June 14, 2005

“Fevered ego’s tainting our collective unconscious…”

I'm just trying to rid the world of these fevered ego's that are tainting our collective unconscious and making us pay a higher psychic price than we need to"

Bill Hicks - after explaining the theory behind his idea for a T.V show "lets all hunt and kill Billy Ray Cyrus" to be followed the next season by "lets all hunt and kill Michael Bolton"

"each week we unleash the hounds of hell and chase that no talent cracker asshole all over the globe until we catch him by the fruity little pony tail of his and stick a shot gun in his mouth...."

I so wish he was still with us to comment on the circus freak fiasco that is the Michael Jackson trial - who I woke up to find was acquitted today (I hope the same collective world forehead slapping and exclamation of "doh!" union that took place when Bush got re-elected, is happening again when they see this headline).

Finally the whole sordid seedy spectacle can be removed from the headlines and the rat faced spindly ghost man child can retreat to which ever cave he sees fit and that will be the last we hear of him. I didn't follow this story into all the grisly details but it kept on cropping up every so often on the news and what I understood was this: he is a very troubled guy who probably shouldn’t be anywhere near kids and all the people accusing him were money grabbing publicity hounds who sacrificed any truth they might have been preaching in the chase for the almighty dollar. By the bells of St Christopher, even the jurors are working on book/movie/TV deals!

Overall the celebrity phenomenon engulfed all of them and nobody can walk away from this with any dignity or self respect.

All I hope for is that any kid who gets invited to Never land in the future has parents who have the good sense to turn down the offer and that any of the people involved with the trial - be they witness, juror, lawyer or security guard - doesn't make a penny.

And also that the sight of him getting into his limo and being driven from the court house is the last we see of Michael Jackson.

But in this world, what are the chances of that happening?

The Thriller album is still Califragafunkinglistic though

Spo | June 14, 2005

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