Exactly.
On stands now, bitches! And once again, thank you all for your support. Air kisses!
[Photo: rollingstone.com]
Yes, yes, we're self-promoting whores.
Monday, February 25, 2008 by Author
What? You wouldn't jump up and down if you got a writeup in the latest issue of Rolling Stone?
Exactly.
On stands now, bitches! And once again, thank you all for your support. Air kisses!
[Photo: rollingstone.com]
Exactly.
On stands now, bitches! And once again, thank you all for your support. Air kisses!
[Photo: rollingstone.com]
121 comments:
Congratulations you beautiful slim bitches you!!! You deserve all the praise you can get.
Why couldn't they put in a picture of you two?
What, they couldn't mention Alex! by name? And no picture? The bastards!
btw, when are we getting another cartoon?
Wow! I haven't read Rolling Stone in years, but for you two, I'll at least look up the article next time at the store.
They should have put a pic of you on the page! BTW, saw your interview on the Bravo site. You're so happening!
Shut UP. Squeeeeeeee!
Congratulations, poodles! I'm so happy for you, for everything this blog has brought you (well, all the good stuff anyway). You deserve it!
OH NO YOU DI-INT!
You bitches are international!
TLo-- Total Rock Stars!
Congrats!
Emma P.
Congrats! Congrats!
BTW, did anyone else notice how stiffly VictorYa is sitting in the background?
"Yes, yes, we're self-promoting whores."
LOL. LOVE. IT.
Congratulations, whores! You bitches deserve all the praise you can get.
What? Only number 7?
I keed, I keed!
You fab bitches are rockin' the media universe!! Whore on!!!
Yet another well deserved kudos!
Of course, by next season, there will be no getting near the comment page - sigh... Personally, I think Bravo should just give you two your own show after PR to rip everything in real time! Plus you can give updates on all of our favorite PR vets. (With all due respect to the man, it would beat TG's Guide to Style.)
Congrats, TLo!
You should have heard my giggle of delight when I opened up a copy of RS at the bookstore this weekend! I hope this doesn't mean you'll be leaving us for bigger and better things! I mean, nobody screencaps Nina the way you guys do.
Stay fabulous bitches, and thanks for all your work.
I'm going to use one of Uli's line from the trash challenge: "Does this ever end?" LOL.
Just teasing you fabulous kittens. Congratulations!!!!!
Congratulations! Fame Whores!
Hey, that's wonderful! Kudos to the two skinny brats!!
So, honeys.... autograph a signed copy and auction it on eBay along with a pair of Tim Gunn's boxers.
Not surprised -- I know that I can't live without you.
I'm sorry, but you guys should get back to business, writing snarky and insightful comments on the Sew Not Over challenge, and let your fame take care of itself. It'll all work out better in the end that way. Trust me. (Though an old friend of mine was an editor there many years ago, I haven't read anything in Rolling Stone for more than twenty five years and, fortunately, my friend has long since moved on to The New Yorker.)
Thanks,
Dale.
Anonymous said...
I'm sorry, but you guys should get back to business...
Get back to business? LOL. Or what? Are you going to fire them? How about being a little more grateful and less selfish and let the boys share their success with us? I might have not known about this if they hadn't mentioned it.
Congrats, I'm sure you're going to hear it all day and I can't think of anything extra witty to say only that I'm happy for all of your success and exposure!
Do this mean we get to be part of your entourage? Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease?
Congratulations, boys! You work hard and deserve every bit of recognition you get. As Bill said, WHORE ON!
Does, dammit, does this mean....etc., etc.
You bitches AND Jack Johnson?!?! I'm in heaven!!!
Running to the mail box to check if mine arrived! **Weeee**
PS: No pics? *humpf* You guys are hotter than the actual designers... RS should know better. *pout*
Looking at everyone in their promo outfits again, I am realizing that Chris, Christian and Jillian were the ones that were "revealed" early. Overly obvious foreshadowing much?
Congrats!!! You guys are the best! And that includes Alex.
I blurted "Get OUT!" when I saw your latest post.
You're the bomb, boys. And we all know that 7's a very lucky number.
