Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Deep Throat

There was an item on Newsnight last night; some researcher has come to the conclusion that Deep Throat, the unidentified whistle-blower in the Watergate case, was actually George H W Bush, GW's Dad.

It's something I considered just a few days ago. I'm of the opinion that its entirely plausible, but that there is little evidence either way. The journalist, Bob Woodward, isn't going to reveal his source until the source is dead. Will someone finish Bush off quickly, so we can find out?

S thought the name "Deep Throat" was quite rude. We'd seen a documentary about Linda Lovelace on Sunday night; she was known for a completely different sort of deep throat.


S and I going to a Tsunami fundraising cabaret at the Hackney Empire tonight. It looks like a load of circus acts, some 2nd rate comedians, a guitarist, and topping the bill, Rob Newman, Mark Thomas and the Blockheads.

http://www.stillmisbehaving.com/
http://www.circusperformers.com/acts/caroline/caro.htm
http://www.tinac.net/idabarr.html
BBC on TinaC
This is a man, playing female characters. The Ida Barr character is a former music hall star, refiving her career performing urban street sounds with a heavy leaning towards the concerns of pensioners. Tina C is trailer trash country singer. I saw Chris Green as Tina C in the comedy tent at Glasto last year. I think he was amusing, but I was tired, worn out and quite possibly not in my usual frame of mind.
http://www.circusperformers.com/acts/mos/mos.htm
not sure how entertaining this will be.
http://www.circusperformers.com/acts/stickle/stickle.htm
http://www.impactartists.co.uk/Great_Artists/incandesence.asp
http://www.celticguitar.com/jonhicks/
http://www.micaelita.net/robnewman/index.shtml

Iraq has disappeared from our television news. Why? Are we supposed to believe that everything is hunky dory over there now?
By the way - there are much more interesting Blogs out there - try this, by someone in Iraq:
http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/

1 comment:

Steve said...

Dear Porgycat,

I heard the speculation about Bush "père" on a French radio station yesterday. Sounds like Woodward is chomping at the bit to tell all. He said the other day, almost regretfully it seemed to me, that "people just live longer these days." So I guess that means that whoever Deep Throat is, s/he is old. George G.W. Bush, a.k.a. "Bush 41", is in his early eighties.

The source became known as Deep Throat because s/he was giving her/his tips soon after the release of the movie, which caused quite a stir in the US (I never saw it, I was too young at the time). Maybe the source also spoke with a throaty voice, I don't remember.

Lastly, Riverbend is indeed a phenomenon.