“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
There's no denying how wonderful this song, this film is. Plus you get animation from Emily Hubley, Faith and John's daughter and sister to Georgia of Yo La Tengo.The coolness multiplies in so many ways. I also want to know how John Cameron Mitchell, who had played the role a ton of times on stage, managed to get so into it once again for those killer close-ups in the last verse when the song becomes about him and not myth.
posted by George at 9:52 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.
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Since you let me borrow the CD, this song and "Wig in a Box" never quite disappear from my playlist. Last time I heard it was a few months ago when Jer and I were driving across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. I may or may not have sung along rather loudly. And I may or may not have restrained myself from singing along as I watched the clip at work just now...
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