Archive for March, 2009
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Diary of Reggie, Alligator at Large,
March 8, 2009
Sure, the alligator set the fire. Sure, the alligator burned down the school.
He knocked over the portable heater. He was probably cold&;what do you expect when you keep a four-foot alligator with 70 other animals in your house?
Personally, I&;d blame the &;human&; behind all that&;not the scapegator.
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KCRW CastratesClash
March 6, 2009
KCRW, the radio station too afraid to rock, did it again this week, putting Lily Allen&;s girly, breathy version of &;Straight to Hell&; in heavy rotation. Not only will the revolution not be televised, but it will be sanitized. She sounds as bored, self-hating and out of it as Bill Nighy in &;Love Actually.&;
This is not a new problem at LA&;s &;alternative&; public radio station, but the political correctness of KCRW is grinding.
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Reggie the Alligator Post
March 2, 2009
My brother! My brother! Oh, you were lost and now are found!
If only someone had pointed you in the right direction, towards the canals! There you could have lived a life of contented anonymity among the movie stars and the tattoed, snacking on the diseased ducks and the fish and the unwary poodle.
Yes, you would have fit in. Instead, they caught you, put you in a trash can and turned you over to the herpetologists.
I just hope this isn&;t you.
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Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman ProudPhilistine
March 2, 2009
Although he&;s been trying to bring world-class medical facilities to Las Vegas, Mayor Oscar Goodman&;s civic boosterism doesn&;t extend to the arts.
&;I don&;t see a museum for art as necessary downtown. The masters are on the Strip. There&;s also round-trip airfare to Los Angeles. It&;s not necessary to have a art museum. I want a mob museum.&;
The dismissiveness of this statement is reminscent of Hermann Goring&;s &;Every time I hear the word &;culture&; I reach for my revolver.&;
Former mob lawyer Goodman (full disclosure: I&;ve interviewed him and like him) does like to play the buffoon with his love of gin, showgirls and frequently politically-incorrect statements, like wanting to hang graffitti &;artists&; by their thumbs or inviting Miss America contestants to a bikini party in a pool full of gin.
But he&;s not stupid; a mob museum would be more unique, probably a better tourist draw and certainly a better representative of how Las Vegans want to see themselves and their founding fathers.
After all, what can you expect in a city where even the term &;college girl&; (live to your room) is proudly pornographic?
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