Quick post—much work to be done.
Glorious Song of the Moment:
“Misery” by Soul Asylum
Yes, Soul Asylum. While I certainly hope this song was intended as a fuck you to hipster, indie rock culture, for me, this week the “Frustrated Incorporated” is about The Man’s boot on the neck of us lefty hooligans in the academy. I fucking hate The Man. And someone best get Greg Lowry on the phone because I think it’s just about time to assemble The System Fuckers. And yeah, that’s right, I fucking said SOUL ASYLUM. You go take your smart punk rock ass to a pair of speakers and listen to the chorus and tell me you don’t wanna pump that shit up…fucking academy…though perhaps it's best not to tell Greg about the Soul Asylum thing…
-Herschel
remember: comedy is tragedy + timing.
too soon.
Posted by: scott skiles' headband | February 14, 2007 at 07:22 AM
I don't follow. Did someone in Soul Asylum die or something?
Posted by: ALEXANDER | February 14, 2007 at 08:48 AM
and is the academy the dubious?
Posted by: danielle | February 14, 2007 at 10:00 AM
In fact, someone in Soul Asylum DID die. Original bassist Karl Mueller died of espophagal cancer in 2005. I know this because the All Music Guide told me so. I still don't understand the comedy=tragedy + time comment.
Posted by: Jefferson | February 15, 2007 at 11:34 AM
Hipster culture? No way.
The trucker hat wasn't invented until 2002.
Posted by: StarChild | February 15, 2007 at 12:59 PM
in (the presumably glorious) "crimes and misdemeanors" lester (alan alda) provides a memorable riff on his definition of comedy:
"if it bends it's funny. if it breaks, it isn't funny. comedy is timing plus tragedy." etc... he uses the assassination of lincoln as his prime example of timing + tragedy = comedy.
the sheer awfulness of the song in question, and our relative proximity to it (in my humble opinion) negates all comedy, irony, or productive purpose of the song. not enough "timing" to go along with this tragic song.
ssh
Posted by: scott skiles' headband | February 16, 2007 at 08:24 AM
My god. Oregon is a 3 seed in the NCAA tournament, opened a can of whoopass on everyone in the Pac-10 tournament and you haven't posted anything glorious about that?
Posted by: JoePa | March 14, 2007 at 08:41 AM