Exploring the Intriguing
Author: whodeanny
While watching the Daily Show with George Clooney, (taped before the Devito drinking night) my wife asked tonight how many people would vote for George Clooney if he ran for President. I was reminded of her consistent statements over the past few years that she’s prefer Carrot Top to George Bush. The best thing is she really means it.
TP
Watching Run-DMC’s Christmas in Hollis ten minutes after seeing Jay-Z’s … actually, I don’t even remember what the name of the song is but the point is that the contrast is absolutely stunning. * Nearly laughable in fact. I imagine this is what people felt in 1967 when they heard Sgt. Peppers’ for the first time. They all knew that they had liked Bill Haley’s Rock Around the Clock. After Peppers’ they felt embarrassed.
I feel like this listening to Jay-Z. The wall of sound, the percussive impact of the drums and the piano, the warmth of the shifts between instruments, the frenetic urgency of the entire production (They declare this song as their statement. Can you top this?). Even listening to this on a relatively poor sound system it still feels like the group might be on the other side of your wall.
Hollis in Queens sounds like it is supposed to be coming to you through an AM clock radio.
TP
*- Oh yeah, it’s called “Show Me What You Got”
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When the critically acclaimed television series St. Elsewhere ended everyone assumed Ed Begley, Jr. would be a huge star. At least his own TV show if not a movie career. Fortunately for America, Hollywood saw the viability of a Black actor who could play both the Tom Hanks and Bruce Willis roles and Denzel Washington became one of the 5 biggest movie stars in the world. Sorry Lou, but once again, America got it exactly wrong. Thank goodness.
PS- By the way, most folks thought the other candidate with ‘break out star’ potential was Howie Mandel. Uh, yeah.
TP
Okay, isn’t this peculiar? At Taco Bell, the historic home of the meat that dare not speak its name, one of the popular possibilities is a salad. I mean, if you need to eat salad at Taco Bell, isn’t there a problem?
I also wonder that McDonald’s fish sandwiches cost more than their double cheeseburgers. When I was a kid, double cheeseburgers were the gateway to adult sandwiches at McDonald’s. You had to be able to eat double cheeseburgers before graduating to quarter pounders or Big Macs. Now a filet of fish costs more than the gateway burger? I struggle to wrap my head around this one.
Perhaps best of all, veggie burgers at Burger King. (Do I even need to comment on this one?)
TP
We just want to thank everyone for spending their time at our Still Giving Thanks party this weekend. We really enjoyed being able to host such a tremendous gathering of family and friends.
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A Happy, Happy 30th Birthday to our good friend, Nolita Christensen! We missed having her presence in our Thanksgiving week this year. Hopefully a Spring Break trip will be in order. (Either way will be fine!)
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