the smoking police

as part of my ongoing grand reopening of 'planetcool,' i'm gonna raise a toast to the groovy chick who gave me the nudge to get back into it. lucynell, this one's for you. although, i'm sure you've probably seen this one before. i doubt there's a single shot of the police that you haven't seen before. i chose this one because i wickedly love to see good-looking men smoking cigarettes. i know, it's evil, i know. still... i think it's hot. okay, who wins the 'horserace' in this picture? normally, i think stewart is like, ten times better looking than sting... and i've honestly yet to see a real bad shot of andy summers, however, i reluctantly have to give the honors to weird sting in this instance. i mean, look at that pose! the angle of the cig, the curve of his neck..! yeah, sorry stewart, sorry andy, i gotta give it to gordon this time. i know lucynell will probably disagree with me, but... ( sigh, cranking gesture ) what are ya gonna do?

a different drummer

well, maybe not so different. i can't remember where i found this wonderful shot of stewart smoking, below a fragmented lute and a blunt-edged mirror. he bleached his hair back then, didn't he? i mean, was that not part of the 'police' concept? and, forgive my ignorance, lucynell, but wasn't stuart born 'over here?' anyway, in this picture, he looks like he's 'cooling down.' i can't help but wonder how badly his hands hurt... how his champion knuckles ached... and his radius wrist bones complained after a loud night of banging out charted hits... all for the deep pockets of the middle-class 20 year-old grey fedora, torn yellow t-shirt chicks in the audience. i love this shot.

set

okay, this is obviously a shameless play for lucynell's attention. hey, its the slim and expert mr. stewart copeland, right where he belongs; namely, behind his drums with his mouth shut. okay, so that last part was just mean. actually, i've heard stewart talk, and he seems like a pretty bright and lucid guy. he's always reminded me of my cool older cousin eric. and those striped shirts? you know they were so popular in those days, and actually, he looked pretty good in one. in fact, from this moment on, i might have to refer to that kind of top as a 'stewart copeland shirt.' and i've never heard of him being a real asshole, maybe lucynell can help me out here... like, are there any infamous stories of him like, getting pissed in front of 15 thousand people and like, dropping his sticks and walking off in standard, 'shove it, i don't need this!' -fashion. hey, i don't know all that much about 'police' lore, but it always sort of struck me that if one of those three guys was gonna 'rag out' and be a prima donna, then it would be sting, and sting alone. but hey, like i said, lucynell, correct me if i'm wrong. do you have any juicy 'policedrama' dirt to dish?