I thank my friend Susie for pointing me to this YouTube video by singer Mark Stewart, a.k.a. Stew. The song is “Black Men Ski.” It’s a bone-dry satire about racial stereotypes.
Stew earned a rep in L.A. with his rock band, The Negro Problem. Nowadays he seems to be focused on theatrical and cabaret-style writings and performance. Hey, whatever it takes...
As for this vidclip, please suffer through the cryptic commercial at the beginning.
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"Black Men Ski" sort of has this "Chocolate Rain" thing about it.
I liked the "Walden Pond" reference and the pun on Thoreau when Stew goes something like: "The cleansing blood of Jesus, but he couldn't do a thorough job."
Speaking of racially evocative band names, earlier today I came across a band called "Bigger Thomas." How can you NOT think about "Native Son" when you hear it?
the Times or some such paper did a piece on him fairly recently I want to say
I saw The Negro Problem several times back in the day and they were fantastic. Not as fond of Stew's solo work, though.
In my fantasy world, I own a cabaret where I book acts like this.
Many years ago, in my first job out of law school, I got this guy Super Bowl tickets through my best high school buddy who was an NFL player.
A few months later, this guy organized a ski trip and didn't invite me. When he was confronted on his ingratitude his no-sh*t answer was "I didn't think Puerto Ricans would be interested in skiing."
Brought back memories, UBM.
^ When he was confronted on his ingratitude his no-sh*t answer was "I didn't think Puerto Ricans would be interested in skiing."
What did he think you were, Mexican? ;^)
I sure hope he expressed his gratitude some other way, eventually.
Hey, man, this here Mexican skis (not well, but still). Of course, since I'm only half-Mexican, maybe I don't count.
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