Stupid Mail

I don't find that I've ever mentioned Amy Winehouse on this blog.  I vaguely recall writing a post at Echidne of the Snakes at how tragic her addiction was*. I am only vaguely aware of her singing though what I heard struck me as promising if she could pull out of her self-destruction.  She didn't.  It killed her. I never compared GG to her.  As always, Stupy is just lying.  You can't say "Simels" without the "l" the "i" and the "e" and the "s".  Works for "s-l-i-m-e", too.

I am not going to discuss GG any more.  If what I said gives the Eschaton mid-brow non-musicians a sad, I couldn't possibly care less.

*  I looked it up.  Here's what I wrote there.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

"There's a greater chance that I would dye my hair green and get tattoos all over my body and do a rock tour with Amy Winehouse than there is that I would run for the Senate, so let me put that to rest. Somehow, just imagine me, green hair, on tour with Amy Winehouse, ain't happening, not running for the Senate, done deal, absolutely no way." Mike Huckabee

Having never heard of Amy Winehouse before she was denied a visa and having heard nothing that about her that isn't horrifically tragic and appalling, does it get any sleazier than having Rev. Huckabee using her like this? Is he paying a price with the 'values voters'?

Amy Winehouse doesn't just belong in rehab, she belongs in long term custodial care. The people promoting "Rehab" and providing yet one more excuse for people who are hard enough to get to treatment without these lines should be lined up against the wall. But the pop-culture industry has never suffered for promoting violent and self-destructive behavior yet and you doubt they will as long as they can make lots of money that way.

Posted by Anthony McCarthy