We take a break from our normally scheduled Sports discussion to answer some questions which seek to delve into the mind of Ed. As with previous attempts, this one shall come up empty.
This started when Mike was tagged with the questions. He in turn tagged a few people. One of them, DED at The Dedly Blog decided to tag me. I was at first going to ignore it, but decided to play along. Since you are all used to my ravings, little of this should come as a surprise.
1. Name a book that you want to share so much that you keep giving away copies: Well, given my choice of reading materials, which tilts towards Tom Clancy, W.E.B. Griffin, and the like, I’m not quite sure anyone would want to read items from my library. I would push “All the Presidents Men”.
2. Name a piece of music that changed the way you listen to music: Well, growing up, I was exposed to 60’s rock (The Doors, The Who, The Stones, Zeppellin et al) thanks to my dad. I would say that listening to those bands allowed me for the most part to pass on the dreck that came out in the 1980’s and since, with a few exceptions (and NO, I will not tell you what they are). I can’t quite pick one song. One that scarred me when I was young was “Me & Julio Down by the Schoolyard”, which Dad would threaten to play if me, The Boy and our sister were acting up. It’s funny, I now appreciate the song more.
3. Name a film you can watch again and again without fatigue: So many choices here. Monthy Python and the Holy Grail in the comedy category. The Godfather I & II (to paraphrase the Sports Guy, 3 never happened, you hear me, It.Never.Happened). Tombstone is another, Val Kilmer as Doc is his best work. Then again, it ain’t to hard to top his turn as Batman. Airplane, Slapshot, The Untouchables, Lord of the Rings Trilogy (mind you, I did not read the books as a lad, I only read them when the movies came out. Man, did I miss out.)
4. Name a performer for whom you suspend of all disbelief: Keifer Sutherland on 24. I mean, c'mon, the guy hasn’t peed or crapped in any of the seasons. He gets the snot kicked out of him, he uses an ax to cut off his partner (and daughters boyfriend) hand. He cuts another guys head off with a hacksaw (granted, the guy was already dead), and is never impacted by LA traffic. But the show is gripping.
5. Name a work of art you'd like to live with: What’s this “art” you speak of?
6. Name a work of fiction which has penetrated your real life: Hehe, it says penetrated. How about porn and it’s impact on my expectations of women while I was younger? (please note that this is a joke, I think)
Does anything stated by President Bush count? Wait, he doesn’t write his own stuff.
I’m gonna go non-fiction here and say All the Presidents Men. Fantastic book, and it made me cynical at a young age.
7. Name a punch line that always makes you laugh: Well, since DED at The Dedly Blog used all of the Grail quotes (you bastard :P), I’m gonna have to go with two from Animal House - “Fat drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son” and "You fucked up, you trusted us".
Tomorrow we will return to our regularly scheduled programming.
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Nice, Ed. I feel as though I know you so much better now.
That's bullshit. All I know for sure is that you don't like art, which I suspected already.
Mike - I told you I wasn't deep.
Never claimed to be.
I could have chosen Halle Berry, or some other actress.
But then I would be shallow.
Or worse, sleeping on the couch should the wife stop into the cafe.
Ed, cool blog.
I propose that Val Kilmer's true best work was his portrayal of Jim Morrison in the doors.
I rank his work in Tombstone a very close 2nd :)
Val was a convincing Jim, even if the movie was kinda' dumb.
Kilmer was also pretty good in Real Genius and in Heat.
The movie that changed my life was Clay Pigeons with Vince Vaughn. He played a weirdo serial killer. I loved that movie.
Seriously, the movie that probably changed my life, probably Scarface. I was a teenager when I first saw it. And I thought Tony Montana was the baddest ass ever. But I hate how these Gansta losers love him. Kind of took somehting away from it for me.
"All The President's Men". Great book.
dep - I agree, his best work was the Doors.
unruly - I never really got into Scarface. I mean, I like it, but it's not on my top 10 list.
Mike - Ah yes, Real Genius. Good flick.
To bad Val has gone all Brando on us and wigged out.
Val has gone all Brando on us and wigged out.
Must've started when they did that Island of Dr. Moreau movie together.
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