What I left out however, is I left as much pearl jam here and there because of Playboy as the next guy. Anyone can condemn the guy now, but most men, at least subconsciously, have a sly smile somewhere for their pubescence and what the magazine meant to it.
hef was a revolutionary some say he exploited women i say he capitalized on exhibitionists last i checked no one forced these bkitches to pose nude and they were also remunerated for it and for the consumer... what guy wouldn't want to look at hot naked women??? of course i only read the articles
Looks like someone just trying to make a name for himself. The style of that article (I read 2 paragraphs) is less about trying to sell a point or tell a story, and more about the author's ego. Not too much unlike sports writers like TJ Simers, or people who insist on picking underdogs to win the WS.
I understand what the writer was trying to say with his zingers. Hef made pornography acceptable to the holier than thou crowd....the CEO's and the American aristocracy. Before then, the privileged crowd did their thing in secrecy, behind the scenes, and with silent but tacit approval from the same aristocratic crowd that didn't want to be exposed as a hypocrite. But the hoi poloi couldn't partake. That was smut. That was pornography. That was prostitution. Well Hef just made it public so that when the crystal class could openly defile themselves, it gave the hoi poloi the excuse to take it on as well. Playboy, turned to Penthouse, turned to Hustler then god knows how many niches it all spread. But what I agree with the writer is that Hef made smut into a class thing....people exploiting themselves in a way that was "high class" vs the regular crowd. Not everyone was invited to the "Playboy Mansion". Even the name itself exuded exclusivity. Smut with class, but only for the rich and famous. At the end of the day, in my opinion, Hef just made pornography into a class thing, even a race thing. What legacy did he leave other than a rich old white guy who fucked around with a lot of very young pretty white poor women? That's not revolutionary. He just made it into an acceptable PUBLIC vice.
Did you guys hear tonights news about another mass shooting, this time in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Hotel which was hosting the Highway 99 country music festival when automatic gunfire rang out.. suspects thought to be firing/ holed up on 32nd floor WTF is with the crazies these days? Who shoots people at a music festival? Fucked up shit this is
i credit hef for bringing full female nudity to the masses but he didn't publish pornography imo playboy was always done tastefully larry flynt was pornographer -- wide open beav shots etc hef was a smart businessman who took a chance you could call him an opportunist, but in theory, what entrepreneur isn't? idk
Probably some guy who didn't grow up reading Playboy. His reward is in "heaven" maybe, not back on Main St.?
So true. I mean they are shocking but we agree on the fact that it's only been xx/days/weeks/months since the last one, and now society is like 'oh no not another one, Vegas this time you say?' is no longer shocking at all. Which is fucked up. Went to bed near midnight local time 50 dead, 200+ wounded. Wife turned on the AM news, 58 dead 500+ wounded. Am I the only one aware of the weight of 500+ rounds? The Feds say there were 10+ rigles in the room. All the Vegas cameras and no one notices 10 rigles coming through the casino? Negatory Did he bring them in a golf bag? However doesn't matter I guess now. And his girl friend left the country before it starts Stephen Paddock, retiree, small plane pilot, avid hunter.. not particularly fond of country music, or its fans Pretty fucked up any way you view it. Google headline #2 on the topic this AM Four bloggers attached to Breitbart news were peddling lies that Stephen Paddock was a Racheal Maddow fan, an ardent Dem and MSNBC supporter. Fact Check: FALSE on all counts So overnight Breitbart evil thinks, ruh roh another gun crime, ruh roh let's spin it on a leftist lover before anyone can find out otherwise. And by day break they had. Scary effective. Fortunately the internet kicked into gear when it awoke and proved all four of these evil lie spreading sources to be FALSE. And now I see no mention of it in the Google headlines about the story. <Gonna have to take screen shots before typing when the 'slanderous 'news' on all sides is sooooooooooo slippery>
Oh and ISIS claims Stephen Paddock worked for them too. yeah another surprise Whatever... same crediability as Breitbart... scream into the wind and see who listens
Taken off of life support today. Another legend of music gone. RIP Tom Petty https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tom-petty-found-unconscious-full-cardiac-arrest-191637865.html
I'm sure they won't be the only one but 100.3 here in the LA area will be having a Petty marathon. In fact it's going on now.
Loved Petty. Saw him live a bunch of times. Always a good show with a cloud of good stuff floating above the audience.