ten years ago) link
http://corcoran.com/nyc/Listings/Display/2016313
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 13 June 2013 14:40 (ten years ago) link
lol I remember about 5 years ago, naively talking with H about how just "owning a brownstone in cobble hill" would be enough for us to live out the rest of our days happy, as though that were some kind of modest goal. Maybe in post-crisis 2008 it was? History has really dickslapped us on that one.
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Thursday, 13 June 2013 14:41 (ten years ago) link
“Our goal was to limit our total reno-architecture budget to under $500,000,” he said. “Which we pretty much succeeded in. It meant that at times we’d splurge on one light fixture, but not another. And it helped because we ended up having to retain original detail, clean it up and leave it as is.”
reno-architecture, Mr. born in 1965
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 13 June 2013 14:42 (ten years ago) link
I think he could afford to upgrade his stereo.
― chinavision!, Thursday, 13 June 2013 14:53 (ten years ago) link
To get that last .5%?
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 13 June 2013 14:56 (ten years ago) link
It's just funny that they've thrown money all over that place but the turntable is just a regular old TT sitting on a tea cart.Eh sorta funny anyway. Or maybe Not really.
― chinavision!, Thursday, 13 June 2013 15:09 (ten years ago) link
the beastie boooyyyyyyyyyyyysssssyou know they splurging on a light fixxxtuuuurrreBut only occasionalllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyOnly occassionllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 13 June 2013 16:05 (ten years ago) link
China otm; it's just surprising there isn't a bigger, more terribly self-mythologising ~musical~ presence in the decor. bono probably has Elvis Presley statues & shit, it's weird that this place is 99% expensive glasswork & only minimally manifests musicianship
also this place is way too breakable. for a house with kids? a Pierre Cardin rug & exposed collections of antique china perched on glass shelves? any one of the things in this house being broken would be enough to tear apart a family, a modest Brooklyn earthquake would be like the end of the world here
― daft on the causes of punk (schlump), Thursday, 13 June 2013 16:33 (ten years ago) link
i mean i ask you, mr. diamond, do you even remember what happened when i broke my granddad's cuckoo clock
― daft on the causes of punk (schlump), Thursday, 13 June 2013 16:35 (ten years ago) link
huh, i always just assumed the beastie boys still lived above
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rYfuewuzrOc/TKVYt037WuI/AAAAAAAAEGQ/GMpVWJGsJO0/s400/110288_1_f.jpg
― j., Thursday, 13 June 2013 16:39 (ten years ago) link
those speakers look lame too. he should have doper speakers. man he looks freaky.
― scott seward, Thursday, 13 June 2013 16:44 (ten years ago) link
ya, just sayin for a guy who would buy that "beautiful" chandelier you'd think he'd have some stereo equipment that would match the conspicuous consumption elsewhere. he's supposed to be into music I think!
― chinavision!, Thursday, 13 June 2013 16:48 (ten years ago) link
That chandelier is going to be hella dusty in 6 months.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 13 June 2013 16:49 (ten years ago) link
wasn't he the least musical beastie though? didn't they want to kick him out of the group for years? i thought i remembered that.
― scott seward, Thursday, 13 June 2013 16:54 (ten years ago) link
it'll be time to buy a new one xp
― high inerja (seandalai), Thursday, 13 June 2013 16:54 (ten years ago) link
i mean its an arty rich house but it is totally a rich people house. like i'm sure the kids know not to touch the friggin' china or they get sent to swiss boarding school.
― scott seward, Thursday, 13 June 2013 16:55 (ten years ago) link
why arent i rich?
― Lamp, Thursday, 13 June 2013 16:56 (ten years ago) link
― daft on the causes of punk (schlump), Thursday, June 13, 2013 12:35 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
He had a broken clock that won't tell time, to go with his thick-ass book that was filled with wack rhymes?
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 13 June 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
you guys know they probably set up the house differently when there's not an NYT styles shoot right?
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 13 June 2013 17:04 (ten years ago) link
i do wonder why none of those apartment therapy photoshoots ever get snaps of peoples basement storage lockers and overstuffed coat closets. 'here's where we stash the xmas tree 11 months out of the year' 'this is were we cram the kids uncool backpacks and the extra wheel-y suitcase we never use'
― Lamp, Thursday, 13 June 2013 17:07 (ten years ago) link
they hire a kids backpack consultant to ensure that they are always rocking the most stylish kids backpacks
― iatee, Thursday, 13 June 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
I know a good one in brooklyn
reading the article/slideshow it seems pretty clear that this was ms. d's project which is maybe why its not more music-focused
― max, Thursday, 13 June 2013 17:10 (ten years ago) link
i like the house tho, dont love it but some cool stuff. hate hate hate that bug cabinet
xp And why it includes ornate mirrored dressing tables that hang from the ceiling. Because when you have a lot of delicate perfume bottles and items of jewelry, you definitely want to store them on something that moves at the slightest touch.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 13 June 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link
Fuck them. They ruined my brownstone.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 13 June 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
THEY HAVE A BACK YARD AND THEY ASTROTURFED IT.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 13 June 2013 17:13 (ten years ago) link
I'm Mike D and I get respect / Your fantasy brownstone is what I expect
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 13 June 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
the bathroom is corny imo. Everything is a little TOO designed. Still nice though.
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Thursday, 13 June 2013 17:15 (ten years ago) link
i'd live in that house
― http://threeframes.net (gr8080), Thursday, 13 June 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
kitchen is dope, and living room with that giant sofa thingy for laying out while watching projected films
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Thursday, 13 June 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
i like the bathroom the best, v v envious of that bathtub. i like the wallpaper too.
but mostly i just want a big townhouse
― Lamp, Thursday, 13 June 2013 17:18 (ten years ago) link
Okay it's not the exact same building but it's got to be in the same row because the fireplace stone and room proportions/layout and the light are exactly the same. But the fireplace carvings and the window trim are different. Mike D is forgiven, for the moment.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 13 June 2013 17:20 (ten years ago) link
Maybe you can still get your brownstone after all!
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Thursday, 13 June 2013 17:21 (ten years ago) link