Most bizarre music/commerical pairings? - Beyond Tiki

T Tiki-bot Member Joined: Jun 24, 2002 Posts: 1345	T Tiki-bot Posted posted on Wed, Feb 23, 2005 3:21 PM On 2005-02-23 14:36, TikiGardener wrote: "You know what Bill's doing now, he's going for the righteous indignation dollar, that's a big dollar, a lot of people are feeling that indignation, we've done research, huge market. He's doing a good thing." Godammit, I'm not doing that, you scumbags, quit putting a godamn dollar sign on every fucking thing on this planet!" ---BILL HICKS I think he makes an excellent point here, but using the tools of consumerism (recordings, concerts, tv appearances) to advance his anti-consumerist agenda is disingenuous at best. His schtick is an ironic feedback loop that leaves people guessing "is he kidding or what?", which I think was kind of his point. I respect and sometimes enjoy what he has said, but it always felt a little like someone driving their car to an anti-oil war protest.

On 2005-02-23 14:36, TikiGardener wrote:

"You know what Bill's doing now, he's going for the righteous indignation dollar, that's a big dollar, a lot of people are feeling that indignation, we've done research, huge market. He's doing a good thing." Godammit, I'm not doing that, you scumbags, quit putting a godamn dollar sign on every fucking thing on this planet!" ---BILL HICKS

I think he makes an excellent point here, but using the tools of consumerism (recordings, concerts, tv appearances) to advance his anti-consumerist agenda is disingenuous at best. His schtick is an ironic feedback loop that leaves people guessing "is he kidding or what?", which I think was kind of his point. I respect and sometimes enjoy what he has said, but it always felt a little like someone driving their car to an anti-oil war protest.

Post #142833 by Tiki-bot on Wed, Feb 23, 2005 3:21 PM