Last night we went to a kicky party for The Atlantic's 150th birthday! We had a great time, but many of the other attendees hated it. That's probably because we, the guests, were made to partake in free booze and revelry in front of them. Who was "them"? The audience assembled to point, stare and seethe at us; well dressed, imbibing zoo animals were we. We thought it was funny. Others – from both the stage and the house – did not.
Mayor Bloomberg was there and so was Robert De Niro. Moby, who claims to be a fan of The Atlantic since the age of 10, was heard saying his favorite part of the magazine was "the list of numbers they have in the beginning." We think he meant the Harper's Index, which runs in a completely different highbrow publication altogether. Ha! Patti Smith performed later in the evening and she sounded really good.
We enjoyed it, The Atlantic. Now you've only to convince almost everyone else.
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Maybe I dense, there was an audience, who presumably bought tickets, watching the party?
"Maybe I dense,"
Well I guess that answers that.
I have a.d.d. this far too long to read.
What made the party kicky? Were there smores? Smores = kicky, to me anyways.
The party as performance art?
I tried to order Harper's from a list of discounted magazines as a teenager. Didn't realize Harper's Bazaar wasn't the same thing. Learned more about rich people than I ever wanted to know.
Watching a party? Are you allowed to throw stuff at their heads? That would be fun.
The guests had free booze and the audience did not. Someone shoulda been throwing things.
No wonder the audience didn't have fun.
I wouldn't think it was funny either. Didn't your teacher ever tell you, "If you don't have any liquor for the other kids then you can't get drunk in school."?
I would get very aggravated if I saw others with free booze and I had none.
On the other hand, if I were to be offered free booze, I would turn it down until ALL were allowed to partake. That's not true. I would smile nicely, grab the booze and say thank you.
But I would say something. I'm like Sally Feilds that way.
It depends. What kind of hor'dourves are we talking about? I might srew you all over for some shrim cocktails and margaritas.
And your true friends would completely understand.
:-)
That's true. They'd want one of us to get free liquor. I'd let them lick the glass.
Yeah jujubees, it's one for all and one for free liquor. That's a bond stronger than being in a war together. I am pretty sure.