[kj] OT: Stop this man

[GREG SLAWSON]

My faves are Louis C.K. and Jake Johansen. Bill Hicks has great material (more in line w/my beliefs) I love Sam Kinison too. I did stand-up for a year myself.> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:51:37 +1300> From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Stop this man> > I haven't read your link yet, don't need to, there's not much doubt in my> mind that Leary ripped that off, the whole voice-box joke etc...I used to> like Leary until I learned about Hicks, but I wouldn't touch him with a> barge pole now. Not that I've EVER come across a barge pole in my entire> life. But if I did, well, I can tell you boyo, one thing I would NOT do,> would be to use it to touch Denis Leary with.> > I mean, if Denis Leary walked in here right now, and handed me a barge> pole, I'd spit right in his fucking third eye ;)> > I've got loads of Hicks on my PC, it's eminently replayable. Now his brand> of misanthropy (or call it cynicism) I can get with...and his brand of> utopian vision as well. No real paradox there. You can be a zealot and a> cynic at the same time. That's my philosophy wrapped up in a nutshell. I> wouldn't be surprised if Hicks was a Robert Anton Wilson fan too.> > It'd be a tough call, but if I had to chose my favourite comedian it'd be> Bill Hicks.> > > Bill Hicks was ill with cancer and passed away from the word in 1994. In> > 1993 is when Leary did "No Cure for Cancer."> >> > In fact there are allegations that Leary directly plagiarized from Bill> > Hicks:> >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hicks#Allegations_of_plagiarism_towards_Denis_Leary> >> > -Oliver> >> >> > ade wrote:> >> Totally. Particularly the smoking sketch :)> >>> >> Sadly, I saw Leary do it first, loved 'No Cure for Cancer' & then when I> >> found Hicks, well, it sort've tainted anything Leary does for ever more> >> > _______________________________________________> > Gathering mailing list> > Gathering at misera.net> > http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering> >> > > _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering
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