tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post3834436321463169652..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: King Dork -- Frank PortmanAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-25172427712954848162009-07-07T18:03:07.862-05:002009-07-07T18:03:07.862-05:00Perhaps this exposure was a chunk of why I've ...Perhaps this exposure was a chunk of why I've never been able to take Bret Easton Ellis seriously. Trivial expressions of deeper pain treated as if they were the real tragedy (writing this to the soundtrack of the folks putting Jackson's kid onstage to express her misery to goofball strangers).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-45215316117475787522009-07-07T18:00:05.181-05:002009-07-07T18:00:05.181-05:00Gerard, Patti--I hung on th fringes of the spoiled...Gerard, Patti--I hung on th fringes of the spoiled kids cliques, at the high school Obama and I attended. I mostly watched other people get high and get laid, uaually not too well or happily, which seemed to me to be missing the point.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-64934814720866999102009-07-07T17:58:18.477-05:002009-07-07T17:58:18.477-05:00I've been away from active involvement with th...I've been away from active involvement with the punk rock scene for a while...haven't heard of/from the Mr. T Experience for years. Perhaps it took getting off the road to polish the book started in the '80s. (MTE were pretty damned funny, too.)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-6969916553993871632009-07-07T15:56:13.266-05:002009-07-07T15:56:13.266-05:00I think we all did, Gerard.I think we all did, Gerard.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-85591815094692511112009-07-07T14:08:00.604-05:002009-07-07T14:08:00.604-05:00I read a lot of YA novels with sex and booze. I n...I read a lot of YA novels with sex and booze. I never had a high school experience like that. <br /><br />Yeah, I spent most of my high school years watching television in the basement or reading in my room.Gerardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-49734733218484855752009-07-07T13:41:34.416-05:002009-07-07T13:41:34.416-05:00The audiobook is great too.The audiobook is great too.bob v.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-48659618815501195722009-07-07T12:20:54.995-05:002009-07-07T12:20:54.995-05:00I wonder how long it sat around as well, but it...I wonder how long it sat around as well, but it's such a fantastic book, I'm glad it finally saw the light of day. I picked this up after Bookslut's blog said of it, "I love this book as much as I hated high school." I couldn't say it any better myself.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286520897538327919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-43860452752043535502009-07-07T11:50:06.869-05:002009-07-07T11:50:06.869-05:00I wonder how long it sat in a drawer.I wonder how long it sat in a drawer.Karin Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-15475947330398329232009-07-07T11:34:07.561-05:002009-07-07T11:34:07.561-05:00I had a feeling you'd like this one.I had a feeling you'd like this one.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473441336451528462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-25287848540191189542009-07-07T10:38:25.767-05:002009-07-07T10:38:25.767-05:00I wonder how long it sat on a hard drive.I wonder how long it sat on a hard drive.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com