Says Ben Schwartz,
Once again, the collision of professional sports and music industry professionals goes awry. In this case, it’s Prince v. Carlos Boozer.
Since Deadspin was all over this one earlier, there’s not much to add. Except the case has very strange echoes of the period when Wes Unseld allowed the Wicked Witch (of “Fancy Dancer” b/w “Y Wood U Call It Rock” infamy) to crash at his place for months on end.
The Witch’s influence on the Bullets teams of that era cannot be understated, but much like the Boozer/Prince relationship, it all ended in tears. Surely, Wizznutzz can fill you in on the details.
That wasn’t Wicked Witch staying at Wes’ house back in the early 80s, it was Henry Rollins in blackface!!! It was an emotional relationship, one that took the form of song in the tune “I Love You” from “MY WAR”!!! And if you look very closely at the “Black Flag Live” videotape from 1984, you can see a prison-quality tattoo of Wes’ profile on Hank’s inner left thigh!!!!
Thanks to its appearance on “Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland,” my 8-year-old son now occasionally belts out his own garbled version of “California Uber Alles.” Meaning, right now I haven’t yet heard him declare the suede and denim police are coming for my uncool niece, or that I’d look nice as a drawstring lamp.