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Dirty Laundry (Blogophilia 41.10)

Boring. All these screens were just boring. Image after image of size 2, enhanced cleavage and L'Oreal LB01. These girls either use the same stylist or they have zero imagination. I guess what they say about the entertainment industry is true. It is the most conformist place out there. Damn, they even dress alike. Evening news or talk show, every one toes the line on the look, super thin and super shiny. The sets have a corporate look to them. Disgusted, I click off the video and pour another cup of mud. It didn't used to be that way. The Sixties had the California Sunshine, Dacron suits, and long hair. The Seventies were more earth tone, but you could tell Merv from Mike from Dick and Tom. There was variety. Now it is just a homogenized mass with one man, two f lavor of the month women and a set from anywhere. A mono-cultured orchard giving tasteless fruit. Outside the window, a Crab apple tree is blooming way too early . Shoot, it still the end of February an...

No Internet Blues (Blogophilia 30.10)

Hit it This ain't no disco It ain't no country club, either This is the ATL “All I want to do is watch a show before I die” Says the man next to me out of nowhere It's apropos of nothing He says is name is Tyler , but I'm sure He's Michael or Thom or Dave . He's not even real to me And I wonder if he's ever watched TV in his entire life. We're drinking beer at four on a Sunday In a dive in the Bible Belt South across from the fishin' pond The good people heading to evening prayer After Sunday dinner naps Ready to sleep some more as the preacher drones On whether marriage is the grave and tomb of wit While they squirm in the hard pews, Wishin' they were in the eternal flame. After they go back to the blank screens Where Xfinity and Uverse cut the cable After the storm. All I wanna do is watch TV And all I see is a blank screen Things I have seen I can't see no more. All I wanna do...

Mr. Rogers (GBE 2 101)

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Yes, you know him. Overall one of the most recognizable faces on television ever.  But also the operator of one of the most subtle and effective Christian ministries ever.  It all was predicated on this passage: The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." Mark 12:31 And Fred said. "Won't you be my neighbor?" Yes.  Yes, I will.