Piece Comment

Review of Norman Mailer Interview


"My Dinner with Andre" meets "The McNeil-Lehrer Hour." You could listen to these two talk all day, all night. From hegemony to hipdom to homogenization --Mailer and Lydon explore it all. Lydon has Mailer compare the cultural climate in which Kenedy was nominated to today's presedential election--and the conclusions that Mailer draws are fascinating and horrifying. Mailer 's prophecy: Bush will win this election, is unfortunate and what's worse is that Mailer is so convincing. But you almost have to forgive a country that reelects Bush if it is the same country that allows these two to be heard on the radio. Play this leading up to the election--play it after the election--or both.