When I was driving down 95 I saw that Bill Burr was performing at the Wells Fargo Center. It struck me that I had no idea who Bill Burr was and I wondered how was he selling out a 20k stadium? As life has it, I came across this video of him doing an interview and I see why people like him. The way the hip DBag takes it, is what makes it. (This video also seems to be from 5 years ago so I’m not sure how it made the front page of Reddit.)
As awful as this interview was, I like it more. It feels more real to me when tension is created. I thought the d-bag took it pretty well aside for the childish move of putting the microphone in Bill’s face.
[dropcap background=”yes” color=”#333333″]The dude kept trying to tool him, but Burr just tooled him back and busted on him[/dropcap]
I’m certainly not the biggest Weeknd fan but I’m smart enough to know when others are. To give you an idea of how big Abel Tesfaye (the Weeknd) has gotten, he is averaging 24 million monthly listens on Spotify. One Direction has 16 and Katy Perry has 9. I don’t know who else the kids are listening to these days.
The Weeknd is on the cover of Rolling Stone this issue and I read the entire article and came away with a better understanding of who he is. He came from rough beginnings and rose to meteoric fame while feeling innocent in the process of super stardom. An example:
The then-anonymous Tesfaye declined all interviews. In part, it was because he worried he wasn’t well-spoken enough: a high school dropout, he used to do crossword puzzles to improve his vocabulary, and to this day, he often wishes he were more articulate. ” Me not finishing school – in my head, I still have this insecurity when I”m talking to someone educated,” he says. “I don’t want them looking at me like this fucking retard – no disrespect.”
Sex, Drugs and R&B
My favorite part of the interview was his interpretation of a good song:
“It’s all about songs for me right now,” he says. “The production can be cool and crazy -sounding, but that’s just special effects. If you can’t strip it down and play it on piano, it’s not a good song.”
I also enjoyed reading about the work he put in after feeling like his shows weren’t what they should be
“Coachella was the first show I did in the States, and I hated my performance,” he says. “I was scared shitless. I got offstage and thought I did pretty good, then I watched the tape, and it was a nightmare. I saw all the comments, and I wanted to kill myself. I remember telling my agent, ‘You need to book me as many shows as possible. That guy onstage is not a star. That’s not a legend.'”
So Tesfaye got to work. He took some dance lessons, trying to build confidence and learn how to perform. And he played a lot of shows… When it came down to it, Tesfay was driven by fear.
In the Night
Max Martin
The song “In the Night” will be hitting airwaves shortly if it hasn’t already. He worked with Max Martin (if you don’t know who this is you should learn because he’s basically part of every pop song out) on it. Martin also co-produced “Can’t feel My Face,” and “Shameless”. The songs hook is Michael-esque and it’s quite a song. Give it a listen.
2 Halloween movies that you have to have seen are Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands. You’ll feel left out because someone will reference them at some point in your life and you’ll look blankly at their face and pretend to know what they are talking about. Neither movie is particularly great (Scissorhands was the better movie but the idea of a man with scissors for hands sort of makes it hard to truly love((I remember shedding a tear actually)), but both movies share one common person, my favorite character, Winona Ryder.
Beetlejuice was released in 1988 & Edward Scissorhands in 1990 which would make Winona 17 & 19 respectively. The goth version of Winona playing Lydia Deetz was flat out hot. She didn’t give a fuck and who could forget the closing dance scene. If you know nothing else about Beetlejuice, know this song.
Winona played Kim Boggs in Edwards Scissorhands as Edward’s love interest. Talk about a 180 from Lydia Deetz. I haven’t seen the movie in years so my details are going to be off but I remember her being a sweetheart in the movie and I came away liking her even more.
I went through her filmography and nothing really caught my eye except for her role in Mr Deeds as Babe Bennett. Wow, what a babe. After writing this post I wonder if I was just using the average Halloween movies to give Winona major props for being a babe. You damn right I’m tweeting this link at her.
I feel like I’m not doing my job right if I’m not posting this even though it’s about 15 hours after originally posted.
Like…what do I even write? That she most certainly got a boob job? That’s she’s 19 and acting like she’s posting this accidentally? That her dad is ok with his daughter parading herself like a sex icon at 19? Speechless.
Here’s the kick, she isn’t selling anything! She’s just a hot 19 year old who has this sick body and tortures the internet with tempting pictures. What is her goal here?
To stay relevant because she has no talent after gymnastics.
Setting herself up for her sex tape.
Being a naive 19 year old who doesn’t think men are cranking it to her.
