Esky, Esquire’s mascot, was born in 1934. He has featured on more than 500 copies of the magazine, and appears every month on our cover, graces our Twitter page and look top left, there he is again. Well, Esky may well be in for a shock.
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March 17th, 2010
Entertainment, Music, What we're listening to
Making an unprecedented second “What we’re listening to” appearance are The Drums, with this very low-key video for new single “Best Friend”, out on 29 March. The Brooklyn band are so hot right now that they sold out their London date at Heaven in just a day (at least that’s what it said on the press release). Hype aside, the tunes are consistently good, a little Smiths, a little Beach Boys, and the videos always a masterclass in fey. This one is either the acme of cool, or H from Steps’ long-lost Red Coats audition video. You decide.
March 17th, 2010
Are you a conniving Pete Campbell or a wry Roger Sterling? A jubbly Joan Harris or a prim Peggy Olson? US channel AMC has devised this simple yet strangely compelling quiz to identify which character from Mad Men you most resemble. We’re an office of Don Drapers, naturally. Click on the picture to play, or go to www.amctv.com:80/originals/madmen/whichmadman
March 16th, 2010
There comes a stage in every rock star’s life where they have a clear choice to make. Persevere with living and toddle towards self-parody like Ozzy Osborne and Iggy Pop or expire in a blaze of drugs, plane crashes and gun-crime like the subjects of Rock Shrines: Where The Stars’ Lives Ended And The Myths Began. (more…)
March 16th, 2010
Music, What we're listening to
OK Go are already the kings of the viral video thanks to their 2006 promo for “Here It Goes Again”, which put the fun into treadmills (and the concept into a subsequent Berocca ad). They’ve upped the stakes yet further with their latest, for “This Too Shall Pass”, a staggering feat of homespun engineering that calls to mind a certain Honda ad, which in turn called to mind a certain work by Swiss artists Fischli & Weiss. Ah well, no such thing as a new idea. At least it’s a good one.
March 15th, 2010
Take it from us, this Spring everyone is going to be talking about Hit-Girl. The pint-sized assassin is played by 12-year-old Chloe Moretz and she’s the undisputed star of Matthew Vaughn’s superhero comedy caper, Kick-Ass (released on 2 April). We caught up with the child star during a break in filming on Let Me In, the American remake of the Scando-vampire-arthouse hit, Let The Right One In. And as Chloe explains, life has been pretty, ahem, ‘amazing’… (more…)
March 12th, 2010
Drink, Exhibitions, Photography
Long-term Esquire contributor and iconic photographer Rankin (left, with Esquire editor Jeremy Langmead) unveiled his latest exhibition Cheeky last night, as guests mingled to see his unique take on the female form which included original nudes of supermodels Kate Moss and Heidi Klum. (more…)
March 11th, 2010
This video from US Show Jimmy Kimmel Live! is worth a watch – in fact, it reminded us a little of a typical meeting with the Esquire fashion department.
March 11th, 2010
