Good talking-comedy makes us think about how stupid we’re being. Or at least that’s the hope. And I’m a big fan of this rant from Louis CK on Conan O’Brien’s show. Thanks to Liz Butler Evans for the clip.
For years my mother has yelled at my father and I for watching crazy christian televsion. We’ll have it on for about 30 minutes or so, laughing the whole time, my mother just sitting there frustrated and flumoxed. But we think it’s the funniest crap we’ve ever seen. SNL has nothing on CBN. Sometimes satire just doesn’t convey the whole story. Well, here is an example of something that will top any attempt at satire. I stole it from the Sports Guy Bill Simmons’ site but it’s embedded into a long post about NBA trade values. Just one quick note…has any entertainer ever had a bigger metamorphosis than John Tesh? One minutes he’s a clean shaven entertaimnent news man outfitted by Perry Ellis and now he’s a goatied new age god wearing something out of a Modern Magician catalogue.
I know you don’t live under a rock. I know you read the news and stay current with global current events. You’ve heard all about the economy, Ponzi Schemes, wars, terrorists, starving kids in China, foreclosures, and nuclear proliferation. I get it. You’re on top of your shit. But there is a problem that started in the United States and is threatening to prevent men all over the world, from all walks of life, from ever getting lucky again at a club. I’m talking about too many dicks on the dance floor.
Here is the new All Vinyl Podcast. All_Vinyl-02-15-2009
All Vinyl is a podcast I do where I grab random records from my collection and play them, its not mixed and its not clever but I’ll bet there are some gems in there you never heard and some you never want to hear again. peace.
a-t.