I used to care about the SI Swimsuit Issue, but it's kind of a non-event these days. With Maxim, FHM, Stuff.... etc. out there every month it's almost a sensory overload. Before you couldn't wait to get the issue because it was the only thing going (besides of course a porno mag).... but now it's just another one on the stack next to the toilet.
That said, of course the chicks are unbelievable, they are still swimsuit models and all...... Heidi Klum.... grrrr....
Great point about how Maxim and the rest have stolen SI's thunder. Today's newsstand is a diluted market of bikini gals. I should probably shoot myself for even considering that this is a bad thing.
Swimsuit issue has been a disappointment for years.
I just got the issue delivered to my office. I gotta say it's a rather impressive body of work. Wet shirts, ass cracks, missing bikini tops. Everything you'd expect from a sports magazine is there.
http://nypost.com/business/17569.htm :
"Time Warner has bought 800,000 square feet on 15 floors of the 2.7 million-square-foot complex at Columbus Circle - considered the most expensive building in the world, at a price of more than $1.8 billion."
Do you realize that works out to $666 per sq ft to build the building? Hope no one there's superstitious.
Well, the swimsuit issue *is* sexist, as is all pin-up stuff, but so what? Don't like? Don't look.
Now, my problem is with the athlete's feature. Eddie George is not showing NEARLY enough skin, nor are any of the guys, for that matter. They're all wearing knee-length, baggie shorts! WTF? I get a better look at Eddie's nice butt in his football pants. That ain't right.
When a man has a beautiful, sculpted body, puh-leeze don't hide it behind a woman's beautiful, sculpted body. Equal opportunity, please!
I used to mail in the covers to SI with return envelopes to get them autographed.
I had one mailed back by the cover model who wrote to me in Spanish. I got a few signed by Elle MacPherson, Kathy Ireland and Vendela.
I was sorry to see Heidi Klum has joined the ranks of the retirees. She deserved a cover. Maybe if they do another swimsuit compilation she might get one.
And Molly Sims is also a babe who I'd like to see get a cover.
I never understood why they never had Claudia Schiffer in their mag. She was probably the only name model they missed.
I used to care about the SI Swimsuit Issue, but it's kind of a non-event these days. With Maxim, FHM, Stuff.... etc. out there every month it's almost a sensory overload. Before you couldn't wait to get the issue because it was the only thing going (besides of course a porno mag).... but now it's just another one on the stack next to the toilet.
That said, of course the chicks are unbelievable, they are still swimsuit models and all...... Heidi Klum.... grrrr....
Posted by Johnny FlopBoot at February 11, 2004 3:06 PM