Guyism After Dark: Lauren, Evan, or Bridget??? |
- Guyism After Dark: Lauren, Evan, or Bridget???
- An interview with Ralph Gilles, the man-behind-the-man’s-car and a hands-on with the new Dodge Avenger R/T
- Soccer player sticks pool cue up teammates bum
- VIDEO: Owners of current gen consoles, you have nothing to worry about
- January Jones did two more sexy photo shoots
| Guyism After Dark: Lauren, Evan, or Bridget??? Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:00 PM PDT Hot links to get you through the night…
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At Press Day of this year's New York Auto Show I had the opportunity to sit down with Ralph Gilles, President and CEO of Dodge and Senior VP of Chrysler Group, LLC and chat about the upcoming 2012 Dodge Avenger R/T as well as the changing landscape of Detroit. In addition to talking with Ralph, who was named as Fortune’s 2009 ’40 under 40′ I had some time to test out the Avenger on the mean streets of Manhattan, and I have to say that in a city where it seems like 90% of the drivers are foreign born and drive like maniacs I was relieved by the ‘get up and go’ needed to speed up and cut off a cabbie and the immaculate brakes needed to for navigating the ‘Frogger-like’ pedestrian traffic of the city. Furthermore, once we were able to get out of the city and on to the country roads I was blown away by how quiet a vehicle with that much power can be.
C: So what would you say the most masculine thing about this car is? Ralph: I think the demeanor of the car. It’s kind of butch, it doesn't look like anything out there, its not trying to be all sweet and organic. It has kind of this decisive face where the headlamps are hooded over, we made the headlamps black on this version to kind of give it a stare. Its got a nice stance now, for 2011 we've widened the track, but a beefier tire on it so it looks a little more menacing. ON top of that is the handling, the handling matches now the way the car looks and the name of the car for starters.
C: Did you have favorite cars growing up? Ralph: A lot, a lot. C: Is this remnant of any of those specifically? Ralph: I mean, not necessarily, I've been inspired by a lot. I'm a big race fan the rally scene has been a big source of inspiration for me, um the Formula 1, anything to do with performance. So anything that kind of approximates that look turns me on (creatively). In reference to fashion "the big difference with cars is that we tend to have to be more relevant for a longer period of time. Fashion you can go 6 months and then you're on to the next thing. Where as we develop something usually a year ahead of production and it has to look good for 2 to 3 years after that. So it's a little different, we tend to with this things we see as having a little more longer staying power. So in this particular year we went to an all black interior, it's the first time we've done that. And for the first time we've worked with our fashion supplier, where you've seen in the fashion industry you actually embed colors and stripes inside the fabric.
C: What would you say the most positive thing coming out of Detroit these days is? Ralph: Wow, hmm, I think there's an 'attitude of excellence' if I should try to create a phrase I guess. There's a creative class that's always been there, and we've kind of been overlooked but its starting to come through in the products that we do. In the art, the music, you know the techno scene from Detroit. You know there's a budding creating class that just needed to be discovered. We're starting to get a lot of young people interested in Detroit again, we're hiring again, getting people from the coasts coming into Detroit. Thinking 'what's this all about? Can I do something with the Midwest?' so that's intoxicating to see that happen. C: Is there anything not happening there that you'd like to see the city adopt going forward? Ralph: more sunshine! It's the most overcast place I've ever seen, its almost like Portland, OR. Um, well I'd like to see people live in the city, I really would. It's a shame, it's a really cool city structurally, a lot of great architecture there, just not enough of it. I'd love to see people invest, and build and really just invest in the city.
C: Why should guys drive this car? Ralph: Well, I think its tough, it looks tough, its built really tough and its probably the best bang for the buck. Its really hard to find a car with this much personality for the money, and that much acceleration and that much performance. Usually you have to spend quite a bit more to get. As Dodge we're always known for value, but why can't value be cool at the same time?
C: What would you say the manliest thing about Dodge as a brand is? Ralph: Have you seen my staff? They're huge. Joking aside, as a brand you can't say you're manly or not, you just have to have the product and I think we make cars that fit, that fit me. The Charger's obvious, the Challenger's obvious, but to me its more about the extroverted nature of our cars and men tend to be a little more brave that way. You tell me, I couldn't tell you, I want the market to tell me.