Is she the mastermind behind this or is someone telling her what to do? I just can’t imagine a 19 year old, silver medal vaulter, saying, “hmmm, I’m going to tease the internet with a picture where I’m bent over showing as much cleavage as possible. (insert cute, diabolical laugh)” I just can’t put the pieces together. She’s also always tweeting about church and her righteous morals, so, yeah…
It’s easy to say, “I hate Kim Kardashian because she wears fur, she has a fat ass, and she named her kid a direction”, but that’s too easy. I don’t even dislike her though because she seems to know what she’s doing amidst so much negative attention and doesn’t seem to crumble. This list though will take on celebrities who I feel are actually liked, but for the reason (and this is what I concluded after thinking about it) that other people like them, I dislike them.
You’ve Done Nothing to Upset Me…and I Still Dislike You
Amy Schumer
“Would you do me? Oh, you’d so do me.”
She’s not model pretty but she’s better looking than the average female and she uses this to her advantage because, once again, she’s not hilarious but she’s funnier than the average comedian. I don’t find her schtick funny though. How many times can she tell stories of her sexual failures or use the word vagina and penis? I haven’t even seen any bit of work she’s ever done so I’m pretty much taking a stance without doing any research but this will most likely be my conclusion either way because other people think “she’s so damn funny.”
Steven Colbert
“My nickname is Gray Bush.”
He seems like a second rate Jon Stewart. I’ve never seen the Colbert Report but I think I get the gist -a bunch of democrats laugh hysterically at unfunny jokes that are told from someone they’ve hoisted onto their shoulders. Now he’s getting a late night show. Maybe he’s funny. Maybe he’s not. I don’t care.
Madonna
“Just benched 400. Let’s do 450”
Stop, Madonna. Just stop. You’re 57 years old. You just released an album titled “Rebel Heart” and have a track on it called “Bitch, I’m Madonna” with Nicki Minaj. The track sounds like my garbage disposal when I get a coin stuck in it. You were huge in the 80’s being a sexual icon but you can’t still strut your weird ass powerful arms and sing new age pop songs. Instead of producing the same pop albums that you did in the 80’s, why don’t you try painting or teaching a yoga class.
Kevin Hart
“I’m confused what time of the year it is.”
This picture pissed me off. It’s from the Rolling Stone and look at this guy parading his washboard abs and stupid coat. He creates crappy movie after crappy movie and our society just lets him slide by because he’s “funny”. Funny in what? Ride Along was a fucking joke and it’s making a sequel. Grudge Match? The 5 Year Engagement? Maybe you’re a stand up genius but your movies suck.
I Am Chris Farley is a detailed glimpse about what it was to be around Chris. It was riveting. People like David Spade, Lorne Michaels, Dan Aykroyd, Adam Sandler, and his family shared stories that gave the viewer a truly real experience of who Chris Farley was. Here is what I took out of it.
Character Traits of Chris
He was on SNL for over 100 episodes and truly cared about the show.
Never fought for a piece or made it about himself. He was there for everyone and never left another member hanging.
Had the most fun as possible with a joy to what he was doing.
Incredibly friendly with little sense for competition among other comedians.
He had a kind, gentle heart with a sense of innocence.
Automatic charisma that made him powerful on stage.
Total commitment and a perfectionist.
Didn’t take it well when his work wasn’t reviewed favorably due to low self esteem.
I Am Chris Farley Details
Del Close
He learned from Del Close who was the Svengali chief to Bill Murray, John Belushi, and Dan Aykroyd. Close taught creativity and not how to be funny. “Be free. Unafraid. Fail as often as possible. Try things. Die on stage.”
Chris Farley was not the idea man for a bit and did not write his own material. He was intimidated by the writers and thought his own ideas weren’t strong enough. However, writers loved writing for Chris because he was able to make any idea better because of his natural improvisational ability.
Farley, Rock, Sandle, and Spade
Lorne Michaels was a big fan of Chris’ talent but knew he had some issues off the set. One time Lorne was talking to Chris and was warning him the risks of his lifestyle. He shared that Chris thought “If I’m a little fucked up, it’ll be alright. That’s where the magic comes from.”
Bob Odenkirk gives insight into Farley’s mindset in this quote, “When your jumping up the steps in the showbiz ladder, and your leaping over everyone around you, and everyone is saying, “you better watch out.” Some part of you is saying, “No, you better watch out cause I’m kicking ass everyday.”
