Hicks' presence at Edinburgh

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on August 19th, 2006

Check out the fascinating article in the U.K. Guardian about the late Bill Hicks, with quotes from ’08 presidential candidate Doug Stanhope:

And the runaway favourite for this year’s if.comeddies award, the brilliant American stand-up Doug Stanhope, is forever being compared to Hicks. Which tees him off, for several reasons. “That guy would be so against us idolising him,” he says. “Stop turning him into a cult, man. He was a good comic, that’s all.” This posthumous popularity would amuse Hicks, who struggled for years.

Also included are musings from childhood Hicks buddy Dwight Slade

For any Hicks fan, Slade’s intimate photographs and films of the young Bill– goofing around in their apartment, hijacking Dwight’s wedding dressed as a mafia enforcer – will be as poignant as they are fascinating. But we mustn’t be too sad, says Slade. “When we were kids, Bill and I would spend every weekend putting on Aerosmith and Kiss and pretending we were rock stars. Bill loved that, because he wanted to be a rock star. And he would be thrilled by the fact that he has become one.”

Check out the links at the bottom of the article to wallow further in the Edinburgh coverage.

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