Is there anything of substance in this article, because I think we’ll need one of those Japanese robot-duster’s to pick up all these names.

what was that , wo cares for them , the aristocrats,they are not even real aristocrats with the original meaning of the greek term. Who cares for them they have money girls and they live a luxurius life , i love taki but when he starts talking abou his cycle its ridiclous, . Greek royal family,they are germans are not they, they didn t put a drop of greek blood inside , and they are responsible for the loss of minor asia and the oustin of million of greeks and the death of more than 500000

No, there is nothing of substance here, but it is articles like these which make this forum distinct from, for example, Chronicles.  But I really think that Taki, the party animal of the millenium, needs to host one of these affairs for his rabble.  Mr. Zmirak, he of the off-the-wall Catholic recipes, could cater it.

That account was pleasant, and I’m sure the party itself was even more fun. I had a good time at a party last weekend, although Greek royalty and Naomi Campbell were conspicuously absent, to say the least. I applaud anyone who parties and has so much fun that he must talk about the party afterwards. With all the sad-sacks in the world, such accounts are a good thing.

It seems some don’t know or have forgotten that the Poor Greek Boy picks up spare obols as a gossip columnist, a very good one at that.

I love Taki, but sometimes his stuff reads like it was written by Elliot Templeton from Razor’s Edge.

Re: “I love Taki, but sometimes his stuff reads like it was written by Elliot Templeton from Razor’s Edge.” Posted by Hankest.  That’s a fairly strong bit to say, though an interesting comparison if you’ve read Mandolyna’s writing and her appreciation for the Bohemian/Beat style (see “Freedom Is For Fools” a month or so ago).  Could she be the Larry to Taki’s Elliot?  Surely not wholly so, as Elliot took himself seriously, and Taki keeps things light with a healthy dose of self-deprecation.

While gossip columns are my normal reading, I like Taki’s.  Black-tie parties are great; there are fewer ways to make a woman feel appreciated than dressing in a nice tux to take her out.  And spending time with fun, educated, cultured people is a joy. 

Seeing what is apparently a large portion of the regulars at the parties Taki attends inebriated by night’s end sounds like a situation that could cause nausea and headaches even for the teetotalers in the crowd.  Though, if Taki’s ever in need of a designated sober to tag along to one of these parties and get him into the car at nights end, I could make myself available!

To those who deride Taki’s fun, it might be well for them to remember the aphorism: “Living well is the best revenge.” It is the best because it is the least harmful, except perhaps to one’s own liver. And “when the wide world runs bias from our will,” what better to distract from our woes than a bit of innocent merriment?

I may not always agree with Taki’s stands, but the fact remains: he gets to party with supermodels, and that can’t be too bad.  ;)

With all due respect to SOME of our commenters:  Some of them (not all of them, but some of them) just don’t get it.  Taki is a poet.  He lives, and writes, with poetic license.  And he would do the same regardless of how much money he has or doesn’t have.

If Taki were a poor man, then, like the poor Stoic slave Epictetus, he would say, “When God (or the gods) offers a banquet to us, we should just enjoy it as much as we can - because it is all a gift.”

Or if Taki were as powerful as Emperor Marcus Aurelius (which Taki is not), then Taki would agree with Marcus Aurelius, that, “as vines give grapes, so men do good deeds for other men (without any reward) because it is their nature.”

So, on that note, in fair response to Taki’s poem, here is one (of many) sonnets of mine, written in a similar chivalrous spirit, to some ladies I have known and admired and sometimes loved, in the same spirit of Taki’s love for many good women:

No myths or tattered banners can contain
The fire that’s born of right and
fearful truths!
Whose tongue corrupts the humble -
and yet soothes
The heart whose honour
welcomes pride’s light stain!

Therefore, since you’re - well -
too headtstrong and loud
To speak of aught but honour,
and your fine
And righteous indignation: Borrow mine
Own tongue!  Far gentler, simpler,
yet quite proud,

To tell you what I fear you might have
missed
While trampling on the lips of those
who may
Have dared to shut you up?  Yes,
dare I say?
If you’d leave lips untrampled,
you’d be kissed!
So, Darling, cut the tired,
bombastic crap,
And once, for our lips’ sake: 
Just shut your trap.

But that’s just one of my more earthy, more vulgar sonnets.  I never share any of my most personal poetry in public.  And neither does Taki nor any Gentleman.

But the fact that Taki has created this place for us to write and to publish in romantic and idealistic ways, without fear, says a lot about Taki and what a generous gift he is giving to us here.

Not only is it a pleasure reading Taki’s celebrity gossip and his razor sharp opinions of some of them, it is a pleasure to read these observations. Taki has an intelligent readership.

John Ball -
You speak too soon friend.  You claim this venue allows a place where one can speak without fear, yet your sycophantish zealotry is quick to flash the sword at anyone who durst besmirch Sir Taki’s honor.  Such censorship as you consistently provide does not foster a vigorous debate, and you discredit yourself, with your obvious intellect, by playing the pet.

(In other words, RELAX!)

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