I have absolutely nothing intellectual to say about Jim Gaffigan other than he annoys the hell out of me. I could listen to his numerous hit CD’s that for some reason people love and give you a point by point breakdown, but that would be a lot of time that I could spend raking my …
AMC, despite decrying the fact that Blazing Saddles probably couldn’t be made today proceeds to censor the N word from the movie and ruins its funniest scene, ignoring the fact that the movie is anti-racist and was co-written by Richard Pryor. Lenny Bruce said that a slur’s suppression gives it its power. Banning words is like banning colors …
He then set out on his own to play music. For three years, he worked menial jobs and failed random drug tests for even more menial jobs.
I emailed my essay The Revenge of Dave Davies to Dave on his web site and less than an hour later I got this awesome response. Thanks that’s really great/that makes my day. you are my hero Keith. Bless you Dave To say the least I’m gushing right now.
For too long Dave Davies’ name has been almost as big a punch line in Rock and Roll circles as Tito Jackson’s has been among African American comedians and it’s a terrible injustice. I trace a lot of it to John Mendelsohn of Creem Magazine, who made an epic and ultimately successful effort to argue …
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