Name your Choice for the Greatest Living American

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I'm picking Iggy Pop.

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You?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 9 June 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)

I oh so hate it when pics don't appear.

http://www.mtv.es/mtv.es/img/nws2/stoogesapagonnwsgr.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 9 June 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

Chevy Chase

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Thursday, 9 June 2005 21:52 (twenty years ago)

http://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/docs-pix/jimmy-carter2.jpg

Definately

― django (django), Thursday, 9 June 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)

john waters

― dan (dan), Thursday, 9 June 2005 22:32 (twenty years ago)

My boss

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Thursday, 9 June 2005 22:32 (twenty years ago)

why don't you e-mail him and tell him that?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 9 June 2005 22:32 (twenty years ago)

Believe it or not...

http://www.cannell.com/television/images/tvgreatest.jpg

― Ian Riese-Moraine. Exposing ambitious careerists as charlatans since 1986. (East, Thursday, 9 June 2005 22:33 (twenty years ago)

i'd pick divine before john though

― django (django), Thursday, 9 June 2005 22:34 (twenty years ago)

http://www.outputrecordings.com/leanne-&-paris.jpg

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 9 June 2005 22:34 (twenty years ago)

Gore Vidal!

― Richard K (Richard K), Friday, 10 June 2005 02:46 (twenty years ago)

Dan Ackroyd.

― Jetlag Willy (noodle vague), Friday, 10 June 2005 02:48 (twenty years ago)

Tony Blair

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Friday, 10 June 2005 02:49 (twenty years ago)

Advantage auckerman.

― Jetlag Willy (noodle vague), Friday, 10 June 2005 02:51 (twenty years ago)

Dana Carvey

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 10 June 2005 03:20 (twenty years ago)

You probably won't believe me, but this is really and for true my choice.

Jim Woodring.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 10 June 2005 03:44 (twenty years ago)

He's from Canada isn't he?

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Friday, 10 June 2005 03:44 (twenty years ago)

No he's not. I am wrong.

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Friday, 10 June 2005 03:48 (twenty years ago)

Born in southern California and current Seattle resident. So, he's as American as apple pie and electing Austrian bodybuilders governor.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 10 June 2005 03:50 (twenty years ago)

and i have a tattoo of his work and everything. I should be ashamed.

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Friday, 10 June 2005 03:50 (twenty years ago)

Heh. I've read that he disapproves of such uses of his stuff. Whatcha got? A jiva? Pupshaw? Creepy winking frog?

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 10 June 2005 03:52 (twenty years ago)

I asked his permission. He said yes. In fact I maintained contact with his wife throughout the late 90's so I reckon it's okay :)

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Friday, 10 June 2005 03:55 (twenty years ago)

Well, who am I to argue, then?

Still curious, but I understand that tattoos are highly personal things.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 10 June 2005 03:58 (twenty years ago)

Oh, it's a grinning bear. People always think it's a monkey though.

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Friday, 10 June 2005 03:59 (twenty years ago)

He does have an awfully long tail.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 10 June 2005 04:05 (twenty years ago)

Thats the one.

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Friday, 10 June 2005 04:08 (twenty years ago)

I actually don't really think it's typical of his other work, but it has a vintage cartoonish look to it which appealed to me.

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Friday, 10 June 2005 04:09 (twenty years ago)

It's definitely not typical of his current work, as far as I can see, now that he's working mostly in charcoal, watercolor, and litho. But even though it was uncredited when I first saw it in the record store, I knew instantly it was his.

Anyway, he's my favorite artist, and I'm prejudiced toward the greatest living American being a creator of some sort, so that's the natural choice for me.

If you see him, say "hi" and "thanks" for me, 'k?

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 10 June 2005 04:14 (twenty years ago)

Not likely, I live in Australia :) I used to communicate with his wife via email.

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Friday, 10 June 2005 04:16 (twenty years ago)

He could travel! (Actually, I have emailed with Mary a teensy bit myself, and know some artsy fartsy types in Seattle who might know him. Plus I stay on the same continent, albeit about 2,500 miles away.)

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 10 June 2005 04:18 (twenty years ago)

Well that would help.

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Friday, 10 June 2005 04:19 (twenty years ago)

PS - put something on that homepage, why don'cha!

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 10 June 2005 04:22 (twenty years ago)

Heh, sorry. I'm a slacker I know :)

― You fondle my trigger then you blame my gun / Kate (papa november), Friday, 10 June 2005 04:24 (twenty years ago)

I've only met a handful of all living americans so far. gonna need more time before deciding.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 10 June 2005 04:46 (twenty years ago)

nine years pass...

xgau

― local eire man (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 22:47 (eleven years ago)

Dave Segal.

― djh, Wednesday, 18 February 2015 22:55 (eleven years ago)

Steven segal

― local eire man (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 February 2015 22:56 (eleven years ago)

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