God I love Nick Frost. Not just because he’s an incredible comedic actor, not just because his best bud is Simon Pegg, not just because he made the cutest zombie evar in Shaun of the Dead… ok I love him for all of that but more so because he’s a fucking woofy riot. And he knows it! He just changed his profile picture on twitter, especially for the ladies, and the bears… rock.
Oh yea, Nick is working on another banger of a film with Pegg, check out WhatIsPaul.com to see what its all about.
*Note: While yes, St. Patrick’s Day is Tuesday, people in the Buffalo rock out the Sunday before with a parade and massive public drinking bingefest. This is the telling of events on Sunday.
I’m never up for the St. Paddy’s Day Celebration Drunktardathon. The parade passes by and I’m fast asleep, not waking till 4-5pm. When I finally rustle, it’s to a wasteland Elmwood Village, pillaged and plundered by fratboys and orange skinned women. The trashing is so bad and ridiculous that last year someone busted Hero and Sound’s front window and made off with a buttload of Labbits. Because of that, I pledged to help Mark and Beth “guard the fort” this year… to brave the muffin tops and sidewalk peeings, and have a little bit of fun in the process.
If I ever really needed an excuse to watch Top Chef, I have one now. Season 5 sets in New York and premiers on November 12th @ 10PM. Those who have a hankering for furry Long Island boys who love to cook will not be disappointed….
Meet Daniel “Danny” Gagnon. He’s 27, and “currently serves as the Chef de Cuisine at the Babylon Carriage House, one of the most popular restaurants in Long Island, NY.” He cooks with an Italian/Asian Fusion and his personal motto is “No Guts, No Glory, No Gold.” And boy, does he have guts.
Cute, furry Guts. I think his motto coincides with a gratuitous belly flash, which is fine by me.
Top Chef has another furry food fellow contestant this year, though a bit more discreet than Danny. His name is Richard and he’s also 27, but likes to keep his cooking “simple and infused with natural harmony versus chaotic noise.” He hails from San Diego.
Found this bit from Joe.My.God. this monring. Mixed from an audio track of Anderson Cooper getting googly over some (real) bears.
The dresses created by designers Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra are flowing masterpieces, cut from the most elegant and luxurious cloth, draping and forming with perfection to nearly every body type. The designers on the other hand, prefer a bit less expensive and more practical approach to their own personal fashion:
The two met at the now-defunct club Sound Factory in 1994 and have been together, personally and professionally, ever since. Back then, Costello was doing costumes for Madonna’s trippy “Bedtime Story” video – “I think that’s kind of why I wanted to start helping,” says Tagliapietra. They live and work in a modest, 1,000-square-foot railroad apartment in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, a third-floor walk-up. Their current intern – coincidentally, they say – looks exactly like they do: a burly, bearded young man in jeans, a flannel shirt and suspenders, more rustic lumberjack than refined couturier.
“We’ve always sort of dressed alike,” says Tagliapietra.
“The only thing more comfortable than jeans and flannels are pajamas,” Costello says. “And I’m not gonna wear pajamas to a nightclub.”
“Suspenders are more comfortable than a belt,” adds Tagliapietra.
Angel had shown me this article yesterday from The Post that featured “the boys.” I’ve seen and swooned over this handsome couple for ages. Half as much for their good looks, I’m more amazed at their success in an industry that simply defies the “bearish” nature. Perhaps that’s why they are still relatively unknown for their incredible work.
The boys themselves – Costello is 46, Tagliapietra, 33 – have their own theories as to why they remain largely undiscovered. “I think part of it is money,” says Tagliapietra. They are looking for backing; until then, it’s just the two of them designing a 28-piece collection twice a year. They can’t afford to hire a full-time pattern-maker or a seamstress, and have no financial safety net. Since debuting in 2005, they’ve been sold in a handful of stores around the world – but even if they got a bump in orders, they lack the means to produce at a faster pace. Aside from their financial constraints, Tagliapietra is stumped. “Who knows why?” he asks.
