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The Hipster Sensibility Matrix

T.A.N. — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:30:19 EDT

The sensibility of all hipsters have two axes: 1. "irony" 2. "alternative". This weekend I got hipster-lit, myspace-account broker, and quirky-NYM-darling Tao Lin to help me plot current events on The Hipster Matrix.

The Hipster-Sensibility "Sweet Spot" is in the ironic-alt quadrant, on the lower left. And you make a Z-trail that ends up in mainstream-sincerity. That's where a "hipster" is doing a lot of looking in the mirror, y'know, if they care or pay attention to items in that quadrant.

Yup, that feels about right. Corrections?

graphic by: Jeff Meininger

Silda Spitzer Goes Out With a Blogger

Owen Thomas — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:45:13 EDT

Eliot Spitzer, the prostitute-hiring ex-governor of New York, has been seen in public with his wife, Silda, for the first time since he confessed to paying for sex with aspiring musician Ashley Dupré.

Which is impressive. Not that Silda has forgiven her husband, since we live in an age when it's all about personal growth and learning from experience and going through a journey to arrive at a reconciled space. No, we just think it's brave of her to admit the best date she can get is some guy who writes for Slate.

(Photo via New York Daily News)

Tabloids Probe Bale's "Deeply Troubled" Childhood

Ryan Tate — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:53:30 EDT

In the wake of his big, possibly violent fight with his mom and sister, everyone's trying to figure out what ever happened to Christian Bale. The Daily Mail notes that after Bale became the family breadwinner at 13, his father tried to make him into a Hollywood star while Mom advocated a normal childhood in Britain. Also, he's been angry all the time since forever. The Post passes along the news that he hates press tours and is known as "robo-actor" because of his "steely focus."
Silda and Eliot Spitzer "made only two seconds of eye contact during dinner" at Gabriel's. [P6]
Anna Wintour is basically holding the Bill Blass fashion label together with he sweet talking and so forth. I guess in some circles she's known for that? Odd. [Post]
Was Madonna's brother's nasty tell-all book about Madonna published by a secret cabal that includes... MADONNA HERSELF?? From what I've read of that book, she's just devious enough to try it. [P6]
The entire celebrity media convinced themselves that Lindsay Lohan was sideswiped by a motorcycle while on foot outside a club. But apparently that was entirely fabricated, presumably by a very unambitious prankster. Also, she and Samantha Ronson were headed to Boston the other night instead of breaking up forever.
Wham! might reunite. Because what would those songs be without Andrew Ridgeley... standing there... smiling? [Sun]
Charlie Sheen wants full custody of his daughters after batting down apparently false molestation charges from Denise Richards. Please don't say a divorce can't get any uglier than this, because then it totally will. [Sun]
Ha ha, try dodging the Post and they'll take a picture of you without your shirt on, even if you are some big shot Catholic who totally bro'd down with Anne Hathaway's ex. [Post]
Mario Lopez's biceps are replacing not one but both Extra hosts. [Post]
LA boutique Kitson has dropped Lauren Conrad's collection due to poor sales. [OK!]

Silda Spitzer Resurfaces

Ryan Tate — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:25:56 EDT

"Smiling broadly at the flashbulbs and still wearing her wedding ring, she appeared transformed from the crestfallen, betrayed wife who stood beside her husband two months ago." [News]

Whoring Ex Guv, Wife In Counseling

Ryan Tate — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:04:57 EDT

"Given that Mr. Spitzer was forced to resign after being implicated in a prostitution scandal, it is perhaps no surprise that he and his wife, Silda Wall Spitzer, are in couples therapy — before his resignation, Mr. Spitzer himself promised to address his personal problems." [Times]

Silda Spitzer Knew Eliot Was a Cheater

Sheila — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:20:24 EDT

Reports by the Post hinting that Silda knew about her governor husband's hooker habit could change her narrative from a reluctant political wife to a complicit, calculating Hillary. Maybe she didn't know the gritty details and thought Eliot was just having an affair, like normal politicians. But according to the Post, a source told Richard Johnson that Eliot said his "[bleep]ing wife doesn't care [about the prostitutes], so why does anybody else care?"

Yet, one can't deny how upset she appeared at the press conference acknowledging the scandal; New York magazine wrote that it was delayed for an hour while Spitzer waited for Silda to "compose herself." (Maybe she wasn't crying about the knowledge of the prostitutes per se, but the amount of money spent on them?)

Silda Sticking With Client #9?

Ryan Tate — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:42:40 EDT

Last night a tipster emailed to say she spotted Silda Spitzer at 3 pm "on Madison between 77 and 78 looking fantastic, extremely thin, walking and laughing with another woman. Glad to see girlfriend having some fun. No sign of Client 9." Then, this morning, in the Daily News, came word that Silda was, in fact, spending some time around town with her husband, whoring ex-governor Eliot Spitzer. The two were seen hanging affectionately in Central Park:

"They were strolling and talking. It seems very obvious they're staying together," says the witness. "They weren't holding hands, but were walking closely together under the cherry blossoms."

The Daily News' tipster also noted the couple weren't wearing hats or sunglasses. Silda was out and about enough to also be spotted by our (fairly effusive) emailer.

Maybe they want to be seen.

Eliot and Silda have dropped some big hints. If they clarify exactly what is going on, we can finally move along to judging them.

[Daily News]

All Silda's Fault

Nick Denton — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:46:01 EDT

Here's proof that public radio broadcasts draw callers no less idiotic than the talk shows they so look down upon. This morning, on Brian Lehrer's show on WNYC, one Louise in Manhattan took a contrarian view of Governor Eliot Spitzer's call-girl habit: the disgraced politician's lust was not to blame. "Spitzer's wife is at fault. If he wanted kinky sex, it was her job to provide it. Denial of it was making him look outside. They should work these things out. They said in the Times that he's a difficult client, and likes to do unsafe things." Of course, Spitzer's unsafe "kink" was merely a reluctance to have sex with a condom; one of the few desires easier to satisfy within a committed relationship than without. But, thanks, Louise, for bringing some madcap fun to boring public radio: click thumb for the audio.

Dress Your Family In Navy And Despair

Richard Lawson — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:39:19 EDT

[Eliot Spitzer, who used to be the governor of New York but then got a blowjob or something, and wife Silda at his resignation press conference today; image via AP]

AndIAmTellingYou's new line beats the original, Woman Stares Off, Wonders If She Maybe Should Have Said "Yes" When Barry, Her First Boyfriend, Proposed On That Rainy Day Back in College.

Spitzer's Wife Kinda Hot When Not Weeping Or Whatever

Ryan Tate — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:21:08 EDT

Just before her husband publicly confessed to a high-priced prostitute habit, Silda Spitzer gave a happier video interview to lifestyle magazine Domino about all the eco-friendly things happening at the governor's mansion. In the video, Silda Spitzer comes across as warm, a bit fun, and hot enough to play a governor's wife on a premium cable show, if not a movie. Lord knows why Eliot Spitzer cheated — is there ever a good reason? — but after watching Silda Spitzer in action it becomes all the more baffling. A brief look at Silda after the jump.

[Domino via Ad Age]