Please please please don't ever post links to pictures of fat people again. Now I have to go disinfect my eyes... and drink till I blackout.
Good morning.
I usually get to work for 9:30 AM, which means by 9:40 I'm checking the latest on PK, Gmask and Slampig. I was wondering at what time you post, really late or super early as you Almost always have something new up. Just curious, Thanks.
(Note From Paul: I try to post after midnight Sun.-Thurs., allowing for new content every weekday morning. Sometimes I write during the day and post it after midnight. Mostly I write anywhere from 10 p.m. - 2 a.m.)
I thought the same exact thing about Avril when my Maxim arrived, as well. No we are not getting too old. I think that younger artists are trying to be shocking and rebellious, but it is really just pathetic (an in this case sad) instead.
Alyssa Milano is officially insane. Actually, you would be surprised how many women feel the way she does. I work with 4 married women who agree with her. WTF?
That women in the jeans is frightening.
Which is why I don't let my early teenaged boys read Maxim. Du'oh. Common sense and some tactical preventive measures- gosh, sounds like being an informed and involved parent, what a novel idea- help keep some of the crap from the boys until they're a little older.
Not that they haven't read their uncle's Playboys, I'm sure, even if he hides the magazine before they come over. I'd much rather they 'read' that than Maxim, that's for damn sure.
You're not getting old. You're just growing up. It happens to the best of us...
Oh, and what about that woman in the maggot bath? Wouldn't the maggots go into areas that....eww, I can't even think it. GROSS. And I'm going to block that tshirt site from the boys' computer- they're already waaaaay too interested in disgusting tshirts (their fav, for which the two oldest are still campaigning for: three stick figures holding sticks, two with a hot dog on the stick and one having the hot dog fallen off into the fire with the caption: It's always fun until someone's weiner gets hurt. Oy. Teenaged boy humor.)- why can't they just want nice tshirts like the paulkatcher.com shirt that arrived in the mail yesterday? Thanks, and I slept in it last night. ;-)
Avril Lavigne sporting a "FUCK" belt buckle is nothing near rock-n-roll rebellion. Rock-n-roll rebellion was the Ramones wearing old t-shirts, torn jeans, leather jackets and unkempt haircuts. It drove my parents nuts that I looked like such a slob.
You hit the nail on the head, Paul. This is just crass mass-marketing aimed at the lowest common denominator. Which seems to be sinking lower and lower with each passing month.
Avril Lavigne rebellious? I think not. Extending one's middle finger doesn't make you rebellious. A belt buckle doesn't make you rebellious (unless it's says PK.com on it). Hell, releasing a sex tape isn't even rebellious any more.
If she really wanted to be rebellious she would put on 200-250 lbs and take pics of herself trying to sqeeze into a pair of size 28 Bugle Boys while wearing her XXXL Revenge of the Nerds "Ogre" t-shirt. Now THOSE would be the actions of a woman trying to say "Fuck the System".
"Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll" is not longer the slogan of the unruly. Instead it's a recipe for "sellout" success.
Since I am in the age range targeted by such marketing, allow me to throw in my 2 cents.
The only people who buy into the pre-packaged rebel bull are the people who think they are alternative by shopping at HotTopic. Wearing a semi-witty shirt that is mass produced and mass marketed doesn't make you a rebel. It makes you just as much of a lemming as anyone else. My personal favorite is the kid who wears the shirt that says "You laugh because I'm different. I laugh because you are all the same." while wearing a shirt that is produced and sold by the thousands.
Most people of Maxim reading age realize that music acts like Avril and Good Charlotte are not really punk or alternative. They are created by record companines to look like they do, that it is all just an image. Younger kids and morons don't necessarily understand, which is exactly what record companies are banking on.
reminds me of a classic, Julie Grendall/Wayne Newton in 'Adventures of Ford Fairlane', "I know that kid has no talent, but now, I'm gonna ship him gold" (or was it platinum?)
I guess since I grew up in the Madonna era, nothing is edgy or shocking to me anymore. I think Madonna covered all that for me at a young age. What is ridiculous is the current generation lowering themselves to that level for attention to make up for their lack of talent.
I took my 12 and 14 year old neices to see Britney Spears. The stadium was packed with girls the same age and younger. You can imagine the horror to see a male dancer simulating eating Britney out. Since she can't sing, I guess she thought that she would throw some oral in there to distract. If she had any real talent then she wouldn't have needed to go to that level.
Between that and the strippers 2 rows ahead of me wearing trucker hats that say "I heart Vagina"... I had a lot of explaining to do.
BTW, I love Nick's post. he is hilarious.
I hate the "I heart" saying. Anyone who uses it should be shot.
Paul, thanks for the tshirt. Thanks especially for putting "slampig" on the package so my dad thinks I'm a slut. And I'll get you a picture later tonight. =)
"Rebelling" against what? Let them speak out on Iraq or jobs or something like that. I ain't holding my breath.
I guess I won't be entering the PK wet t-shirt contest as I have not received a shirt....:(. Who the hell are we kidding, Livia's got that deal sealed with her beauties.
I guess I will have to show my breasts at imalsampig instead...
I am surprised that AL could upset you.
I actually liked the Tight Jeans and the Fat Girl link. Of course, I just got back from Yogi's.
And what's with these Georgia sex offenders? Two for "sodomy"? An 18-year-old for child molestation? Doesn't anyone else want to know if these were really crimes, or b.s. convictions under oppressive and hypocritical laws?
Hey Paul -
Got the shirt yesterday...looks great...and even had a some chuckles over the accompanying note. Thanks for the shirt and for your site for daily reads...
Aaron in NashVegas
Although I see why you don't like the "FUCK" belt buckle I can't agree with your point.
Although many of Avril's fans are young:
A) Their girls - Girls for the most part don't read Maxim
B) Their young as you stated - No good parent should be allowing their child to "read" a magazine like Maxim
So my thoughts are - The belt buckle is just plain stupid. Although I am a big (male) Avril fan I wasn't too happy with the way the spread was done.
Like you said. The middle finger, and the belt buckle simply do not impress.
But congrats to Avril on trying to carry two very diffrent images :rolls eyes:
in reference to 'even sex tapes are rebellious anymore'. ive love to see avril getting fucked in one. i can just imagine seeing her breasts bouncing about as she rides a guy. also other stuff like avril fucking herself with a dildo, sucking dick, taking a cock up her ass, and having a facial! id pay good money to see that
also i think the fuck belt buckle is probably just a testimate of how many guys have drilled their cocks inside her. come on she must be the most fucked girl on the planet!
id fuck her up her ass if i could and see my cum dripping out her ass
she should so pose nude, legs spread
Avril what's goin on.... the belt is not you and what.... is she goin girly girl... i hope she reads this..... THE OLD AVRIL ROCKS!!!!!!!!
Please please please don't ever post links to pictures of fat people again. Now I have to go disinfect my eyes... and drink till I blackout.
Posted by West at September 21, 2004 1:16 AM