Herr Mutter

For the enjoyment of my family and comedy bookers, here's some footage of me at Harvey's.

The Stranger thinks about the Famous Mysterious Actor

The very funny Lindy Wood wrote blurbs for all the comedy events at Bumbershoot, I particularly liked her take on FMA.

FAMOUS MYSTERIOUS ACTOR
The Famous Mysterious Actor is a frightening specter. It has long hair, like a woman, or a hippie. It has a high-pitched voice, like a woman. Or a wild bird of some kind that speaks human language. It has a thing about Pixi Stix, like most women, and it wears a mask like Eric Stoltz in Mask or Jim Carrey in Look Who's Masking Now. Or a Mexican. It is very mysterious. It comes from Portland. LW

NO! WHAT ABOUT PROM?

Iona, Andi's boss at Trax, and Duckie share a tiny prize

The Joneses had the best time evar geeking out on memorial John Hughes trivia with the lovely and talented Shan-Rock last Saturday, being quizzed about Ferris Bueller, Weird Science (a film about two young men who accidentally make a woman when all they are really looking for is web porn), Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, and Pretty in Pink. After a lifetime of wanting to be Andi from Pretty in Pink, it is clear to me now that I am her boss, Iona. Watching the film for the eleventy hundredth time, it is no longer clear to me why all the boys love Andi. She spends the whole movie either pouting or bitching. She laughs exactly once. But Iona? Applause, applause, applause! We won a tiny trophy and free drinks, which is the kind of prize we can use.

Baby Wants Pole

This grainy cel-phone pic has been passed around this week, originating on Gizmodo.com, and comments are flying about what a bad toy it is, and how parents are outraged:

Baby Wants Pole

It's fricking honest, is what it is. A cheerful pole dancer is the only female role model America really wants. That's why Miley Cyrus is on a pole. That's why Britney was on one when she was 18 and one second. We might be living through a third consecutive Republican White House if Sarah Palin had just dropped the facade and climbed a pole. These things don't come from nowhere and marketing doesn't lie. Feminism has fallen down gone boom and we all need to pick it the f*ck up again.

For one second, think about whether you, as a person with lady parts, have ever said "It's fun to go to the strip club an' get attention from the dancers!", or said "Those Suicide Girls seem pretty self-actualized, because having tattoos means you're your own person!" and realize that you might be part of the problem. Being comfortable with your own body and sexuality has gotten confused with being p*rn-positive and chauvinist-friendly to an uncomfortable degree. I'm not talking about suppressing freedom of expression, and I'm not saying you shouldn't do exactly what pleases you- I'm just saying, if you don't like the society we're living in, own your part in creating it.

Hey! Serious for a second! That was weird, huh.