“On Fox News, they address her as Governor Palin, which is like calling me Dairy Queen employee… like, I was, once. But I quit!”
— comedic mastermind (and ace Sarah Palin impersonator) Tina Fey, discussing the fallout from Decision 2010 on Late Show with David Letterman
Ben Folds Five — “Brick” (from Whatever and Ever Amen
The stark, lonely piano riff — not to mention Folds’ oddly effective monotone, off-putting initially, yet dripping with power and gorgeous grace by the end — underscores to boldly brilliant dramatic effect this devastating dioramic tale of a teenage boy selling Christmas gifts to help pay for his girlfriend’s abortion, and navigating his way through an inexpressibly frail, frozen grief. Some thirteen years after the fact, I still can’t believe program directors across the land actually saw fit to play this on the radio.
