Well, you may have seen my appearance on the venerable cable access show "Harry Lime" last night. If you don't know who Harry Lime is, check out his website. If you do know who he is, you know that Lime is one of the most pleasantly misguided geniuses in Oregon. He is the antichrist to the media industry, of which (according to one interview that I found on the web) he is a part. His show is by most anyone's standards (including Lime's) disgusting, disturbing, offensive, and disgusting.
I've always been curious about the cable access world, the people behind it and those who appear on its shows. Lime is an interesting character. While Jim Spagg (Portland's revered cable access raunch king) maintains a strange persona in real life, Harry Lime (one of about 5 aliases) is, well, normal off screen. I plan on covering Lime and cable access in general in a future full-length column. I have plans to meet with the producer of Lime and Spagg's shows.
More importantly:
Did anyone see the show last night? How'd I do? I had no idea that I was going to be on the show to the extent I was. I planned on being a spectator. I got comfortable after a while, but jesus - live TV is nerve-racking. It's easy to watch a tape and think "I should have said this," or "I can't believe I said that," or "Why didn't I wear a mask during the broadcast."
After the show was over, one of the crew said to me "well, your career is over." Thank God it never began.
I do have the unique distinction (Lime doesn't even know this, I forgot to mention it) of being on both his show and his nemesis': Lars Larson. I spent time on Larson's show during the Napster debacle.
My calendar shows that at 7:00pm tonight I'll be at the Original Taco House on 82nd; 9:00pm at Conan's on 39th & Hawthorne watching the Cow Trippers at the KUFO battle of the bands; 11pm(?) a free show at Billy Ray's Neighborhood Dive 2216 NE MLK BLVD to see my favorite punk band, Porstore Janitor. The first two people to find me (and not gun me down) get a (legal) beer bought for them.
Love Gooch.
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