i remember my friend tim used to cut kathy ireland's head out of k-mart ads on sundays and draw cartoon naked bodies to tape them to. i believe the asking price for one of these masterpieces was 50 cents. i never ponied up and i'll tell you why: 1 had a decent imagination.....and 2, my dad is a long time playboy subscriber.
i'm sure it was a case of "boys being boys," which only frightens me about the future. this was the early 90's. back then, dudes had to either steal playboys from their dads or ACTUALLY TALK TO GIRLS.....WHICH AT THAT AGE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. nowadays, all you gotta do is type "boobs" or "naked" into a google search and the WHOLE WORLD is out in front of you. moderation only does so much and i guarentee "safe search" will turn up more than i ever had as a kid. kids don't need to be creative any more......they don't need to use k-mart ads or close their eyes and imagine anything......it's just there.
the other day, laura and i were having a conversation about "jungle fever." within 20 seconds, i was able to find a black guy ramming a 20 inch donger in a black chick's ass. it was that fast.
i didn't have to look at it in the tool shed in the back yard....taking turns with jarrod cardinal and jeremy griener.
there's nothing stopping you from just FINDING EVERYTHING. IT'S ALL JUST THERE. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE LEVEL OF DOUCHEBAGS WE'RE CREATING BY PUTTING EVERY POSSIBLE ANSWER IN THEIR HANDS WITHIN 20 SECONDS?
ANYONE WITH AN IPHONE ALL OF A SUDDEN KNOWS "WHO'S THIS PLAYING ON THE RADIO?" IN LESS THAN A MINUTE! WASN'T FINDING OUT PART OF THE FUN? DIDN'T YOU DISCOVER MORE SHIT YOU ENJOYED IN THE PROCESS OF FINDING WHAT IT WAS YOU WERE INITIALLY LOOKING FOR? ONE OF THE FUNNEST NIGHTS I REMEMBER WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO SINGS "THINKIN' BOUT YOU" IN MY APARTMENT. (it's london beat, by the way.)
the death of the album can be attributed to this......not illegal downloading...but LEGAL downloading. you discovered the album cuts that the artist poured his heart and soul into when you were drawn in by the commercial fluff they put out to get your attention.
i love the smashing pumpkins. the snarly scraggle toothed guy singing "today" made me want to check them out.....but mayonnaise, rocket and silverfuck are the tracks that get the most plays on my ipod. i needed "today" to get there, and if itunes was around then...i probably never would have listened to the rest of it and found 3 of my favorite songs in the world. in today's world, the pumpkins would be "fastball." you know....."where were they going without ever knowing the way?" AND TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY PROBABLY ARE.
tapes almost forced you to listen to all the songs. it was too big of a hassle to fast forward/rewind/flip it over.....and i'm better for that experience. WHAT WOULD MY LIFE BE LIKE IF I ONLY KNEW "CAN'T TOUCH THIS" AND COULDN'T BELT OUT "HAVE YOU SEEN HER" ON CUE?
the JOURNEY, GOD DAMN IT! I KNOW I SOUND LIKE AN OLD "BACK IN MY DAY" FUCK.....BUT IT'S THE FUCKING TRUTH.
it's great that we have all this technology. i love having wikipedia. but we've gotten to the point where everything is a click away and the only thing that can hold a kid's attention is a guy that names his abs or a coke head with a cute dog in her purse. normal people saying rational things just doesn't do the trick any more....and if you grow up watching stupid.....you think stupid's cool. SO THEN IF STUPID'S COOL.....EVERYONE WILL ATTEMPT TO PROVE THEY'RE THE STUPIDEST.....ONE DOWNING ONE ANOTHER UNTIL WE'RE ALL FORCED TO WATCH GEORGE LOPEZ. THAT'LL BE ALL THERE IS.......
channels about food....
channels about kicking eachother in the balls........
paula abdul selling cheap jewelry on qvc........
kate gosselin and lisa rinna both having their own reality shows........
shows about former pro-wrestlers' butch, manly daughters strutting around with too much make-up on........
shows about washed up, wig wearing one hit wonder 80's hair metal singers rangling a bunch of whores and choosing one to mate with....while in the process mating with all the rest of them and singing "every rose has it's thorns" in EVERY SINGLE EPISODE.......
and george fucking lopez.
that's the future, guys. that's where we're heading. thank god we're not there yet.
