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Doug Stanhope doesn’t heart Dr. Drew

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I’ve always been a huge fan of Dr. Drew. I loved listening to him and Adam Corolla on Loveline and I really wish there had been a person to ask questions about drugs and sex when I was a teen. He was an eloquent and frequent proponent of the “morning after” pill, and he seemed to offer sane advice, without ever seeming to look down on the people he was advising.

Plus unlike Dr. Laura or Dr. Phil - he’s actually a real doctor.

One of the more amazing parts of the show, was how quickly Drew could tell when one of his callers had been physically or sexually abused. It was almost instaneous upon hearing the voice.

I’m not really sure how I feel about his Celebrity Rehab and Sober House shows. They really do seem exploitive. The show proposes that it is a educational view of rehab, but really all anyone watches for is to see semi-famous people wreck one train after another.

Doug Stanhope is sure how he feels about Dr. Drew, and since I can’t top this rant - I’ll just produce it below.

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The inanity of advertising

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I’ve been thinking about Pete Townshend letting Pepsi use My Generation for one of it’s commercials lately. I’ve become accustomed to watching my heroes sell their most personal pieces of work to commercials for a while now, but every once in a while like with this Pepsi ad a new low is set.

My guess is that the absolute nadir would be Bob Dylan letting Philip Morris use “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol” for a tobacco commercial (I know there are no tobacco commercials, but still).

William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll
With a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger
At a Baltimore hotel society gath’rin’.

William Zanzinger, who at twenty-four years
Owns a tobacco farm of six hundred acres
His crop is enlisted to make Camel Lights
The tastiest crop the true smokers choice!

Anyway, on top of it all Townshend had previously written an ad for Coke that was slated to be part of The Who Sell Out.

And then it hit me that essentially that is exactly what advertising is - billions of dollars spent to convince you that one cola tastes better than the other, when they basically taste exactly the same.

Or in the words of Dave Chappelle, who also did ads for both Coke and Pepsi, “I can’t even taste the difference: all I know is Pepsi paid me most recently, so it tastes better.”

Tomorrow’s Just Another Day

I’m not sure if this song is very uplifting, but I suppose that every time you wake up to a new day, it’s a feat of optimism that has to be rewarded for its pluck and bravery.

Some random girl singing If I Fell

Beatle ballads always sound great sung by women for some reason.

http://bradlaidman.com/uncategorized/john-lennon-and-the-most-evil-song-in-the-beatles-catalog/

Strawberry Fields Forever - Mike Viola

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