Living the life of men of leisure

March 6, 2006 3:08 PM

It's hard out here for a pimp. (Photo gallery, flash, some images NSFW.)
posted by Astro Zombie (31 comments total)

Yawn.
posted by delmoi at 3:10 PM on March 6, 2006

You are damn fast, delmoi. I'll give you that.
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:15 PM on March 6, 2006

Next up: it's hard out here to have a pimp.
posted by hototogisu at 3:17 PM on March 6, 2006

Leisure is spelled wrong in the tags.
posted by arcticwoman at 3:24 PM on March 6, 2006

It's hard down there on a pimp.
posted by scarabic at 3:25 PM on March 6, 2006

I could never understand the allure...
Guess I still can't.
posted by c13 at 3:25 PM on March 6, 2006

It's hard to post here about pimps.
posted by crunchland at 3:28 PM on March 6, 2006

Is this that Three 6 Mafia thing from the Oscars? I heard about them this morning, what did they do when they won their award?
posted by SirOmega at 3:28 PM on March 6, 2006

I got that book for Xmas. I think part of the message is that the "pimp lifestyle" is one that really shouldn't be glamorized like it is. Pimps are basically despicable people who live in a world of violence and vanity, where human life is degraded as much as it can possibly be.
posted by wigu at 3:30 PM on March 6, 2006

Pimps work for corporations, wigu?
posted by mkhall at 3:32 PM on March 6, 2006

Tax breaks for pimps!
posted by Artw at 3:45 PM on March 6, 2006

Well said wigu.
posted by nickyskye at 3:45 PM on March 6, 2006

Er...shouldn't it be?
posted by Smedleyman at 3:53 PM on March 6, 2006

Nifty post btw. Damn interesting looking book.
posted by Smedleyman at 4:01 PM on March 6, 2006

A Flash application for ten measley photos, barely any text and with a shitty, shitty interface? Ugh.
posted by Vaska at 4:03 PM on March 6, 2006

Mmm. I believe some social groups idolise rapists too.

Vermin. Not interested.
posted by Decani at 4:39 PM on March 6, 2006

What Decani said.
posted by hincandenza at 5:12 PM on March 6, 2006

You mean PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMPPPP!
posted by evilcolonel at 5:28 PM on March 6, 2006

Corporations that was funny. I mean, LOL, way to stick it to the man.

Pimps are, of course, disgusting individuals by nature. While they are glorified in some ways, is it not more often in jest? They are truly glorified mostly by those who themselves are unduly glorified ("gangsta" types).

If there's one good thing I can say about pimps it is that they usually have really good taste in shoes, however their taste in coats is awful.
posted by rob paxon at 5:32 PM on March 6, 2006

Well, that sucked.
posted by five fresh fish at 5:42 PM on March 6, 2006

Indeed. Especially when he's trying to get this money for the rent. In fact, I understand that with the Cadillac and gas money spent, he's quite likely to have a whole lot of ladies jumping ship.

That said, every Halloween I derive much horror and amusement from watching the parade of drunken junior account managers in off-the-rack pimp costumes trying to hit on punk girls at loft parties throughout the greater metropolitan area.
posted by xthlc at 5:43 PM on March 6, 2006

Oh god, I just read the "science" section. That's the worst bullshit I've read in several months. And I read artist manifestos pretty regularly.

This post fails, especially because it borrowed a line from the excellent movie Hustle and Flow without engaging any of the issues that it addressed.
posted by xthlc at 5:47 PM on March 6, 2006

The t-shirts might be cool, but unfortunately for me the Sto is empty.
posted by b_thinky at 5:59 PM on March 6, 2006

It's hard to feel sorry for a pimp
posted by slatternus at 7:30 PM on March 6, 2006

Shouldn't that be pimpgnosis? People who spell domain names incorrectly ought to have bad things done to them somewhere in the archipelago of secret American prisons.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:21 PM on March 6, 2006

Didn't Bush once say, "Bein' a pimp... it's hard work!"
posted by mazola at 8:48 PM on March 6, 2006

The pimp lifestyle might benefit from a fashion periodical, perhaps, unless they want to be stuck in 1973 forever.
posted by dhartung at 9:49 PM on March 6, 2006

Thanks for the memory trip, Astro Zombie. Reminds me of the film "Willie B", which I saw as part of a captive (military) audience. I like the pimp fashion in that it has its elements of sharp as well as amusing, sometimes at once. But what can I say, dark skin deals so nice with colors and gold.
posted by Goofyy at 10:23 PM on March 6, 2006

Why did that song win best oscar? that the best song from a soundtrack in the last year? I'm just asking.
posted by wsg at 2:12 AM on March 7, 2006

IS that the best song...
posted by wsg at 2:13 AM on March 7, 2006

The pictures were decent, although I would have liked more of them, and I'm not quite sure what the point was from the site. The science section was inane.
posted by OmieWise at 6:35 AM on March 7, 2006