Enjoy the accolades and the fame, because your hard work and consistent spirit (snark, humor, insightfulness, humanity and derisive outlook on life) deserve the recognition. And the fun.
ALL the best (and it's coming true!),
NDC
Whoo hoo! I've always wanted to be a hanger-on to the fab and famous. :-) Congrats, TLo. You deserve all the accolades you can get.
ETA: Is Sweet P wearing white go go boots in that photo?!?
Congratulations, you fabulous, glamorous bitches. If we can help you be any bigger media whores, then please say the word. You deserve every accolade coming your way. Inspired and original work. Completely underived. :)
Grace
To Mariana,
I'm sorry you were unable to read my comment in spirit it was intended. I do apreciate what the RunGay boys do and I don't pretend to have any power or influence over their efforts. I was just offering some possibly helpful (though unsolicited and, it seems, unwanted) advice. But, c'mon, we're talking about Rolling Stone, for chris'sake, a basicly worthless rag. And what's LOL supposed to mean: Laugh Out Loud, Lots Of Luck, or Lick Old Lollipops?
Thanks, again,
Dale.
Man, we have to start a TLo groupie fandom!
Forget PR! We want TLo snarking on everything from Andy on 60 min, to low-trash VH1 Reality shows.
Yay, TLo!
Aydee
Rolling Stone, you bitches! Talk about arrival!!
Little Angry Peanut can eat his "I'm a Rock Star" s**t because you boys truly are!
MWAH!
why no picture of Lorenzo in his pantsthataresotighthecouldn'tfitacamerainthemtosneakintoaPRparty?
Enjoy your moment, it was hard earned and perfectly appropriate.
Bitchin'.
Shoutout to Alex, too! Hey, Alex -- we love you and hope all is well.
-- desertwind
PS - where can we find your Bravo online video interview? I've looked and looked for it! Stupid Bravo site.
You go boys! I predict that you guys will have your own show on E! or Bravo before long.
I keed, I keed
Forgive my ignorance, but what does that mean? Some new slang?
"Anonymous said...
To Mariana,
I'm sorry you were unable to read my comment in spirit it was intended. I do apreciate what the RunGay boys do and I don't pretend to have any power or influence over their efforts. I was just offering some possibly helpful (though unsolicited and, it seems, unwanted) advice. But, c'mon, we're talking about Rolling Stone, for chris'sake, a basicly worthless rag. And what's LOL supposed to mean: Laugh Out Loud, Lots Of Luck, or Lick Old Lollipops?
Thanks, again,
Dale."
No, I think I read your comment the way it was supposed to be read:
a)A mention in Rolling Stone is nothing to brag about;
b)The boys should go back to the posts that keep ME entertained.
Rolling Stone might be a "worthless rag," but do you know how many blogs are out there? MILLIONS! Do you know how many get mentioned in any publication?
So, yes, it is something to be proud of and worth mentioning.
They have been featured in NY magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, not to mention several newspapers...a blog less than two years old? That is AMAZING!
Congrats again, boys, and now I'll shut up.
That is damn awesome, guys. So on your wall-o-magazine write-ups, does this go before or after the EW article?
Cool for Alex! too, even though they didn't credit him.
OMG that's completely overwhelming. Our darlings are growing up and getting famous!
Yay! Well deserved! Milk it for all it's worth!
I hope that makes me a whore by association! Yet another item I can cross off my list of "Things to Do Before I Die"!
Dale, how condescending of you. So I guess since you have moved on to the New Yorker you are way too high brow for Rolling Stone. Please, get over yourself fag. Obviously you have royal duties to do, and no time for mingling with the common folks.
CONGRATS!!
Though I'm waiting to see your pictures on the cover (so I can buy 5 copies for my mother).
--GothamTomato
Huzzah, Huzzah, Huzzah! And props to Alex too although they didn't mention any of you by name!
You rock Rolling Stone!
Please don't feed the troll(dale).
Below is the definition from Wikipedia:
An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial and usually irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, with the intention of baiting other users into an emotional response[1] or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.[2]
Felicitations!
So, does this mean we'll see you guys as judges for next season's finale....!!!???
