Luv2play

Yeah, it’s like cleaning the attic and the bedroom. Just in case someone goes there.

I think he’s off my notional list, hearing that. Wasn’t likely to meet him anyway so no great loss.

What are these small dry aging units?

“Make me feel so funny, Make me spend my money”

Yeah, I also love him (Nick Capra) in his videos and he said in an interview he did escort for a short while. I wouldn’t mind giving him a try.

I guess Dom Perignon is the ne plus ultra, to mix metaphors I suppose. When I was young it went for just over $100 but now that I am older, it is still out of reach. Of course, I could buy a bottle and settle in for the night to drink it, but for the money, I would rather hire an escort to blow off my socks.

Oh, they must be lovely. I enjoy having art books as well. To save money, I have bought many in the second hand market and as a result have more than I could otherwise afford to spend the money on.

I’m not sure we disagree. That drugs seem to hAve ended his life does seem fitting, in a sense. The list of celebrities, both big and minor, is endless in this regard. Huge number in music realm, which of course is tied in with clubbing. Stars with a lot more to lose than Alig, ended their lives prematurely with hard drugs.

Just think how worse you'd be if you didn't use Creuset. lol

I love my set of Le Creuset. They are the kind of utensils you leave to someone in your will, as they will never wear out. Needless to say, they don't come cheap.

I know this is nit-picking but it's a quiet day. Men are blond and women are blonde. Of course they both must have yellow hair to qualify. LOL

Yes.

I had a 72 Ford Cougar, which was a lovely little car but impossible to drive with the pollution controls, which screwed up the carburetor, and it was forever stalling. I only kept it a year. 14 years later I bought a 72 Cutlass convertible, (same year as the Cougar) which was a beautiful car to drive in the summer and had no drivability issues with whatever pollution controls GM had put on it. I did manage to drive it into the ground however, with the rough mountain roads to my cottage. LOL

Beluga caviar and good French champagne.

I'm not saying the courts got it wrong. He took a plea deal after all. The DA figured they didn't have a strong enough case for premeditated murder, even though ironically Alig had once done a blood covered club scenario where he chopped off someone's head. It was all depicted on a poster; he was apparently quite attracted to blood. But the circumstances didn't support such a situation. It was the typical, banal homicide in a drug deal gone wrong. Alig acknowledged drugs had screwed up his life. That is the real tragedy here because the guy obviously had talent.

What you say is also true. Sometimes things that are not quality are overpriced and yet people still buy them. However that doesn't preclude the opposite. 18 karat gold is always more expensive than 10. Because it is of higher quality. Quality items may go on sale and discerning buyers will snap them up. But if items are scarce, they rarely, if ever, go on sale. Isn't the market place always amazing! And such fun to navigate.

I accept your explanation. It was the sad sign at the end that made me think you were serious.

You might stop looking in the mirror.

Generally speaking, quality always commands higher prices. Including escorts!

According to the police and lawyers portrayed in the doc. the three including the victim got into a fight in Alig's apartment where the victim had come to collect a drug debt. Angel, the dealer, pushed Alig first and then Alig and the other man tried to subdue Angel. It was either a lawyer or the cop who said after Angel had died if Alig had simply called the police or a lawyer, he would have got off on self defence. But Alig was under the influence of drugs and they made poor choices in trying to hide thebody. After 8 days they decided to dispose of the body and to get it to fit in a large box, they had to remove the legs. They then, with the help of a taxi driver, threw the crate in the Hudson River, where it floated to Staten Island and washed up on a beach there. The dectective said if they had drilled a hole in the box, it would have sunk in the river, which is what mobsters do, but these guys were no experts. Angels friends, which had included Alig as well, started looking for him and the cops put 2 and 2 together. Alig himself made self incriminating statements before he was arrested. The story reads like a film noir. Did you ever see The Black Dahlia? The victim there was cut in two as well.

I have so many “stolen” (from hotels I have stayed in) little bottles of shampoo, conditioner, mouth wash and small soap bars in my main bathroom just so anyone using the bath can help themselves to them. Easy come, easy go.

Which airline offers flights to Brazil for under $700 return? I’ll be looking to book a flight after we get thru this pandemic!

What I was trying to say in perhaps a hamfisted way was that my friends were victims of AIDS who unknowingly contracted the virus in the late 70s just by having good old sex and not seeing the dire consequences as no-one did at the time. Those who died of drug overdoses knew what danger they were courting when they engaged in such risky behaviour.

Having now finished watching the entire doc I came away with the thought that Michael Alig did leave a legacy that will endure. What struck me the most was what incredible art and effort went into the club kids’ costumes and makeup for a night on the town. Truly monumental and worthy of a retrospective in a museum some day. Near the conclusion they cite the example of Lady Gaga and how she profited from their inspired creations. Also a lot of other celebrities who adopted the extravagant look the club kids pioneered. It also became clear Alig worked hard behind the scenes to make these nightclubs successful in their day. And then finally, learning he spent 5 years of his 17 in prison in solitary confinement was stunning to hear. This guy killed someone but he was no Charles Manson.

One great line from the doc. is spoken by a gay man who said, “who we really wanted to have sex with were the bridge and tunnel guys who came over to party”.