Back home, yet still relaxing. Exhausted.
Some highlights. Don’t expect much tonight.
1. We met the lady that invented The Swiffer. She sold it to Proctor and Gamble.
2. Rented scooters in Key West. Recommended. That’s the only time that I will ever ride a scooter. The Hemingway House is worth it. Short and cheap.
3. The best cabbies in the world? Nassau.
4. No more cruises for a while.
Check the new issue of Harp for my pieces on both Scharpling/Wurster and David Cross. See the new issue of Vice for a few humorous record reviews.
My first cruise post. Many more will follow. Get ready to BUST A GUT!!! We’ve dove some bad things (possibly). I will entertain you (my readers) with anecdotes that will destroy your minds!!!! Stay tuned!!!
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I have no excuse for my poor posting frequency.
Tony Wilson, founder of Factory Records and subject of 24 Hour Party People, just died.
On Monday morning (8/13), I leave on a cruise that will stop off in the Bahamas and Key West. My birthday is the 15th. B-day on a cruise. Look for a blow-by-blow of this experience in the next issue of Chunklet.
Yes, The Wire is the greatest TV show ever. I’ve had two run-ins with The Wire today. Sadly, I was reading a Pitchfork interview with Patton Oswalt, and he gave major props to the show. Check out his latest album; it’s the tits. Do not check out his music recommendations, as they fall into the standard alt-comedian fare (TV on the Radio, the Alarm Clocks reissue…one of the worst 60’s psych interests ever, and well, I forgot). He does make fun of the “I don’t own a TV/TV is garbage/TV is bad for society” people - something I can always get behind. Patton also gives props to Tom Scharpling’s Best Show on WFMU, though I doubt he’d speak to me for over five minutes, even after finding out that I spent ‘01 to ‘06 contributing to the show.
So next week is going to be thin. The computer rooms/libraries on cruise ships can be a real hassle.
A quick guide to cruise writing:
Klosterman: Boring (I might actually read IV)
David Foster Wallace: Great