Death and Rebirth

September 6, 2006... A lot of barbs have been thrown in Steve Irwin's direction this week--particularly in the blogosphere. Irwin, the Australian television personality also known as "The Crocodile Hunter," was killed on Monday after being attacked by a stingray. Some of his more vitriolic detractors have suggested that animals the world over are breathing easier in the knowledge that Irwin's in-your-face take on Jacques Cousteau has come to an end. I am not among them.

I remember fondly my introduction to The Crocodile Hunter. One day, flipping from channel to channel in an attempt to find a reason to justify paying for cable, I stumbled across the following scene: an enthusiastic, young man is perched in a tree addressing the audience enthusiastically about the rare, reclusive creature he has just encountered; every few seconds, while the young man enthuses, the rare, reclusive creature above him in the tree lashes out with a paw and whacks him upside his haid; the young man enthuses on, undeterred. Crikey!

Irwin kept me entertained for hours and will be missed.

Speaking of entertainment... Here's hoping that the aging greybeards playing at Touch and Go Records' 25th Anniversary Party keep me entertained this weekend. I am particularly looking forward to the reunions of Scratch Acid and this band, the Didjits, whose legendary set in Toronto in 1990 touched off a riot of enraged "feminists." Bring on the menace, real or imagined.

Didjits - Stingray

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