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News & ArtsSaturday, November 14, 2009
Genius Genius: That Was the Night that Was
Posted by Brendan Kiley on Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Sweat and tears, certainly. (Happy tears.) I didn't see any blood. But somebody saw a little bit of lovin' but in the balcony and sent this email (and very fuzzy photo):
This couple was totally going at it in the balcony, she was riding him hard! We have the BEST parties!
Art editor Jen Graves had her body decorated by other artists, in honor of this year's Visual Art Genius Jeffry Mitchell:
Paul Constant shouted about how Seattle is the city of books with a born-again, Southern-preacher-man, can-I-get-an-amen? fury:
More photos—just a few—after the jump. (Our photographers are still a little groggy.)
I found my bow tie!
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Photos are fine, but a professionally shot video of the event would be outstanding. Why isn't there one?
3
MAN. I wish i had gone. I have such a HUGE crush on Paul Constant. He looks gooooood in his new suit, and seeing him preach about books would be great. Mmmmm so sexy.
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@1 the Stranger's budget for digital photography is about the price of an iPhone.....all other work is stolen off flickr from independent contractors
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BITTER LIL SQUIRRELLLLLL, GIT YO HEAD IN THE GAME, YOU CAN'T TALK BOUT STRANGER LIKE DAT.
ONCE UPON TIME, FEISTY VARMIT MADE NOISE ABOUT DAN SAVAGE/PUBLISHER'S EXCESSES/LARGESSES/BADNESS AND WUZ PROMPTLY EXPELLED FRUM SLOGGEEE NEVAH TO RETURN. HUSH HUSH NOW. SAID B4: LOOSE LIPS SINX PUBLISHED SHIPS. CODY RIVERZ WERE ON DISPLAY, PLAYING HOMO WRASSLING/SEE DAT EPISODE?!?!?!?! SO MORALE OF STORY IZ GOTTA BE SNEAKY JEWISH AMERICAN PRINCESS WHEN U TALK BOUT THINGS ON SLOG. DON'T WANNA DISAPPEAR IN THE NITE. ECB. ECB. A WHISPERED NAME ON DA FRINGE OF REALITY THAT BEGS, PLZ DON'T LET ME BEEEEE FORGOTTTTTEN.
REVIEW OF PARTY AND PIXTURES TO FOLLOW.
NOT ENUFF PIX. SAW SOME SILLY STUFFZ, SHOULDA GOTTEN THAT TAKEN.
BUFFET SHULDA COME BACK.
DON'T OPEN TO VULGAR STREET PUBLIC. VIP ONLY.
MORRRRRRRR BOOOSE.
LESS DRAWRINGS. JEN GRAVES DID U FALL ASLEEP AT IMPORTANT ART FRAT?!???? LORD ONLY KNOWS WHAT THEY DID THAT'S NOT VISIBLLE. CONCEPTUAL ARTISTS... SUSPICIOUS.
PAUL CONSTANT NEEDZ NOTES 4 HIZ 30 SECOND SPEECHES. SOOO ADORABLE, MAKE NOISES OUT BLOW HOLE AND SOUND JUS LIKE HOW I IMAGINED! REMEMBER TO LET THE AQUARIUM PERSONNELLL SCRUB U DOWN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT HAVE BACTERIAL OR FIBROUS BUILDUP.
STUPE GRAFFF WALL NEEDED TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE COLORS/SRLSLY/COMEON
NICE 2 SEEE IN PERSON ALL THA GANG. KING MUDDY, WHITE KILEY, BAR LASS, SNIVEL SEX ADVICE MAN, BELUGA, CLEAVE CRUSH, OTHER CRUSH, LOTSA HO'S.
STRANGER LUV BEEEG TITES AND TIGHTS.
ONCE UPON TIME, FEISTY VARMIT MADE NOISE ABOUT DAN SAVAGE/PUBLISHER'S EXCESSES/LARGESSES/BADNESS AND WUZ PROMPTLY EXPELLED FRUM SLOGGEEE NEVAH TO RETURN. HUSH HUSH NOW. SAID B4: LOOSE LIPS SINX PUBLISHED SHIPS. CODY RIVERZ WERE ON DISPLAY, PLAYING HOMO WRASSLING/SEE DAT EPISODE?!?!?!?! SO MORALE OF STORY IZ GOTTA BE SNEAKY JEWISH AMERICAN PRINCESS WHEN U TALK BOUT THINGS ON SLOG. DON'T WANNA DISAPPEAR IN THE NITE. ECB. ECB. A WHISPERED NAME ON DA FRINGE OF REALITY THAT BEGS, PLZ DON'T LET ME BEEEEE FORGOTTTTTEN.
