[untitled #413]
By Todd Stadler · Sunday, August 11, 2002 11:49am
Huzzah for cable access! There we were, looking for something to watch while the potato kugel was cooking. And we happened upon a show that involved an old man standing in front of a camera and talking at length. The only time he stopped talking was to take a call - on camera. My first thought was to enjoy the oddness of it all. But then I noticed he was talking about rap. And he wasn't denegrating it as I expected. No, he was giving some pointers to rappers, based on a hip-hop concert he'd recently been to. Things like not holding the microphone so close to the mouth, and making it easier to understand the lyrics. He also reviewed a biography of John Waters, of whom he wasn't too fond. I really want to be that guy when I grow up. Open-minded, and just crazy enough to keep talking, even if no one's listening. Because someone just might be.