which pop/historical figure most nearly approximates your personal conception of cool?

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― kingfish maximum overdrunk (Kingfish), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 05:26 (twenty-one years ago)

beau brummel

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 05:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Adam Ant of course..but I have no idea how to post pics.

― Paul Kelly (kelly), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 05:28 (twenty-one years ago)

put an 'i' in front of the image location

― kingfish maximum overdrunk (Kingfish), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 05:29 (twenty-one years ago)

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 05:36 (twenty-one years ago)

good lord, bill has some bag-eyes

― kingfish maximum overdrunk (Kingfish), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 05:41 (twenty-one years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/miles_davis_1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/chetbaker.jpg

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 05:42 (twenty-one years ago)

ihttps://vod.multi.fi/images/sfa/img_914_20041209_090534.jpg
http://www.cinemaitalia.com/marcello/images/marcello00.jpg
http://www.naatanet.org/festival/2004/html/images/chow/large/gdfcky.jpg
http://images.art.com/images/PRODUCTS/large/10104000/10104289.jpg
http://www.chickfactor.com/back/images/cf14_mimiparker.jpg
http://images.usatoday.com/money/_photos/2001-05-21-villaraigosa-hispanic-cover.jpg

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 05:43 (twenty-one years ago)

ihttps://vod.multi.fi/images/sfa/img_914_20041209_090534.jpg

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 05:45 (twenty-one years ago)

oooh richard widmark seconded

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 05:46 (twenty-one years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/chetbaker.jpg

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 05:46 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.filmfestivals.com/pixus/festivals/rotterdam/2001/cheungleung.jpg

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 05:48 (twenty-one years ago)

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 05:51 (twenty-one years ago)

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 05:53 (twenty-one years ago)

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 05:56 (twenty-one years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/dorothyparker.gif

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 05:56 (twenty-one years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/have-havenot.jpg

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 05:58 (twenty-one years ago)

(oops, didn't mean to have Chet in there twice...I guess he's just twice as cool)

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 06:00 (twenty-one years ago)

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 06:01 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.dotnet.com/~techmbl/jam2/nic_parsons.jpeg

― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 06:15 (twenty-one years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/df/Seberg.jpg

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 06:17 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.poeforward.com/poetrycorner/acker/acker.JPG

http://www.indigo.de/img/interpret/big/3564.jpg

http://rivertext.com/images_weil/weil_id.jpg

http://www.photography-now.com/pn/Bilder/Hauptbilder/klein/T02295.jpg

http://www.dosswerks.com/scc/green1.jpg

― etc, Wednesday, 18 May 2005 06:19 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.theblurb.com.au/Jan04Pics/ArtSF03.jpg

― etc, Wednesday, 18 May 2005 06:22 (twenty-one years ago)

sadly predictable
ihttp://www.saintetienne.com/images/newgallery%20pics/june/footy.jpg

― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 07:06 (twenty-one years ago)

ihttp://www.tcswing.com/images/Jazz%20Hat%20Social%20Club/Dean_Martin_001.jpg
ihttp://www.plovdivcityguide.com/figures/453/images/hristostoichkov2.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 07:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Bah
http://www.tcswing.com/images/Jazz%20Hat%20Social%20Club/Dean_Martin_001.jpg
http://www.plovdivcityguide.com/figures/453/images/hristostoichkov2.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 07:12 (twenty-one years ago)

dino in some came running is the coolest motherfucker in the world

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 07:14 (twenty-one years ago)

ihttp://www.leofuchs.com/images/thepictures/Icons/Robert_Mitchum_Portrait_Leo_Fuchs_A07_021.jpg
ihttp://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/sports/040614/pistons.jpg
ihttp://emmanuelchristian.no-ip.com/nplass/Muppets-Mega-Animal.jpg

― ()ops (()()ps), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 07:20 (twenty-one years ago)

ihttp://www.acclaimposters.com/_gallery/large/10103902.jpg
ihttp://www.novascoop.com/IMG/jpg/1-997.jpg
ihttp://images.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/00/beck/images/cal_quant.jpg
http://users.netcon.net.au/jonesy/RedDwarfCat.jpeg

