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Edwin Davies
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An original creation, like Rickey Rouse or Monald Muck. Crucial Taunt fan. Here now, I guess. I co-host a podcast about The X-Files - podfollow.com/the-file-room-1
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RIP Kris Kristofferson. In his honor, Iā€™m bringing a classic over from Twitter. This is from a 2009 Rolling Stone profile of Kristofferson written by Ethan Hawke. Toby Keithā€™s name was blinded as ā€œthe Starā€ in this wild anecdote from Willie Nelsonā€™s 70th birthday concert.

Up from the basement came one of country music's brightest stars (who shall remain nameless). At that moment in time, the Star had a monster radio hit about bombing America's enemies back into the Stone Age.
"Happy birthday," the Star said to Willie, breezing by us. As he passed Kristofferson in one long, confident stride, out of the corner of his mouth came "None of that lefty shit out there tonight, Kris."
"What the luck did you just say to me?" Kris growled, stepping forward.
"Oh, no," groaned Willie under his breath.
"Don't get Kris all riled up."
"You heard me," the Star said, walking away in the darkness.
"Don't turn your back to me, boy," Kristofferson shouted, not giving a shit that basically the entire music industry seemed to be flanking him.
The Star turned around: "I don't want any problems, Kris - I just want you to tone it down."
"You ever worn your country's uniform?" Kris asked rhetorically.
"What?"
"Don't 'What?' me, boy! You heard the question. You just don't like the answer." He paused just long enough to get a full chest of air. "I asked, 'Have you ever served your country?' The answer is, no, you have not. Have you ever killed another man? Huh? Have you ever taken
you have not. Have you ever killed another man? Huh? Have you ever taken
another man's life and then cashed the check your country gave you for doing it?
No, you have not. So shut the fuck up!" I could feel his body pulsing with anger next to me. "You don't know what the hell you are talking about!"
"Whatever," the young Star muttered.
Ray Charles stood motionless. Willie Nelson looked at me and shrugged mischievously like a kid in the back of the classroom.
Kristofferson took a deep inhale and leaned against the wall, still vibrating with adrenaline. He looked over at Willie as if to say, "Don't say a word." Then his eyes found me.
"You know what Waylon Jennings said about guys like him?" he whispered.
I shook my head.
"They're doin' to country music what pantyhose did to finger-fuckin'"
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Saw the trailer for Red One before Megalopolis and that is the most Lucas Lee-ass movie in years.

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Watching Son of Kong. Nepotism has always been such a problem in Hollywood.

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Big year for Marcus Aurelius

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Megalopolis is a cri de coeur, which is to say that it is both extremely earnest and heartfelt and embarrassing, in the way that someone telling you what they believe can be. That also makes it for me deeply moving. Wish there were more montages, those were formally the best bits

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MEGALOPOLIS (I die alone, shivering, on a hill of my own creation) has many ideas and a painfully earnest perspective and I'd rather have 100,000 Megalopolises than one Marvel movie

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Time to see what Wow Platinum is up to.

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Was too tired to watch this last night but did finish it this morning. Very funny and relentless.

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ā€œKefka on the Shoreā€ keeps popping into my head. Feels like a webcomic that would have done numbers in 2006.

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Edwin Davies
@edwinjdavies.bsky.social
An original creation, like Rickey Rouse or Monald Muck. Crucial Taunt fan. Here now, I guess. I co-host a podcast about The X-Files - podfollow.com/the-file-room-1
206 followers314 following3.2k posts