July 15, 2010
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What band, author, director, artist, etc. would you erase from the public record?
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Mel Gibson comes to mind.
I actually like his Apocalypto, but if you need him expunged I will defer.
George Michael
is your answer Aerosmith?
When I 13 or 14 I had a crush on the girl across the street. She was a huge fan of Aerosmith and I was a huge fan of her ripped jeans and make-up. In an attempt to seem cool I talked to her about Get a Grip while we played a board game on our front lawn.
I was doing quite well in the cool department until she asked if I liked Permanent Vacation and I said, “I’ve never played that game.”
After that, I was surprised every time she spoke to me.
I also have an irrational hate for The Decemberists, but I am guessing that isn’t a popular choice.
yeah, Aerosmith would be on the list. I’d get rid of specific movies too: Braveheart, Forrest Gump, Titanic. I’m sure others will come to mind.
I don’t like them either, Andrew.
That cowboy-rock star freakshow. What’s his name again? KID ROCK.
Probably Lindsay Lohan, because I’d get the joy of eliminating her across multiple mediums– as a recording artist, actress, tabloid staple, and future author– the idea of a publishing house someday printing her memoir enrages me.
Braveheart and that other one that was the same as Braveheart but during the American Revolutionary War* (The Patriot?).
*I’m not positive it wasn’t set during the Civil War. That’s how much of an impression the film left on me.
Madonna.
Kid Rock. YES, somebody needs to put his picture away.
Tom Cruise, even if I have to lose Top Gun in the process. And add one more vote against Mr. Gibson.
Also, I stopped liking Aerosmith when they stopped playing that music video with Alicia Silverstone and the motorcycle on MTV.
Dan Brown.
Was Paris Hilton the one with the sleazy sex tape? If so, her.
Oh! Oh! Stephanie Meyer.
Nobody said Glenn Beck yet. Does he count?
Joseph, can I keep Madonna?
I might have to keep Tom Cruise because he’s so fucking off.
Glenn Beck doesn’t count.
Shit, now I have “Cryin’” stuck in my head.
Deron, even if I just want to get rid of his works of fiction?
The Left Behind series.
Because I’d settle for that.
Oh God yes, Kelsey.
a) everything about him is a work of fiction.
b) I just meant he doesn’t count.
Deron, I’ll let you keep Tom if I can keep the Decemb(e?)rists.
Yes, Kelsey, please take care of that one.
who is the most controversial you would get rid of? probably mine is Eliot.
Don Henley
Jim Morrisson
Ayn Rand
Robin Williams
Jeff Dunham
What about Sarah Palin? Does she count?
wait. I like his poems 1920.
Sarah Palin doesn’t count.
P.T. Anderson and I’d love to stop hearing about Shakespeare.
thank you, Aaron.
Amanda!
Jay Leno.
Sorry, bud. I watched a long documentary thingy on the Magnolia DVD and began to loathe him. He strikes me as a real asshole.
we’re cool. I actually *hate* the ending of Magnolia (and I haven’t seen the big dong one), but I love punch drunk love and there will be blood.
can you give me visitation?
thank you, Michael.
The Eagles.
You know, I’m not really a Nirvana fan.
Kelsey, but would you get rid of Nirvana? What would that do modern rock? I keep running into this question. Because I’d happily get rid of the Rolling Stones but what impact would that have on music? Would the Beatles have been as good without the Stones?
You can’t get rid of Nirvana because then there’d be no Blur!
Scott Stapp
Céline Dion
Ben Affleck
Andie MacDowell
Kate Hudson
Tim Allen
Tom Clancy
I could do this for hours.
Also, Kelsey, shouldn’t you be hitting the road soon?
I’m interviewing Eva Men/des in a while I eat shrimp louie at the Ritz Carlton. Any questions for her?
“What band, author, director, artist, etc. would you erase from the public record?”
I like that. I like to get people confused. I’m going to ask her about what books she likes, too.
Aaron, please continue. you’re making me feel better already.
