Saturday, June 28th, 2008

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2:05p	People, Critics, Art And Me Why do almost all the books, movies, TV and radio shows, plays, stories, magazines, bands, web sites, etc etc etc that I really like tend to get reviews like this?: Bikini Pirates Ahoy! Post on November 27th, 2007 by drakaal Cinemax (Skinemax) is showing Bikini Pirates this Month. Late Night Cable is just what you always wanted it to be. Hot Girls and Pirates. I used to have this little toy that would make Silly Movie plots, like "the Radio Active Dog falls in love with the 70 foot woman" I think that is where this show's plot comes from. http://www.xyhd.tv/2007/11/uncategorized/bikini-pirates-ahoy/ There are some exceptions---The Beatles, Buffy, The Twilight Zone, Kurt Vonnegut and Seinfeld, just to name a few, all got OK reviews---but by and large, nearly everything I like gets the same treatment as Bikini Pirates. Or it will get great reviews along with a label like "For Women Only," and the best example of that is Sex And The City. And Sex, by the way, was almost as good as Seinfeld. In some ways it was better because I wanted to sleep with Carrie more than I wanted to sleep with Elaine. And Seinfeld didn't have any nudity. That leads us to that age old argument: Which is better, more boobs or bigger laughs? But we don't have time for it because that's a huge debate that's been raging since the dawn of time and we couldn't settle it tonight, anyway, even if we tried. And that's kind of a good thing, because it allows us to keep our focus on what's really important: Me. And why is absolutely every single thing I like---except for The Beatles, Buffy, The Twilight Zone, Kurt Vonnegut and Seinfeld, et al---get completely trashed by the critics? The answer is relatively simple. Very few people and even fewer critics understand me and/or art. And a lot of people say that will never change but that's only because a lot of people are negative by nature. I, on the other hand, am positive. I say that all this will change soon. Maybe even tonight (Well for you people out there, you critics will probably take a little longer). Watch Bikini Pirates and see if you don't love it as much as I do...unless it it isn't on tonight, I haven't checked yet...and tomorrow, if all goes well. you will understand both me and art. And then we'll be able to devote some time to the boobs/laughs debate. We still won't settle anything but it'll be fun. Current Mood: depressed Current Music: Coast To Coast AM----Friday June 27th, 2008 (Comment on this)
3:27p	The Next One I'm Not Going To Write Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong. -----------George Carlin I still miss George. And if history is any kind of accurate guide at all, it's going to be an ongoing chronic condition till I'm finally in a place where I can see him again. I suppose it'll be a double bill, probably in Las Vegas, George opening for Lenny Bruce or maybe Sam Kinison opening for George. Or maybe it will be George by himself and I'll have to see Lenny and Sam on other nights. Whatever. And it will be the Vegas of circa 1975...I miss the Stardust, too. And until that day comes, there's not much I can do except to not write novels like the one I didn't write today which is called Heaven, Hell, Purgatory And Limbo. That's the working title but it may end up as the final title and it's also the title of one of my favorite George Carlin routines and the whole thing is of course dedicated to George. It's the journey of a guy from the moment of his death to the moment of his reincarnation and it's all about how nothing ever goes right. Even when you're dead and what a big let down that is. It also explains why we can't remember past lives and what happens after we die: We don't want to. Orson Welles once said that death is what gives life zest. That dying is the only thing that makes life worth living. He makes a cameo appearance in this novel to explain that, only here he says that kicking the bucket is the big thrill ride in this amusement park we call life and we must keep it dark and mysterious in order to keep it fun. He then goes on for 75 pages about how Coney Island is better than any artificial plastic park in California or Florida that will undoubtedly be cut by my editors so you'll have to wait till after I kick the bucket and they publish it the way I intended it to be. In the meantime, you get a great, albeit stripped down, journey from this world to the next and back again filled with interesting people, annoying people and pain in the neck situations. It's a lot like life. Current Mood: depressed Current Music: Coast To Coast AM----Friday June 27th, 2008 (Comment on this)

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