So, apparently this exists.

[Oysters Rockefeller]

It hurts me deeply to hear ICP compared to John Keats.

I agree, though I'm impressed that someone even found a comparison that's actually insulting to ICP.

Ahhh...yeah. Good point, good point.

[kingyak]

They started claiming that a few years ago, I think.

Looking into the eyes of an elephant is a life-changing experience.

Yeah, it's an old article, but it amuses the hell out of me every time I read it.

[kingyak]

I do love how Ronson is continually able to deflect scrutiny from himself,  despite using terrible excuses that wouldn't hold up for a second if tried by anyone else.

I still remember the time he was taken by a bunch of UK based radical Muslims to one of their camps, and then they realised he was Jewish...

That happens a couple of times in Them: Adventures With Extremists--radical Muslims and KKK leaders decide that he's "a good Jew." The guy's either a spectacular liar who somehow hasn't been caught or a human weirdness magnet.

[Placid Dingo]

I do love how Ronson is continually able to deflect scrutiny from himself,  despite using terrible excuses that wouldn't hold up for a second if tried by anyone else.

I still remember the time he was taken by a bunch of UK based radical Muslims to one of their camps, and then they realised he was Jewish...

That happens a couple of times in Them: Adventures With Extremists--radical Muslims and KKK leaders decide that he's "a good Jew." The guy's either a spectacular liar who somehow hasn't been caught or a human weirdness magnet.

I thought that was the one where the KKK guy actually got him out of trouble by palying along with whatever religion he said, and he had no idea why.

[kingyak]

I do love how Ronson is continually able to deflect scrutiny from himself,  despite using terrible excuses that wouldn't hold up for a second if tried by anyone else.

I still remember the time he was taken by a bunch of UK based radical Muslims to one of their camps, and then they realised he was Jewish...

That happens a couple of times in Them: Adventures With Extremists--radical Muslims and KKK leaders decide that he's "a good Jew." The guy's either a spectacular liar who somehow hasn't been caught or a human weirdness magnet.

I thought that was the one where the KKK guy actually got him out of trouble by palying along with whatever religion he said, and he had no idea why.

That sounds kind of familiar, too, but it's probably been 8 or 9 years since I read the book, so details are fuzzy.