REVIEW OF PARTY AND PIXTURES TO FOLLOW.
NOT ENUFF PIX. SAW SOME SILLY STUFFZ, SHOULDA GOTTEN THAT TAKEN.
BUFFET SHULDA COME BACK.
DON'T OPEN TO VULGAR STREET PUBLIC. VIP ONLY.
MORRRRRRRR BOOOSE.
LESS DRAWRINGS. JEN GRAVES DID U FALL ASLEEP AT IMPORTANT ART FRAT?!???? LORD ONLY KNOWS WHAT THEY DID THAT'S NOT VISIBLLE. CONCEPTUAL ARTISTS... SUSPICIOUS.
PAUL CONSTANT NEEDZ NOTES 4 HIZ 30 SECOND SPEECHES. SOOO ADORABLE, MAKE NOISES OUT BLOW HOLE AND SOUND JUS LIKE HOW I IMAGINED! REMEMBER TO LET THE AQUARIUM PERSONNELLL SCRUB U DOWN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT HAVE BACTERIAL OR FIBROUS BUILDUP.
STUPE GRAFFF WALL NEEDED TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE COLORS/SRLSLY/COMEON
NICE 2 SEEE IN PERSON ALL THA GANG. KING MUDDY, WHITE KILEY, BAR LASS, SNIVEL SEX ADVICE MAN, BELUGA, CLEAVE CRUSH, OTHER CRUSH, LOTSA HO'S.
STRANGER LUV BEEEG TITES AND TIGHTS.
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Nice shot of McCandless in photo #1; he's generally a bit camera-shy.
@6;
Unfortunately, they were unable to attend to accept their award, which I'm guessing may now be in the hands of PNB, seeing as the two girlie substitute "acceptees" walked off with a pair of viking helmets - what did they think, that they PERSONALLY were getting an award each?
And I have to say, Constant's testifyin' was the high point of the awards ceremony. Note To Chaz: Really darling, your narcissism was most unbecoming; we weren't there to listen to you expound for a full seven minutes about - whatever it was you were expounding about. Nobody cared. Your job is to introduce the winner and get the hell off. That's IT.
And to the winners: humility is one thing, but when some organization hands you a $5,000 cake and puts you up in front of a crowd, not only would a nice "thank you" be in order, but also don't waste the opportunity to tell the many people in attendance who might not know a durned thing about you just a little bit about yourself. I know, I know, there were those printy things in the lobby, but seriously, the type font was teensy, and there were too many people standing around them (mostly not reading) to get anywhere near them anyway.
And I realize it was a hosted bar, but - NO BOURBON? WTF?!? That's just, well, wrong. I would have gladly PAID for bourbon, but there wasn't a drop to be found until after 9:00 p.m.
OTOH, the food - as always - was delish, and those cupcakes - man, it's going to take me several days of strict dieting to work that one off.
@6;
Unfortunately, they were unable to attend to accept their award, which I'm guessing may now be in the hands of PNB, seeing as the two girlie substitute "acceptees" walked off with a pair of viking helmets - what did they think, that they PERSONALLY were getting an award each?
And I have to say, Constant's testifyin' was the high point of the awards ceremony. Note To Chaz: Really darling, your narcissism was most unbecoming; we weren't there to listen to you expound for a full seven minutes about - whatever it was you were expounding about. Nobody cared. Your job is to introduce the winner and get the hell off. That's IT.
And to the winners: humility is one thing, but when some organization hands you a $5,000 cake and puts you up in front of a crowd, not only would a nice "thank you" be in order, but also don't waste the opportunity to tell the many people in attendance who might not know a durned thing about you just a little bit about yourself. I know, I know, there were those printy things in the lobby, but seriously, the type font was teensy, and there were too many people standing around them (mostly not reading) to get anywhere near them anyway.
And I realize it was a hosted bar, but - NO BOURBON? WTF?!? That's just, well, wrong. I would have gladly PAID for bourbon, but there wasn't a drop to be found until after 9:00 p.m.
OTOH, the food - as always - was delish, and those cupcakes - man, it's going to take me several days of strict dieting to work that one off.
10
And remember:
Straight people fucking in public- How fun and CA-RAAAZZY!
Gay people fucking in public- Gross! call the cops.
Straight people fucking in public- How fun and CA-RAAAZZY!
Gay people fucking in public- Gross! call the cops.
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I thought Charles was terrific as always. Brendon looks like a 1930's newsboy, and sports that delightful gee whiz attitude. Jen was clearly blotto. Savage works out too much and diets so he's beginning to have that stringy look. The cupcakes were fantastic.
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