WHAT'S COOL WHAT'S HOT.Byline: - Daily News DUDS FOR A DIGITAL AGE Has fashion gone functional? The SCOTTEVEST brand of patented Technology Enabled Clothing (TEC) has. This stylish, everyday line of cargo pants cargo pants or trousers Noun, pl loose trousers with a large external pocket on the side of each leg , hoodies and baseball caps is designed for carrying around gadgets with nobody being the wiser. A series of hidden pockets conceals various devices, including iPods, mobile handsets and Blackberries without any visible bulges or wires. According to the company, it's so functional that it's even worn by the Secret Service. Available at Neiman Marcus stores and online at www.scottevest.com. THESE CLOWNS BOTHERING YOU? If you're brave, sit in the first couple of rows of the Kirk Douglas Theatre The Kirk Douglas Theatre is located in Culver City, California and in 2004, was acquired by the famed Center Theatre Group. The theatre is the most intimate of the groups 3 stages and seats 317 patrons at max occupancy. , where Trey Lyford and Geoff Sobelle, the clowns of ``all wear bowlers,'' can get you in their sights. Their characters - Wyatt R. Levine and Earnest Matters - have emerged from a silent movie, you see, and are trying to find their way out of the theater. And let's just say they're not shy about taking a few steps into - and over - the audience to attain this goal. ``All wear bowlers'' plays through Oct. 28 at the Douglas, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. (213) 628-2772 or www.CenterTheatreGroup.org. CREATURE FEATURE All the main characters in ``I Am Not an Animal'' are, in fact, animals: clothed clothe tr.v. clothed or clad , cloth·ing, clothes 1. To put clothes on; dress. 2. To provide clothes for. 3. To cover as if with clothing. , talking animals cluelessly roaming the British countryside in search of high-paying jobs and a good pub but who are in danger of extermination extermination mass killing of animals or other pests. Implies complete destruction of the species or other group. on orders issued by a sinister testing facility. ``I Am Not an Animal I Am Not an Animal was an animated series telling the tale of highly intelligent animals rescued from a vivisectionist laboratory and forced to live on their own. The series was made and directed by Peter Baynham. ,'' which debuts at 11 p.m. Wednesday on the Sundance Channel, may be the single oddest program you'll see on TV this year. Photo-montage animation (with an abundance of hilarious sight gags) and utterly drolly random dialogue - the assorted characters discuss films they haven't seen, board games and shoe trees - also makes it one of the most entertaining. Steve Coogan (``I'm Alan Partridge'') lends his voice to the group's leader, an eloquently dim horse. Other characters include a Tim Robbins-obsessed bulldog, a saucy sauc·y adj. sauc·i·er, sauc·i·est 1. a. Impertinent or disrespectful. b. Impertinent in an entertaining way; impossible to repress or control. 2. rat, a button-down sparrow who nonetheless aspires to a pop-music career, a melodramatic cat and an abysmally stupid monkey (he eats the peel, not the banana). It all might seem a little bewildering be·wil·der tr.v. be·wil·dered, be·wil·der·ing, be·wil·ders 1. To confuse or befuddle, especially with numerous conflicting situations, objects, or statements. See Synonyms at puzzle. 2. at first, but go with it and you might soon be addicted. If so, catch the rebroadcasts at 6 p.m. Thursdays, 11 p.m. Fridays, and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays and Tuesdays. THE CAT'S MEOW meow see mew. ``Calvin and Hobbes,'' Bill Watterson's beloved comic strip about a trickster trickster, a mythic figure common among Native North Americans, South Americans, and Africans. Usually male but occasionally female or disguised in female form, he is notorious for exaggerated biological drives and well-endowed physique; partly divine, partly human, kid and his feline friend, is back. But you won't find it in the comic pages. You'll find it in ``The Complete Calvin and Hobbes,'' a three-volume slip-cased set out this week from Andrews McMeel Publishing that includes every strip Watterson did from his cartoon's launch on Nov. 18, 1985, to its final run on Dec. 31, 1995. The collection includes new art and an introduction by Watterson. Retail price: $150. CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) no caption (Technology Enabled Clothing) (3 -- color) no caption (``The Complete Calvin and Hobbes'') (4 -- color) no caption (``I Am Not an Animal'') (5 -- color) no caption (hat) |
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