Since Trump's re-election, the left are into this idea that comedy and podcasts are now dominated by the right-wing.
This reminds me of 20 years ago when the Leftoids were whining about talk radio being dominated by the Right, so they launched that Air America channel (that failed miserably).
Leftists can't stand not being able to dominate all avenues of discourse.
So, I have a little obsession right now with Sam Kinison. I rediscovered some of his albums in my vast, old man physical media archive. I have two on old vinyl and one on cassette! If you'd asked me about Kinison twenty years ago, I might have said that his abrasive ranting and his tendency to SCREAM his punchlines hadn't aged well.
Ask me TODAY though, and I think his rampaging misogyny and unapologetic targeting of gays ages beautifully. Kinison says nothing but "WRONG" things by today's standards and he's a breath of fresh air in our uptight times. You really should be able to make fun of anyone.
This is probably his most famous bit today. Back in the 80s, we were constantly being told about the plight of starving people in Ethiopia. The biggest stars in the music industry got together to record songs ("Do They Know it's Christmastime?" and "We Are the World") to promote the cause and generate money to send food. Marvel Comics even got into it. I remember i had a one-shot X-Men comic about starving people in Ethiopia. Every page was drawn by a different artist and all profits were supposed to go toward feeding people in Africa.
YOU COULD NOT ESCAPE HEARING ABOUT THIS IN THE 80'S.
Meanwhile, Kinison joked about it and it's the most common sense solution that no one ever talked about.
Of course the great irony of Sam Kinison is that he once had a bit about defending drunk-driving (it's on his Have You Seen Me Lately? album) and then a few years later he was killed by a car accident with a drunk driver in 1992 at age 38.
I don't believe in any astrology or cosmic bullshit, but that's a little weird.
Also, yeah, cocaine. AND booze. And whatever else Kinison indulged in. Cokeheads are typically slim because the drug screws with your metabolism. FAT coke fiends are a special breed.who, for whatever reason, just can't stop shoving various forms of stimulation into their face. Cocaine and cupcakes.
I think Kinison was gonna die early no matter what.
