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Is finally out.
I was out with me missus in Chiswick and popped into Waterstones and there it was.
The first biography about Bill Hicks.
I'm not going to rehash who he was or why he is so important to me.
All I'll say is that if you have even a slight interest in Hicks then it's well worth the £9.99
I got it yesterday and I finished it this morning about 3am.
Outstanding read. Covers his start at school, his "Houstan Outlaw" days and right up until his final days.
Illuminating, touching and inspiring.
"When you're down,always look up."
I was out with me missus in Chiswick and popped into Waterstones and there it was.
The first biography about Bill Hicks.
I'm not going to rehash who he was or why he is so important to me.
All I'll say is that if you have even a slight interest in Hicks then it's well worth the £9.99
I got it yesterday and I finished it this morning about 3am.
Outstanding read. Covers his start at school, his "Houstan Outlaw" days and right up until his final days.
Illuminating, touching and inspiring.
"When you're down,always look up."
Has your poster arrived yet?
"Totally Bill Hicks"
It includes "Just a Ride" a tribute programme to and about him from friends, relatives and other comics and "Revelations".
The last gig he ever did over here at the Dominion Theatre.
Inspirational.
It includes "Just a Ride" a tribute programme to and about him from friends, relatives and other comics and "Revelations".
The last gig he ever did over here at the Dominion Theatre.
Inspirational.
Excellent, sounds like the sort of cynicism I like. I'll make a point of getting one of his videos then. Any suggestions?
Briefly:
Bill Hicks was a stand-up comedian. But more than that, he was a social commentator, a voice of reason in a wilderness of stupidity and someone that speaks aloud the stuff I only ever used to think about to myself.
He died of pancreatic cancer aged 32, just when he was beginning to make a name for himself outside of the comedy circuit.
He didn't tell jokes about aeroplane food, or how hard it was to put an MFI unit together.
Instead he talked about corrupt governments, illogical people, why drugs aren't always a bad thing, attacked Bush Jr, stars that do commercials, the state of pop music, the fact that racists, bigots and fundamentalists ruled the world whilst wiser, kinder people that were creative died early or were murdered.
He appeared on Letterman 11 times and his final appearance was cut out completely for doing jokes about pro-lifers.
He was a virtual unknown back the USA but was feted as a hero here and was mobbed when he walked down the streets.
He was in negotiations to have a program on C4 called "Counts of The Netherworld" where he and a friend would interview people like Noam Chomsky, Ghandi, John Lennon, Socrates and other figures of interest.
It's hard to describe Hicks to someone that hasn't heard him as I wouldn't really call him a "comedian" as such.
Put it this way, since I discovered Hicks about 10+ years ago, most other comics have been pretty much redundant.
And the sad thing is, the targets he railed against back then are still here, still "tainting our collective unconsciousness", just with different names:
Debbie Gibson has become Britney Spears
New Kids on The Block have become Backstreet Boys/N-Sync
And George Bush has become George W Bush
Sad really that we are still rotting in our own waste almost 10 years since he died.
And there are no signs we'll be any different in another 10 years.
Bill Hicks was a stand-up comedian. But more than that, he was a social commentator, a voice of reason in a wilderness of stupidity and someone that speaks aloud the stuff I only ever used to think about to myself.
He died of pancreatic cancer aged 32, just when he was beginning to make a name for himself outside of the comedy circuit.
He didn't tell jokes about aeroplane food, or how hard it was to put an MFI unit together.
Instead he talked about corrupt governments, illogical people, why drugs aren't always a bad thing, attacked Bush Jr, stars that do commercials, the state of pop music, the fact that racists, bigots and fundamentalists ruled the world whilst wiser, kinder people that were creative died early or were murdered.
He appeared on Letterman 11 times and his final appearance was cut out completely for doing jokes about pro-lifers.
He was a virtual unknown back the USA but was feted as a hero here and was mobbed when he walked down the streets.
He was in negotiations to have a program on C4 called "Counts of The Netherworld" where he and a friend would interview people like Noam Chomsky, Ghandi, John Lennon, Socrates and other figures of interest.
It's hard to describe Hicks to someone that hasn't heard him as I wouldn't really call him a "comedian" as such.
Put it this way, since I discovered Hicks about 10+ years ago, most other comics have been pretty much redundant.
And the sad thing is, the targets he railed against back then are still here, still "tainting our collective unconsciousness", just with different names:
Debbie Gibson has become Britney Spears
New Kids on The Block have become Backstreet Boys/N-Sync
And George Bush has become George W Bush
Sad really that we are still rotting in our own waste almost 10 years since he died.
And there are no signs we'll be any different in another 10 years.
He just had some really great views on life, views that everyone should have.
He never really took life that seriously, nor himself I suppose, but he understood that the world sucked, and he knew that a lot could be done to change it, only if we all thought like him.
He smoked, he did drugs and wasn't afraid to admit to it, he was just the guy that we all should be, and it's easy to see why Goatboy admires him so much, as I kinda do a lot now too.
Must get more stuff on him, because at the moment, I hardly know him at all.
He never really took life that seriously, nor himself I suppose, but he understood that the world sucked, and he knew that a lot could be done to change it, only if we all thought like him.
He smoked, he did drugs and wasn't afraid to admit to it, he was just the guy that we all should be, and it's easy to see why Goatboy admires him so much, as I kinda do a lot now too.
Must get more stuff on him, because at the moment, I hardly know him at all.
Could you explain, briefly, who this guy was? I know he was an American stand-up comedian, but what made him so special? I'm just interested, thats all.
Is finally out.
I was out with me missus in Chiswick and popped into Waterstones and there it was.
The first biography about Bill Hicks.
I'm not going to rehash who he was or why he is so important to me.
All I'll say is that if you have even a slight interest in Hicks then it's well worth the £9.99
I got it yesterday and I finished it this morning about 3am.
Outstanding read. Covers his start at school, his "Houstan Outlaw" days and right up until his final days.
Illuminating, touching and inspiring.
"When you're down,always look up."
I was out with me missus in Chiswick and popped into Waterstones and there it was.
The first biography about Bill Hicks.
I'm not going to rehash who he was or why he is so important to me.
All I'll say is that if you have even a slight interest in Hicks then it's well worth the £9.99
I got it yesterday and I finished it this morning about 3am.
Outstanding read. Covers his start at school, his "Houstan Outlaw" days and right up until his final days.
Illuminating, touching and inspiring.
"When you're down,always look up."