I miss Bill Hicks!

[LeNeptune]

He was (as John Cleese pointed out), like all the best comedians, not really a 'funny' man, but rather, a man with a satirical and ironic view of the world.
I saw a brilliant clip of him in ‘stand-up’ the other day. Obviously I can’t convey his dismayed and confused facial expressions here, but basically he said;
“I did a gig in Texas recently, and afterwards I went into a ‘waffle restaurant’ – I’m not proud of it I was hungry! I sat at a table and got out the book I was reading. The waitress came up to me and in a Texan drawl said, “What you reading for mister?”
Umm…that really stumped me! I’ve been asked before ‘what’ are you reading, or ‘is that a good read’, but I’ve never been asked “what am I reading for?”
I thought abut it. I read for lots of reasons . . . .
and one of them is so I don’t end up as a fucking waffle waitress!!!!
BILL HICKS
RIP

 

[FiatFlux]

i've had a surge of appreciation for the absence of bill hicks with the recent death of another (well, i would say,) dark poet/social critic Hunter S. Thompson.
if you want transcripts of all his shows/cds the cult of the sacred cow is a good place to look.

 

[syd]

The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question: "Is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, "Hey, don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." And we kill those people.

B. Hicks