Austinist: All We Are Saying ...

Declan McManus

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:26:32 -0600

I want to die sitting on the toilet, so it seemed like a good career move.

Match Striker

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:17:22 -0600

With such a cool name why would you change it to Elvis? I pose the same question to Armin Tamzarian.

Declan McManus

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:56:03 -0600

declan.mcmanus@hotmail.com my people will do your people.

odam

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:43:19 -0600

since your comments are always quasi-anonymous, we have no idea who you are or how to get in touch with you. the same can't be said for you.

Declan McManus

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:21:54 -0600

I should be granted a column on this here website.

odam

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:18:47 -0600

austinist heart declan

Declan McManus

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 10:05:28 -0600

Every hipster in this town should just pop on Plastic Ono Band and realize how irrelevant their favorite band likely is.

sean

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 09:04:19 -0600

Right now I'm sitting in my car, waiting for the defroster to melt the ice on my windows, reading news sites on my laptop since my wifi reaches all the way to the curb. I'm listening to 90.5FM. Give Peace a Chance is playing. I go to Austinist and what do you know, I read the title of this post just as I'm hearing those exact words on the radio. I suppose it's not all that improbable.

Rod

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 07:10:32 -0600

I undertand your point about MDC, but I don't think he killed Lennon to get famous. He truly believed that Lennon had become a phony. He thought that Lennon had become all that he had opposed during the '60s. Lennon was living he posh life in the Dakota and had basically become a sham. MDC was obsessed with Holden Caufield from "Catcher in the Rye" and thought it was his mission to remove the phony. And besides, the little people in his head formed a committee and ruled that Lennon must be killed. Weird, but true. There's an interesting book called "Let Me Take You Down" about the inner-workings of MDC. It's a demented yet great read.

Cait

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:05:43 -0600

It seems like so long ago in some ways, and yet like yesterday that I first put Double Fantasy on the turntable (remember those?) I DO wish that people would stop mentioning the name of John's murderer. People who kill for fame (whether or not they are themselves deranged) should be themselves forgotten.

Jooley Ann

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 21:03:30 -0600

Wow. I didn't realize it has been that long. What a wonderful tribute. Thanks Rod.