― beanz (beanz), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 07:32 (twenty-one years ago)

ihttp://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/575000/images/_579113_curtis300.jpg
ihttp://www.disgalaxy.addr.com/Muppets/zoot1.jpg
ihttp://venuszine.com/stories/Brownstein3OPT.jpeg
ihttp://www.filmkultura.hu/2002/orokmozgo/images/otoole/otoole01.jpg

― robster (robster), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 07:55 (twenty-one years ago)

etc OTM about Green Gartside

― ... And suddenly Ian Riese-Moraine is a naked man saying, 'Volvo! Volvo!' (Easte, Wednesday, 18 May 2005 09:28 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.simpaticographics.com/comericatastefest2004/images/86%20Carl%20Craig%201.jpg

http://www.mtv.pl/imgs/events/516/SUPERPITCHERwydbig.jpg

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 09:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Some Came Running is awesome

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 10:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Right now, I'm all about:

http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/Gallery/Curie-M-2.GIF

http://chemistry.mtu.edu/~pcharles/SCIHISTORY/graphics/MarieCurie.gif

― The Square Root Of Negative Two (kate), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 10:21 (twenty-one years ago)

http://image.com.com/mp3/images/artist/pic200/drp000/p019/p01966hwv18.jpg

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 10:22 (twenty-one years ago)

lots of suits. are suits cool?

― koogs (koogs), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 10:23 (twenty-one years ago)

They all seem to be black and white. Is black and white the new black?

― uptoeleven (uptoeleven), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 10:39 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.shsu.edu/~eng_wpf/authors/pictures/hemingway.jpg
http://www.icarodigital.com.ar/diciembre2001/El%20damero/bogart.jpg

― AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 11:26 (twenty-one years ago)

and http://www.americanphoto.co.jp/photosearch/Previews/CIN91281_143.jpg

― AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 11:30 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/entertainers/actors/steve-mcqueen/steve-mcqueen-mugshot.jpg

― Allyzay do not obtain to make download of yours MP3 (allyzay), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 11:56 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah green from scritti is just about doin it for me too
in light of RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN. i think this will be that book's major contribution to the world, making green a hero to all.

― piscesboy, Wednesday, 18 May 2005 12:03 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.frankreich-sued.de/montpellier-server/Paul-Valery-001.jpg

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 12:10 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.movieforum.com/people/actors/alecguinness/images/tinkertailor.jpg

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 12:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't really think of anyone!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 12:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Possibly:

http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.d.smith/chatterton.jpg

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

This guy:

http://www.satrapa1.archez.com/articulos/media/manuel/enrico.gif

But google image search also came up with:

http://www.jes.cl/images/base/1043oraculo_myl0.jpg

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 13:18 (twenty-one years ago)

(he's the Venetian Doge who sacked Constantinople in 1204. nasty, vicious, opportunistic and greedy, but brave as bollocks and the most charismatic Venetian leader ever)

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

http://archives.caltech.edu//Images/rotating_pictures/feynman_with_bongos.jpg
http://filmbrain.typepad.com/filmbrain/Ingrid.jpg

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 13:31 (twenty-one years ago)

You and your Venice, Mark!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 13:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Skipping 6 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

the ronnie express:

http://www.hollywoodteenmovies.com/Can

― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah green from scritti is just about doin it for me too
in light of RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN. i think this will be that book's major contribution to the world, making green a hero to all.
I MUST READ THIS.

