Posts Tagged with "Perrin"

Peter Ivers: ave atque vale

Friday, August 11, 2006

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Dennis Perrin takes a break from the troubles of the world, here. In reading Dennis’ post, I was moved to find out a little more about someone he mentioned: Peter Ivers, the brilliant but ultimately somewhat troubled songwriter/performer/New Wave impresario. Ivers belonged to the coterie of folks who haunted Harvard in the late 60s, who [...]

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Reality: A dissenting view

Friday, July 28, 2006

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Several bloggers that I read and admire (okay, Jon Schwarz and Dennis Perrin) have posted recently about the crushingly bleak nature of reality. Jon linked to this Woody Allen interview in the Washington Post where, among other things, Allen reduces life to a concentration camp. Dennis, on the other hand, describes having a massive panic [...]

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Chevy Chase, satire and anger

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

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Dennis Perrin over at Red State Son has some interesting thoughts about Chevy Chase’s ongoing comedic straight-talk. I was particularly interested in what Dennis said near the end, comparing the blunt, righteous anger of comedians during Watergate to the weak tea being peddled today. Even with legends-in-the-making like Stewart and Colbert there seems to be [...]

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O’Donoghue at Harvard?

Thursday, May 4, 2006

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In the midst of a conversation about Conan O’Brien (specifically my complaint that some of his stuff, like a lot of post-1985 comedy, seems over-refined somehow), I asked pal o’ mine and Michael O’Donoghue biographer Dennis Perrin, “What kind of stuff would Michael O’Donoghue have created, had he gone to Harvard and gotten a TV [...]

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