Costello, too, is perplexed: “I still don’t understand how we do these delicate dresses with such meaty paws,” he says, chuckling softly.
They work 14-hour days – 20 in the run-up to Fashion Week – and when they have free time would rather go to dinner with friends than network. And they are painfully aware that some of their less talented peers have surpassed them in name and brand recognition by cultivating the right fashion-world contacts and celebrity friends: “It’s hard,” says Tagliapietra, to watch other young designers cut deals with Target while they struggle. Last year, they were approached by Lord & Taylor’s parent company, which offered $1.5 million for a 70 percent stake in the line. Ultimately, the deal fell through: “We just wanted fair control,” says Costello.
Meaty paws and a look a like intern? “Coincidentally?” Sure.
I’m not gonna say which purple hair freak i found this video on, because I don’t visit his site, but I had to show this. Homo’s are crazy, and by the looks, one was a little hefty, which is my second point: bears are crazy as hell. I’m just saying. Proceed.
http://buffawhat.com/files/video/Fighting_on_Freeway_in_Traffic.flv
Meet John. He’s 27, single, and lives in Annapolis, MD. He’s hot, with a killer smile and an exceptionally bright and witty attitude. He loves video games, gadgets and technology, my blog (FTW!), sushi, and art history.
So if any guy is looking for a dream man in Annopolis, have your shit together and hunt this hot cub down.
That’s all.
A Big Happy Anniversary to my boys Andy and Steve! They are celebrating six years of fur-flying togetherness. I challenge any couple, hetero or homo, to match how much these guys love each other.
Now get your asses back to Buffalo soon boys. We miss you guys.
Here’s a little video I found featuring Buffalo’s own Bear icon, Kendall. This is one of Kendall’s best songs, “Very catchy” and features some of the Buffalo Bears.Kendall is currently touring with Bears on the Run and from what I’ve heard, its been a great success and they are having a blast.
a bit of info from Bears On The Run
Over the last few years, outlets like Bear Radio Network, Bearapalooza and WoobieBearMusic, along with a host of supportive bear runs, bars and – most recently – podcasts, have given Bear musicians, songwriters and performers a place to share their talents. This fall, six performers will head out in a van for the first ever Bear tour which will span 12 cities and 7 states including Texas, Georgia, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma.
The tour is called BEARS ON THE RUN and showcases the talents of Bobaloo (a comedian from L.A.), Kendall (a songwriter/performance artist from Buffalo N.Y.), Matthew Temple (a folk singer/songwriter from Nashville, T.N.), Nakia (a Blues singer/songwriter from Austin, T.X.), Elijah Black (a rock singer/songwriter from Akron, OH) and Shannon Grady (a singer/songwriter from Minneapolis, M.N.). Along for the ride will be two videographers who will capture performances as well as life backstage and on the road to be edited into a documentary.
The tour’s founder Shannon Grady (a singer and co-host of the popular podcast bTALK) hopes that the tour will grow and open up doors for other Bear artists and find new audiences for their work.
I found this at bTalk, which is “A weekly podcast with four Minneapolis bears talking about life, love, sex, TV, and whatever tickles their fancy.” These guys are fricken hilarious, and I don’t care how straight or gay you are.. you’ll love em.
A bear walks into a bar in Billings, Montana. He bangs on the bar with his paw and demands a beer.
The bartender approaches and says, “We don’t serve beer to bears in bars in Billings.”
The bear, becoming angry, demands again that he be served a beer.
The bartender tells him again, more forcefully, “We don’t serve beer to belligerent bears in bars in Billings.”
The bear, very angry now, says, “If you don’t serve me a beer, I’m going to eat that lady sitting at the end of the bar.”
The bartender says, “Sorry, we don’t serve beer to belligerent, bully bears in bars in Billings.”
The bear goes to the end of the bar and, as promised, eats the woman. He comes back to his seat and again demands a beer.
The bartender states, “Sorry, we don’t serve beer to belligerent, bully bears in bars in Billings who are on drugs.”
The bear says, “I’m NOT on drugs.”
The bartender says, “You are now. That was a barbitchyouate.”
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