Lance in Architectural Digest

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The new house looks nice.

We can argue about the architectural and design details (the living
room appears so fussy it left me questioning whether Lance might be a
female retiree living in Boca, and with the means to indulge her
tastes), but the rbr-meat comes from this passage, starting with a
quote from Armstrong:

"Lastly, when we put up Ed Ruscha’s lithograph, I thought, That’s
perfect”—in more ways than one, since its message, “Safe and Effective
Medication,” is particularly dear to the homeowner’s heart.

That's on Page 2 of the article. There's also a nice slideshow.

http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/2008/07/armstrong_article_072008?currentPage=1

I think he should commission a piece by Coop called "the shit that
will kill them" for the other end of the room.

On Jun 19, 5:11 pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The new house looks nice.
>
> We can argue about the architectural and design details (the living
> room appears so fussy it left me questioning whether Lance might be a
> female retiree living in Boca, and with the means to indulge her
> tastes), but the rbr-meat comes from this passage, starting with a
> quote from Armstrong:
>
> "Lastly, when we put up Ed Ruscha’s lithograph, I thought, That’s
> perfect”—in more ways than one, since its message, “Safe and Effective
> Medication,” is particularly dear to the homeowner’s heart.
>
> That's on Page 2 of the article. There's also a nice slideshow.
>
> http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/2008/07/armstrong_a...
>
> I think he should commission a piece by Coop called "the shit that
> will kill them" for the other end of the room.

Dear Ryan,

As you are well aware RBR's charter specifically prohibits one
committee chairperson from meddling in the activities and areas of
interest of another committee. Your LIVEDRUNK chair precludes you
from publicly commenting on areas outside of your life in a bottle and
pretending you are a gay interior designer. It's demeaning to drunks
and gays everywhere. Cease and desist forthwith!

R

On Jun 19, 11:11 pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The new house looks nice.
>
> We can argue about the architectural and design details (the living
> room appears so fussy it left me questioning whether Lance might be a
> female retiree living in Boca, and with the means to indulge her
> tastes), but the rbr-meat comes from this passage, starting with a
> quote from Armstrong:
>
> "Lastly, when we put up Ed Ruscha’s lithograph, I thought, That’s
> perfect”—in more ways than one, since its message, “Safe and Effective
> Medication,” is particularly dear to the homeowner’s heart.
>
> That's on Page 2 of the article. There's also a nice slideshow.
>
> http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/2008/07/armstrong_a...
>
> I think he should commission a piece by Coop called "the shit that
> will kill them" for the other end of the room.

For some reason, I'm reminded of this: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=7m1UWSD-FaA

-ilan

In article <08978b5b-7a92-4bc5-b9e3-ed611e70d3e5@u12g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
Ryan Cousineau <rcousine@gmail.com> wrote:

> The new house looks nice.
>
> We can argue about the architectural and design details (the living
> room appears so fussy it left me questioning whether Lance might be a
> female retiree living in Boca, and with the means to indulge her
> tastes), but the rbr-meat comes from this passage, starting with a
> quote from Armstrong:
>
> "Lastly, when we put up Ed Ruscha¹s lithograph, I thought, That¹s
> perfect²‹in more ways than one, since its message, ³Safe and Effective
> Medication,² is particularly dear to the homeowner¹s heart.
>
> That's on Page 2 of the article. There's also a nice slideshow.
>
> http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/2008/07/armstrong_article_07
> 2008?currentPage=1
>
> I think he should commission a piece by Coop called "the shit that
> will kill them" for the other end of the room.

A friend bought a Coop - in the blog article on the painting, Coop mentions Ruscha.

http://positiveapeindex.blogspot.com/2005/08/paintblogging-pt-1.html

--
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Howard

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The bloody clubs are bloody full
Of bloody girls and bloody guys
With bloody murder in their eyes

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

RicodJour wrote:
> On Jun 19, 5:11 pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The new house looks nice.
>>
>> We can argue about the architectural and design details (the living
>> room appears so fussy it left me questioning whether Lance might be a
>> female retiree living in Boca, and with the means to indulge her
>> tastes), but the rbr-meat comes from this passage, starting with a
>> quote from Armstrong:
>>
>> "Lastly, when we put up Ed Ruscha’s lithograph, I thought, That’s
>> perfect”—in more ways than one, since its message, “Safe and Effective
>> Medication,” is particularly dear to the homeowner’s heart.
>>
>> That's on Page 2 of the article. There's also a nice slideshow.
>>
>> http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/2008/07/armstrong_a...
>>
>> I think he should commission a piece by Coop called "the shit that
>> will kill them" for the other end of the room.
>
> Dear Ryan,
>
> As you are well aware RBR's charter specifically prohibits one
> committee chairperson from meddling in the activities and areas of
> interest of another committee. Your LIVEDRUNK chair precludes you
> from publicly commenting on areas outside of your life in a bottle and
> pretending you are a gay interior designer. It's demeaning to drunks
> and gays everywhere. Cease and desist forthwith!

