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Ties to the Future: The new Breed of Gentlemen.
If one were to announce the imminent arrival of the sons of privileged families at your dinner table one would not perhaps be surprised to see a moxie of raised eyebrows, painful stares, and...
How you became a modern day celebrity.
The word ‘celebrity,’ in and of itself has become ubiquitous in our culture. Trying to define it isn’t what many of us may have thought it was say less than a decade ago....
Meet KIKI, the preferred Decadent Girl.
Never mind the first decade of the new millennium, this is very much a fin-de siècle icon of our imminently doomed society, that said we urge you to come and sprinkle your disdain on Kiki’s decadent...
10 ‘Gaycons’ That Should Go Away for Good
Late, great comedian Rodney Dangerfield was famous for his schtick “Don’t Get No Respect.” The LGBT community sympathizes, old friend – we don’t either, and here are 10 reasons why.
Perez Hilton
His super snarky,...
Do Americans Have Culture?
There are times when I fret over the state of American culture. It was recently announced, for example, that Justin Beiber is coming out with a memoir entitled “First Step 2 Forever”. Not to over-dramatize it,...
Scallywag is looking for tabloid and fashion interns.
Scallywag and Vagabond is looking for two brave merciless souls to join us as media interns.One position involves that of tabloid blogging, the other fashion reporting.
Who I (yes I will be your spiritual guide) am looking...
A candid look at the next generation of the ‘new socialites’- the Neolites.
Yesterday Guest of a Guest came out with their edition of who they consider the new choice of socialites- interestingly coined as 'Neolites' (a new catch phrase I assume we all better get used to using). ...
Bullseye: Human Rights Campaign perfect target, but not a best buy
You may not know much about lobbying and how corporates decide who to give their spare cash to, but that may be due to the fact that there are a lot of competing and conflicting pieces of information floating...
Society and the False Ivy League network. Dating money bags.
Last year the New York Times published an article about a group called ‘Ivy Plus Society,’ essentially an Ivy league network for Ivy league graduates to get together and share like minded interests. What the Times of course didn’t...
The perils of having affairs with married women.
If you ask a married woman if she'd ever had an affair, she will unconditionally tell you no. Yet if one ponders over the statistics one will see that in fact quite a few of them actually do. One...
Self Dealing: The New Social Media-ites Self Obsession
Self Obsession. These are the words that immediately come to mind when I contemplate the pervasive media scene currently on display. Instead of focusing on the world around us, many of us, especially the media, in particularly the...
Gaga. Fascinating “Free” Dame.
“I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.” – Madonna or Lady Gaga?
Caught a few minutes of Madonna’s “Truth or Dare” (1991) on TV the other day...
A profile on the ultimate Womanizer…
THIS IS A WARNING TO ALL FEMALES, ENCOUNTERING THE ARCHETYPE WOMANIZER- it is a danger to your health. That said we introduce our candidate for womanizer of the year- Jack as an example of the perils of getting involved...
How to score at a dive bar.
So you've walked into your neighborhood dive bar looking to impress your out-of-town friends with some local color; and what better way to show them how cool you are than by taking home your very own dive-chick? But wait,...
What’s Your Dream, New York?
New York is a city for dreamers. Quite possibly, it’s the nation’s capital of ‘the land of opportunity’. I love living here, and I’m grateful as hell for the chances I’ve had to try new things.
I...
