Tagged: gentlemen prefer
Gentlemen Prefer: The Gun Club
I’m usually not one to prescribe favorites, but The Gun Club is one of my all-time favorite bands. They are a standout from an era crowded with likable groups—bands like The Cramps and X, who, … read more »
Gentlemen Prefer: The Craft
According to fan-Tumblr FuckYeahTheCraft, The Craft is Carrie meets Clueless. We couldn’t agree more. This 1996 flick balanced equal parts black-magic horror and teen-girl fantasy. The style in this movie is loosely marked by two … read more »
Gentlemen Prefer: R.I.P. Elizabeth Taylor
Hey, the 20th Century is ending. It was bound to happen. The Queen Hollywood Betty, Elizabeth Taylor, has died at the age of 79. Watch a clip of her acting extra melodramatically with Paul Newman … read more »
Gentlemen Prefer: The Style of Miss Jackson In Poetic Justice, If You’re Nasty
The end stanza to Maya Angelou’s poem for the John Singleton-helmed ’92 classic, Poetic Justice, reads like the star of the film’s live-by axiom. I’m a woman / Phenomenally / Phenomenal woman / That’s me. During this … read more »
Gentlemen Prefer: Karen Black and Jack Nicholson’s Five Easy Pieces Style
So much depends on context. Karen Black and Jack Nicholson look brilliant in 1970′s Five Easy Pieces, and it has a lot to do with timing, having been released at the crux of transitional era. … read more »
Gentlemen Prefer: The Style of The Selecter
The Selecter’s hit “On My Radio” is espresso as a song, a bit jittery with that Hammond organ but really a chug, too, energetic and so not a bad choice for Monday mornings that are … read more »
Gentlemen Prefer: The Style of Tony Ward
Much has been written about Madonna’s style transformations, the aesthetic stealing and borrowing from subcultures, and the constant discarding of looks like they were old kleenex. But there’s another story behind her perpetual rebirths, and … read more »
Gentlemen Prefer: The Style of The B-52′s “Give Me Back My Man”
Before The B-52s were campy, kitschy drag queens, they had a young, thrift store style epitomized best in this 1980 music video for “Give Me Back My Man.” Not that we don’t love their later … read more »
Gentlemen Prefer: The Style of Over The Edge
It’s probably summer that has us feeling our brattiest, but the desperate teen melodrama of Over The Edge is a movie we’ve been playing over and over again in our heads. The sentiment is ideal—apocalyptic … read more »