Who's the "Gay Interior Designer" Chairperson? Is there an opening?

On Jun 19, 3:11 pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The new house looks nice.
>
> We can argue about the architectural and design details (the living
> room appears so fussy it left me questioning whether Lance might be a
> female retiree living in Boca, and with the means to indulge her
> tastes), but the rbr-meat comes from this passage, starting with a
> quote from Armstrong:
>
> "Lastly, when we put up Ed Ruscha’s lithograph, I thought, That’s
> perfect”—in more ways than one, since its message, “Safe and Effective
> Medication,” is particularly dear to the homeowner’s heart.
>
> That's on Page 2 of the article. There's also a nice slideshow.
>
> http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/2008/07/armstrong_a...
>
> I think he should commission a piece by Coop called "the shit that
> will kill them" for the other end of the room.


"Dad’s not moving again."

Read as: "Dad needs to rehabilitate his image, and have a street
address so the campaign checks can find him."

On Jun 19, 2:11 pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The new house looks nice.
>
> We can argue about the architectural and design details (the living
> room appears so fussy it left me questioning whether Lance might be a
> female retiree living in Boca,

<snip>



Dumbass -


I have that trait. It can happen in straight men.

"God is in the details" - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

As an aside, it drives me nuts if I have to share a space w/ someone
whose senses are aesthetically challenged.


thanks,

K. Gringioni.

In article
<08978b5b-7a92-4bc5-b9e3-ed611e70d3e5@u12g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
Ryan Cousineau <rcousine@gmail.com> wrote:

> The new house looks nice.
>
> We can argue about the architectural and design details (the living
> room appears so fussy it left me questioning whether Lance might be a
> female retiree living in Boca, and with the means to indulge her
> tastes),

I look at that room and think "Food fight!"

> but the rbr-meat comes from this passage, starting with a
> quote from Armstrong:
>
> "Lastly, when we put up Ed Ruscha¹s lithograph, I thought, That¹s
> perfect²‹in more ways than one, since its message, ³Safe and Effective
> Medication,² is particularly dear to the homeowner¹s heart.
>
> That's on Page 2 of the article. There's also a nice slideshow.
>
> http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/2008/07/armstrong_article_072008?currentPage=1

That is putting green in the back yard.
I like the look of the gazebo (or whatever) across the pool.
Neat place to hang out.

>
> I think he should commission a piece by Coop called "the shit that
> will kill them" for the other end of the room.

--
Michael Press

Kurgan Gringioni wrote:
> I have that trait. It can happen in straight men.

Its a pity the TOM9000 is currently offline due to heavy development
or the new gay accusation module could have received a good workout.

On Jun 20, 12:34 am, Kurgan Gringioni <kgringi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 19, 2:11 pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The new house looks nice.
>
> > We can argue about the architectural and design details (the living
> > room appears so fussy it left me questioning whether Lance might be a
> > female retiree living in Boca,
>
> <snip>
>
> Dumbass -
>
> I have that trait. It can happen in straight men.

Ummm, no, it doesn't. Allow me to illustrate. Do you wear tight
fitting clothing that accentuates your manly attributes? Have you
shaved your legs? Do your shoes click when you walk along? If you
answered yes to any of these questions, you're gay. Not that there's
anything wrong with that.

> "God is in the details" - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

There's little to suggest that the phrase originally came from Mies.
I use that phrase all of the time. How come you didn't give me the
acknowledgment? Mies is dead - he won't mind, and I could use the
notoriety.

> As an aside, it drives me nuts if I have to share a space w/ someone
> whose senses are aesthetically challenged.

86.73% of people hate sharing space with others that don't do things
their way. That's a fact.

R

On Jun 20, 4:11 am, Donald Munro <fat-dumb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Kurgan Gringioni wrote:
> > I have that trait. It can happen in straight men.
>
> Its a pity the TOM9000 is currently offline due to heavy development
> or the new gay accusation module could have received a good workout.

That may have been taken offline by Homeland Security. I hear the DOD
is working on jamming gaydar.

R

On Jun 20, 1:39 am, Michael Press <rub...@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> > That's on Page 2 of the article. There's also a nice slideshow.
>
> >http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/2008/07/armstrong_a...
>
> That is putting green in the back yard.
> I like the look of the gazebo (or whatever) across the pool.
> Neat place to hang out.

