My favourite 'root for the ostensible baddie' one is Jason Isaacs' character in The Patriot, based on the real-life British cavalry officer Banastre Tarleton.
There's a lot in this I'd like to comment on, so I may have to post a few responses.
I too have long thought that, were Bill Hicks still with us, that he'd have long since become an Alex Jones-like character. You could see those tendencies manifesting themselves at least a couple of years before he passed away. I remember seeing the Revelations set and the accompanying It's Just a Ride documentary on Channel 4 in early 1995 and being blown away by him.
The comments about new music all sounding like an echo of something else struck a chord too. Music is the greatest cultural love and obsession of my life - even more so than history and literature - but for the last decade or so I doubt I've bought more than a couple of new albums a year. I think last year it was one - the latest Anna Von Hausswolff lp. I still buy a lot of old music - jazz, blues, classical, metal, industrial, electronica, and all manner of weird stuff - but there is almost nothing new that remotely interests me, and I honestly don't think it's just that I'm in my early fifties.
What a great discussion, I really enjoyed it.
A great chat, with Richard's attire can't help but think Jedi Knight.
I ended up rooting for Roy Batty in Bladerunner
My favourite 'root for the ostensible baddie' one is Jason Isaacs' character in The Patriot, based on the real-life British cavalry officer Banastre Tarleton.
Later than I expected, I’ll jump in live then catch the first 30 mins later ;)
Watching now
Yes we can see you both
There's a lot in this I'd like to comment on, so I may have to post a few responses.
I too have long thought that, were Bill Hicks still with us, that he'd have long since become an Alex Jones-like character. You could see those tendencies manifesting themselves at least a couple of years before he passed away. I remember seeing the Revelations set and the accompanying It's Just a Ride documentary on Channel 4 in early 1995 and being blown away by him.
The comments about new music all sounding like an echo of something else struck a chord too. Music is the greatest cultural love and obsession of my life - even more so than history and literature - but for the last decade or so I doubt I've bought more than a couple of new albums a year. I think last year it was one - the latest Anna Von Hausswolff lp. I still buy a lot of old music - jazz, blues, classical, metal, industrial, electronica, and all manner of weird stuff - but there is almost nothing new that remotely interests me, and I honestly don't think it's just that I'm in my early fifties.
I can't access this video via Substack. A bit annoying because I can't stand all of the adverts on YouTube 😕
This wasn’t on Substack, it was a live stream on Richard’s YouTube channel that I simultaneously put on mine.
That makes sense now. My son and husband constantly rip it out of me for being so analogue 😄