Famous People I think I Could be Friends With

If I ever get a chance to produce an album for Ghostface Killah, I would tell Ghostface Killah "let's make a hip hop Graceland."

I think of all the famous people in the world, maybe more than anyone I could be friends with Paul Simon.



It's only recently that I developed any real interest in Paul Simon. Sure, I've enjoyed Paul Simon's music for a very long time. Can you live in America today and not have "Mrs Robinson" or "Sound of Silence" drilled into your brain? But the rest of the SImon and Garfunkel category just never really moved me. It wasn't my, as Snoop Doggy Dogg would say, "G Thang".

Then I spent Thanksgiving with my best friend Marcus Rubio-a talented musician who has a myspace. As a gift he bought me Graceland. It's kind of the best album ever.


But despite my love for Graceland, I just didn't really think we could be BFF's, or even acquantances. In fact, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have had his back in a fight. (Though to be fair, I am of the school of thought that believe musicians should be murdered after a certain point, as an honor to their legacy, preventing them from making awful music that will make you think, 'hey, maybe they AREN'T that good afterall...' Some musicians who deserve a hanging or tragic slaying: Paul McCartney, Nas, Joni Mitchell. Because seriously, doesn't every new Ben Folds album kinda make you like the first Ben Folds Five album a little less?). Honestly, that episode of Growing Pains where Ben meets that famous rockstar had a tremendous effect on me. As ben would put it, "whether he's a cunt shouldn't affect how much I like his music!"


Why do I think I could get along with Paul Simon? The part at the 2:00 minute mark. Even if we didn't have our depressing pasts to relate about, he's still a very fun guy, pretty nerdy, but unbeatably loveable.

It's been a long time since Graceland came out though. Maybe he's a total asshole now.