If Vicks can ask to do it...and you guys would be so much better at it!
How freakin' awesome!!!!!!!
You've got to give some props to your talented cartoonist. Christian must be dying over how he is drawn... "Or he might die from it..."
Congrats!!
Remember us little people who've been there from the beginning!!
I really think Bravo needs to get going on your own show.
Reen31
You've arrived, darlings. Mucho congratulations. This is as close as I have ever been to watching from a ground floor. Thrilling. I hope you both become the huge media stars you are destined to be.
"Anonymous said...
I'm sorry, but you guys should get back to business, writing snarky and insightful comments on the Sew Not Over challenge, and let your fame take care of itself. It'll all work out better in the end that way. Trust me. (Though an old friend of mine was an editor there many years ago, I haven't read anything in Rolling Stone for more than twenty five years and, fortunately, my friend has long since moved on to The New Yorker.)"
Oh please. What a clueless post.
There isn't a publicist alive who wouldn't throw themselves in front of the speeding taxi of a Rolling Stone editor, to get their client a mention like Tlo just got.
--GothamTomato
"phantomminuet said: Is Sweet P wearing white go go boots in that photo?!?"
No, worse: Kneesocks.
--GothamTomato
Awesome! Congratulations on being total Media Whores! You guys deserve it. I've been reading your blog for forever and always recommend it to people. Keep up the great work!
I'm SO proud of you guys!!I've been reading this blog since the very beginning and you two really make my days here at this law firm go by fast.
Rolling Stone ... that's amazing! Great job and keep up the amazing work!
Allen
HOLY crap, you guys are going to have new minions FLOCKING in DROVES to your blog! Way to go, guys!
Let me add my congratulations to all the rest. We just love you for your witty, fun blog. So glad to know you're getting the recognition you deserve.
"phantomminuet said: Is Sweet P wearing white go go boots in that photo?!?"
No, worse: Kneesocks.
--GothamTomato
Oh, the horror! =:-o
"No, worse: Kneesocks.
--GothamTomato"
"Phantomminuet: Oh, the horror! =:-o"
Yeah, a mini dress & knees socks on a 46 year old? I'm wondering if the airline lost her other bag; the one with the Shirley Temple wig.
I think we went over this at the begining of the season, when those publicity pictures of SweetP first appeared. Who would take fashion advice from someone who looks like that?
There are only two reasons for a women to be seen in kneesocks after the age of 30:
1. It's Halloween
2. The nurse is late with her thorazine
That's it.
--GothamTomato
Well, I've had my small share of media attention over the years and, no, I haven't felt much inclination to brag about it, only reluctantly admit its being. But if you feel so passionately about such achievements by all means throw yourself away. As for trolling the definition I enjoy is: singing lustily, in a full rolling voice. As to being a troll, it's rather flattering to be seen as a member of a race of supernatural beings, whether giant or dwarf. I've always loved Peer Gynt.
Thanks for your time,
Dale Wittig.
Personally...I am just grateful that we don't have to see the Sweet P with those skinny strapped tops and the saggy bra. I'll take the knee socks.
But let's focus on T&L, congratulations ladies!!!
Congrats guys.....enjoy your time.. and please do not forget us little people!
*gasp* HOW exciting! Please don't outgrow us, though...we lurve you!
It might be that I'm tired after making hundreds of mini-sandwiches for a bar party yesterday, but when I looked at the picture of Jack Johnson, I thought "This is what it would look like if Tom and Lorenzo were able to procreate(with each other, I mean)."
And I mean that in a good way.
But, c'mon, we're talking about Rolling Stone, for chris'sake, a basicly worthless rag.
But you haven't read RS for 25+ years!
I'm sorry to hear you think The New Yorker is a benchmark of culture and a sure way to impress the masses. It isn't. And from what I've seen with this crowd, there are more than a few readers of the New Yorker, who'd venture the same.
Rolling Stone has launched great stylists and writers and changed a whole genre of journalism.
A good friend of mine reads RS. He's 75, a retired lawyer, and loves every issue. He's also open to ideas and not prone to giving well intended, but paternal advice.
