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KNUCKLE

                                       December 15, 2005


        One of my favorite
        plays is "Knuckle".                One of the odd
                                           things about the
            There's a really good          era I grew up
            scene in it where              in is that it
            this slimey punk of            was possible
            a main character               to see some
            starts rummaging               really good
            around in his pockets          productions
            showing off the                of plays on PBS.
            things he's carrying
            with him: flask of             "Knuckle"
            booze, pack of                 "The Lady's        BURNING_LADY
            cigarettes, bunch of            Not For Burning"
            condoms.                       "Nourish the
                                            Beast"
            He says: "I don't use
            *any* of these.                    Just a few
            You know why?                      years later
            Because *the essence               these had
            of pleasure is                     evaporated,
            self-denial*."                     replaced by
                                               ballet and
                                               symphony
                                               orchestras.
                        CONCRETE_MUSIC
                                                      Evidently,
                                                      oil companies
                                                      find these
                                                      less threatening.

                                                          (Does that sound
                                                          paranoid to you?
                                                          Go rent some
                                                          episodes of "The
                                                          Sandbaggers",
                                                          and ask yourself
                                                          why it only
                                                          appeared on obscure
                                                          UHF stations.)





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