{"id":23054,"date":"2013-11-05T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T05:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=23054"},"modified":"2017-12-08T17:37:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T22:37:56","slug":"jewel-of-the-month-earring-inspired-by-eminem-and-mmlp2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/jewel-of-the-month-earring-inspired-by-eminem-and-mmlp2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewel of the Month: Earring Homage to Eminem and MMLP2"},"content":{"rendered":"

My heavy-metal-loving customers have been asking me to add a “sign of the horns<\/a>” stud to my emoji and emoji-inspired earring collection<\/a> for a while now.\u00a0 The gesture became associated with metal because it was the late vocalist Ronnie James Dio’s signature move when he was in Black Sabbath. (Read what he had to say about the meaning of the gesture in the last paragraph of this 2001 interview<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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This was heavy-metal god Ronnie James Dio’s signature pose. Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n

The earring was pretty high up on my to-do list, anyway, but it vaulted to the No. 1 spot when Eminem showed up on his new Marshall Mathers LP 2<\/em> album cover doing his best Dio.<\/p>\n

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Click to buy the deluxe version of the album.<\/p><\/div>\n

So here’s November’s Jewel of the Month in silver …<\/p>\n

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$35 for a single. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n

… and here’s the gold version.<\/p>\n

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$225 for a single. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n

These are a mix of satin and high polish finish to bring out the definition of the fingers.<\/p>\n

I’ve paid tribute to Eminem’s hands before<\/a> … for my middle finger emoji-style earring, of course. <\/p>\n

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The finger in gold is $225 for a single. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n

Eminem is to bird-flipping as Ronnie James is to horns,<\/p>\n

from the start of his career …<\/p>\n

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… to this day.<\/p>\n

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Click to buy the deluxe version of the album on iTunes.<\/p><\/div>\n

I still really want the emoji people to add my middle finger style to their list of options.<\/p>\n

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Sterling-silver version, $35 for one. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (<\/em>aka MMLP2) <\/em>is officially out today, though it leaked on Wednesday, Oct. 30. If I were a recording artist, I’d be so mad if my stuff got out before I wanted it to<\/a>. Fuck a middle finger emoji … I’d be tweeting you with this one.
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Gun emoji.<\/p><\/div>\n

Hmmm … will that join my collection? On the one hand, I’m in favor of gun control. On the other hand, an earring has never shot anyone to the best of my knowledge.\u00a0 You’ll have to wait and see. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My heavy-metal-loving customers have been asking me to add a “sign of the horns” stud to my emoji and emoji-inspired earring collection for a while now.\u00a0 The gesture became associated with metal because it was the late vocalist Ronnie James Dio’s signature move when he was in Black Sabbath. (Read what he had to say…<\/p>\n

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