Björn Borg
February 22, 2007
Swedish 1970s tennis great. Borg rocked it with the special headbands.
Gerry Thomas
February 21, 2007
1950s Swanson salesman and inventor of the TV dinner. Beautiful Swanson TV dinner ads here.
Chris Columbus
February 21, 2007
Prolific film industry jack of all trades, who we’re thinking about today because he wrote Gremlins and The Goonies. This guy’s head gave us Mogwai AND Chunk. God bless Chris Columbus.
Jus Rhyme
February 20, 2007
Jus Rhyme got das boot from White Rapper Show last night. Lands-o-goshen, this white rapper was wack. He attempted one of the worst battle freestyles I have ever seen. Ever. We are down to two: John Brown and Shamrock. Viva King of the Burbs.
Drake Sadler
February 20, 2007
Founder and CEO of Traditional Medicinals, the company that makes my favorite tea: Nighty Night.
Anselmo Martini
February 20, 2007
Lead winemaker for Cavit, who makes the sweet and cheap Cavit Pinot Grigio. Anselmo, your rotgut keeps me warm in trying times, and for that I thank you.
Bruce Chatwin
February 20, 2007
Travel writer who, according to Modo & Modo, played an instrumental role in keeping the Moleskine notebook alive and in production. I don’t much buy the extensive self-mythologizing of the Moleskine, but dammit if they’re not the best notebooks in town.
Charlotte Gainsbourg
February 19, 2007
Daughter of Serge Gainsbourg who played Stephanie in Science of Sleep. I watched this movie last night and found it charming and tender. Way better than the foul one with the foul Jim foul Carrey. Gainsbourg is stunning and vulnerable in scenes where she wears her glasses. Not that she’s not in others…but something different happens when her glasses are on.
Lamb and Lynx Gaede
February 16, 2007
Identical twin sisters who perform as Prussian Blue, a white nationalist band. I think they are 14? 15? Lamb and Lynx are extremely interesting, and I wish Prussian Blue would tour to Austin. I’d go see them. Maybe they could get a show at SXSW.
Persia
February 16, 2007
Latest white rapper to hand MC Serch her shoes on White Rapper show. Persia may have been the only actual MC out of the whole bunch…BUT she couldn’t remember her Ice Ice chamber rhymes! And her Hot 97 freestyle was horrible. Adios Persia.
Gavroche
February 14, 2007
Young street urchin from Hugo’s Les Miserables. He’s the heart of the novel. At some point the narrator explains one of Gavroche’s statements by saying “Gavroche was a thinker, you see.” It doesn’t sound like much here, but 800 pages into the novel you’re rooting for the kid and you love it when he shows back up.
Mark Pauline
February 13, 2007
Founder and director of Survival Research Laboratories. SRL makes robotic constructions that fight each other in complex and destructive robot performances. I lucked out and saw them in 1997. Pauline is a brilliant and dedicated artist. See here how his hand took one for the team.
