Kevin Drew On Giuliani, Assassins
In the past Kevin Drew inspired us to invent an educational game and taught us what it means to be too beautiful to fuck. Now he's stopped over at Gothamist to talk politics. Via Gothamist:
What's up with assassins? Why can't good people be assassins? We have to watch the world get put down into utter shit by the bad assassins, and there's no good ones and no superheroes. I thought for sure somebody from New Orleans would have just said, 'You know what? I'm going to take the last thing I own, which is this shotgun, and go up to Washington – I'll see you guys later.' ... The problem is that there are a lot of people to take out and, ultimately, it's the ideology itself that has to be eliminated.Wait, don't those Canadians know threats against the presidency are illegal? So is standing next to a pot deal going down. Plus, he's just being hypothetical. His thoughts about Mr. Giuliani are a bit more concrete...
GOTHAMIST: it looks like it could very well be President Giuliani.Easy to talk monogamy when you're dating Feist.
KEVIN DREW: No!GOTHAMIST: He’s the current front-runner for the Republican nomination.
KD:Well, yeah, you know what? Let’s just be honest. You can’t fucking – how many marriages has that guy had?GOTHAMIST: I’m not sure, I think it depends what day of the week you ask him.
KD: Don’t fucking… Oh, God. Don’t nominate somebody who has more than three marriages or three divorces and a girlfriend and kids in fucking Hawaii. What are the Republicans doing, I thought they were about “family values”?GOTHAMIST: Yeah, it’s been interesting because some Republicans didn’t think he was viable at
first but he’s been able to ride the coattails of 9/11.
KD: Yeah but… Jesus Christ. You can’t ride the coattails of 9/11.GOTHAMIST: Really?
KD: It’s 2008, man! That’s so 2001! He did a fantastic job at being present, making quick decisions, going to funerals. We’re talking about an entire world, here. It’s not going to happen. I’m sorry, it’s not going to happen.
Posted at 2:31 PM
Tags: Broken Social Scene | Kevin Drew
If he and Billy Joe from Greenday had a conversation about politics, would they make each other dumber or simply stay slightly smarter than the people they're criticizing? Also, he's Canadian so I will give him a pass on not acknowledging how bizarre things have truly become.
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well im canadian and i think we're quite clear minded when it comes to american politics. kevin drew's a smart guy. and a hell of a musician
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He didn't make any cohesive points there did he? He is saying that because of a destructive natural hurricane somebody should go assassinate the president for federal and institutional failures in mass... that is neither clever nor commendable. That kind of thinking is so pessimistic its pathetic.
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Sorry, meant to imply that Canada hasn't descended into bizarro world, thus implying that naivete drives his assumption that Guiliani can't win by riding 9-11. I will, however, remain convinced that he doesn't come across as being that astute, particularly with the good assasins bit, which hopefully is an argument for not doing an interview while completeley blazed.
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>>this guy is awful. why doesn't he kill himself.
for real
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If anyone really knew who this moron was, I would say its more good news for Rudy
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**imagine this*
Toronto was the site of suicide attacks back in 2001...3000 people died, worst attack EVER on Canadian soil. Toronto mayor does an admirable job of holding the city together through all this shit. Fast forward 7 years, he's running for the position of Prime Minister. Julian Casablancas is interviewed in some Canadian rag and asked some stupid political questions. He spouts off about said former mayor "riding the coattails of 2001". He would be crucified by the Canadian press and labeled jsut another arrogant American.
*i'm just sayin*
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come on guys! rudy did a helluva job at ground zero! he made it to every photo-op on time!
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Nice job, Kevin. Way to articulate like a high school kid all hopped up on Howard Zinn. Enjoy that phone call from the Secret Service!
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For fuck sakes, folks. He's a MUSICIAN. Turn to him if you're looking for music. Not politics.
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You guys never cease to amaze me with the comments. Yeah, he's a musician that's not from this country who likes to get dazed and blitzed, so that means that our opinions are better than his? He's also a human being like us 9 to 5'ers, or in my case, 12 to 8'er. However his comments are interpreted, perhaps by his visa gets revoked as a result, at least he had the guts to say something that alot of people in this country feel.
As for talking monogamy while dating Feist ...... he's a musician! So, of course he sings about sex and chasing tail and getting some, but at least he's not pretending to be all about family values when Guiliani and a whole lot of male politicans, regardless of party, are anything BUT.
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Is this really newsworthy? I could care less about his political opinions, whether i agree with them or not.
I went to a Kevin Drew show in Toronto a month back. He bought the entire audience a shot of Tequila and didn't start the show until each audience member had a shot in their hand.
As far as I'm concerned, strictly based on this past experience and his music - Kevin Drew rocks.
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like omgz kevin drew bought the crowd a SHOT??? He's soo0o0o real! You're totally in there, bro! That heartwarming tale definitely makes up for his unprovoked advocacy of assassination! BSS is totally not the hipster scum NSync at all!
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He's right.
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>> I went to a Kevin Drew show in Toronto a month back. He bought the entire audience a shot of Tequila and didn't start the show until each audience member had a shot in their hand.
That ticket was also $25 @ Lee's haha I think you kind of had the price of that shot worked into what you paid haha
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