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August 13, 2007
YOUR CHOICE. YOUR FAMILY. YOUR MIDI.
FROM THE TODAY SHOW:
(This is all transcribed from memory, as I watched it in the gym)
HUGH HEFNER: For years I had about seven million girlfriends, but I realized that was too much. I decided to downsize. Now I only have three, baby.
TODAY SHOW INTERVIEW: Don't you see the irony in this?
HUGH HEFNER (Totally unironic): Oh I see the irony in it, baby*!
Sweet Fancy Moses! I have a number of feelings when I see Hefner, and they range from complete repulsion to total envy (admittedly, mostly for his grotto and ability to wear bathrobes all day and still have women talk to him). According to this interview, Hefner actually believes he is empowering women, and he has bought into the libertarian myth that he can a virtuous business while still exploiting the hell out of a lot of women. Hef's status as an American icon is undeniable; it's hard to imagine the landscape of the last 50 years without him. He is 81 years old and hangs out with girls who were old enough for me to teach.
I wish I had more to say about this.
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I can't believe I didn't blog about Daniel Johnston. He played the Hi Tone on Thursday and kicked some un-airconditioned ass. I finally watched the documentary THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON; it's great. Rather than recount his entire history here, I'll refer you to that and this typically scary-informative Wikipedia article.
I'd heard Daniel's music before and it never did much for me. Most of his oeuvre is what I refer to as "Winnie The Pooh Music;" I'm sure the effect depends largely on how high you are. But last Thursday, I really enjoyed his music. While invariably strange to hear a 45 year old man sing passionately and unironically about a "Speedy Motorcycle," it is also clearly moving and rocking.
Here's a picture of Kurt Cobain wearing the same T-Shirt my BFF and fellow show-attendee David Ozier got me:
Roger Ebert is back writing reviews. This is only good news. He's also doing his always entertaining "Answer Man" column, and wrote fine retrospectives/obituaries on the careers of Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni.
I don't know how I feel about SUPERBAD. 99% of me wants to see it solely for the participation of Michael Cera (George Michael Bluth), who would probably be pretty scared of me if he read my blog, based on how much I've written about how much I love him. But do I really need to see a teen sex comedy? It's being called "the new AMERICAN PIE." I would not be surprised to find Satan among the producers of that hideous, value-free series. I certainly don't want to have to endure another dude having at it with an apple pie. I guess I'll wait to hear from someone I trust.
School starts Wednesday. If my blogging trails off, that's why.
Things I like:
Treadwell High School! GO EAGLES!
This joke commercial from TIM AND ERIC AWESOME SHOW GREAT JOB almost made me choke on my cereal.
* - It is entirely possible that Hefner's use of "baby" as punctuation happened only in my memory
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