There are people on the balcony. In this case, from left to right, we recognize here The Edge, historic guitarist of U2, Bono, the leader of the group, and finally George Clooney, who has nothing to do with Irish rockers, but lead a brilliant career actor and coffee seller. Sunday, December 4, the three men gathered in Washington, as part of the prestigious ceremony organized annually since 1978 by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, during which they each received a prize for the whole of their work.
rainbow of arts
The proof, The Edge, Bono and George wear said prize around their neck. To distinguish itself from competing ceremonies, the John F. Kennedy Prize does not award a golden charm to its winners, but a multicolored tissue necklace. Invented by Ivan Chermayeff, creator of the iconic Logos of the NBC or the National Geographic, the collar in question, very close to the Flag Rainbow of the LGBT community, in fact illustrates the variety of living arts rewarded in the context of the ceremony: each color its discipline.
spindle
Since we speak necklace, note that another accessory adorns the neck of The Edge. Under his multicolored necklace, he indeed wears a Texan tie, or Bolo Tie, recognizable by his leather link and his silver spit. If the origin of the thing is debated, the most widespread version says that the so -called Victor Cedarstaff, a blacksmith from Arizona, invented the Bolo Tie, totally by chance, one day placing the decorative band adorning around the day usually his hat. In tribute to Cedarstaff, the Bolo Tie has been, since 1971, the official tie of the State of Arizona.
well in the nails
But what does Bono do here? Does he howl his disgust for the Bolo Tie of The Edge? Does he sing with or without you with full lungs? Or does he celebrate a goal in the middle of the World Cup? In the absence of absolute certainties on the question (the absence of the Irish selection in Qatar still makes the last unlikely hypothesis), let us content ourselves to recall a fact and to congratulate by that the Irish singer: the tuxedo shirts do not close with buttons, but, like here, with nails, or studs, a kind of pines screwed on themselves.
tuxedo, no tuxedo
Finally, let’s ask the angry question: Doesn’t George Clooney read this chronicle? Or, worse, does he bed and do he literally don’t care? In fact, we have not stopped repeating for months, even years, that wearing a tuxedo is not compatible with wearing a watch, for the simple and good reason that time should no longer have any importance During a quality worldly event. However, we are formal, it is a tuxedo that Clooney carries and it is a watch that protrudes from the wrist of his shirt. Fort of coffee.