you guys should have sent more photogs to this party…. there just aren’t enough pics.

;-)

wowza, amazing photos, all three of you. and jesus h that is a lot of humping…

Man these photos are frickin’ awesome

That red-headed chick needs to shave his, um… her legs.

Please stop sending these tools to events I want to attend. If you’re trying to outright objectify yourselves, ladies, be a little tongue in cheek or something otherwise you end up like this — vapid and retarded.

At what point did the bikinis come off and where are those photos posted?

hungry steve?

The problem as I see it isn’t any particular philosophical stance, to give a nod to Steve’s concern. There’s certainly a vapid quality expressed in the subjects, but it’s an ephemeral aspect that I feel has been captured purely by accident; I’m sure that each of these people is a wonderful and interesting snowflake in their own rights.

The problem is the pictures just aren’t very good. These photographers have a pronounced reliance on technological gimmicks to make the subjects seem interesting - there is no subtlety or craft other than barging into a place full of young people and aggressively documenting something that really needs no documentation. From what I’ve seen of these photographers while out and about, and aside from occasional and ham handed attempts at candid photography there is the flawed idea that the pictures they’re taking justify them barging into the public space and getting in the way of a good dance.

It’s a shame, but the trend will fade as soon as the beauty of our youths can no longer obscure a grim and general lack of substance. Would you look at such asinine pictures of people if their skin wasn’t taut?

Peace,
Peter

Well put, Peter. I think you shed some light on that for me since really a lot of great art is vapid and retarded, but it’s great because it’s got some skill or cleverness behind it á la David Lachapelle or Jeff Koons, whereas this is a worse version of Thomas Kinkaid. (A $5000 camera does not a good photo make.)

Maybe there is an interesting psychological element here that I’m missing. I just wonder what the women got out of participating since I’d wager they weren’t paid. Was it fun to be the center of attention all night? Too easy. Maybe one of them can shed some light on it for me?

I won’t pretend I’m not predisposed to hate, but that comes from being out when a rude scenester crew and their photographer get in the way of my good time. I don’t want to be in your photo so have some respect when you’re out flashing your light in everyone’s eyes.

And maybe I’m just annoyed that there isn’t any actual sexuality in those photos but ******.

(disparaging comments about our bikini squad censored)

steve: all those girls wanted was attention. and if you’ve talked to any of them ever you know how vapid they really are.

if ever byt starts to place names next to faces the shenanigans would be up.

you’re not missing anything, you’re seeing exactly what you think you are. there’s no creative element, no deeper meaning.

for these girls a little bit of attention goes a long way.

bunch of whiny beta d bags. hey look at me my beta eyes hurt cos of your flash á la a little bitch. wah! wah! wah! but i’m a feminist and dat ass aint so taut yo.

Mickey: agreed.

but then again, Mickey, this isn’t a indie pop/rock party. i’m not going to elaborate, we’ve all expressed our opinions about what bliss is/has become.

this makes so much more sense. thank you cale. and i’m guessing that the girl in the yellow top that looks like you is your sister. matching, it’s a family thing.

Cale: These are my thoughts alone here, as I don’t know any better, but I feel like your explanation comes down to you wanted some of your friends “to jump out of a cake” for your buddy’s party as a means of cheap titillation. The mob, being what it is, is always open to cheap thrills, hence the decidedly different reaction outside of the mob mentality on the board.

But I would suspect at least one or more of the participants took it more seriously than it was meant to be and I would hazard a guess that this photo set isn’t doing any of them any favors… IMHO.

whoa, lots of typos, mispellings and improper use of tense in there. fuck it, i’m going to drink another beer…

Jesus, these bikini girls have been way too looked into. The bikini girls were actually pretty cool if you talked to them (very smart for women) and they didn’t seem to want attention. They seemed reluctant if anythinng. N E way. C U L8er!

ah Sappho, didn’t catch your “very smart for women” comment the first time around. Thanks for making my point for me. Brilliant.

It should go without saying I do not attend BYT parties. Was referring to DC. My complaint is when it’s at a normal venue and photographers are in everyone’s face. The irony here is completely lost on me. Glad the women are happy about their choice. Maybe they’ll do it again next weekend only get totally naked just to prove how much they wanted to do it for fun. And then maybe they’ll make out. And then maybe you’ll post the pics. Promise I won’t complain.

wow how long did you work on that?

people are complaining about bikinis at a dj assault show? this is the man who wrote “ass n titties”.

the lyrics to said song here:

http://www.lyricsondemand.com/d/djassaultlyrics/assntittieslyrics.html

people it’s not that serious.

I wish it was me in this picture http://www.flickr.com/photos/dakotafine/2819737718/in/set-72157607064937491/

I haven’t been to Bliss in years, but I am surprised that it is now a hip hop party complete with strippers!