Anyone else spend his senior year of high school pretending he was David Sylvian?
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
There Goes the Gayborhood
Click to revisit the heyday of Chelsea's 8th Avenue
Goodbye, Twitter -- Hello, Threads!
Friends With Benefits
Instagrammed
Popular Posts
-
This week's rag 'n' mag roundup features Jermelle Simon, Brett Vergara, Jordy, Reece Frith, Eric Sedeno, Cruz Beckham, Dan Lev... -
SCMP : Meet Joel Kinnaman, who plays the brutally handsome Robert on Apple TV’s delicious "Imperfect Women" JNS : Michigan man sen... -
Titles for Jannik Sinner and Mirra Andreeva plus seven nations advanced to the BJK Cup finals. Full report plus all the ATP beef that's ... -
The Randy Report : Decency wins as U.S. agrees to fly Pride flag again at Stonewall National Monument CNBC : Eric Swalwell pulls completely ... -
Brian Ferrari: Portraits and provocation by Carl Van Vechten, an American writer, critic and photographer who helped propel the Harlem Renai... -
Politico: Has my wish that hunky-and-smart Rep. Eric Swalwell run for president been granted? The Associated Press: Appeals court... -
This week's rag 'n' mag roundup features Edji Da Silva, Arno Antino, Dillon Roman, Harry Melling, Bruno Alcantara, Tom Holland... -
I sent this photo to my mom to prove to her that my hair hasn't "gotten darker with age," it's just a side effect of the... -
Everyone and their brother headed over to Central Park this weekend to enjoy the cherry blossoms, and we were no different. While they...
Fake Jan Alert
My blog is featured in Susan Olsen's tell-all about the ill-fated "Brady Bunch Variety Hour"!
Little Kenny
Growing up in Madison Heights, Mich.
Back to the Old House
The Web leads to an unexpected return to a house I grew up in.
Oceans 11
Carlsbad, Calif. (2008)
1983
Go Behind the Music of my high-school band, A La Plage
A Death in the Family
Little Larry left us too soon.
Once I Had a Love
With Debbie Harry
'Jungle' Fever
With Robert Buckley
Roger & Me
With Roger Federer
Step Brother McMullen
With Ed Burns
Headline News
With Thomas Roberts
'Heartwarming & hilarious!" -- Andy Cohen
You've read the blog -- now read the book!
Retail Queen
My memoir is available at Three Lives & Co. in the West Village
You Like Me, You Really Like Me!
Like my book on Facebook here.
6 comments:
Kenneth, I think we're around the same age (I graduated high school in 1984), but I've never heard of "Japan" or that song! Tragically 80s, isn't it?
What is alarming is the still photo that YouTube uses for the clip. It looks like John Merrick, the Elephant Man!
--Jamie in Las Vegas
When I was a kid, I usually adored women: Debbie Harry, Kate Bush, Marilyn Monroe etc. But David Sylvian was the one man that I always liked and wanted to emulate. I even had the long flicky quiff at the front of my hair. I think we called it a 'wedge' in those days.
It was the seventies, that's my excuse!
is that ur leg?
Yes. And sadly it hasn't changed much!
I loved Japan! "Quiet Life" & "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" were my faves. They wer the esoteric version of Duran Duran and David Sylvian was Nick Rhodes (and mine- although I looked more like a cross between Sara Dallin and Marilyn) evil twin. Thanks for the memories...
Aw man, this makes me happy and embarrassed at the same time! Yes, my sweetheart and I had the matching Japan t-shirts featuring a giant line drawing of Sylvian's face with the Japanese flag "dot" as the background. We thought he was so cool, and I believe I spent most of 83-85 pushing that hairstyle out of my eye.
Post a Comment