43 candles in the birthday cake. Is Bill Hicks still relevant? Let's ponder a factoid that came out last week and then look at one of Bill's quotes that can be found in his new book, LOVE ALL THE PEOPLE <http://www.softskull.com/detailedbook.php?isbn=1-932360-65-4>
"In 2004, 99.9% of complaints about TV, other than the Super Bowl, came from one source"--Mediaweek December, 2004
"The truth is, the majority of people are very reasonable. They don't write letters when something offends them on TV. Cause reasonable people know that IT'S JUST FUCKIN TELEVISION! And not only that, reasonable people HAVE A LIFE!"--Bill Hicks 1993
To Bill Hicks, a happy 43rd Birthday from all at Soft Skull Press. December 16, 1961, Bill Hicks was born; his words live on.
"An inspired and inspring truth teller, dangerous and brave and scary, all at once."--Richard Pryor
"He was a genius. He was one of the five best comics I've ever seen in my life."--Dennis Miller
"Bill Hicks--blowtorch, excavator, truth-sayer, and brain specialist, like a reverend waving a gun around. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built."--Tom Waits
"Savage, brilliant, funny, tremendously intelligent."--John Cleese
"Bill was right up there with Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor. He was easily the best comic of my generation."--Brett Butler
"He was hilarious, brilliant, brave, and right about everything."--Henry Rollins
"It's a bit like John Lennon, it's like someone who, just when it looked like they were happiest and a slower, more productive creative period was about to happen, gee, the whole thing just went away."--Jay Leno
"It's like God called his child home and told him to come on in, it's time to play, you can have the best time, you can be who you want to be, right here and now, forever. There's no censorship in heaven."--Thea Vidale
"Bill had a lack of concern. He wasn't concerned with what the audience thought, who would boo him, he wasn't concerned with how it would affect his business, he just said what he wanted to say."--Allan Havey
Join us for A TRIBUTE TO BILL HICKS with John Lahr and Greg Palast Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery at Bleeker St 212.614.0505 $7
Thurs, Dec 16, 2004 7:30pm
And wherever you are, thank you for joining in the celebration.