have you ever awakened on a tuesday morning in your own private hell, sun mocking you through filthy, curtainless glass, the inside of your skull being scraped at by an agitated demon with an icy implement, simply because you've decided to "clean up" for the week?
is each week loaded with regretful incidents (usually involving the opposite sex) that secretly bring a smile to your face?
is your creativity flowing into new ways to cop rather than lucrative artistic ventures?
do you often find yourself selling things (TVs, DVDs, IPods, amps, guitars, stolen digital cameras) in sweaty desperation?
is the Kentucky Gentleman always at your side?
ever fallen flat on your face in a crowded American shopping hub, simply because you've neglected to feed the need for a few hours?
do you frequently find yourself succumbing to "rum fits?"
have you ever dreamt of being adopted by Pete Doherty?
do you enjoy the sensation of punching through glass?
is a gallon of cheap bourbon, some eightballs, a blowtorch, a couple of roided-up pitbulls, and a vintage stihl chainsaw your idea of a quiet night in?
are 'forced disappearances' and 'ransom negotiation' parts of your skill set?
do you see the speed limit as more of a suggestion than an enforceable law?
do you prefer intensive farm labor to a few quick sets at your local gymnasium?
have you ever pulled on dozens of car door handles on the way home with your mates from the pub, hoping that some hapless fuck has left his new 3-Series coupe unlocked?
are you considered reckless, irresponsible, or otherwise a danger to those around you?
do you entertain the notion of sending pipe bombs to MTV Headquarters?
can you take a punch?
can you take a bullet?
do you spend considerable portions of the day considering the best ways to pull off a bank robbery?
do you idolize 1989-1995 era Mike Tyson?
do you have a strong aversion to cameraphones?
are you trill?
are you constantly frustrated by the naivete, ignorance, and stupidity of those around you?
do you prefer 5.99 Zelko to anything on the top shelf?
is Hong Kong piracy in your near future?
have you ever beaten someone within inches of their life for no reason other than that you take orgasmic joy from the sight of bludgeoned flesh and shattered bone?
do you wish you could mastermind a heist rivaling Lufthansa, split to Bogata, and join the FARC?
do you consider marijuana an utter annoyance rather than a "hard" drug?
is at least one person after your life?
are you completely alienated from your family as a result of beasting out (or at least on the way)?
no?
kill yourself.
yes?
pull up that chair over there rhyme scheme jr.
we'd like to have a talk with you.
"Substance abuse is the cornerstone of beasting out." - No. 1 Sex Mouth
"Car bombs? Nice try pussy. Jager Bombs? Why not just watch Failure to Launch. Saki bombs? I'm not gonna say it, but you know what I'm thinking. No, no gentlemen, there is only one concoction sufficent for the manical substance cravings of Street Thunder: The Street Thunder Sawed Off. It consists of one shot of horse steroid, one shot of pure mexican black tar H, three lines of high grade cocaine, a vial of pcp, a bandana soaked in LSD (which you will be wearing), a fifth of Kentucky Gentlemen and a bench press set with three plates on each side of the bar. And the process? Pour the vial of pcp into the bourbon, drop your pants and prepare to intiate full bore beast mode: snort all three lines in succession and immediatly follow by chugging the entire bottle in under 10 seconds while your one friend shoots the steroids in your ass and your other friend fixes the H in your non-chugging arm. Finish the bottle, smash it over your head, rep the bar 10 times and then punch a woman in the face." - Dollar Bill
there was a time when i was slightly embarrassed to mark pete doherty as one of my heroes. biggest rock star in the uk, yet belly broke? constantly shooting drugs yet as lucid as if he'd been chewing flinstones vitamins? a menace II society, bashing about albion in margaret thatcher-era jaguars, perpetually under arrest? going to rehab like most people go to safeway? this is your hero kasai? jesus.
(scornful looks and scoffing ensue)
exactly.
look at what the last few months have brought for the kid and you'll know who's got the last laugh you squares.
hell, there was a time when even pete-o-philes like myself thought he would be strung out and dead at the crime scene by now, particularly after the whole blood painting scenario. but i guess that's the thing about expectations. just prospecting. like playing the lotto. can't count us out, can't keep us down!
shine on you tiny diamond!
i consider myself a devout atheist, an out and out denier of all things supernatural. but this has got me wondering. something i thought to be wholly impossible goes and happens. and i believe that that, my friends, is synonymous with a miracle.
the chemistry of these two legendaires (and the gloriousness of their art) is indelible, and though we can't possibly foresee what's going to come of this reunion, let's just float on our backs and bask in the glow a bit, eh?
kinda like the way pete is basking in that first picture. feeling all safe and warm in carl's loving embrace of forgiveness. truly what the game's been missing.
epilogue.
if you don't know who these two are, hang yourself. or ask me. then hang yourself.
