We’ve got nothing against Blue States Lose. Kathy and I have both been targeted, and there was a month when Gawker thought I wore everything wrong, but it’s funny (or at least it used to be). But we figure there should be a place to shout out the good stuff too. The great outfits, the gorgeous people, pure eye candy. So here we go. Installment #1 of…

DIAMONDS IN THE RUFF.
By Brad and Kathy

This time it’s a Gentlemen’s Club; a collection of hot guys from the first three sets of party portraits shot by Brad over the last week and a half. We promise in the future it will be more inclusive of girls, and clothing-related commentary, not just “this guy is hot.” But today we’ve just got boys on the brain…

Ruff Portraits February 8, #4: Brad says “This is Josh Hubbard of The Paddingtons. He is quite tall.” Kathy says “It’s bad enough that he’s cute just standing around; we’ve seen him playing a guitar covered in pink frosting.”

Ruff Portraits February 8, #26: Brad says “He’s somewhat of a cross between Brandon Reilly and the puppet from the Interpol ‘Evil’ video and for some reason that makes me want to do him til Tuesday.” Kathy says “Oh god, I LOVE him. His eyes are all ‘I’m intense and I probably know things about Proust,’ but his little zip-up is all ‘I’m shy and maybe I still play video games.’”

High Voltage Portraits February 6, #15: Brad says “hmm, I think this one is more me than you.” Kathy says “I give him credit for figuring out how to wear a ‘Spice Boy’ t-shirt with a measure of hetereosexuality.”

High Voltage Portraits February 6, #17: Brad says “okay this is our friend Naya’s boyfriend Alex so we can’t really go there but he’s fucking adorable and I had no idea.” Kathy says “Want to pinch his cheeks.”

High Voltage Portraits February 6, #20: Brad says “okay I don’t care WHAT you say, I am completely in love with this guy. I don’t care if I am the only person on the planet who feels that way, I will marry him tonight if he asks.” Kathy says “A for the purple flannel and the neck tattoos. I’m just gonna let you have this one.”

High Voltage Portraits February 6, #25: Brad says “Denis is the cutest photo from that night.” Kathy says “He possessed three very important qualities: 1. Expresses delight about cake. 2. Clearly isn’t threatened by a semi-girly vodka cranberry. 3. Look at him, totally cute.”

High Voltage Portraits February 6, #35: Brad says “Stephen and Michael do parties as a duo called ‘Kids With Snakes.’ I would very much like them to prove to me the existence of said ‘snakes.’” Kathy says “Old Righty has the same mustache as my father and I still think he’s cute.”

High Voltage Portraits February 6, #69: Brad says “I think Josh Madden is everybody’s crush. Am I wrong? Boy, girl, doesn’t matter. You have a crush on Josh Madden.” Kathy says “He looks like he’s nervous about meeting your parents in this photo. It’s super endearing.”

Ruff Portraits February 1, #1: Brad says “hold my drink. Wait a minute. Gotta catch my breath. God damn.” Kathy says “Hot in the Y Tu Mama Tambien kind of way.”

Ruff Portraits February 1, #14: Brad says “I just think Cody and Bunny are really cute.” Kathy says “In a good way, I sort of feel like this is a still from Roger Rabbit. Like, cartoon left. Reality right.”

Ruff Portraits February 1, #97: Brad says “for me it’s the unnatural hair color and the brazen boob display.” Kathy says “So weird, but literally all I can think is ‘Walkin’ in a ginger wonderlaaaand.’”

And one last thing… High Voltage Portraits February 6, #61: Brad says “DAMN, KENDRA.” Kathy says “seriously. SERIOUSLY.”