You guys are awesome, and by all means famous now. Don't let those annoying detractors steal your joy. Some people are just jealous of anyone's success and will try to throw some hate on you. It's just their own insecurity and longing for their own fame which eludes them. ie washed up artist.
"Anonymous said...
I keed, I keed
Forgive my ignorance, but what does that mean? Some new slang?
2:39 PM"
One of my sons & his friends use this one! Translation: "I kid, I kid!". But how it's said is the clue as to whether it's meant to be good-natured joking or sarcasm.
How long before the site crashes from the millions of new and old minions trying to see what's new? oy!
congratulations on the well-deserved recognition of PRG fabulousness! Alex's cartoons too!
P.S. is anyone else astounded by just how short Ricky is in that picture, or is it just an illusion that he looks about half the height, on the table, of Kit and Carmen on the floor?
"I keed" is a (phonetically spelled out) quote from Triumph the insult comic dog.
It was all meant in love from this TLo fan.
"Sarah said...
P.S. is anyone else astounded by just how short Ricky is in that picture, or is it just an illusion that he looks about half the height, on the table, of Kit and Carmen on the floor?"
ROFL. OHMYGOD you're right. What happened there?
Congratulations, my BFF's! But when did yu make that little change in your logo? I had not noticed it before, and just hope you didn't do it to match. I liked the original better (gays instead of fags).
Oh,horrors! Is your site now going to crash with the overload of readers due to all this fame? Just don't get in my way when I need my daily (or twice or thrice daily) Rungay fix! Love you guys!
So cool. And a mention, though unnamed, for Alex.
Wild cheers and loud applause from your biggest fan in Boston! I went out today and bought this issue specifically for YOU!
XOXOXOX
Rolling Stone is really, really awful.
But you're fantastic! You gotta take it one step at a time, I guess.
""phantomminuet said: Is Sweet P wearing white go go boots in that photo?!?"
No, worse: Kneesocks.
--GothamTomato"
Go go boots would be retro-cool! ... but the knee sox are her signature. She Looks flippin Awesome.
The real question is, what makes anorexic Robo-Jillian 2000 (doing the side-stroke scissor-kick on the floor) think she can rock a tube-top??
LOLOLOLOLOL
It's all great about you boyz in Rolling Stone, but why, oh, why is that woman wearing one of Elisa's polymorphic thingy-do's to advertise Laura's QVC time?
HOW FABULOUS!!!
And well-deserved! You guys make my day everyday!!
xoxoxoxo
very cool. congrats guys! :)
WOW! That's so awesome! Congratulations!
Now it's official
You ARE Rock Stars.
Lighting my bic to you...
I will add that my boyfriend doesn't care a whip about fashion OR media but he has one prized possession: his watch. And when he shows it off, he always says "this was voted in Rolling Stone magazine as best watch..blah blah blah because I don't remember the details".
The Rolling Stone is LEGEND and now you're a part of it! I'm busting with pride!
OH MY GODD!!!! Rolling Fucking Stone!!!!!!!
That's like incredible! I'm absolutely inarticulate with awe.
Anne
Okay, I was going to post "ROCK ON MARIANA," but then I came across Anon 2:50's 'get over yourself fag' and was swept up in his/her succint assessment of the situation.
Dale, seriously, WTF? Come on dude. I personally wouldn't line my bird cage with Rolling Stone but that still doesn't mean that I'm not thrilled that a magazine that's so widely read picked PRG out of all the blogs on the Internet for this featurette.
T&L work so hard on this blog, and they did such a great job they were featured in a national magazine for it. I'm glad they're psyched, and I'm glad they told us so we could be psyched too.
Anne
....holding a tear-stained kerchief to my eye...weep~~~
You belong to the masses now. (waving whilst my heart breaks)
hahahaha...sorry the Oscars have gotten to me, Tha Lights! Tha Drama!
:) I've already expressed to you-both how *proud* I am of you. There are those of us who will always consider TLO to be "ours" (not in a stalker way, ha!) but as the cool-kids who said, "come to our Party."
Glad we did. Sal
Hey, where IS Alex, anyway?
Dudes, that's amazing. Congrats.
And now we do the Myposian Dance of Joy!
