Archive for 7月 28th, 2010
Bill Hicks began complaining of pains in the side of his abdomen while touring in Australia in April 1993. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on June 16th, and began receiving weekly chemotherapy. He still toured during this time, and recorded his album Arizona Bay, named after the giddy flight of fancy in his act about Los Angeles being swallowed by the Pacific Ocean.
My mother, Evelyn Gialuco, hired Whitey, a painter and his dog Mugsy, to paint our home because she wanted to sell it and move back to Camden with her sister Sistina. Whitey owned a large Winnebago and would often park and sleep in our driveway at night.
Bill Hicks was a renowned stand-up comedian (notably), philosopher (arguably), and satirist (indubitably). He became famous for his ribald language and off-color subject matter. His greatest fame and notoriety, though, came from his ability to challenge mainstream beliefs and ideas. He has influenced the vast majority of famous and noteworthy comedians with acerbic styles in the past decade and a half. Hicks died of pancreatic cancer, which had metastasized to his liver, in 1994 at age 32.
For years the lowly waffle has been ostracized when it comes to culinary excellence. By the year 2010 the waffle came into its own.
