The Sunday Best

225. Ads Acting Adly | Levi's 501

Description:

A young man is sitting in a chair, shirtless, while an old bluesman asks him what he's going to do. A young lady--lover? classmate? teaaaachhhhaaaaahhhh--sleeps on the bed. Is he going to wake her up?Kiss her? Tell her he loves her? Rub Oil of Olay on her face? He pulls on his pants and his t-shirt, camera goes close up on his crotch. HIS TOP BUTTON IS STILL NOT FASTENED. The old man nods his approval - some things are better left undone. 

Explanation:

The man is a schizophrenic. The bluesman has been hounding him for days, putting random and confusing thoughts in his head. At first he told the young man this was the girl for him. Then he said she had cheated on him. Next, that his dog had died and there was no more alcohol in the stills. The young man is thoroughly confused. He lets the girl go to sleep while he spends the entire night in the chair, wishing the old man would shut up and leave him alone.

But there is no peace for him. The young man can barely remember how to dress himself, leaves the buttons on his pants open while he puts on a t-shirt two sizes too small for him. And where did this guitar come from? The old man curses him one more time as he leaves the room: "Some things are better left undone."

And now the viewer understands. The old man is talking not about the young man's pants, but his sanity.

224. Brian Eno and David Byrne | New Album

From various sources, including Kempt.

New album from all around musical genius David Byrne and producer Brian Eno. Lush, grand pop songs that sound like music falling from skyscrapers. You can and should stream the album here.

And for letting his hair grey wonderfully, and cycling everywhere, and drawing trees, and wearing scarves and fedoras, David Byrne is a definite style icon.

223. The Fine Art of Not Letting People Get What They Want | H&M

The web is a-flutter with talk of the coming Comme des Garçons line for retail juggernaut H&M.

Style Salvage wonders if Steve will wear all the polka dot pieces at the same time.

We Are The Market (which provided the picture up top) are fans of the tailored jackets.

And Fashionista has the largest selection of photos, or rather it did before H&M asked them to take them down. Which makes perfect sense because nothing creates buzz like not letting people see what you're offering.

Well done H&M. Kudos for following the path of television companies that rip videos from YouTube because they'd rather have control than actual fans of their work, Lord knows what would have happened if pictures of your clothes were plastered all across the internet for free so that people could rave about them and basically sign over their first born in anticipation.

Message from retailers to consumers - we know the economy is shite, but screw you anyway. You know what, H&M? How about sewing your buttons on with thread not made from papier-mâché.

222. Men Dressing Manly | Celebrity Casual Edition

Yesterday  marked my entry into the thoroughly brilliant Five Men's Fashion First Impressions over on Daddy Likey. Both her brother and I see the German porn connection.

Even before his current resurgence and redemption from public nudity and drugs, Robert Downey Jr. was one of my favourite actors. His turn as Chaplin was two hours of brilliance, and the clips from the Tropic Thunder trailer have me chomping at the bit to see the movie (Style Snatcher's criticism notwithstanding.)

And don't get me started on his moustache.

So it pains me somewhat that his cinematic and facial hair brilliance doesn't seem to translate to his personal style. Is there anything particularly galling about his look? The strange, thick-soled kicks are forgivable, as are the too baggy jeans in the questionable wash. Even the messenger bag with what appears to be a psychotic bunny pattern has a certain everything-Japanese-is-cool chic. The blazer is a tasteful, two-button number with peaked lapels that is a little too wide in the shoulders but is otherwise inoffensive.

So why has he paired it with a shirt made of Christmas wrapping paper?

I am told that some people consider Adam Levine sexy. No, really. The word appears all the time in magazine articles about him. I for one am completely flumoxed by the man. He sounds like a bad Stevie Wonder impersonator, one that gets work at really small county fairs. Yet he must be some kind of magician because he gets to write songs about how many women want him and then film videos with those women (even one with Rihanna).

I guess his dark magic means he can leave the house in a pajama shirt and no one says tickety-boo. Except me. Nice shirt, Levine.

221. Men Represent Day 4

Day 5 won't be up until next week.

220. Ana Grace, It's Your Birthday

Please join me in wishing Ana Grace a very happy 5th birthday.

Happy Birthday Ana Grace!

For this special occasion I present this song.

Thomas Bartholomew Wong - Ana Grace, It's Your Birthday
[MP3]

Ana Grace, it's your birthday
Time to sing a song
Ana Grace, it's your birthday
Everybody hum along
One year older, one year better
One year stronger, one year smarter
Ana Grace, it's your birthday
I hope you're having fun