Tag: Social Commentary
The Culture of Status and How It Undoes Us.
We’ve been wondering about the media’s preoccupation with status lately (and by default ours too) and what this portends. The trophy life styles, the well appointed celebrity poster boys making their late night tv rounds, the dazzling cars and...
Jacob’s Angels; Living the Life you Want. A Night out at Buddha Bar and 1 OAK.
Jacob Stovall: Nightclub promoter or model pimp? An evening with an elite NYC club promoter as he brings his model angels out.
When you first look at them all you can think is that you’ve just entered ‘Rembrandt’s’ studio, full...
“Celebrity, Presidency and the Insubordinate Cintra Wilson; A Diatribe on Manners, Executive Privilege and Celebrity Cleavage.”
With the election finally over, and the new 'emperor' ordained, we are poignantly reminded that what has always been at stake is the strata of power. Power to interpret a bill of rights, power to veto, to indoctrinate, to...
Party Tricks, Smashed Birthday Cakes and the Ideological Hangover.
We’ve all been to them, lavish house parties where the guests begin to resemble the liquor bottles that they’ve been imbibing since early evening, where toilet bowls no longer flush, the birthday cake unfortunately falling off the ledge just...
The Culture of Fat Cats, Fast Cars, and the Dreams That Sometimes Go Bust.
We've been watching them lately, those gentlemen in finely wrought suits, whispered dispositions and gaunt expressions careening out of control. Once ubiquitous masters of the universe, chagrined expositors of fast cars, fast women and even...
The Bold, The Beautiful and the Tacky.
We've all probably succumbed at one stage of our lives to the nondescript personal ad. Some of us can say that it led to bon vivant romance, intoxicating sex and heart rendering escapades, but...
The Making of a Star
A recent Friday night had me gallivanting at 'Fontanas' bar on the lower east side in tribute to our beloved and wondrous friend Brant Kantor, producer at 'NewBuzztv.com’ Wandering the festivities and the good...
Cultural Disarray; Starring ‘Google,” “Michael Jackson,” and “Paris Hilton.”
Given the recent capitulation of society at large being parlayed in vast banking failures, improbable political imperatives (invading Iran and Russia brought to you care of Fortune 500), and the fervent following of meandering television audiences looking for their...
