Thomas Friedman opined that “drill baby drill,” is the dumbest bumper sticker in history, the energy equivalent of being on the verge of the PC/Internet-era and pounding the table for America to make more IBM typewriters and carbon paper. ” I’m inclined to agree. Though to be fair, who doesn’t feel just a bit brighter using a typewriter, wearing a low-brimmed fedora, huffing Lucky Strikes, and employing a highly skilled, cigar-chomping monkey to change your pages on command?
My story in this week’s LA Weekly concerns a prank that my friends played on me, upon my return from last month’s east coast sojourn. It involves “drill baby drill,” painted in bright pink colors onto the side of my car–not to forget, the classic phrase, “Nobama, Yes Maverick.” There is also discussion of a certain Los Feliz car wash, who suffice to say, did not live up to Rose Royce’s high standards. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll watch the video for “Car Wash,” and you will let the funk permeate the very essence of your being. Disco-style.
Download:
MP3: The Beatles-“Drive My Car”
MP3: Rose Royce-“Carwash”
