Putting aside his well-earned reputation as a "conservative" jackass, if Rush Limbaugh hadn't said what he said about Donovan McNabb, McNabb would have been benched by now. All the commentators cutting him slack by blaming his lack of a supporting cast seem to be making an exception to the accepted rule of thumb that gives the QB the bulk of the credit AND the blame. Andy Reid needs to bite the bullet and bench McNabb before the Eagles' season gets away from them. Period.
First of all, what marketing genius thought that the marginally-talented, off-Broadway-bound RUNNER-UP Clay Aiken was an appropriate choice for singing the National Anthem of the first game of the World Series?!?! That was as classless as the bonehead Yankee fans booing the Marlins during the introductions. Speaking of booing during introductions - in a funny way, though - that's exactly how I was greeted at Amherst last night after the host read the bio I provided him: "Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is from the Bronx, but he is not a Yankee fan." I didn't expect to run into so many Yankee…
Tomorrow night: Voices of the Voiceless at Amherst College, Amherst, MA. It's a ridiculously packed lineup of 16 po...um, spoken word artist-types, including Shappy, Ed Garcia and myself, along with some poets I like (Bonafide, Dennis Kim, Tyehimba Jess, Kevin Coval), one who's work I like (Danny Solis), and mix of performers I can't bear to listen to or am not familiar with (you figure it out). Interestingly, there's only four women on the bill, two I've never heard of. Since Helen Yum's coming up with us, I'm going to see if we can get her a couple of minutes…
350 pages into AMERICAN GODS and I'm thinking of Stephen King's NEEDFUL THINGS. As in somebody desperately needs a good editor. The first two episodes of Smallville this season have been as good as anything on TV in the past decade. George Clooney has Parkinson's. Look for the announcement within a year. There's absolutely nothing sexy about Pink. And yet, there is. Cosmetic surgery for purely cosmetic reasons annoys me. As does relaxed hair, colored contacts and liposuction. People without kids should NEVER offer advice about how to raise them. What kind of upstanding business can you run in 1200…
Acentos was just what the doctor ordered last night - great turnout, several new faces (including one who heard us on WBAI last week), and a strong feature from the multi-talented Raymond Daniel Medina, with an admirable assist from Abena Koomson. Wrote this last night, during the show, but didn't finish it in time to drop it on the mic. It's Untitled but could just as easily be called Finally. My son paints pictures for my mother wears boxes on his head and likes the taste of medicine. He is an unfinished poem -free verse edited on an open mic.…
Your Weekly Horoscope for Oct 13 to 19 Dear Guy, Talking and getting your message across in the right way is of real importance this week, especially as Mercury, the planet of commerce and communication, makes some powerful aspects. At the start of the week, it trines Neptune and squares Saturn, which means you need to be extra vigilant when communicating with anyone about anything that is really important. There is a good chance that you could easily be talked into something that ties you into a long-term commitment, which is not really to your benefit. You would be losing…