he's just an excitable boy

Excerpt from "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon"

Jimmy Watchel: The album was Stand in the Fire, which was an amazing album. At that show, I went to the bathroom at the Roxy and Tom Waits and John Belushi were wrestling on the floor of the bathroom. Over what I don't know.

So I'm on a huge Warren Zevon kick. Again. Honestly, how can you blame me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eUsSXXc8wU
(couldn't figure out how to embed the video even with instructions... IT WON'T PASTE!!)

It irks me greatly that people only know about him because Kid Rock mashed Werewolves of London with Sweet Home Alabama into a thoroughly mediocre song. And then they only know about Werewolves and that doesn't even begin to touch on his genius, and believe me, he was a freaking poet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwqOLprj8VY

And he wrote the only song that I can remember ever making me cry...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTIfLTbKhhM

He was awesome and everyone else should know how awesome he is. Today alone, he got me through college job searching, resume writing, and a 40 minute car ride with my mother, which included her laying into her horn for about a minute... twice... at the same guy. Admittedly he had cut her off pretty bad, but he flashed a peace sign after the first lay in with the horn so I really don't think he deserved the second. She even liked one of his songs which was ironic because a couple days ago she flipped a shit about his bio I'm reading.

Obejection 1: He was an alcoholic druggie.
Rebuttle: No duh... he was a rock star. I'll just pretend drugs and alcohol don't exist and listen to Anne Murray and go to church every day and think about unicorns. Oh wait unicorns are evil.

Objection 2: The title- "I'll Sleep when I'm Dead" implies the non existence of an afterlife which implies the nonexistence of God.
Rebuttle: Befuddlement


Whasian Update: She's still super cute. And I got to feed her today. :)