McBoing-Boing is calling out your idols. Because I learned long ago that the statement, “Nick Cave is the coolest man alive,” is tautological, I’ll have to reach a bit farther into the archives.

You think Elvis could have kept his cool around a Thompson submachine gun-wieldling Brigitte Bardot? Nick Cave *may* have been able to pull it off. Maybe.

I do have to express my disappointment in both of the videos referenced here. The songs they’re based on are uncommonly cinematic, and it’s a shame that their respective producers didn’t have the resources to go all out.

If you’ve never seen the meat of Michelle’s “Swift Boat” appearance on the August 19, 2004 episode of Hardball with Chris Matthews, please take a look.

Long-time reader Rev. Mykeru (that’s “Mike-a-roo”), sent the following in an email as part of a discussion we were having concerning our favorite blogger. I’ve done a bit of editing and added links, none of which are absolutely necessary for context or continuity.

One of the things you have to get used to when dealing with Malkin is something that is common with all purveyors of nonsense, and that is the breathless padding around a non-claim.

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