Keep your clothes on. Please.

The American Association for Nude Recreation has a problem: Its membership is getting too old. So its leaders are trying to recruit younger members with events such as a “Nudie Blues” rock concert. Can’t blame them for trying. Hanging out, literally, with a bunch of naked 50- and 60-year-olds just doesn’t swing — that is, unless you’re talking about sagging body parts.
Posted by Phillip Brownlee

9 Comments

  1. Damoon
    Posted July 28, 2005 at 8:45 am | Permalink

    Hey, we all looked damn good at Woodstock!!!

  2. flike
    Posted July 28, 2005 at 11:19 am | Permalink

    That’s funny.

    Nudie Blues works on many levels, some that have surely got to be unintentional. If the group thinks that truth in advertising is an actual hook, though, maybe they should consider something like American Leather instead.

    Or Leather Bar, although I think that tends to add back the unintentional-connotation problem, at least for the guys. (in spades)

  3. Jed
    Posted July 28, 2005 at 7:04 pm | Permalink

    Nudism, as admirable as it may be elsewhere, probably has no place in Kansas, with our high UV index and damn little shade! Do we really need to be the melanoma and liver spot capitol?

  4. James
    Posted July 29, 2005 at 7:49 am | Permalink

    On another post, jed accused me of being lowbrow. Here’s lowbrow.

    Berkley protesters at the “Breast not Bombs” ralley. Warning: R-rated images. And not pretty ones, either.

    http://www.zombietime.com/breasts_not_bombs/

  5. Jed
    Posted July 29, 2005 at 10:43 am | Permalink

    James,Which post was that on? I don’t recall ever using the term.

  6. James
    Posted July 29, 2005 at 1:30 pm | Permalink

    Jed

    My bad. It was JR who said I was low-brow.

  7. Jed
    Posted July 29, 2005 at 2:59 pm | Permalink

    James,Thanks- I was afraid our little joker was back at work!

  8. Jed
    Posted July 30, 2005 at 4:59 pm | Permalink

    Hey James,Finally got time to look at that site (see above).While I admit there wasn’t anything there that could be described as “perky,” they are sure more appealing than the picture of the dead kid from Falluja that’s on the wall above my monitor!

  9. Larry Dennis Leese
    Posted August 7, 2006 at 11:46 pm | Permalink

    Hello,We are just a bit miffed as my wife Connie and her drummer came up with the “Nudie Blues” name for their band in June of 1996.Not quite sure how to copywright this, we were told to have it on a letter addressed to such. Well, we have it, so anyone using that name after June of ‘96 is in copywright violation. Please send all monies to hmmmm, manager, guru, roadie, um, bus driver??? Ummm, ME!Thank you all very much!

    LarLar