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Schism Schasm Postscript

  • Oct. 6th, 2007 at 4:08 PM
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Did I ever relate the story of how I was approached by the people who were in charge of Howard Marks' publicity, asking if they could develop the "Spliffy the Clown" strip as a recurring feature on his nascent website (Mr Nice had just been published in paperback and was doing well)?

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That a bunch of hash heads couldn't see that the strip was, albeit in a pretty asinine way, criticising hash heads and their dated, dopey counter-culture, and were giddy at the very mention of spliffs, regardless of context, in exactly the same way as the 'zinesters the I was mocking, gave me an irony-induced nose bleed.

Oy.

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[info]mcgazz wrote:
Oct. 6th, 2007 05:14 pm (UTC)
As you know, I'm a big fan of the ganj, but I definitely subscribe to a "do not drive or operate heavy machinery" ethos. In fact, if consuming, you shouldn't really leave the house.
[info]schism_schasm wrote:
Oct. 8th, 2007 11:36 am (UTC)
Hmmm. Caledonia Street seems a long time ago and a long way off.
[info]mcgazz wrote:
Oct. 8th, 2007 12:19 pm (UTC)
I'd kill for a bit of gear at the moment. I've found that, in recent years, it works to sharpen my bullsh*t filters. When watching TV (what else is there to do) on blaw, almost everything I see seems like the most cheesy, banal, "I can't believe they've done that" trash. Real sports reporters become as ridiculous as Alan Partridge, and it becomes clear that grimacing MTV emo bands are about as deep and meaningful as Sid "Rickaaay!" Owen's cod-reggae single. At that point I realise pretty much all media product is lazy, hackneyed, one-dimensional, lo-com-dom baws, even (especially) the stuff that claims otherwise.

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