Comments on: Louis XVI leads conservative America

By: Cat

Cat — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:18:54 +0000

Inconceivable.

By: Scholars and Rogues » Reporting on individual campaign donations now pointless

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:33:00 +0000

[...] false;} That pricey apartment shout-show host Rush Limbaugh seeks to unload for about $14 million — you know, the gaudy palace [...]

By: Ann

Ann — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:41:47 +0000

I can’t believe you’re mocking wuv. Twue wuv.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:56:24 +0000

Damn. That is one helluva an Adam’s Apple.

By: Ann

Ann — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:21:07 +0000

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/05/rush-limbaughs-girlfriend_n_411726.html

There. That should help your imagination along.

Cynic.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:41:34 +0000

Limbaugh with a girlfriend?

What was thing HST said about Nixon? Something about how hard it was to imagine him in bed with anything alive, let alone human?

By: Russ Wellen

Russ Wellen — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:19:56 +0000

Why’s he moving? He must have a new girlfriend who says “No way I could live in a place like this.” Time for a fresh start with her in charge of decorating.

By: Ann

Ann — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:19:35 +0000

All trompe l’oeil after Michelangelo is tacky; it’s just that some of it is historic now, too. This is neither tasteful nor historic… and like Lex says, it’s well-done. I admire craftsmanship. I hope the painters were paid well and are doing their own real work now. Or, if they’re illustrators by talent and training, that they continue to do so in the genre of their choice. Amen.

That said, this apartment is bourgeois hits it big; or You Can Take the Unpopular Chubby Guy Out of the Suburbs, But…

I suppose my point is that even though the place is dressed to show, there’s no “there” there, much like the owner. Lex, if you want to see living as expressive art, dig up some pictures of any of Yves St. Laurent’s residences.

By: Lex

Lex — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:44:55 +0000

I don’t give a shit how much he buys and sells his property for. I just took this opportunity to point out that the man has no fucking taste. I’m sure that Mr. Limbaugh III can take the snark…or maybe he just likes to give it. His fawning acolytes surely can’t take it though, because they look up to Mr. Limbaugh III as if he hadn’t jellied his brain with opiates.

And the fact remains that making that place livable will require a substantial sum on top of the asking price…unless you’re a pansy like Mr. Limbaugh III and want doves and flower garlands on your master bedroom ceiling. (And i don’t care how renowned the painter is…that shit is tacky.)

By: Jeff Watson

Jeff Watson — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:04 +0000

$15 million for that pre war building on 5th is the going rate for 5,000 sq ft penthouses. I don’t see anything out of line here, except for the snark directed at Mr. Limbaugh.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:02:48 +0000

I would be surprised to learn that Rush occasionally struts around in tights and a wig, to be honest. I wouldn’t want to SEE it, mind you, but I can imagine it happening.

By: Ann

Ann — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:32:04 +0000

Liberace had personality.

Overpriced blandness offends me far more than exuberant excess.

By: fikshun

fikshun — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:54:18 +0000

Looks more Liberace than Louis XVI.

By: Terra Incognita » Blog Archive » Rush’s NY Pad

Terra Incognita » Blog Archive » Rush’s NY Pad — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:58:17 +0000

[...] at Scholars and Rogues has a snarky piece about the Louis XVI-inspired furniture in the [...]

By: Lex

Lex — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:21:27 +0000

I agree that it could be worse. In looking for images, i accidentally stumbled across pictures of Joan Rivers’ NY place and gagged. But for an Arts & Crafts aficionado, even this is tacky beyond explanation. I don’t see how someone could live in these surroundings. I like seeing them on tour in Europe, but the people who lived in those places wore tights and wigs. They were also bred aristocrats…though i suppose we are talking about a guy with “III” at the end of his name.

By: Ann

Ann — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:03:46 +0000

Oh, darn. I was expecting something spectacular. This looks like every mini-mansion in Plano, and except for the trompe l’oeil fetish, it’s not even particularly overdone. In fact, it feels bland… like the Martha Stewart showroom at PDC.

Proof once again, if any were needed, that money and success can purchase neither taste nor personality.