I’ve got some new articles to share from this month’s Esquire and GQ. First up, Chris and I were talking on Saturday about the potential for a massive volcano at Yosemite. What do you know, Esquire’s Answer Man responds to a reader question on the subject.
Also up are articles from my two favorite Esquire columnists, Ezra Dyer and Chuck Klosterman. Dyer has an article about guerrilla urban off-roading in Boston, which took me back to high school. Klosterman has a passable piece on stereotypes.
Moving on to GQ, I threw up in my mouth when I read that (1) Fred Durst is directing a movie, and (2) David Fincher is assisting him in his career change. Now, I know that Fincher came up as a music video director before Alien 3 and thus might feel some positive sentiments towards the music biz, but give me a break: Durst is a pig fucker of the highest order. I’m afraid this is going to color how much I enjoy Fincher films in the future (including Zodiac, the promising movie coming out this spring).
And…a Modest Mouse story that includes Isaac looking nice and plump. They’re all so slick and posed looking in this photo that I’m having fun imagining the pre-shot process, replete with Isaac sarcasm. Makes me think of that studio interview of the Mouse from before they hit it big, when the interviewer screwed something up and, IIRC, Isaac yelled out “Homework!” Borders, please confirm.
Finally, we have a GQ story on Barkley and the Inside the NBA crew. In reading Jack MacCallum’s book on the 2005-06 Phoenix Suns, it’s apparent that a lot of NBA coaches and some players think Barkley is full of it, despite the fawning nature of this article.
Random question: who thinks this site should be the Hopp Stopp instead of the Hopp Stop? Please advise in the comments. If Rob Thomas can share his thoughts, I’d really appreciate it.
You know my feelings on that subject.
But whaaaaa? You and Chris have never seen “Super Volcano” on the Discovery Channel? Be sure to catch it if they ever rerun it! It’s sensationalistic dramatized educational viewing at its best! Maybe it’s available on DVD.
Years ago after Durst directed his first video, he said he became a rock star so he can direct. More of an indictment on music than him as a director. I also heard him once say the song “my way or the highway” is about “you know, it’s either my way or the highway.” I have exhausted my Fred Durst trivia except that their version of “faith” was huge in Boston in 99.
I couldn’t find that Modest Mouse interview but the way I remember it is a college radio interview that Isaac suffers through. At the end, the interviewer mangles the album title and someone, off mic yells “alright, homework.” Might have been someone from the station and could have been the common joke when someone is not prepared but in the early days Modest Mouse’s roadies used to hide behind speakers and then pop up to sing backup or play percussion when appropriate. That’s what I picture when I listen to the interview.
re the name: it already rhymes? How cute do you want it?