I'm told that in my previous post "It's So Sexy, Let's Get Crazy", it sounds like I'm making fun of guys wearing eyeliner. On the contrary, I've got no problem with the rougher sex... (pause for giggle)... glamming it up when it suits them. Does this mean I want to see the guys putting up the drywall at the new 7/11 getting a little sexy with their eye makeup? No, of course not. Well... yes, in a way, but that's a different story.

To show my support for guys getting all pretty like, here's my top 5 Google image search results of dudes and their makeup.

Matt Skiba is the man. Sure, his voice may be getting gnarlier, and his hairline may be going a little farther north, but his hooks are undeniable and his lyrical imagery is dark and relatable. Appearance-wise, dude was never pretty, but you can't tell me he doesn't look like a nose-candy lovin' mothasuckin ROCKSTAR in that pic. Sure, the cheetah strap might have something to do with it, but without that eyeliner he'd just be another dude with a guitar.

Forget what you've heard, heroin chic never died. Riddle this: in 10 years, do you think he'll be remembered for Trainspotting, or that movie with the squinty-eyed girl who can't really act? Mmmhmm. Guess why. Yep, it's the eyeliner. And, you know, that toilet scene.

Courtney Taylor-Taylor IS rock and roll. No matter how jaded a music lister is, I defy anyone to sit still during a song like "Bohemian Like You" or the O.C. oldie "We Used to Be Friends". Need another reason to go out and buy that eyeliner pencil? Nope.

Rocks newest prettyboy, the guy that sparked this discussion, and blossoming egomaniac (?), Flowers' Killers have put ReNew-Wave and eyeliner at the front of the mainstream. Sure there are haters out there, but they're only kidding themselves.

So what you haven't heard an Oasis record since What's the Story..., they're still untouchable over the pond, and you can't ask for much more from a rockstar: inflated sense of self-importance, well-written songs, fur, feuding, and (you guessed it) eyeliner. Admit it, you'd sell an organ to be this guy.

So I hope I'm clear now. Hairgel does well, but eyeliner's finer.

Revolution is in the air tonight at the Metro as Bloc Party rocks our collective socks. Will report (with Jason Lee's Beard Scale) sometime soon.

DG