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“When I aim at praise, they say I bite.” — Alexander Pope
How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! -— Alexander Pope, from “Eloisa to Abelard” Alexander Pope was born on this day in 1688. He was so huge … Continue reading
Posted in On This Day, writers
Tagged Alexander Pope, Allen Ginsberg, Camille Paglia, Christopher Smart, Dr. Samuel Johnson, Eminem, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, H.L. Mencken, Jonathan Swift, Lord Byron, Oscar Wilde, poetry, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Jefferson, William Blake, William Wordsworth
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“I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I’m not ashamed of anything.” — Eminem
Music is reflection of self We just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail It’s fucked up, ain’t it? How we can come from practically nothin’ To bein’ able to have any fuckin’ thing that we … Continue reading
“I put my soul through the ink.” — Proof
DeShaun Dupree Holton, a.k.a. Proof, a.k.a. Big Proof, was a Detroit-area rapper, born on this day in 1973. He was killed in still-mysterious circumstances at a pool hall in Detroit in April 2006. The story of his death took some … Continue reading
“Yeah, and I’m buddies with Alfred.” — Eminem on Alfred Hitchcock
For Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday. “It got silent, then all these voices said ‘Come follow me into the gates of Hell.’ I heard ’em yell ‘Welcome to the Norman Bates Motel!’ I ring the bell for service and I was greeted … Continue reading
Posted in Directors, Movies, Music, On This Day
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Eminem, England
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Eminem’s Jack and the Bean
In Eminem’s song “The King and I” – which plays over the credits in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, with Cee Lo Green doing the raucous chorus (an exact echo of Jailhouse Rock), early on comes this verse: Modus operandi, bottle-a blonde … Continue reading
“It’s innately in me to want to yell and love at the same time.” — Jessie Reyez
“I haven’t been compromising this whole time as an artist. Why would I start with my album?” — Jessie Reyez It’s her birthday today. Jessie Reyez first came on my radar, as I’m sure is true for a lot of … Continue reading
Guess who’s back. Back again. Shady’s back. Tell a friend.
Pete Davidson and Eminem, the progression: December 6, 2020: March 28, 2021: May 22, 2022: This past Saturday, Pete Davidson did his third Eminem sketch on SNL, this time a joke about Lorne Michaels wanting to “do a music video” … Continue reading
Stuff I’ve Been Reading
Reading for pleasure has taken a hit, what with all the research I’ve been doing, for this or that, and so I haven’t done one of these “stuff I’ve been reading” things in a while. I have barely slept in … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, Eminem, fiction, Fred Astaire, friends, Ginger Rogers, Martin Scorsese, Memoirs, noir, Robert De Niro, Russia, stuff I've been reading
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