Thanks for sharing your whorish ways with us. It's great to see you recognized for the unparalleled joy you bring to PR fans.
We totally have heart ons for you boys.
No. F---ing. Way.
Blows my mind!!
Next thing we know you will be making your official "we got our OWN Bravo show" announcement!!
Congrats! Those of us that have been around since the beginning fear we may be losing our little corner of your world, but such is the price of fame. We can't keep you to ourselves any longer.
Now, onto one of the BEST references in the thread
Though I'm waiting to see your pictures on the cover (so I can buy 5 copies for my mother).
--GothamTomato
Oh, TLo, can I by your Cocaine Kitty and embroider on your jeans?!!?
profp
ETA
BE> your Cocaine Kitty. Sheesh!
profp
did you see Tim on Daily Show?
http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/player.jhtml?ml_video=155947&is_large=true
Yay! I hope an invitation to the Wenner's is soon in coming!
BrianB
Congrats malchiki!
How Uber-cool!
Seeing that photo of ALL of the P.R. contestants makes me wish they didn't ever eliminate anyone during the competition. We got to see far too little of those designers that got eliminated early on.
I wish they'd let everyone compete in every competition. And I wish they'd give them MORE TIME so we could see what they are truly capable of. I think this would vastly improve what they create AND make it more interesting.
Wow, Why the surge is failing, John McCain's lust for war, and Rockers supporting Obama all on one magazine cover. I didn't realize Rolling Stone was so political, and I guess there's no question about which way they lean.
Congrats, dahlings. So proud of you two.
Audra1976, Rolling Stone leans to whoever gives them the most money. Camel, for instance.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/47505-camel-irolling-stonei-under-fire-for-indie-rock-ad
Really a disgusting magazine. I'm glad their being taken to court.
I love PRG and wish nothing but the best for them, but I hope for their owns sake they watch themselves, now that ethically-challenged publications are taking note of them.
Congrats, TLo on your expanding media whoredom! Great job and you deserve it. I'd also have put you two bitches on the cover, but then I don't know who Jack Johnson is.
fka rain brain
now that ethically-challenged publications are taking note of them.
This just in:
PRG has just been endorsed by the KKK, the Polygamy Journal, and the Shoplifting Times.
Anonontheinternet: I'm impressed that the Polygamy journal AND the KKK both endorsed them. Obviously TLo should run for presidency.
Kanani,
Many thanks for your thoughtful response. Sorry if I gave the impression that I hold the New Yorker as a benchmark of high culture. I read it sometimes, don't care too much for their film critics. An old friend works there and he seemed to like it after what went down at the Voice. He's a good editor and a respected critic and collector of photography. I believe he also owns a copy of every issue of Harper's Bazaar ever published. Cool guy, worth knowing. As for Rolling Stone, I read it when I was in high school back in the seventies. I remember Hunter Thompson and Pete Hamill, don't remember if Griel Marcus wrote for them. I still like Griel Marcus. And since he got canned at the Village Voice I believe Robert Christgau has found a new home there, so maybe it's not completely disposable. However, here's what a good working class Irish lad from London named John Lydon has to say about that respected journal: ‘Rolling Stone’ is the complete dogs bollocks of establishment but it likes to pretend it’s very lefty and trendy. Which it isn’t. It’s as bourgeois as ever. It really is pompous. It’s Clinton’s Saxophone! (laughs) It’s written for a smug kind of in-crowd. It’s for like Hippies I suppose from that generation; that have grown up into corporate lawyers.
Any way, I apreciated the civil tone of your response and thought it deserved a reply. The magazines I read are probably pretty bourgeoise too: Interview, Slam (basketball,) Village Voice (even after New Times took over,) Film Comment, The Chicago Reader, National Geographic. That's about it.
Many thanks, again,
Dale Wittig.
I thought someone was asking for the link to the Bravo interview...
http://www.bravotv.com/Project_Runway/season/4/countdown_to_finale/index.php?video=221032
Sandwiched between Heidi and Fern Mallis? Well done boys!