― ... And suddenly Ian Riese-Moraine is a naked man saying, 'Volvo! Volvo!' (Easte, Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:28 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.jerezdecine.com/Imagenes/imagenart/orson.jpg

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:38 (twenty-one years ago)

http://twinpeaks.cinema.ru/TwinPeaks/images/Greer.jpg

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:38 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.classicmovies.20m.com/images/bette_davis-all_about_eve.jpg

― Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:43 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.nada.kth.se/~fred/tycho/Tyge_Brahe_HPHansen_280.jpg

Tycho Brahe made a remarkable star catalogue of over 1000 stars. This was not the biggest catalogue in the number of stars, but in accuracy. His improvements of methods and accuracy in observations was very significant. He proved that comets are not objects in the atmosphere. He showed irregularities in the moons orbit. His wall quadrant and other instrument became widely copied and lead to improved stellar instruments. Kepler used Tycho Brahe's observations when he constructed his famous laws of planetary movement.

Tycho's lived by the words "Non videri sed esse" (Not to be seen but to be)

While in Rostock he was involved in an argument with another Danish student and in the resulting duel Tycho had part of his nose cut off. A consequence of this was that Tycho developed an interest in medicine and alchemy. After his return home in April 1567 he had an artificial nose made from silver and gold.

Tycho replies that he would order additional moose, and he would have sent his tame one, had it not died shortly before. It had been transported to the castle of Landskrona, a city close to Hven, to entertain a nobleman there. But it had happened that during the dinner, the moose had ascended the castle stairs and drunk of the beer in such amounts, that it had fallen down the stairs, and broken a leg. Despite the best care, the moose had died shortly thereafter.

― A homunculus of Darby Crash, .... created for the purposes of *EVIL* (ex machina, Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:52 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.dolcevita.com/cuisine/martini/martini.jpg http://www.3ammagazine.com/musicarchives/images/2004/nov/simonon_5.jpg http://www.billyzoom.com/images/01.jpg http://www.tangento.net/band83lag.gif

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:54 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.chestersimpson.com/Portfolio/Portraits/Siouxsie.jpg i

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:56 (twenty-one years ago)

http://dokina.tiscali.cz/apollo/pictures/200311223646776725.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.martinhunter.co.uk/oldsite/images/large/bourdainAnthony-Bourdain.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.ulsterhistory.co.uk/OscarWilde3a.gif
http://steelkaleidoscopes.typepad.com/steel_kaleidoscopes/images/aimee.gif
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/images/revival_queen_victoria.jpg
http://www.the-artists.org/Images/pierre-gilles.gif

― Flava Flavs got problems of his own! / Kate (papa november), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 20:01 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.subcin.com/pierrot1.jpg

― d'ngullberry (noisemeltdown), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.stranglers.org.uk/japan/graphics/rattus_presskit2_japan.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

http://gapd.com/MusicPhotosAC/Cure02.jpg i

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/images_movie/coolhand_10.jpg

http://www.shop4photos.net/graphics/162/162471.jpg

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/tesla/tesla_2.gif

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 20:12 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.petercook.net/pictures/emma-bargo.jpg

― elwisty (elwisty), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

This picture of Alex in NYC's looks like Les Battersby off Coronation Street.

http://www.billyzoom.com/images/01.jpg

See?

http://www.guerilla-films.com/bob/images/bruce_jones.jpg

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 22:07 (twenty-one years ago)

deangulberry stole my answer

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/images/092703/plimpton.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/Bruiser_Brody/bruiser_brody1.jpg

http://www.furious.com/perfect/graphics/reynols.jpg

― Alan Conceicao (Alan Conceicao), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Aww, goddamnit.

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/images/092703/plimpton.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/Bruiser_Brody/bruiser_brody1.jpg

http://www.furious.com/perfect/graphics/reynols.jpg

― Alan Conceicao (Alan Conceicao), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 22:23 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.juilliard.edu/update/press/images/press_comm03_Marian-Seldes_lg.jpg

http://www.playbill.com/images/photos/reilly.jpg

http://efimera.org/img/claudine.jpg

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 23:27 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.popnews.com/popnews/gobtwitw/Robert.jpg
http://www.moviemaze.de/celebs/0187/main.jpg

― Ally C (Ally C), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 23:39 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/%A5Artist%20GIF%20Images/Laura%20Nyro.jpg

― Masked Gazza, Thursday, 19 May 2005 01:24 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ehansen/VU/withandy.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 May 2005 01:30 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.billions.com/artists/nekoc/images/nekocase_1_lo.jpg

