RSOC #232: Birth of the Cool

[scha]

This is Tuesday here, and I definitely need tons of pics of our man to cheer me up. So sorry for being impatient and not waiting till someone else started, but here it is.

Miles Davis wasn't totally right. "Cool" might have had a beginning in 1957 with his legendary album, but it wasn't fully alive and kicking till 13 March 1960. More evidence needed!

 

[Sad_Girl]

He's so cool, I've got chills

 

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[kafrun]

Ooh, maybe I should pick myself up off the ground and post some pics..


But Adam is too cool, even for this thread

 

[kafrun]

Nice view

 

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[Drea]

SG is clearly trying to kill me before my birthday

 

[kafrun]

Only 16 replies??!

Cool adam

 

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[kafrun]

Bono!Adam

 

[scha]

Cool:
an aesthetic of comportment, demeanor, motion, physical appearance and style. A term of social distinction. It can be defined variously as:
-fearless self-possession in the face of danger,
-self control
-imperturbable
-fashionable

From the beginning of the nineteenth century, that referred to somebody who was assured, audacious or impudent. From the middle fourties it meant something sophisticated or fashionable. From the fifties cool could variously mean restrained, relaxed, laid-back, detached, cerebral, stylish, excellent, or other affirmative things. It became the keyword of the Beat generation.

Cool is given 3 properties
"The act of discovering what's cool is what causes cool to move on"
"Cool cannot be manufactured, only observed"
"Cool can only be observed by those who are themselves cool"

Yeah, I know, it was long, but I do believe that we, Adam-girls have to be not only beautiful and classy but smart as well to match the object of our admiration....

So all the above described things in practice...:

 

[scha]

And, before I forget: those pics, gals .....thank you all, my finger is tired of so many rightclicksavings....

 

[kafrun]

*right-click-saves before she dies*

 

[MsPurrl]

 

[MsPurrl]

Since there was no real Leather Day thread today (how sad!!), Adam gets my vote.

 

[kellyahern]

The Adam World Cup commercial was just on ESPN .