[kj] OT: Bill Hicks

[Alexander Smith]

Dennis Leary is rarely as earnest and sanctimonious as Bill Hicks was  
capable of being. I love both, but it's not really a fair comparison.

Alex in NYC



On Jan 30, 2009, at 1:34 AM, Brendan Quinn wrote:


> Let Hicks=Soundgarden, and Let Leary=Stone Temple Pilots

>

> If Soundgarden=TotalGodheadOnEarth and STP=BigFatYawn, then Leary=?

>

> Please show working.

>

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net 

> ] On Behalf Of ade

> Sent: Friday, 30 January 2009 07:24

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Bill Hicks

>

> LOL, don't forget Denis Leary ;)

>

> From wikipeedo: 'an industry joke began to circulate about Leary's  

> transformation and subsequent success (roughly; "Question: Why is  

> Denis Leary a star while Bill Hicks is unknown? Answer: Because  

> there's no cure for cancer"'

> -----Original Message-----

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net 

> ]On Behalf Of Brendan Quinn

> Sent: 29 January 2009 04:57

> To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'

> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Bill Hicks

> The only other comedians I’d put in that category (and none as good  

> as Hicks) would be George Carlin, and lately, Joe Rogan, who’s a  

> surprising find actually.

>

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grcqs9cDuN8

>

> PS: I haven’t watched this in ages so apologies if it sucks, but  

> from memory it’s pretty cool.

>

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net 

> ] On Behalf Of Bette Dillinger

> Sent: Thursday, 29 January 2009 12:34

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: [kj] OT: Bill Hicks

>

>

> Hey everyone!

>     Strange, angering, yet I am still gonna try to catch it.  In the  

> US David Letterman will be showing on Friday, the 30th, 11:30 EST  

> the routine of Bill Hicks' that was never aired by Letterman in 1994  

> because it was considered too "controversial".  The routine that  

> sullied his relationship with the media to a degree.

>

> His mother Mary will also be a guest (the irony that the legal  

> executor of the estate is the ex attorney for Billy Ray Cyrus, but  

> then you can't make this shit up.).........

> Damn, it has been 14 years!  Are there any comedians that are flying  

> under the radar that should be checked out?  I am still looking for  

> one whose voice is so resonant with truth and humour.

>

> Bette

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