Film Noir Buff Style Forum / The Faux Homosexual Modernist

jesmond · 2012-01-25 03:09:14

^ That says it all, Chris...!

carpu65 · 2012-01-25 08:22:13

Harpo · 2012-01-25 08:30:44

Marc Bolan (pictured above in the Town magazine photograph) reportedly turned tricks in Soho in the early 60's, ostensibly to fund his wardrobe. Now I like clothes, but I don't like them that much......

Blucher · 2012-01-25 08:36:07

I'd reckon some of these chaps - like Guardsmen - were not truly homosexual, but slept with men for money.

SubtleCool · 2012-01-25 12:27:27

You never see this sort of conversation over on Modculture do you? They wouldn't be at home to this sort of palare. More's the pity, innit Jules?

Julian and Sandy were two of my favourite Modernists.

Bona Ivy, Mr 'Orne, we don't practice waist suppression here do we, Sand? We can put a roll in your collar and no mistake.

Simon · 2012-01-25 21:59:24

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Blucher · 2012-01-26 01:06:45

Best not to forget that these lads - whether they were doing it for love or money - were breaking the law. Part of me admires the peacock strand in all this - the insistence on (as Quentin Crisp had been) risk-taking. Gay 'culture' has become a bit of a bore in the 21st century. All the sharp-tongued old fairies I used to know were great fun, quoting lines from Bette Davis movies all over the place. An evening at a Manchester cinema was unforgettable.

Oo Bop Sh'bam · 2012-01-27 11:45:00

Now this is hilarious..... poor little Jimmy doesn't know what he is in for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3S24ofEQj4&feature=related

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woofboxer · 2012-01-27 12:15:24

Oo Bop Sh'bam · 2012-01-27 12:20:19

God knows I thought homophobia and racism didn't exist till I had the pleasure of working at a factory, with numbskulls that drag their knuckles on the floor and read The Sun. It was at that point it dawned on me we were completely fucked as a race.

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Yuca · 2012-01-27 14:21:47

Harpo · 2012-01-27 14:36:53

Hard Bop Hank · 2012-01-28 06:09:45

Simon · 2012-01-28 12:29:25

Great stuff Hank. Thanks.

Evolving is the key word. Away from the numbers, so to speak.

Taylor McIntyre · 2012-01-28 12:34:39

And the beat goes on !

4F Hepcat · 2012-01-28 13:12:29

Simon · 2012-01-28 13:58:22

The blokes at work think I'm a bit mental with my obsession with clothes, I got wolf whistles on the works xmas bash. Being a faux homosexual modernist I loved it of course! The harsh reality of it all makes the clothes all the more special in some ways. Or it might be that I just work with a load of scuffy sexist piss heads.

Good blokes though.

Blucher · 2012-01-28 15:19:53

Oo Bop Sh'bam · 2012-01-28 16:03:55

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Simon · 2012-01-28 19:32:48

Dunno about that mate, they seem ok but I don't hang out with them outside of work. I quite like footie and birds with big tits so I'm happy to talk about both!

Yuca · 2012-01-29 04:36:00

Blucher · 2012-01-29 04:45:06

It was all over the place around 1972: Warhol, The Velvet Underground, Bowie, Bolan, Elton John. I suppose it helped sell records.

Yuca · 2012-01-29 05:24:42

The music industry - particularly the pop end, where the performance is more important than artistic values - always attracts gays. The only variable is if it's commercially viable for them to admit their sexuality.

Apparently a number of the most successful rappers are of the gay persuasion, although if it that became public knowledge their careers would be over.

Blucher · 2012-01-29 05:31:10

Of course, one of the greatest musical figures of the 20th century, Billy Strayhorn, was openly (I'm fairly sure) gay. I should think that took guts. Cole Porter was perhaps protected by his personal connections. Most of my cultural heroes seem to have been gay, black or Jewish. James Stewart is the exception to the rule!

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