We aren't usually much troubled by celebrities' affiliations with Scientology. Hell, Celine was a Nazi collaborator, and we still love his books. And we're not such fans of Look Who's Talking Too that Kirstie Alley's and John Travolta's religious beliefs would spoil it for us.
We do like Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson et alia, but because she's just a voice we don't have much opportunity to look at her and say, "She really believes little aliens live inside her and has given $10 million to the people who made her crazy."
That may be coming up in our heads more often, alas, since we heard this tape (found via Xenu TV) of Cartwright robo-calling for a Scientology event. It's not so much that she starts by saying, "This is Bart Simpson" -- she quickly says she's just kidding and identifies herself. But she keeps talking in the voice of Bart as she announces "I'm now auditing on New OTVII," says that she will "share my many wins" as an "auditor" at a the Hollywood Scientology event, and assures us, "It's gonna be a blast, man! (Bart laugh)" before asking us to call and confirm our attendance. It's as if we'd heard Bugs Bunny making a speech for Hamas ("Poisonally, Doc, I prefer jihad").
* * * * * Nancy, using Bart to pitch for Scientology? Come on.We aren't usually much troubled by celebrities' affiliations with Scientology. Hell,... more
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Norman Mailer, an American journalist, novelist and playwright among other professions, died today in New York City. He wrote The Naked and the Dead, considered by some to be one of the best novels ever written. He was one of the founding publishers of the Village Voice and also ran for Mayor of New York. Rest In Peace.Norman Mailer, an American journalist, novelist and playwright among other... more
Norman Mailer wrote dozens of plays, stories, and poems. He was awarded the Pulitzer prize for The Armies of the Night in 1968, and The Executioner's Song in 1979.
Mailer is also a co-founder of The Village Voice. Norman Mailer wrote dozens of plays, stories, and poems. He was awarded the Pulitzer... more
Gonzales discusses a love supreme for the craft and the rich community that blossoms from the seeds of Tate.
MG blurbs:
"I will always be thankful to the man for being unafraid to be, as Tate himself once described him, a one-man affirmative action committee in the 1980s all because he believed Afro-diasporic musics should on occasion be covered by people who weren't strangers to those communities.
"I am more than happy that Greg Tate had put up the signposts for this black boy to follow. In fact, one of those signs might have read: Enter At Your Own Risk This Means You!"
"Hell, that was during the same period that one prominent Caucasian music editor (who is still in a position of editorial power today) told the same publicist something along the lines of, black music writers dont write that well. Its crazy what some people believe. However, if youve taken a glance at Rolling Stone, Blender, GQ, Esquire and New York magazines lately, that opinion still seems prevalent in 2007.
"hell, even David Byrne and The Clash had discovered Africa by 1986"
"Not to say that we wouldnt be writing for somebody (perhaps medical journals or antique mags), but it was from studying Tates music writing mojo like cold lampin graduate students that helped give us form different options. Like Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis, the Beatles and Oasis, Grandmaster Flash and DJ Shadow, it was Tate and all of us."Gonzales discusses a love supreme for the craft and the rich community that blossoms... more