In accordance with the FTC Guidelines, we are disclosing that our time, travel and accommodations have been compensated by Chrysler Corp. for our participation in the Dodge Avenger Ride & Drive. Although we have a material connection to Chrysler Corp., any publicly stated opinions of Chrysler Corp. and their products remain our own. |
| Soccer player sticks pool cue up teammates bum Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:06 PM PDT
As our friend Jimmy Traina of Hot Clicks so astutely put it, “Headline of the Day. Make that Headline of the Week. No, month. Oh, screw it. Year.” That’s the only way to describe this story from England of a footballer sticking a pool cue up a teammates ass.
“It all went wrong from there”. Yea, that’s a good way to portray male sodomy when you’re explaining it to the judge. “You see, your honor, my teammate showed me his bum so I decided to put this 6-foot pool cue in his ass forcibly. Yes, sans lube judge.” And on that happy note, have a good Easter everyone. May your Easter egg treasure hunt not include sodomy–for the children’s sake of course. Footballer in hospital after pool cue shoved up backside by teammate [Mirror] |
| VIDEO: Owners of current gen consoles, you have nothing to worry about Posted: 22 Apr 2011 01:15 PM PDT All this talk of yet another turn over in the world of consoles might make one wonder if the Xbox 360 & PS3 has offered all that it can at this point. Making matters worse is how the Xbox 720 (if that’s what it’s called) and PS4 (I’m pretty sure that’ll be the name) is still three years away, according to analysts and experts. Well, there’s really nothing to worry about. Why? Because the current systems have plenty to wow us with. Check out this tech demo, recently whipped up by Tri-Ace, one of the premier devs in Japan… What you just saw was all done in real-time, NONE of it was pre-rendered, CGI graphics. Amazing right? Personally speaking, my favorite part of any console’s life cycle is always at the end, because that’s when you’re getting games in which it’s evident the programmers have finally discovered all the in’s and out’s of the hardware, and are really to pull out all the stops. One of my favorite examples is Shadow of the Colossus, which came out fairly late for the PS2. For those not familiar… I don’t care what anyone says; it still blows the doors of many 1080p-enabled games we see today. On a side note, it, along with ICO, the game that predated SoTC from the same developer, is being remade with enhanced graphics for the PS3. But what’s the point? The fact that it pushed the hardware to its very limits was partly what made the game so stunning in the first place. Another long time fave of mine was Virtua Racing for the Genesis, which was somewhat their answer to Star Fox on the SNES, meaning it sported a custom 3D graphics chip (which drove the price up to the game to $100 originally, which I happily paid for, btw)…. As noted before, most folks are pretty content with their consoles at the moment. I think the fact that we’ve all spent so much money on the thing, not just games purchased at Best Buy or Gamestop, but all the downloadable content. And if our experiences on computers have taught us anything, it’s that transferring such things is a pain in the ass. And as also mentioned before, most developers and developers are barely able to fill the screen with the current technology. Hey, creating ultra detailed and realistic visuals is not easy, and many are barely able to meet current expectations. Hence why the remarks from Ubisoft’s head honcho (noted near the end of this post) comes off as especially stupid yet again. Current Consoles Are Still Capable Of Some Amazing Graphics (Like These) [Kotaku] |
| January Jones did two more sexy photo shoots Posted: 22 Apr 2011 01:00 PM PDT  Smile for the camera!! Or not... And both with the same hairdo for two different magazines! Now how did they do that?! (Just kidding. I know they used magic.) Anyway, January Jones did pose for pictures for both The Times of the UK and M2 magazine out of New Zealand and I must say that I am starting to come around on her. Oh sure, she never ever seems to smile in any of her photo shoots lately (watch the video here), but she’s going to play Emma Frost and I’m down with any chick who plays a superhero. That, and like the last time I showed you pics of her she’s giving us a little bit of cleavage. That’ll win my heart every day of the week.         |
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