At times I'm compelled
like a fever to float
without any distinctions,
a sea of tin cans, love letters and greed.
The world is good for my pleasure and consumption.
I admire it totally, it stands
like a mountain inside and outside me.
Matthew Zapruder
American Linden
Sunday, April 12
Thursday, March 19
Affluenza: March 20
Gorgeous spiral staircase from Jouin Manku
I love the nautilus effect.
Great illustration.
An Open Flame Is The New Bowl Of Rocks: John Beck Steel Fire Cube Garden
Part of a continuing series. Sticklers will note that the description specifically allows indoor use.
They make your sandwich look moldy and inedible.
"Oh my god, I have the greatest idea! Little thimbles made out of potato chips so you can stick your fingers in the dip!"
"That's genius! You'll make a million francs! The only way you'd possibly fail is if you, I don't know, did something dumb like make the thimbles full of holes..."
Carry On Diluting That Brand Name!: Chanel Segway
Part of a continuing series.
These are really nice, but why do they have to be "faux" cufflinks, aka button covers? Geesh.
I also really like these clever safety pin cufflinks.
by Paula Hayes
Noted without comment.
Blown glass creamer in the shape of a cardboard milk container.
This Week's Enthusiastically Incomprehensible NotCot Entry:
Yes! Now this is how you do "green" right, without coming across like inane sanctimonious yuppies.
Also good is this Diversity Of Species In The Rain Forest poster.
Jawdropping. Gorgeous. Prepare to spend some time on this site...twenty minutes looking at the luggage, the rest of your life regretting the choices you've made that makes buying them impossible.
I think it's time for a new Continuing Series here at Affluenza. Introducing:
I Don't Wear Clever T-Shirts But If I Did I'd Wear This One
Hmm. The title needs some tweaking, but you get the idea.
Here's the inaugural entry: Special, by Wire&Twine. (Younger readers click here if confused.)
PICK OF THE WEEK: Exactitudes
You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake.
Monday, February 16
Paul's 10.0
Previously on Baby Ruthless, I did a quick rundown of albums that Pitchfork awarded a 10.0.
Over the weekend, they gave the re-release of Paul's Boutique a 10.0. One of you wrote to me to see what I thought of that.
I'm fine with it. I think there's a clear cut case that the album had the sort of reach and influence that a 10.0 album should have. (And I can say that without, uh, um, actually ever having heard the album.) A definite 10.0.
Over the weekend, they gave the re-release of Paul's Boutique a 10.0. One of you wrote to me to see what I thought of that.
I'm fine with it. I think there's a clear cut case that the album had the sort of reach and influence that a 10.0 album should have. (And I can say that without, uh, um, actually ever having heard the album.) A definite 10.0.
Friday, February 13
Do svidaniya, Sophia....do svidaniya.
Check out this curiously poignant spam I just got:
SUBJECT: Want to laugh a little together?
From: Sophia
I greet you!
What is love? ? It is the morning and the evening star.
I like the life, the water, starlit heavens and the flush of the sea at the night. I am a female, honest, good, loyal, sincere, reliable woman. I'm very real what you see is what you get, and that’s a good thing.
I am looking for a man who knows it’s alright to show and verbalize what you feel, not only to your significant other but also in front of friends, strangers and family members. In other words my ideal man would be someone who is very real all of the time.
I am here http://[removed]
Do svidaniya
Sophia N
SUBJECT: Want to laugh a little together?
From: Sophia
I greet you!
What is love? ? It is the morning and the evening star.
I like the life, the water, starlit heavens and the flush of the sea at the night. I am a female, honest, good, loyal, sincere, reliable woman. I'm very real what you see is what you get, and that’s a good thing.
I am looking for a man who knows it’s alright to show and verbalize what you feel, not only to your significant other but also in front of friends, strangers and family members. In other words my ideal man would be someone who is very real all of the time.
