<![CDATA[ - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[ - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:39:53 EST Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:39:53 EST http://idolator.com/348201/ <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/348201/#c3863202 Holy crap, Michael Kelly, the writer, started a small internet phenomenon early in the aughts because he wrote this satirical piece on paramilitary french existentialists parachuting into Afghanistan to convince the Taliban there is no god. My favorite line was "Hardened by numerous intellectual battles fought during their long occupation of Paris's Left Bank, their first action will be to establish a number of pavement cafes at strategic points near the front lines." I thought his stuff was hilarious when I read it then, but I'm kind of afraid to go back and read it now. I always wondered what happened to him.

jpoz

]]> 33:348201:c3863202 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:39:53 EST <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/348201/#c3859981 My favorite part is the end of Roy In Clingfilm In Space: "In space, no-one can hear you squeak with pleasure."

bcapirigi

]]> 33:348201:c3859981 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:27:43 EST <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/348201/#c3855967 In the epochal timeline of internet memes, this one is prehistoric - yet surprisingly relevant, given that this is Roy Orbison Weekend here in town, and that the thing I wrote about it got published today.

G3K

]]> 33:348201:c3855967 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:45:43 EST <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/348201/#c3854086 "I start at the ankles and work up. I am like a spider binding him in my gossamer web. I do it tight with several layers. Soon Roy Orbison stands before me, completely wrapped in cling-film. The pleasure is unexampled."

Nicolars

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