DeanZine - November 2004
4 MORE YEARS. DEAN SAYS...
'Oy!'
Subject: 4 More Years - Dean Says... 'Oy'
I received numerous responses to my 4 More Years - Dean Says 'Oy' email blast (picture above), sent out the day following Bush's re-election. The following are a fairly representative sampling of those responses:
Keep Taking the tablets, Dean!
Signed: Christine
Or as the bumper sticker exclaims... 'Four More Wars!' Oy, Indeed!
Signed: Donna Coney Island
Vey!
Signed: Boothby
You do have a great way with words! Succinct and expressive! (;
Signed: Jill
Dean, I USED to be a Springsteen fan!! Get it? My dad was a barber and he once told me he never voiced an opinion. He wanted to keep his customers coming back!! Hope all is well!
Signed: Your fan, Ralph
EDITOR'S REPLY: Point taken, Ralph. And I'm glad my expression of post-election angst hasn't caused you to remove your name from the email list. Besides, as you can tell from the picture, I am sorely in need of a haircut. Plus, as you know, being an indy musician... hey wait a minute, Ralph... your last name is not by any chance, Reed, is it? You know, the evangelical Ralph Reed; that insidious, manipulative, duplicitous Republican strategist, with the I'm-so-innocent, boyish mug, who wants to pass laws to re-institute dangerous backstreet abortions and is convinced that all my gay friends are unrepentant sinners who are definitely going straight to hell and would be happy to toss my ass in jail for smoking a little pot now and then. Are you that Ralph? Because let me tell you something, Ralph, if you are Ralph Reed, all I can say to you is... WELCOME TO THE EMAIL LIST! Glad to have you aboard, friend! As you know, we independent musicians need all the support we can get, so we tend to have a very inclusive fan policy. In fact you could even say we're ecumenical! Thanks for listening and enjoy the music!
From: Daniel Rubenstein
Subject:
Arielle
Text: Dear Dean:
Hi Dean. I just brought my firstborn, a daughter, home from the hospital 2 weeks ago. She is a Jewish girl. Her name is Arielle, of course. Although, we spell it differently, I first heard the name from your song playing on the radio years ago and it stuck with me for some reason.
We read that you should play music for your children while they are in the womb so naturally for the next two months, she received a heavy dose of your song. I ordered your CD to surprise my wife in the birthing room and played it over and over again for everyone. They were all very appreciative. The cool thing is now when she is crying at 2am or 4am or whenever, and nothing seems to help, I just bring her to my office and play our song! And of course she calms down instantly. 9 times out of ten she is asleep by the time I have played it for the 3rd time.
This brings me to my question. My dilemma is this: how long do I play a song to my daughter about a girl from the 70's who smoked a lot of weed and made love to bombs bursting in air to a rock n rock singer, seemingly on their first date?
Daniel Rubenstein
EDITOR's REPLY: Hey Daniel, Thanks for introducing a new generation to the songs and I'm glad to know my music can put wailing babies to sleep. As for your dilemma it's one shared by all parents of teenage girls whether they're named Ariel or Edna. My advice is to try and convince her to only date physics and history majors; they tend to be late bloomers and are much safer when left alone with teenager daughters than your typical young musician is likely to be. As for weed... tell her to wait 'til she's 18 and then buy it for her, yourself, from your regular dealer; that way at least you'll know it's good quality stuff. You don't want your baby smoking oregano or worse!
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: All the emails reproduced above are 'actual' emails from 'actual' people. We'd like to be able to say the same about the replies... but we can't.
Please direct all 'Letters to the Editors' to editor@deanfriedman.com
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