The bizarre fame of former MTV VJ Jesse Camp

I’m not sure how to address this weird fact except to say “I have never worn a Hawaiian shirt in my life, ever.”

Or perhaps “is being campy considered stylish?”

I’m wearing one right now. If you’ll allow broccoli on a white background as an acceptable Hawaiian shirt pattern.

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In my neck of the woods we call them “trustpunk” (i.e. kids who grew up with trust funds).

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Nigel Kennedy grew up in a comfortably middle class family, but I get the impression that his punk persona is closer to who he is than when he has to perform in a suit.

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I dunno, man. One of my biggest regrets of the ‘90s is how god-awfully authentic we expected artists, and by extension ourselves, to be (especially in and amongst the punks). I would have had a lot more fun if I’d embraced artifice a bit more. Next to Carson Daly, Jesse is way more fun and - act or not - that’s legitimately cooler.

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