Mike Meyers shared one of the gayest stories possible where he said Chris would be naked and interrupt his shower on a weekly basis and try to kiss him. It was weird.
Rise and Fall of a Motivational speaker
On May 8th, 1993, this iconic clip was delivered to the delight of SNL viewers. David Spade and Christina Applegate doing their best not to laugh steals the secondary show. I personally like the “rolling doobies” line.
In the years that followed this ’93 performance, Farley continued his rise to super stardom. The 1995 hit Tommy Boy is still considered an all time great comedy. His subsequent films like Black Sheep and Beverly Hills Ninja didn’t have the same luster but he was proving himself a leading man.
As his fame grew, so did his drug abuse. Later in his life he had attended rehab a total of 17 times. I’d have to guess that these occurred most frequently in the years of ’96 and ’97. As his drug problems grew, his ability decreased. Here is a performance in the beginning of ’97 where Chris was not doing so well.
Chris on Coke on Jay Leno
He had a final performance on SNL on October 25th, 1997. He was a far cry from himself in 1993 and is difficult to watch as Matt Foley trying to motivate Will Ferrell. Comparing this to his ’93 performance is striking.
Chris Farley’s Death
His last day was Wednesday December 17th, 1997. He spent it primarily with a hooker called Heidi. Chris hired hookers regularly. Heidi was hired for Farley by a friend for $2,000. She joined Farley at a party in Lincoln Park (in Chicago) at 11 AM. There were drugs going around. Later that day, Heidi took Farley back to her apartment – where they continued to smoke crack and snort heroin. January 2008 Findadeath pal Pete Hertzberg sends this picture, which is most likely the door they used. Chris claimed he’d been up for 4 days, without sleep. They tried to have sex, but Chris couldn’t. Cut to 11 PM – Chris and Heidi were back at his apartment in the Hancock building. She was getting pissed off because she wanted to get paid, and Chris claimed that the friend was supposed to pay her. They supposedly tried sex again, unsuccessfully, and finally at 3am she decided to take off. Farley was clearly inebriated, and as she was leaving his apartment, he collapsed about 10 feet from the door. Heidi claimed she could hear that he was having difficulty breathing. He said to her, “Don’t leave me.” Figuring he had finally passed out, she snapped a photograph of him lying there and then left.
Afterthoughts
The word tragic should probably be used to describe the death of Chris Farley. Watching him shine in ’93 and then his demise 4 years later should be used in drug and alcohol classes around the world. How a person with so much talent can fall into the vice of that world is what you see. When I watched motivational speaker for the first time I couldn’t stop from laughing because I couldn’t understand how David Spade wasn’t on the floor already. Tommy Boy is still one of my favorite movies because I can relate to it so well. You learn to love Chris Farley because there is nothing not to like. It’s a shame that his life went south but it’s better than not having him at all.
Donald is a polarizing figure that is good for the election. Here are the most popular reasons for why to vote for Donald (taken from Reddit).
I’m seriously thinking about voting for trump, and here is why. I firmly believe that our system of government is deeply flawed, if not completely broken. Yet we still keep voting for the same type of people. If trump wins, there’s a good chance the whole thing will collapse from his absurdity. Then maybe we could start over and build something better that works. A vote for trump is a vote for full system breakdown, which I believe is exactly what we need.
He’s an asshole, but at least he’s honest, and isn’t really into bullshitting people. Besides, I don’t want a third Bush or a second Clinton in office anyway. The Presidency is not a hereditary monarchy.
I like him because he exposes the giant fucking joke that politics is, and everyone hates him for that.
The primaries are finally interesting for once because guys like Trump and Paul have views that aren’t 100% in line with the 3×5 card of acceptable opinion that the rest of them read their lines from.
When Oppenheimer developed the atomic bomb and was asked if it should be used, he said that it had to be used so that everybody knows why it should never be used again. Donald Trump could end the Republican Party as we know it. It would begin a new era of non-proliferation.
He isn’t a pandering politician. He is relatively centrist and populist. He has a long track record without any damaging scandals. He seems more than the others to be genuinely interested in being a good leader for the country, rather than only for his base (as he doesn’t really have a base to pander to.)
In short, the rest of the field looks slimy and self-serving. Trump has proven successful enough at serving himself that he comes off as credibly genuine and not like he’s running to make more money or get more recognition or power. He is less easily corruptible than a politician looking to trade favors and pander for votes. And the media reaction to him only serves to make the media look like corrupt establishment boot lickers seeking to control the narrative and the political process entirely. I guess it takes power to speak truth to power, sometimes.