Well that failed! Try two...
http://www.bravotv.com/Project_Runway/season/4/
countdown_to_finale/index.php?video=221032
Congrats from Grants Pass, OR! You guys have made me laugh from Day 1! Don't forget your minions (er, gentle readers). "Gonna buy five copies for my Mother!"
Smooches poodles!!! XXXOOO
AWESOME.
Congratulations! It couldn't have happened to a more fabulous pair of skinny bitches. You have truly arrived as media whores.
I feel all warm and fuzzy inside, now...
"Crow Winters said...
Audra1976, Rolling Stone leans to whoever gives them the most money. Camel, for instance."
Oh please.
I've spent over 20 years working in media, off and on, and I can tell you that there is not one single publication, anywhere, that is not influenced by advertising in some way. Anyone who knows anything about media knows that.
The write up in Rolling Stone is a fabulous thing for the boys, no matter what way you look at it. These attempts to rain on Tlo's parade are as idiotic as they are transparent.
--GothamTomato
I surfed the rolling stone website so see it was part of the "best of 2007" issue but couldn't find which list it was. was it best TV? best internet? best blog? What?
And congratulations you bitches. You light up my life.
Hi Dale,
May I say this? The snarkiness of Brits is well known. His Clinton statement would be funny, except what's even funnier is the word "bollocks" in such close proximity to the word "sax." Now that cracks me up.
Besides, we already knew of the demise of leftists in the US, who went out with Birkenstocks worn with skirts and petticoats. There just aren't anymore leftists around. True, there is the intelligentsia, who fancy themselves as such. But even they can't resist talking about their 30k Prius and Sonoma Goat Cheese.
I think TLo are wit and sass, and they've also pulled together this great community.
Where else can we find out that we have some of the same mundane tastes in magazines as the oft-googled Dale Wittig? At least you haven't picked up Thrasher or gotten dissed by the publisher of Zzzyzzva yet.
Winks,
-me
"Blogger Crow Winters said...
...Obviously TLo should run for presidency."
With Laura Bennett as their running mate! And Tim Gunn as Official Style Administrator.
Oh my, the list could go on and on...
;)
Off topic but *this just in*!
You can purchase a Laura Bennett design on QVC for a special introductory price of $52.56.
http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail
(I get no kickback from this PSA, just sharing the love...)
I've known all along you were destined for fabulous GREATNESS!
You ride that big wave, surf kittens! And thanks for taking us along!
_Ignatz
I lost Dale at "...good working class Irish lad from London named John Lydon..."
Irish? From London? The same Johnny Lydon now living in LA, rocking the bourgeois lifestyle?
To damn funny.
It's a testament to the wit of this blog that TLo (and Alex!) are being mentioned in such a wide range of publications. Transcending stereotypes and demographics like this is remarkable.
TLo...uniters, not dividers! TLo for presidents of the internets! Vote for TLo!
Congratulations boyz! How very awesome. I have been with you guys since the beginning, I guess I am sort of a charter member of "rungay". You boys make me day, everyday and I so appreciate your work.
I also want to apologize for those people who take pleasure in trying to minimize your achievement. I think folks like that are just so bitter and unhappy with their own lives, that they cannot stand to see others succeed and feel it's their duty to try and bring them down to their own level of self-loathing.
Most of us love you and wish you all the best. Why is that so hard to say?
huh? Why is this becoming (in some comments) about Rolling Stone?? The idea is that our friends TLo got mentioned in a well-known publication! That's all! For those who are not a fan of Rolling Stone - who cares? They're smart enough to recognize Tom and Lorenzo! Love it! That's all that needs saying. It's not about RS - It's about TLo! Of course!
Love you guys! and Congrats on all your success!
xoxoxo
Congrats on the ranking in RS, guys! What a fabulous thing.
I think there is some sour grapes amonst the unwashed.....
SisterZip
I couldn't find this in the online Rolling Stone, either, and was most distressed.
TLo, are you able to provide a link? pretty pretty please?
XXOO
I'll pick up my copy on the way back from the dentist's office.
Always miss the good stuff on the day it's posted. *sigh*
Congrats, bitches. You deserve it.
xoxo,
Entourage Member 152B, the PiMP
Congrats guys, you rock!!!
Kzspot
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