SI swimsuit issue... outdated?
The new one is out, at least online.
Is it relevant anymore?
When you can subscribe to Maxim... when you have the 'Net... when you see more skin at the Oscars... when the culture has changed to where looking like Alicia Keys at the Grammys is more the norm than not...
Who cares about a bunch of models on a beach?
Those of us of a certain age still think Cheryl Tiegs emerging from the surf in that fishnet one-piece is a highlight of our lives... but that was awhile ago. Maybe now, you look at that and shrug.
Personally, the presence of that thick SI in the mailbox every February is a reminder that winter doesnt last forever, that Moscow-on-the-Ohio will be warming up soon enough. I like the idea of the swimsuit edition as much as the execution.
You? The online photos are fabulous, especially some of the body-painted ladies. But maybe the whole notion is becoming a little outdated.
Thoughts...
posted by Paul Daugherty at 8:46 AM
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Post a Comment*Chicks in bathing suits will never be outdated.Now they took the bathing suits off and added a little paint. That counts as art. Playboy has been showing nude women for decades and is still going strong. Chicks in bathing suits is just American, plain and simple.
So funny...I just got a link to some of the pictures and was thinking the same thing. There is so much out there now, it isn't the same. I do remember the Tiegs photo but the Christie Brinkley pics are the ones that I recall the most.
You're right Paul.
But the SI Swimsuit edition, if you've seen it or not, is the best way to pass 10 minutes waiting for your haircut. That will always be true.
Yup, just what I was thinking.
Probably a conspiracy by NaZi to keep Bob from seeing Jeff's honey in a bikini. The Big Zim is joined by Mike Brown who is protesting Chad's new endzone celebration with Bikinied BenGals.
And the Reds have traded Homer Bailey for softball pro fast pitch honey, Jennie Finch, voted by ESPN as pro sports most attractive athlete. Sporting a blazing riseball fastball, a 0.41 ERA, and a bit of rough play, Jennie & her new Victoria's Secret designed Reds Uniform are guaranteed to distract any opposition into early submission. Krivsky promises a new pitch, The ThongBall, and a full Jennie rosin bag stoop toward 2d base at least once each inning.
Cunningham promises to have Big Willie and the Twins at every home game.
As the Reds Rep in Women's ProSoftball, Homer will be paid per progeny in a new Farm System ReSeeding Program.
Daugherty will stop discussing prospect-hoarding in lieu of Homer Bailey interviews regarding Matches He'd Like to Fantasize (MHLF).
So let me get this right....
Sports Illustrated puts out OTHER issues throughout the year?
Its not just one issue in February???
Swimsuit issue outdated? That is Commusnism!
Mike from America is hella Bad @$$!
Outdated??
Lance will have a whole week's worth of reminiscing over this.
I think you watched Pardon the Interruption last night...they said the same thing.
Went out on a cold winter night, opened up the mailbox and pulled out the swimsuit issue.
Brought it in, skimmed through it. Big deal.
Asked my 17-year-old son if he wanted it. He shrugged. Threw it in the trash.
What a waste of ink and paper.
This is off topic...
I'm kinda sick of Chad and everything, but I'm trying to find something he said a few years back that I think it what is driving his interest to play somewhere else.
There is an interview where Chad Johnson said the way he sees value as a top receiver is based on annual pay, not the player's salary cap number. Do you know what the quote was?
With his restructured contract in 2006, which Agent Drew Rosenhaus praised the Bengals doing, Johnson would get approximately $8mil in 2006 and $8mil in 2007. The numbers include both bonus and base salary. For 2008, he is only slated to earn his base. Although his cap number is over $6mil, he is actually only earning $3.5mil. That's $4.5 million less than last year.
Based on the quote I am trying to find, I believe Chad's actions are only about one thing: money.
My prediction is Chad will "sit out" of minicamp and be traded after June 1st to allow the Bengals to absorb some of the cap hit in 2009.
Timing of the SI swimsuit release(as with most things) is everything. Wouldn't be the same in July.
Everyone get your issue today? The
body-painting just keeps getting better. Couldn't we make this an Olympic Sport somehow?
Marisa Miller covering her lady parts will always sell.
Newspapers are outdated.
But we still let you come to work.
Leave the hot models alone.
Well, clearly advertisers don't think it's outdated. I'd be curious to know how much Swimsuit revenue props up the rest of SI.
The models on the beaches do nothing for me. But I'll make a point of turning to the athletes' wives and other non-supermodel features. Danica, incidentally, is a lousy swimsuit model IMO.
I wish it were more relevant for me; now that six pack abs have grown to a nice quarter keg.
Vicarious living, leafing through the photos would be much more satisfying if there was any chance at picturing yourself entwined with one of these beautiful women; if it was not such an absurd image.
An image that mutates into a contemporary version of Munch's SCREAM.
Got mine in the mail yesterday as well. Didn't even look at it and tossed it straight from the mail box into the recycle bin. The whole thing is way outdated and it's certainly not why I subscribe to SI.
10:02, agree Danica can't compete at this level but, heh, she's in there trying and the painted swimsuits can't drive race cars either.
I like her attitude. If all she had to do was get ready for a SI swimsuit issue, she'd give em a heck of a run. IMO.
Paul, did I stumble on the Amish blog by mistake? Using fancy women as a marketing ploy only goes back a few thousand years. I do agree to the extent that it would be nice to read sports in my sports publications.
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