The good folks at Ebay sent us a key political and fashion tidbit (we love it when these two things merge). The Barackster appears to be beating Mrs. Clinton not only in the delegate count but also in Ebay t-shirt sales.
A Hillary tee from designer Marc Jacobs (love him — PLEASES SEND PURSES NOW), designed by the main man himself to raise money for the New York senator, sold on average for $54.82 in the past two weeks. (Actual sales price is $38, which is quite the bargain for ANYTHING by Marc.)
But a 900-limited edition Barackster tee designed by the graffiti artist Obey — and given out free at his campaign stop, no less — was going to Ebay bidders at an average price of $381.39, over the past month. That is some memorabilia, already.
Ebay’s pop culture expert Karen Bard — who knew they had one? — said of the online fashion race: "As the old adage goes, actions speak louder than words and the purchase power of more than 290 million eBay users suggests that Barack Obama is the most stylishly appealing candidate running for the Democratic nomination. Users are snapping up the limited edition Obama Progress tees by graffiti artist Obey for hundreds of dollars even though they were handed out for free at his rallies."
No word on which candidate Karen might be supporting in the election, however.
Speaking of Hillary: Would LOVE to be a fly on the wall in the Clinton camp about now, wouldn't you? Man, the sparks must be flying and the adrenaline is high. Breathtaking if she wins or loses in Ohio and Texas, a stunning fall or a neck-and-neck race that probably will be decided at the convention. Yowza. Oh, the drama. This has been a tres, tres fun election cycle, no? With more to come. OH BOY.
That new Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev — yet another bad headline name, but admittedly better than Ahmadinejad — looks a whole lot like Prince Andrew. Memba him? Married to Sarah Ferguson, little bro of Prince Charles. Check out the pix. Striking resemblance.
If John McCain picks Florida Gov. Charlie Crist for his running mate, it will be the campaign of the silver foxes — two dudes with white hair. How that would play, image-wise, would be an interesting debate for political consultants, we're sure. Of course hair doesn't matter, but appearance does. Can't deny that in this pop-culture world.
The Meatmen are back. Tesco Vee and his punk rock tribe return to tour after a decade in Cambodia. This weekend, we caught a set of the band's Monster Hate in '08 Tour, which will continue later this month with performances at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Ya gotta see this show. Fired up, ready to go. Tesco makes Henry Rollins look like a cereal eater.
In search of something (else) thoughtless and wonkless, we caught a showing of the new Will Ferrell flick 'Semi-Pro' this weekend. Not as funny as the racecar movie, but the bear wrestling scene is priceless. Co-star Woody Harrelson — kill us for saying this — looked really fit and tan, kinda cute, despite the '70s clothes and haircut. Man, it all reminded us of high school.
— Andrea Billups, The Washington Times