I am here http://[removed]
Do svidaniya
Sophia N
Wednesday, January 21
Affluenza: January 21
Kate Spade "Taxi" gloves
Too cute, but totally out of stock.
I guess medals are becoming a "thing," but I kinda sorta like these. No clue what look you'd pair them with, though.
An Open Flame Is The New Bowl Of Rocks
At first I was all "High design sporks? Sure, why not?" But now that I look at them, it looks like if you want to use the fork part you have to stick your fingers in the dirty spoon part. Dumb! Jesus, how do you fuck up a spork?
Okay, I don't want to like these, but they're actually pretty awesome, right?
Oh my god, what a great idea! Too bad they're--gulp--$700 bucks! (For a shade that doesn't keep light out! Genius!)
Clever way to use those pesky stickers to track your apple intake.
I really like the "product lifecycle" of these phone handsets: some MIT dude made one as a goof, and then everyone wanted one so he signed a distribution deal with someone (UO, maybe?). But here's the thing: everyone who got one as a joke realized that they were so substantial that they were actually pretty useful and quite lovely to use, and now they're being sold pretty much just as an accessory. I know this: I'd love it if they worked with an iPhone.
An Affluenza "Adult-Sized Kids' Pajamas" Special Edition:
Did you get really excited when you opened these links? If you answered "yes," we are no longer friends.
Shameless pandering to get listed on Affluenza's It's A Log You Idiots feature continues! Sorry Courtney, though these are cut and actually sort of clever, they are NOT logs...
It's A Log You Idiots
...but these are.
Gorgeous!
The watch JFK wore to his inauguration has been reissued...for nine grand, of course, because the watch industry has literally no sense of reality. It's a beautiful watch, though, even if I am still pissed about him not wearing a hat that day.
(That's an urban legend, by the way: come on, dudes didn't stop wearing fedoras all of a sudden just because Kennedy didn't wear one to his inauguration. Hat wearage was already in steep decline by that time--which is why you don't see Don Draper lugging one around in season one. Besides, not only did Kennedy actually wear a hat at his inauguration, he wore a giant goofy top hat.)
Man, that is really nice. I love the contrast between the interior and the exterior, and I'm really drawn to such a minimal space.
Colin Frith's nephew has designed a key chain so clever that I might actually consider carrying it. That wrench section blows my mind...it's so obvious, why haven't we seen this before?
Pick Of The Week: Douche Cards
Okay, "douche" as a vocabulary staple is incredibly played-out, but these understated cards just completely crack me up.
Thursday, January 8
A Modest Proposal for the Publishing Industry
This week the New York Times ran a surprisingly hilarious op-ed proposing a literary bailout.
Sunday, January 4
The Diluted Mystery of Absinthe
The NY TIMES calls bullshit on absinthe.
If absinthe were a band, it would be Interpol, third-hand piffle masquerading as transgressive pop culture. If absinthe were sneakers, it would be a pair of laceless Chuck Taylors designed by John Varvatos for Converse. If it were facial hair, it would be the soul patch. If absinthe were a finish on kitchen and bath fixtures, it would be brushed nickel.
Wait, what? Slow down...
Thursday, December 11
Wednesday, November 26
Affluenza: November 26
Tiger? More like "Aztec Frog Anatomy," amirite?
I wonder what kind of table someone who wore this dress would have in their living room...
Ah, yes.
Don't miss Lydia's comment, either.
These are so cool. I can't find the link now, but Shimizu also made a pair of wedding bands that features the waveform of the bride and groom saying "I do."
Maybe it's time for a new Affluenza series: Conceptual Art I Actually Like.
Affordable!
Looks like something Steamboy would wear.
Weird, this ish has featured both Aztecs AND Mayans...
Don't tell anyone, but this is what I'm getting the designers at the agency for Christmas...
This is pretty neat, but I'm really only featuring this because of the adorable Order button. It's Perfect, it says, then when you roll over it, the button changes to I'll Take It.
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