Thursday, February 17, 2005

 
Going "Batty"? Try "Maya-hee, Maya-hoo...Maya Angelouuuuuu..."
....I think that Dragostea ditty is finally outta' my head.
And "present-day Noo-Yawk" and "conceptual artist, Emily Katrencik" have nothing on the Los Angeles of 2019, where a Replicant is liable to smash his head through the bathroom wall. The whining Greenpeace protestors have nothing on Roy Batty* when it comes to "playing the game." When struck with a pipe on the head by Deckard, he responded with a sporting, "That's the spirit!"

*Well, O.K., like so many others, he's not actually *from* Los Angeles. And sadly, unlike some cartoon characters, the real-life Rutger Hauer hasn't exactly slimmed down of late. It may be comforting to think that, "Chinatown"**, notwithstanding, the residents of the City of Angels(some living on "Unterwasser" St.)won't have to worry about a water shortage.
Well, 'nuf about androids; will try to go back to sleep; time to try counting departing mainstream electronic media sheep:
Dan Rather, Mary Mapes, Bill Moyers, Eason Jordan......(apologies to Philip K. Dick)

**Re "Chinatown" few characters were as creepy as John Huston's "Noah Cross", who wanted to seize the "future" by controlling the water supply of Los Angeles and entering into an uncivil union with his daughter.