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Dear friends, It is such a sad thing that the English language has lost two of its most adept practitioners with the recent deaths of George Carlin and Bruce "Utah" Phillips. Both were amazing raconteurs who honed their acts so precisely that hardly a word uttered from the stage was improvised and each syllable was chosen for maximum effect and efficiency. They spoke with wit, charm and acerbity. And man, were they funny! To me, each of them was a tremendous inspiration. The way they put words together was just amazing. Both Phillips and Carlin used their command of language to tell us the truth. They exposed the piles of garbage heaped on us daily by the corporate media, organized religion, corrupt politicians, Wall Street, Madison Avenue and countless American "cultural" institutions. I personally witnessed each of them tell a theater-full of people that we are docile accomplices in our own suppression-----to a standing ovation.
Now that we have an administration that uses words (when Bush can pronounce them) to distract us from its nefarious and criminal activities, we are in desperate need of eloquent voices such as those of U. Utah Phillips and George Carlin.
But even though their voices have been silenced, their messages still resound. Find out more (and laugh a lot) at UtahPhillips.org and GeorgecCarlin.com. And I hope to see you soon at a show this Summer! E²
Eric is a proud member of Local 1000 |
