Raf Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 "American Cool" is an exhibit going on in Washington DC featuring portraits of a hundred actors, actresses, artists, musicians and writers in the United States whose creativity and style have shaped the concept of cool. THE AMERICAN COOL 100 LIST: The Roots of Cool Fred Astaire Bix Beiderbecke Louise Brooks James Cagney Frederick Douglass Greta Garbo Ernest Hemingway Zora Neale Hurston Jack Johnson Duke Kahanamoku Buster Keaton HL Mencken Georgia O’Keeffe Dorothy Parker Bessie Smith Willie “The Lion” Smith Mae West Walt Whitman Bert Williams The Birth of Cool Lauren Bacall James Baldwin Humphrey Bogart Marlon Brando Lenny Bruce William S Burroughs Raymond Chandler Gary Cooper Miles Davis James Dean Duke Ellington Dizzy Gillespie Woody Guthrie Audrey Hepburn Billie Holiday Jack Kerouac Gene Krupa Robert Mitchum Thelonius Monk Anita O’Day Charlie Parker Jackson Pollock Elvis Presley Frank Sinatra Barbara Stanwyck Muddy Waters John Wayne Hank Williams Lester Young Cool and the Counterculture Muhammad Ali James Brown Jim Brown Johnny Cash Angela Davis Joan Didion Faye Dunaway Bob Dylan Clint Eastwood Walt Frazier Marvin Gaye Deborah Harry Jimi Hendrix Bruce Lee Steve McQueen Bill Murray Paul Newman Jack Nicholson Bonnie Raitt Lou Reed Carlos Santana Patti Smith Susan Sontag Hunter S Thompson John Travolta Andy Warhol Malcolm X Frank Zappa The Legacy of Cool Afrika Bambaataa Jean-Michel Basquiat David Byrne Kurt Cobain Johnny Depp Missy Elliott Tony Hawk Chrissie Hynde Jay-Z Steve Jobs Michael Jordan Madonna Willie Nelson Prince Susan Sarandon Selena Tupac Shakur Sam Shepard Bruce Springsteen Jon Stewart Quentin Tarantino Benicio del Toro Tom Waits Neil Young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 Madonna born 1958 Kate Simon (born 1953) Gelatin silver print, 1983 (printed 2013) Madonna is a singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, auteur, producer, and fashionista who transformed the postfeminist landscape of American culture. As a new kind of ethnic street-smart woman in the 1980s, Madonna exploded across music, film, and MTV while producing videos and concert tours combining dance-driven spectacle and erotic exhibitionism. Her thrift-store bohemian style influenced a generation of adolescent girls to layer up in fingerless gloves, fishnets, and religious necklaces. Madonna’s club-pop sensibility synthesized aspects of disco, gay culture, and African American dance with the rock-and-roll theatricality of David Bowie and Deborah Harry. At times accused of cultural theft, she is rather an artistic omnivore, taking inspiration from European art films, Indian music, voguing, or African American culture. She was an early activist for gay rights and can point to an acclaimed (if minor) film career. At age fifty-five, Madonna is, arguably, the most important female musical artist in recording history: her influence on such figures as Lady Gaga and Pink is immeasurable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIRTY PIG Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 rightly so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest gang bang Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Of course , Magde is SO COOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmmmm Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 How fucking cool!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 But I thought it was cool to be uncool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 You're a filthy piglet!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gang bang Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10621202/The-100-coolest-Americans.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictmachine Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 What a stunning picture of her!!! Never saw that before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollhouse Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 "can point to an acclaimed (if minor) film career" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollhouse Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 "At times accused of cultural theft" WHAT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 "can point to an acclaimed (if minor) film career" I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Is there a link for the Madonna passage? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 Is there a link for the Madonna passage? Thanks. http://npg.si.edu/exhibit/cool/pop-ups/madonna.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetCandy Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Great stuff, amazing pic can just imagine it in colour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pabl0114 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 "At times accused of cultural theft" WHAT? Accused not convicted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimera Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 arguable?...does it mean that there's doubt about her being the most successful female recording artist of all time?...wahtevr... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloane Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 But I thought it was cool to be uncool Get into the groove, Whoop, it's 2014. It's uncool to be cool with the uncool being cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Ooh, there's also an Alt 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pabl0114 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I usually think list are so uncool, this is a cool list tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madonnasuperfan01 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Beautiful pic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madman Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 That picture is stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Sinner Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Long live the queen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Now THIS is a great list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCD Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Gorgeous picture Nice to see her on this list where she so obviously belongs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 What a cool ( and accurate ) list The only obvious omission is The Golden Girls, who are all fucking cool!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 "and is recognized as the best selling female recording artist of all time." Damn straight. Suck it Mariah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOD Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Is gaga on the list? dont think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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