I read two of these yesterday. It’s that bad. Read for yourself if you doubt me. David Burkehead was somewhat laconic in his fisking, but he hit the theme of “the modern man does not give a moldy dog dropping about half of this nonsense. None of these things define manhood.” Over at Monster Hunter… Read More The New York Times Attempts a Lame “Modern Man” Listicle, Gets Righteously Fisked
…and of Stacy McCain’s judicious assessment of same, here is a re-post of me fisking a Madonna press conference back in 2005: Madonna: the Gag That Keeps On Giving We were hoping that Her Pretentiousness would grace us with a response to those who’ve been mocking her these past several weeks. Well the God she… Read More In Honor of Madonna’s Splendidly Awful Show Last Night…
I hate “Imagine” by John Lennon. Hate it. I hate it’s sappy, maudlin piano riff; I hate it’s dull, lazy structure. I hate the video featuring Yoko just off to the side like some soul-engulfing gargoyle. I hate the insipid cartoon image of Lennon that packages the song. But most of all, I hate the lyrics,… Read More Imagine All The People…Liking Better Songs: A Fisking of John Lennon
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