alexi gunner
@idlegaze
cultural strategist
writes idle gaze; a newsletter exploring the undercurrents of the modern zeitgeist.
founder @ idle gaze consulting
cultural futurist @ RADAR
alexi gunner
idlegaze.substack.com
I won’t say who because I didn’t check on the publishing front when we were chatting, but by their own empirical evidence, a Lemaire bomber jacket won’t get you into Berghain but a Bottega (unbranded, unmarked) one will.
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he idea of research as leisure activity has stayed with me because it seems to describe a kind of intellectual inquiry that comes from idiosyncratic passion and interest. It’s not about the formal credentials. It’s fundamentally about play . It seems to describe a life where it’s just fun to be reading, learning, writing, and collaborating on
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I think we need to make it cool again to, you know, have a girlfriend, have a boyfriend, whatever. Set settle down, create a family, do simple [ __ ] Learn how to do wood
carving and find God
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Ella Quittner had a funny take: “An almost laughable number of plates hung from chains overhead, like a bondage den had crossed with a Pottery Barn, and there were amphibians everywhere. There was a giant one hanging among the plates, there was a portrait of one in FDNY dress that a server said was an homage to a former regular who had passed away... See more
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J.G. Ballard
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It’s the same logic that powers Erewhon, or Soho House, or influencer-run startups. You’re not paying for the thing. You’re paying for the removal of difficulty . The filtered lighting. The social cachet. The sense that this world still makes sense!