I get mail from starving filmmakers...

Mr. Fritz, the suspiciously German-surnamed artiste who made the documentary about the Slave China punk band Joyside gets it just a little tiny bit.

I think.


Kevonthefritz said

You are an idiot...but thanks for the plug on your website.

I would like to send you a copy of the film to do a review. Then you can tell me if you think these dudes are smarter than me. I never remember the paper or myself claiming to be smarter than JOYSIDE.

The title of that song is "A Girl From Nowhere" and not a girl from London. Originally it was but they changed it because it was no longer about a specific girl but girls in general.

Also to be noted in the credits of the film there is a credit given to Super Bowl Champs Pittsburgh Steelers.


Fritz, baby, thanks for visiting and commenting.

You are wrong. I only play an idiot on the computer. It is my idiom and I get it from the Russian side of the family.

I would love to have a copy of your film, but that would entail the disclosure of my dacha's secret location. I will consult with my attorneys and e-mail you later.

With regard to my comment on the level of your mental acuity, I was referring to your statement quoted in the article:

"I kind of think in Eastern Europe, two things ended Communism -- rock 'n' roll and Pope John Paul II."

While Pope John Paul the Great's role has been largely ignored, I find it hard to believe rock 'n'roll could even crack the Top Ten list of reasons the Soviet Union fell. (See Reagan, Solidarity, AFL-CIO, Thatcher, the insipid idea of socialism itself, et cetera.)

That was the first time I grew suspicious of your gray matter.

The second? You went back to the hellhole in a cesspool wrapped in barbed wire and an enigma that is Slave China. Joyside, on the other hand:

"They just want to play music and get out of China."

That seems the more reasonable and rational position. The fact that they can't get out makes them slaves, not dopes. I doubt they would be brain surgeons out here in the real world, but then again, they aren't bloggers. Or filmmakers.

Every cretin that takes a check from Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. deserves to be ignored into unemployment. But it is tough to fight a monopoly. I wish I had denigrated their intelligence. Thanks for reminding me.

As for the song title, I couldn't understand a word the guy said. I was going off the graphics at the beginning of the video.

All that being said, I would like to offer my humblest appy-polly loggies for any offense my typing caused. (Super Bowl XL Champion Steelers fans must stick together.)