Monday, March 17, 2008
Suffering From Mothra Mouth
Mothra recently lamented on this very blog about how he was using the word fantastic too much on our radio program. Loyal readers came to his rescue and he expanded his word power thanks to you all. Maybe you could rally together and help out our pal John Darnielle, too. Pitchfork featured an interview with him last week and in it he uses the word great 15 times and throws in a bunch of goods and awesomes too. It's pretty astounding to read because in his music, he seems to have a great grasp of the language and the possibilities it offers. I know casual conversation about ringtones is nothing like sitting down and working on song lyrics but I found his limited vocabulary rather shocking. I was also floored to find out that he loves Law & Order so much, regardless of whether it's Original Flavor or one of those Extra Crispy spinoffs. He even goes out of way to praise Sam Waterson. Seriously? Him? At least he didn't say anything kind about Jerry Orbach because if he did, I would have to immediately rid my collection of all Mountain Goats albums and renew my vow to never see Dirty Dancing ever even though I was just given the Ultimate Edition recently as a gift. But then Mr. Darnielle reinstilled my love for him by praising Paper Mario and Super Mario Galaxy which are both superawesome and he's right to speak of them so highly. But Law & Order? That dreck is the antithesis of great.
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If it weren't for Law & Order, where would all those hasbeen/neverwere actors who aren't qualified for reality tv get work? I ask you, Gamera, where? (No fair saying CSI, either.)
what would i read if it weren't for us weekly? these people are stars. and i like reading. i'm with hott mama on this one
Here in NYC there are organ donor ads featuring Jerry Orbach's wrinkly face plastered in the subway cars. Apparently he was an eye donor and gave 2 New Yorkers the gift of sight. So somewhere out there, 2 folks are seeing the world through Lenny colored eyeballs.
There's the beginning of a terrifying horror movie in there somewhere.
you're being too hard on mr. darnielle. people get excited and use words like great and amazing. i'd rather people say that then ponder some 50 cent word and then have their enthusiasm defused as they try to sound great.
i guess i fall into the hemingway argument here --
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."
William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"
long live john darnielle.
fuck law and order though. not that i've ever seen an episode.
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