Notes of a Defeatist

• Louie C.K.’s new show Lucky Louie premieres this Sunday on HBO. A Special Thing interviews Louie C.K. about his comedy roots.
• Bob Saget: The illest mother fucker in a cardigan sweater. Check out his rap video Rollin’ With Saget.

• If you’re the X-Men-as-a-metaphor-for-supressed-sexuality-and-AIDS kind of viewer, maybe young Rogue and Iceman’s biggest source of oppression was the limits of their imaginations?

From WIRED:

“In the fictional X-Men universe, the technological options are even greater. The school’s training simulation room bears an uncanny resemblance to the Enterprise’s holodeck. Surely the young lovers could find adequate room for exploration therein?

My point is not to destroy the romantic agony of a fun blockbuster movie. It just struck me that sometimes the obstacles preventing us from love or sex are not quite as insurmountable as we believe. And that often it is our beliefs, more than the reality, that hold us back.”

• Check out the teaser trailer of Last Kiss over at ZackBraff.com, which a significant amount was filmed in Madison.
• More Danger Doom! AdultSwim.com offers up their new EP The Occult Hymn for free.

• Graphic designer extraordinaire Chip Kidd blogged this last week for Powell Books. He talks a bit about Anderson Cooper and his new really, really great book that’s kicking ass on the New York Times Best Seller List. Sure bet that his sit down with Oprah didn’t hurt its sales.

I recommend the audio book verison narrated by Anderson Cooper. You get to hear Anderson for some reason break into a British-East Indian accent for a few lines of dialogue and you get to hear him recite a few lyrics from Kelis. “My Milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, And they’re like, It’s better than yours, Damn right it’s better than yours…” Just remember that when he’s reporting the at the scene of the next disaster.