In an effort not to diverge from my recent spate of brief and admittedly low brow if not a little brilliant posts, I beg you consider this. The gist of the article is that a new biography of Jimi Hendrix reveals that he was discharged from the Army not because of an injury, as he'd claimed, but because he'd made assertions to an Army psychologist that he was addicted to masturbating and was in love with a member of his squad.

I know what you're thinking: If by "squad" he meant a member of the cast of TV's One Tree Hill, who isn't? And I second that emotion. But that's not what about the article concerned me.

Instead, consider this:



The man pictured It is Charles Cross, author of the Hendrix biography the article references as well as the Kurt Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven. In my opinion, Chuck has the greatest job there is, except for maybe an Official Ft. Lauderdale Bikini Inspecter. He should celebrate that coolness by having a haircut that doesn't look like a dustmop dropped on to a bowling ball. He also might consider a choice of glasses that doesn't accentuate his alarmingly wide-set and googled eyes. Perhaps mirrored aviators, as they worked well for Top Gun's Sundown.

So, anyone want to bet he's from England?


Sundown, left, chose mirrored aviators.

Analogcabin @ 4:42 PM
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