As part of the promotion for his book Ortved went on Largehearted Boy and created a playlist of songs that are, even in some small way, related to his book and the show. Some highlights: The Damned "Jet Boy Jet Girl" The Simpsons story really begins with Matt Groening in LA in the very early 80s punk scene. This song, originally by Elton Motello, perfectly captures the subversiveness and irreverence of Groening’s early work: it’s a punk track about a gay love triangle whose chorus, "oo-hoo-oo-oo; he gave me head," mocks those 60s surfer tunes which were, at one point,…
Day: December 28, 2009
The Petty Greed of a Large and Wealthy Organization
“Oh I feel for you my child and, I’d like you help you . . . ahem.” – Rev. Lovejoy There was some hubbub over the long holiday weekend because L’Osservatore Romano, an official Vatican newspaper, said some nice things about The Simpsons. This doesn’t particularly surprise me, Zombie Simpsons has become so institutionalized that even the world’s oldest surviving organization no longer finds it threatening. That kind of approval is a pretty damning indictment for a program that found its original popularity in an explicitly anti-authority message. But I was curious as to what exactly the Catholic Church found…
Quote of the Day
“I can’t help but feel that if we had gotten to know each other better my leaving would actually have meant something.” – Lisa Simpson