| Thursday, December 25, 2003 posted by 2LiveJew on 9:59 AM |
 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! ~ An old friend ~ |
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| Tuesday, December 23, 2003 posted by J on 2:01 PM |
Shame On You Mr Mort Saul.
A short essay by Joey Moore There's not much sadder than a crotchety old man ranting about "back in my day" and telling people today how they should be. Today on NPR I heard an interview with just such a man by the name of Mort Saul. Mort is a comedian who hit his prime (brace yourself) 50 years ago as a political satirist/stand-up comedian. On Fresh Air today he very calmly and clearly explained all the reasons why Bill Maher and Al Franken are not funny and don't know how to do their job. These men who are widely considered THE political satirists of our generation. When questioned by Terry Gross about what IS funny he shared some of his favorite political jokes from years gone by. They were funny, definately. But it was that kind of funny that makes you smile a little, and maybe, MAYBE, give a little chuckle. Forget what I said about the "not much sadder than a crotcety etc." In truth there is not much sadder than a man claiming to be an authority on what is funny who is not funny himself. And you can definately tell there is a quality to his style that would've had them rolling... when our grandparents were the age we are now. He knew his audience, and that is definately important. BUT there's a key word there; KNEW. Past tense. AL Franken and Bill Maher know their audience, and they do know their jobs. THeir jobs are simply put; to entertain and enilighten. Period. And even at that, it's the entertaining that really keeps us coming back. Now that I've read over this again, I just want to ask for a small favor from all of you: If/When I become that crotchety old man bitching about how the world has gone down hill since "my day" just kill me. The moral of this story is the world is crap now, and it will be crap later, we'll just be more irritable because of bad hips or cataracts and shit. |
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| Wednesday, December 17, 2003 posted by J on 8:56 AM |
FYI
For those of you who have not responded (which is pretty much everybody) there is a thread on the board, started by Josh Crohn, about this year's gift exchange. Crohn needs to know who to shop for and what not, so please post a little note for him. That is all. My your days be merry etc. :) |
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| Monday, December 15, 2003 posted by J on 12:53 AM |
I wrote this a couple nights ago, and it's on Poop Shute too, but I thought I'd share it here too.
All I am asking for is now. That's a lie. All I am asking for is an eternity of your tomorrows and yesterday albums of thoughts and dreams. All I am asking for is an open door to the neverending stream of your light and color. All I am asking for is a chance to always ask for more. All I am asking for is all you are asking for. So ask. P.S. If you like this, check out Saul Williams on Kazaa. It's his style that inspired this. |
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| Thursday, December 11, 2003 posted by 2LiveJew on 2:54 PM |
Chimera Eyes has been officially redesigned to be totally bad ass. |
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| Thursday, December 04, 2003 posted by Guillermo on 1:13 AM |
Check the message board, please. |
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