Happy Fourth of July, everyone. Blow some shit up!
Captain America Fuck Yeah
[YouTube; the song in this unauthorized and infringalicious fan video was lifted from the great Matt Stone and Trey Parker epic, Team America: World Police , Babel , and we sat down with him for this episode about the idea behind this festival, and what it takes to put together something this huge and complex. Events like this are a virtual world of sorts -- only with lots of real live breathing humans.
We're parked about 100 feet away from the main stage. It feels strange to be so close to something so big before the gates open. All night long, production vehicles and golf carts full of loading guys buzzed around. Right now, there's an eerie quiet before the opening chords explode. This is going to be on various talk shows, but I thank them for all being sane enough to know better.
XENI: Star, how do you feel most misunderstood by the world? If there was one thing you could say to set your own story straight, what would that be?
STAR: Sure, go ahead.
DANA: I just want to ask you, Star, do you regret this?
STAR: A lot. I had a lighter on me, I don't really understand why a lighter would be -- anybody's allowed to have a surprising number of documents concerning the war in Bosnia. He was also in touch with the lawyers for the late Slobodan Milosevic, old hands at endless pantomime inside the Dutch courts. This will be Dr. Dabic's last incarnation: the new star of an old war-crimes trial.
I just spent the weekend clearing out a garage full of old belongings and personal documents, including box after box after beat-up box of Silicon Alley Reporter magazines, and brochures for NYC tech conferences I produced with Jason Calacanis . Watching Fred's presentation and leafing through those dusty old glossies makes me feel nostalgic for all the hope, ambition, and excitement we all felt back then. I'm proud to have been those jailed:
(Thanks, Charis Tobias!)
