Positive Action With The Nuge

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Popel Vooje Aug 20, 2010 20:38:38
Replying to IanB

IanB wrote:
Popel Vooje wrote:
He has a hunting website with an "Ask Ted" page so that his fellow carnivores can ply him for tips on huntin fishin shootin etc. After he had that accident on his Texas ranch in which he almost sawed his own leg off whilst preparing to chop down a tree, I sent him an e-mail with the question "Dear Ted - I've always wanted to know what is your all-time favourite movie? Is it "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"?

Never got a reply. Funny, that.

Genius

If you watch the clip in the link above it is interesting how much he has lifted from Rollins in terms of his rhetorical style.

Yes, I watched it - I agree. The ironic thing is, Rollins was apparently a huge fan back in his pre-punk days, as was Ian McKaye - they both admired Nuge's anti-drug stance, although I doubt either of them would have any truck with his comments about Dubuque. I suppose Nugent being a fan of Rollins' standup indicates that the influence has come full circle.

Reminds me of a conversation I was having in the pub last night about teetotal rock musicians and how there are so many of them in the US (Nugent, Simmons, Minor Threat and all other straight-edge bands, Frank Zappa, J Mascis, Wayne Coyne, Steve Albini, Calvin Johnson, Chuck D ... the list is virtually endless), but that the phenomenon barely seems to exist in the UK (unless you count Cliff Richard, which I don't).

G grufty jim
grufty jim Aug 20, 2010 22:51:23
Replying to Popel Vooje

Popel Vooje wrote:
Reminds me of a conversation I was having in the pub last night about teetotal rock musicians and how there are so many of them in the US (Nugent, Simmons, Minor Threat and all other straight-edge bands, Frank Zappa, J Mascis, Wayne Coyne, Steve Albini, Calvin Johnson, Chuck D ... the list is virtually endless), but that the phenomenon barely seems to exist in the UK (unless you count Cliff Richard, which I don't).
There's a broad puritanical streak in American culture that doesn't exist to anything like the same level in Europe. It's worth remembering, after all, that historically speaking the puritans left Europe and settled in America precisely because they saw moral degradation everywhere they looked and wanted to find a place where they could set the tone themselves.

This is obviously a generalisation, and there are still puritan communities here in Europe and a temperance movement. And conversely, there's a side of America that is personified by William S. Burroughs. But by and large, the US is more religious and more puritanical than Europe despite the contradictory elements in both places.

M Moon Cat
Moon Cat Aug 23, 2010 16:31:00
Replying to Popel Vooje

Get's worse when previously mega-toxic rock stars see the 'light' and then bang on about their sobriety, yoga, new purpose etc. I mean, well done for sorting yerselves out and all that, but Christ it so often comes over as "Well, I've drunk, snorted and fucked my way round the planet for decades but now I'm all good! And kids, you should be too!". Fuck off! You've had your fun!