[From the Book of Faces, Oct. 3:
James Houlahan I'm about to write an open letter to Pope Francis about Amanda Palmer's open letter in response to Sinead O'Connor's open letter to Miley Cyrus.]
Speaking of Sinead O'Connor: in all the years that I watched Saturday Night Live, there were only two musical acts that received what I felt was an authentic response. The first was George Thorogood, after his "Bad to the Bone"; he ripped it up, and the crowd justifiably went wild. The second was O'Connor after she ripped up a picture of the Pope. In that case, the crowd was dead silent--as opposed to the usual automatic (and thus unearned and meaningless) applause.
James Houlahan I'm about to write an open letter to Pope Francis about Amanda Palmer's open letter in response to Sinead O'Connor's open letter to Miley Cyrus.]
Speaking of Sinead O'Connor: in all the years that I watched Saturday Night Live, there were only two musical acts that received what I felt was an authentic response. The first was George Thorogood, after his "Bad to the Bone"; he ripped it up, and the crowd justifiably went wild. The second was O'Connor after she ripped up a picture of the Pope. In that case, the crowd was dead silent--as opposed to the usual automatic (and thus unearned and meaningless) applause.
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