ART AFICIONADO

Sunday, October 16, 2022

Dance: Sam Smith, Kim Petras - Unholy

Choreography: Hamilton Evans

via Hamilton Evans

Saturday, October 15, 2022

Cosplay is an Art: Dragoncon 2022

via Justin Henton

Friday, October 14, 2022

Fashion is DEFINITELY Art: Yeezy Season 9

Fashion Appreciation

Designer: Kanye West (now known as Ye), in consultation with Shayne Oliver

Label: YZY

So, to put into context, because chances are this video may be removed from YouTube, Ye debuted his "Yeezy Season 9" or YZYSZN9 ready-to-wear collection during the 2022 Paris Fashion Week.

The highlight wasn't the post-apocalyptic couture that has some similarities to Fallout characters, but rather the controversial tee-shirt that read "White Lives Matter" on the back.

The strong stance awarded Ye a sit-down with Fox News' Tucker Carlson, where both shared their grievances ranging from Black Lives Matter and Donald Trump. The House Judiciary GOP twitter account tweeted in support of Ye, "Kanye. Elon. Trump." and then shared a video of Carlson's interview. Supposedly, segments where Ye made antisemitic comments on Carlson's show has since been removed.

But after the interview, Ye took to Instagram then Twitter, to share his grievances towards Jews. His accounts were locked after the offensive posts. One that read "death [sic] con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE."

A few weeks ago, we learned Gap and Ye parted ways. Adidas has since placed its partnership with Ye under review.

A few days ago, he posted a video titled "Last Week" on the YZY instagram account. In that video he showed an awkward meeting -- probably took place on September 16th -- with Adidas executives in a warehouse looking place. At one point Ye holds up a clip of a porn video at the executive's face.

Sources:

https://www.voguebusiness.com/fashion/kanye-west-on-yzy-paris-and-his-three-phases-in-fashion

https://www.complex.com/sneakers/kanye-west-adidas-meeting-yeezy-deal

https://www.foxnews.com/shows/media-buzz/from-ye-la-city-council-antisemitism-racism-running-rampant

https://newrepublic.com/article/168082/rights-cynical-embrace-kanye-west

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-719170

https://www.forbesafrica.com/current-affairs/2022/10/10/musk-welcomes-kanye-west-back-to-twitter-after-hes-blocked-by-instagram-over-apparent-antisemitic-post%ef%bf%bc/

http://yeezy.com/

https://www.instagram.com/yzy/

https://www.voguebusiness.com/fashion/kanye-west-on-yzy-paris-and-his-three-phases-in-fashion

https://hypebeast.com/2022/10/yeezy-season-9-show-paris-photos

Thursday, October 13, 2022

A California Kink

Pardon the Interruption

Recently, I've been going through a box that's travelled with me since college. The box is full of old PLAYBOY, PENTHOUSE, and other magazines.

After scratching my head of what to do with these magazines, I decided to go through them once more and blog what I find interesting.

One thing that caught my attention again is a cartoon drawn by cartoonist Marty Murphy.

When I was young, I had a fascination of living in California. It was probably fueled with the many hours of MTV and Hollywood movie stars that filled my developing brain.

Probably this cartoon added to my California craving. The image of a woman greeting a her man home after work naked seemed like paradise.

Although my California dreaming has subsided to nothing, I still have that naughty kink to coming home and finding my significant other naked.

Marty Murphy / PLAYBOY (March 1995)

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Antti Hulkko

Music Appreciation

Born on October 11, 1962, Antti Hulkko (aka. Andy McCoy), is a Finnish musician best known for being the lead guitarist and songwriter for the glam rock band, Hanoi Rocks as well as playing with music legends like Iggy Pop.

McCoy grew up in Stockholm, Sweden. In around 1977, he joined the punk rock band Pelle Miljoona Oy. Then a couple of years later joined Hanoi Rocks.

In 1981, Hanoi Rocks released their first album titled Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks. The album continues to have a following, especially appearing in HBO Max original series Peacemaker. After recording five albums and changing band members, the group disbanded in 1985.

Andy McCoy would then join other bands like The Cherry Bombz, The Suicide Twins, Shooting Gallery, and Grease Helmet. Between bands he released several solo albums.

Besides music, McCoy is a painter, jewelry and accessories designer. He held his first art exhibit titled McCoy Hits Canvas at The Cable Factory in Helsinki in 2010.