Oh, I’ve been in Sacramento for an hour already at least. I’m enjoying the dry sunshine and a recreation area called William B. Pond.
Deron’s Eliot is my Nirvana, sort of.
William Pond. by bike that is about 12 miles from my house.
But I almost never ride that way because it’s boring (no hills).
Deron, you are welcome to Madonna. She’s that rare example of someone who’s clearly talented but sets my teeth to grinding.
As long as we are naming more than one, please let me opine for those days of wine and roses before I became aware that there is a person named Lady Gaga and another named Miley Cyrus. So as not to appear misogynistic, might I also confess a fantasy of a world without Dan Brown, Tom Hanks, Wolf Blitzer, John Travolta, Jay Leno, Larry the Cable Guy, and the entire cast and crew of Everybody Loves Raymond.
You guys, Knight and Day was really good. I really liked Tom Cruise in it. I saw it last night at the M Park 4, which is a korean movie theatre that shows English films with korean subtitles. It wasn’t as distracting as I had imagined it could be.
Jim Belushi
Dan Bejar
Daniel Whitney (Larry the Cable Guy)
Barbara Kruger
Dane Cook
George Lucas.
And Steven Spielberg, while we’re at it.
steven spielberg. thank you.
if you could get rid of Sting without getting rid of The Police.
I tried to remain presentable, Michael. I did. I just couldn’t not strip down and swim in whatever cold river this is.
Pull up your panties, D. If you want to get rid of Sting, you’ve got to accept losing The Police. Same thing with Garry Marshall… If you want to get rid of Beaches, you’re gonna have to give up Lenny and Squiggy.
thems the rules.
That’s the American River and it’s freakin’ cold right now. Stay out.
You’re much too late.
Oh. Now that I re-read your comment I see my warning comes too late.
A week ago they were on the radio saying how people were drowning because the shock of the cold river water caused instant muscle cramps and they were just unable to move.
Maybe it’s slightly warmer now.
And if you think it’s too cold — especially under a sun like this — you are remarkably wimpy.
I’ve emerged from colder waters.
How bad is it that ten minutes after my last comment I think, LIKE MY MOM! Get it?
Oh man, that was good.
Barbra Streisand
Jane Austen
Brahms, Jesus, and Keith Urban
Yanni
Andy Rooney
Michael Bolton
Kenny G
Nicholas Cage
Mariah Carey
Billy Ray Cyrus
Joseph Smith (he wrote a book, goddammit)
Barbara Walters
Stephen Hawking
What Daryl said.
Cindy, as I glanced up the page I saw “Joseph” and momentarily thought you meant me. Only for a moment, though. I am no longer crying.
There’s nobody left.
Wouldn’t it be cool if we could trade the ones we wish were gone for those who actually are gone? For example, Thomas Kinkaid for Bob Ross?
Just about any country music artist post-1980 that doesn’t feel a need to qualify the term further
This question touches nerves! Mine are deadened from years of seeing the dentist four times a year. (For the record, I can now nearly nap while having my teeth worked on. I have no fear of the needle. “Shoot me up with a hypo fulla love,” I say.)
I’ll post another question.
Again I am the last comment on a post, were I fluent in iPad I might have called up the link again. C’set la vie. (what I just did here, is hard to do on the iPad, y’all.)
Every band from California except The Minutemen and Love.
not brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2
Dead Kennedy’s are from California and shouldn’t be stricken from the record. I don’t know if anyone should be erased from record but i question how some came to be in the public record in the first place. I think what the likes of American Idol & the types of acts it has spawned has taught us is that the PUBLIC should be stricken from the public record as the public doesn’t know what’s good for them.
The public are ninnies.
Eric–okay, not Brahms. I really don’t want to strike anybody from the record, except for quite a number of the political people who are off limits. My taste in classical music (such as it is) has always moved toward Bach and Mozart, and away from some that seem too romantic. I’m not a big fan of Debussy, for instance.