March 2010
17 posts
The Greatest Story of All Time Ever
A few days after Marlon Brando’s death in July, at a gathering of his friends and some of his 10 surviving children, a fellow actor, Ed Begley Jr., stood up to speak.
Clenching his jaw and mumbling his lines in the style of the man who practically defined acting in the last half-century, Mr. Begley recalled being summoned to Brando’s home a few years ago to talk about an urgent project.
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“The beer and cigarettes were ruining him. He would pester passers-by for booze.”
– A Russian chimpanzee has been sent to rehab by zookeepers to cure the smoking and beer-drinking habits he has picked up.
“We didn’t give a fuck about Ronald Reagan or world politics, though on occasion...”
– John Hodges, guitarist of 1980’s Florida hardcore group Hated Youth. It bears mentioning that this incredible quote is from 2000. (via)
Things You Learn When At Your Parents' House:
When you were in elementary school, the nurse and her husband were junkies and all of the adults knew about it.
Your mother likes the new puppy way more than she likes the cats.
Wipe Your Feet: When I was sixteen or so I... →
You think about it as if it were black tar heroin. “Should I try it? It might feel good. It might feel lousy.” A cup and a half in you remember why you ever went down this dark road in the first place: while you’re throwing your first load of laundry in, you realize that if the government just got it together to seed all the clouds over the southwest United States, there would be no drought.
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Angry Samoans - STP not LSD
How good the Angry...