For a large kitchen, it seems kind of crowded even without people in
it.
The level of detail in the house is nice. Not over-baked.
That TV room with the yellow jerseys would make me gag.
Is that a TV over the living room fireplace? If so, the viewing
angles are for shit. If it's a painting, it's shit.
The outside of the house has nicer living spaces than the inside.

R

In article
<2662ae0c-bd42-4d3b-b4cb-0525de9fc34a@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
RicodJour <ricodjour@worldemail.com> wrote:

> On Jun 20, 1:39 am, Michael Press <rub...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> >
> > > That's on Page 2 of the article. There's also a nice slideshow.
> >
> > >http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/2008/07/armstrong_a...
> >
> > That is putting green in the back yard.
> > I like the look of the gazebo (or whatever) across the pool.
> > Neat place to hang out.
>
> For a large kitchen, it seems kind of crowded even without people in
> it.
> The level of detail in the house is nice. Not over-baked.
> That TV room with the yellow jerseys would make me gag.
> Is that a TV over the living room fireplace? If so, the viewing
> angles are for shit. If it's a painting, it's shit.
> The outside of the house has nicer living spaces than the inside.
>
> R

The thing in the living room is one of his several very pricey paintings.

The article claims the media room with the jerseys is essentially in the
"private" part of the house, which may be read as up on the second
floor, where the family lives, rather than where he entertains guests.
If you or I had those jerseys in our home theatre room, that would be
lame. Lance, on the other hand, may want to be reminded of past personal
achievements which were awesomely hard and paid for the house.

As for the outside living spaces, given Austin's climate, he probably
gets a lot of use out of those.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ewx/html/cli/ausnorm.htm

Not the house I would choose, and I persist in believing the living room
is nonsense, but I actually wished for more accompanying photos and
maybe some floor plans. I don't read AD enough to know if that's a
reasonable expectation.

--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@gmail.com http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

In article
<2662ae0c-bd42-4d3b-b4cb-0525de9fc34a@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
RicodJour <ricodjour@worldemail.com> wrote:

> On Jun 20, 1:39 am, Michael Press <rub...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> >
> > > That's on Page 2 of the article. There's also a nice slideshow.
> >
> > >http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/2008/07/armstrong_a...
> >
> > That is putting green in the back yard.
> > I like the look of the gazebo (or whatever) across the pool.
> > Neat place to hang out.
>
> For a large kitchen, it seems kind of crowded even without people in
> it.

Yes. The chairs at the center preparation table are
easy to fall out of.

> The level of detail in the house is nice. Not over-baked.
> That TV room with the yellow jerseys would make me gag.

My reaction exactly. Notice how the eyes follow you.

> Is that a TV over the living room fireplace? If so, the viewing
> angles are for shit. If it's a painting, it's shit.
> The outside of the house has nicer living spaces than the inside.

Yep.

--
Michael Press

On Jun 20, 11:28 am, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article
> <2662ae0c-bd42-4d3b-b4cb-0525de9fc...@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
>
> RicodJour <ricodj...@worldemail.com> wrote:
> > On Jun 20, 1:39 am, Michael Press <rub...@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> > > > That's on Page 2 of the article. There's also a nice slideshow.
>
> > > >http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/2008/07/armstrong_a...
>
> > > That is putting green in the back yard.
> > > I like the look of the gazebo (or whatever) across the pool.
> > > Neat place to hang out.
>
> > For a large kitchen, it seems kind of crowded even without people in
> > it.
> > The level of detail in the house is nice. Not over-baked.
> > That TV room with the yellow jerseys would make me gag.
> > Is that a TV over the living room fireplace? If so, the viewing
> > angles are for shit. If it's a painting, it's shit.
> > The outside of the house has nicer living spaces than the inside.
>
>
> The thing in the living room is one of his several very pricey paintings.

Okay - expensive shit.

> The article claims the media room with the jerseys is essentially in the
> "private" part of the house, which may be read as up on the second
> floor, where the family lives, rather than where he entertains guests.
> If you or I had those jerseys in our home theatre room, that would be
> lame. Lance, on the other hand, may want to be reminded of past personal
> achievements which were awesomely hard and paid for the house.

You think it's about 'reminding' himself? What, he's got an advanced
case of Alzheimer's? I have no problem with them being displayed, but
to have the things looming over and surrounding you is going to
guarantee his kids end up in therapy. And that's if he's lucky.

> As for the outside living spaces, given Austin's climate, he probably
> gets a lot of use out of those.
>
> http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ewx/html/cli/ausnorm.htm

No argument there, but where do the kids play? Hopefully there's
something outside for them as well. Then again maybe they have to
stay inside and genuflect in front of the yellow jerseys.

