Rolling Stone 2000

Issue #837, March 30, 2000

by Hayley
Photos obtained from Rolling Stone.com

Unfortunately, I don't own this issue, as it pre-dated my *NSYNC obsession. But it doesn't matter, 'cause I have all the pictures here on my computer, mwahahaha. The article was "*NSYNC: Weird Scenes Inside the Glitter Factory". That makes me laugh. Know what else makes me laugh? *NSYNC in glittery makeup.



Ah, the lovely cover shot. Minus the headlines. Okay, so the glittery suits do look pretty foxy on them. For some reason, only Justin and Chris are shirtless. This is an annoying and interesting phenomenon that I have noticed with boybands. They are rarely ever all shirtless (excluding BSB's "Quit Playin' Games with My Heart" video). It confuses me. I mean, why not make them all shirtless? Or all with shirts? What purpose does it serve having only a couple of them shirtless? Yes, it's obvious that I have no life, otherwise I wouldn't have the time to ponder such retarded and meaningless things. But the point I'm trying to make here is: Chris is sexy, isn't he?


Do these facial expressions look familiar to anyone else? I don't know how many pictures I've seen of the guys where they look exactly like this. All kinda angry, playful, screeching at the camera type thing. Except for Lance, of course, he is always cool as a cucumber. And for some reason, Lance putting his fist out like that, with that ring on his finger, reminds me of a cartoon superhero. Like Hercules, from the old crappy 70's Hercules cartoon. His power came from a ring. Or something. His ring was important in some way, and it reminds me of Lance here. But the point I'm trying to make here is: Chris is sexy, isn't he? (okay, I'll stop doing that)


Hehe. Now I know everyone is expecting me to make some disparaging and smart-alecky comments about how ridiculous they look in glittery makeup.......and I'm not going to disappoint you.
JC: There has to be some significance to the fact that JC is the only one wearing lipstick. The boy flames more than a forest fire. So much so, in fact, that I'm surprised that the bulk of gay rumours center around Lance. If you ask me, JC is the one to wonder about.
Lance: What's with the one silver eyebrow? Other than that, I think Lance looks pretty sexy all silvery, and damn I like his hair that way. His expression is just too cute for words.
Chris: Chris is obviously trying out for the gay chapter of the NFL. But I'm really starting to like how he looks when he's screaming at the camera.
Justin: I don't know what the hell that thing they drew on his face is supposed to be, but I kinda like it. And I was gonna make a lewd sexual comment about the way he has his mouth, but.....wait, I guess I sorta just did.
Joey: Okay, this has nothing to do with my indifference to Joey, but I hate that they painted his goatee silver. It looks retarded. And it reminds me of Santa Claus for reasons I don't even wanna know.


And now for a huge series of pictures (10 in all) featuring *NSYNC cavorting around in red, black, and white clothes:


I swear, all of these pictures involve at least one of them in a weird, and very uncomfortable-looking "playful" position. In this one, it's Justin. His "gee whiz" facial expression cracks me up, and so does Joey. Actually, they all look pretty cute and playful here.


Puppies, man. That's all I gots to say.


See what I mean? These intricate, playful poses. But it works.


How on earth is Justin defying the laws of gravity like that?


Okay, Justin's facial expression here is too cute. And JC is doing his "homie" pose.


Damn, that Justin is the king of cute faces. And JC tends to scream at the camera a lot. Perhaps he's having troubles dealing with his sexual confusion (he's wearing white shoes, for crying out loud!). Give in to the urges, JC.


Hey, they're jumping and stuff. Come one, there's only so much you can say about 10 virtually identical pictures.


JC is upside-down praying, and Justin's about to go down on Joey. Good family fun. But hey, you get to see Lance's belly.....mmm mmm good.


"I love what you do for me, Toyota!" *jump*


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