“We discovered that it was OK to have a little high-brow as long you have a lot of low-brow. That’s entertainment value. The one thing you want to avoid is the middle brow, because the whole world is frigging middle brow at the moment.” – Jon Langford
posted by George at 10:46 AM
George markets only for the forces of good for a living. He has a paid hobby that involves eating, drinking, and writing, things he’d do for free, which is almost what he’s doing it for. In a previous life he taught mostly illiterate and generally ungrateful college students how to write. He has been a body guard for Jodie Foster, a walk-on dancer with French avant garde troupe Maguy Marin, a film programmer, a judge at an Iron Chef style competition, a political activist, a textbook author, a bassist in a band, a two-time league winning fantasy baseball manager, a union local president, a pr flack helping run a red carpet at an Angelina Jolie event, a janitor, a chauffeur to folks from TC Boyle to Andrei Codrescu, a delivery man to Plato's Retreat, a reluctant writer of a non-snarky intro for Colin Powell, a radio DJ, a corn detassler, an escort van driver, a rock journalist, a lab assistant for a company that made everything from mouthwash to super skin lubricant, and even, once, a poet. His biggest brush with fame was when Julie Christie fondled his tie, a tie George Lopez belittled to 1000 people minutes later. The best thing about him is his wife. His dogs aren't bad, either.
2 Comments:
I believe you called me out in a posting starting wih the word "Tit"--I also believe that a critique of a local sports writer may be beneath the pedestal your fans have already placed you beneath. I also feel the Mets may be going after Pedro just to continue their failed competition with their crosstown rvials. Finally, the main value of the New Press is that it its total lack of quality is made up for by the speed in which you can finish it.
Ah, I may have besmirched the name of one sportswriter, but you have taken down the whole paper. Welcome to the world under the pedestal. And that title had "tit" not "boob" in it.
As for the Mets, it seems their goal is to round-up as many future Hall of Famer pitchers on the downside of their careers as possible. Just ask Tommy G. Then they'll move the franchise to Cooperstown.
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