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 19 May 2005 01:30 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.moviepostershop.com/item_img/1-10985.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 May 2005 01:31 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGPORTRAITS/music/portrait200/drp000/p036/p03610e7ijb.jpg http://images.art.com/images/PRODUCTS/large/10101000/10101701.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 May 2005 01:36 (twenty-one years ago)

ihttp://www.bluesforpeace.com/images/howlinwolf.jpg

― Masked Gazza, Thursday, 19 May 2005 01:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Try this:

http://www.wpnet.org/wolf_images/howlin

― Masked Gazza, Thursday, 19 May 2005 01:39 (twenty-one years ago)

http://uashome.alaska.edu/~jndfg20/website/rashomon.gif

― Masked Gazza, Thursday, 19 May 2005 01:41 (twenty-one years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005NHO2.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 May 2005 01:49 (twenty-one years ago)

for a minute, rosemary, i thought that that pic of charles nelson reilly was really a pic of pat cooper!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 19 May 2005 01:50 (twenty-one years ago)

this is pat cooper:

ihttp://www.pickwickandfrolic.com/images/pat-cooper.jpg

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 19 May 2005 01:52 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Set/3881/9fonda_jane.jpg

― Masked Gazza, Thursday, 19 May 2005 01:52 (twenty-one years ago)

i know it's a cliche but damnit he really was:

http://www.ynw62.dial.pipex.com/bobbymoore.jpg

― Masked Gazza, Thursday, 19 May 2005 01:58 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.trustnoone.org.uk/images/hooky.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 May 2005 02:10 (twenty-one years ago)

http://acmerecords.net/ramones/joey03.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 May 2005 02:13 (twenty-one years ago)

this sounds like such a silly cliche (for a white guy) I'm almost afraid to post it:

http://www.africanamericans.com/Activism1968Olympics.jpg

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Thursday, 19 May 2005 02:16 (twenty-one years ago)

HoTei.

― Aimless (Aimless), Thursday, 19 May 2005 02:48 (twenty-one years ago)

of the first three, alain delon, no question.

tony bourdain i will admit to having fantasties about.

― clear jones, Thursday, 19 May 2005 07:59 (twenty-one years ago)

http://melior.univ-montp3.fr/ra_forum/images/individus/decleyre_v/de_cleyrer.jpg
http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/k_pix/goldman/121703_5_b.gif

― ... And suddenly Ian Riese-Moraine is a naked man saying, 'Volvo! Volvo!' (Easte, Thursday, 19 May 2005 12:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Kate OTM about Victoria.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 19 May 2005 12:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm disturbed by the amount of rock stars on this thread. More mathematicians and scientists, please!

― The Square Root Of Negative Two (kate), Thursday, 19 May 2005 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)

It's all in AlexinNYC's fault (but in fairness the thread title...).

― Masked Gazza, Thursday, 19 May 2005 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Nevertheless, doesn't much cooler than

http://www.sciences.univ-nantes.fr/physique/enseignement/tp/hist/newton.jpg

― Masked Gazza, Thursday, 19 May 2005 12:26 (twenty-one years ago)

http://bvi.rusf.ru/fanta/foto/cgjung_3.jpg

― Masked Gazza, Thursday, 19 May 2005 12:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I do think Newton's hair looks cool there, but I think this fellow might have something to say about him:

http://www.edu365.com/aulanet/comsoc/persones_tecniques/Robert_Hooke_archivos/Robert_Hooke.jpg

― The Square Root Of Negative Two (kate), Thursday, 19 May 2005 12:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean, almost any picture at random from this page will do:

http://www.th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/~jr/gif/phys/

(Though I'd like if they had pictures of Faraday or Tesla playing with electricity, that would be well cool.)

― The Square Root Of Negative Two (kate), Thursday, 19 May 2005 12:37 (twenty-one years ago)

James Kochalka and J Mascis

Masked Gazza, is that David Ginola a few pictures up?

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 19 May 2005 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

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