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sanspoof

A sound you could smell

Feb 20, 2008 16:43

I never realized that the protagonist of at least Johnny Cash's version of 'Cocaine Blues' is named Billy Lee. This really made me want to do a video for it with footage from Naked Lunch (what is it with me and Peter Weller lately?), although I don't think there's enough there to sustain it. After the William Tell act, there's, uh... I don't know. ( Read more... )

musicality, conceptual hybridization, moving pictures

Comments 6

aria_muse February 21 2008, 01:51:00 UTC

no pink flamigos?

sanspoof February 21 2008, 02:09:58 UTC

Oh come now, lipsync is hardly talking! Standards!

...I am actually kind of surprised that the line is that clear, to the imdb. I am also curious as to who tags the movies on it.

jwgh February 21 2008, 03:20:06 UTC

I guess some guy named Red Arnell wrote the song? I have the oddly jaunty Roy Hogsed version (and have temporarily put it online at http://kontext-away.com/cocaine.mp3 ). In that version the protagonist's name is 'Willie Lee'.

sanspoof February 21 2008, 04:14:06 UTC

Still totally plausible! Secretly all this is about W.S. Burroughs' alter ego!

graydon February 21 2008, 05:32:40 UTC

It is simply because peter weller is the best actor ever.

sanspoof February 21 2008, 21:10:51 UTC

It is sort of surprising that he doesn't get more non-TV work.
I am pleased to note (from imdb) that he is moving toward Buckaroo Banzaihood: He holds a master's degree in Roman and Renaissance art and is working toward a Ph.D. One of Syracuse University's most popular professors.