> Not the house I would choose, and I persist in believing the living room
> is nonsense, but I actually wished for more accompanying photos and
> maybe some floor plans. I don't read AD enough to know if that's a
> reasonable expectation.

The designers have a wonderful sense of outdoor space. The interior
could be a result of someone, and I'm not mentioning names, tying
their hands and micromanaging the design.

R

RicodJour wrote:

> 86.73% of people hate sharing space with others that don't do things
> their way. That's a fact.

49.9% of the people hate it when others make up statistics.

In article
<c4cc0146-536f-428f-b256-f7adc06afd0d@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
RicodJour <ricodjour@worldemail.com> wrote:

> On Jun 20, 11:28 am, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > In article
> > <2662ae0c-bd42-4d3b-b4cb-0525de9fc...@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
> >
> >
> >
> > RicodJour <ricodj...@worldemail.com> wrote:
> > > On Jun 20, 1:39 am, Michael Press <rub...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> >
> > > > > That's on Page 2 of the article. There's also a nice slideshow.
> >
> > > > >http://www.architecturaldigest.com/homes/features/2008/07/armstrong_a..
> > > > >.
> >
> The designers have a wonderful sense of outdoor space. The interior
> could be a result of someone, and I'm not mentioning names, tying
> their hands and micromanaging the design.

My bet's on Bella. That girl has control-freak written all over her.

--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@gmail.com http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

In article
<c76b1681-ad23-43c2-9e22-d111b7e69fd9@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
RicodJour <ricodjour@worldemail.com> wrote:

> On Jun 20, 12:34 am, Kurgan Gringioni <kgringi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On Jun 19, 2:11 pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > The new house looks nice.
> >
> > > We can argue about the architectural and design details (the living
> > > room appears so fussy it left me questioning whether Lance might be a
> > > female retiree living in Boca,
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Dumbass -
> >
> > I have that trait. It can happen in straight men.
>
> Ummm, no, it doesn't. Allow me to illustrate. Do you wear tight
> fitting clothing that accentuates your manly attributes? Have you
> shaved your legs? Do your shoes click when you walk along? If you
> answered yes to any of these questions, you're gay. Not that there's
> anything wrong with that.
>
> > "God is in the details" - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
>
> There's little to suggest that the phrase originally came from Mies.
> I use that phrase all of the time. How come you didn't give me the
> acknowledgment? Mies is dead - he won't mind, and I could use the
> notoriety.

Slug it out with google
97,700 for "God is in the details"
597,000 for "devil is in the details".
709,000 for "Devil is in the details"

"God is dead"
-- Benjamin Franklin

--
Michael Press

On Jun 20, 4:46 pm, RicodJour <ricodj...@worldemail.com> wrote:

> No argument there, but where do the kids play?  Hopefully there's
> something outside for them as well.  Then again maybe they have to
> stay inside and genuflect in front of the yellow jerseys.
>
> > Not the house I would choose, and I persist in believing the living room
> > is nonsense, but I actually wished for more accompanying photos and
> > maybe some floor plans. I don't read AD enough to know if that's a
> > reasonable expectation.
>
> The designers have a wonderful sense of outdoor space.  The interior
> could be a result of someone, and I'm not mentioning names, tying
> their hands and micromanaging the design.
>

When you see a house spread in Architectural Digest
or any similar magazine, it's invariably been heavily
styled. That means that a troop of stylists/designers
descends on the house bearing rental or loaner
furniture, art, accessories, and so on, radically
rearranges everything, lights the rooms with a zillion
candlepower of flashes or hot lights with huge
diffuser boxes, takes the pictures, and evacuates,
taking the loaners with them.

This is probably true of LANCE's house even though
they made heavy weather of his architects and designers
and so on. I can believe that he really does have all
that art on his walls, and that his living room does
look like that (even he said he'll use it maybe a dozen
times a year). But in reality, the excessive fussiness
you see is a combination of his actual taste and the
fact that Architectural Digest spreads show you a
simulation of an interior rather than a space anyone
actually lives in.

Since he has little kids, we can virtually guarantee
that there's at least one room in his house whose floor
is covered in an ocean of toys when not being
photographed.

By the way, the Danny Lyon photograph in the kitchen
near the sink is an extremely classic image, maybe a
little too well known, but still, somebody who picked
it had taste. It's the first picture here:

http://www.torpedo-emscher.de/wr/union/rakete/danny_lyon.htm

Ben
RBR Stylist to the Stars

bjw@mambo.ucolick.org schreef:
> By the way, the Danny Lyon photograph in the kitchen
> near the sink is an extremely classic image, maybe a
> little too well known, but still, somebody who picked
> it had taste. It's the first picture here:
>
> http://www.torpedo-emscher.de/wr/union/rakete/danny_lyon.htm

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