You simply can’t make this shit up. You can find it here at the 3:13 mark.
“It’s amazing ’cause that song, for many people, I think, has the power of transport. Since it was such a popular disco song during the age of — the height of the AIDS crisis, many a time one would hear it at memorial services and be reminded of the unlikelihood of survival and the ferocity of the need to survive.”
Get out of the house much, Silverblatt?
Eurotrash: “Dean starts off quite puzzlingly, in my opinion. ‘What do you get if you cross a festive cookie snack with a 70’s rock sound and some punk-punk-punk vocals (it has to be stressed)?’ Due to my inability to picture a ‘festive cookie snack’, I’m kind of stumped, but I suppose my answer would be: Dazzlingly bad writing, Dean.”
Personally I had thought two “punk” modifiers would be enough. It is either an intrepid or foolish man who dares three.
A slight change in plans, through no fault of my own: I’m going to be at the January Writers With Drinks instead of the December one, where I’ll be reading literary fiction penned by…well, me. Or is it raunchy comedy laced with esoteric references? Or is it experimental poetry? One thing I can guarantee is a high-octane performance by yours truly, reading outside his traditional genre, with an element of absolutely essential audience participation. I may even be wearing a funny hat.
But there are far more compelling reasons to attend than me: Michelle Tea! Kim Stanley Robinson! Andrew Sean Greer! Michael Blumlein! Justin Chin! A cast of thousands!
It’s at The Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell Street, January 20, 2007, 6:30 PM.
Be there. You won’t want to miss it! Only $5 to $7 and for a grand cause: The Other Magazine!
Ben Stein: “People ask how I can be a conservative and still want higher taxes. It makes my head spin, and I guess it shows how old I am. But I thought that conservatives were supposed to like balanced budgets. I thought it was the conservative position to not leave heavy indebtedness to our grandchildren. I thought it was the conservative view that there should be some balance between income and outflow. When did this change?”