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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
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1:32a - the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated
I'm not sure if it was my goofy tribute to Heston that prompted this, but it occurs to me that there are loads of people who have been kicking ass for decades, but who have been forgotten by the public at large and remain so until their inevitable kicking of the bucket. I'm getting a bit sick of posthumous shout-outs (recent ones include Baudrillard and Vonnegut), so I'm raising a glass to the following folk who are still doing what they've always done and are doing it well:
Fredric Jameson
JG Ballard
JD Salinger (not that he's been anything of a public figure for decades)
Thomas Pynchon (not that he ever was a public figure)
Pete Seeger
Chuck Berry
Jerry Lee Lewis
Brian Wilson (the youngest on this list if I'm not mistaken)
Feel free to contribute yr own. I was tempted to toss Bowie on the list, but eulogizing a 61 year-old (yes, I remember that big "Bowie's 50th" bash like it was yesterday) seemed a tad premature, so let's call 62 the youngest one can be to earn a spot.
(23 events | unnerve me)
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