IniRadio #60: Warren Zevon - Mr. Bad Example März 08, 2009 Teil 2 meiner Zevonsschen Lobpreisung für Text, Ausdruck und Story mit der ausführlich erzählten Geschichte eines Hochstaplers, die seit ihrem Erscheinen im Jahr 1991 eigentlich nichts an Aktualität eingebüßt hat:I started as an altar boy, working at the churchLearning all my holy moves, doing some researchWhich led me to a cash box, labeled "Children's Fund"I'd leave the change, and tuck the bills inside my cummerbundI got a part-time job at my father's carpet storeLaying tackless stripping, and housewives by the scoreI loaded up their furniture, and took it to SpokaneAnd auctioned off every last naugahyde divanI'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sinsI keep a busy schedule trying to fit them inI'm proud to be a glutton, and I don't have time for slothI'm greedy, and I'm angry, and I don't care who I crossI'm Mr. Bad Example, intruder in the dirtI like to have a good time, and I don't care who gets hurtI'm Mr. Bad Example, take a look at meI'll live to be a hundred, and go down in infamyOf course I went to law school and took a law degreeAnd counseled all my clients to plead insanityThen worked in hair replacement, swindling the baldWhere very few are chosen, and fewer still are calledThen on to Monte Carlo to play chemin de ferI threw away the fortune I made transplanting hairI put my last few francs down on a prostituteWho took me up to her room to perform the flag saluteWhereupon I stole her passport and her wigAnd headed for the airport and the midnight flight, you dig?And fourteen hours later I was down in AdelaideLooking through the want ads sipping Fosters in the shadeI opened up an agency somewhere down the lineTo hire aboriginals to work the opal minesBut I attached their wages and took a whopping cutAnd whisked away their workman's comp and pauperized the lotI'm Mr. Bad Example, intruder in the dirtI like to have a good time, and I don't care who gets hurtI'm Mr. Bad Example, take a look at meI'll live to be a hundred and go down in infamyI bought a first class ticket on Malaysian AirAnd landed in Sri Lanka none the worse for wearI'm thinking of retiring from all my dirty dealsI'll see you in the next life, wake me up for meals Kommentare
Celebrating 8 years of Inishmores Blick auf die Welt Juni 08, 2013 Dear Mr. President, Dear folks at the NSA and other esteemed employees of the american government, thank you for reading, browsing or scanning this little blog whenever you login to Google's servers. It's been 8 years right up to the day since I started "Inishmores Blick auf die Welt" and I'm very happy to get to know some of my most avid readers. I was always wondering who stood behind the "always read, never comment"-crowd and started to believe that Feedburner was putting out random numbers every day just to keep me happy. In my opinion, you just don't get the credit you deserve right now. So, here's my treat for you: I've put in some really national security related and exciting stuff in the next few sentences, just to keep you on your toes. American entertainment and culture (television or movies) is dear to my heart, especially when I'm visiting this litte movie theater CLOSE to the AIR BASE RAMSTEIN, where I sometimes can WAT... Mehr anzeigen
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IniRadio #573: The Halo Effect - How The Gods Kill Juli 06, 2025 Danzig haben es mir noch nie gegeben. Aber diese Coverversion von den Burschen um Mikael Stanne geht mir schon sehr gut rein. Mehr anzeigen
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