I just wanted to post that I’m very proud to not have ever read one word of, nor seen one minute of, any Harry Potter story, and I’m OK with that. Very content, as a matter of fact, thankyouverymuch. This cultural phenomenon just goes right over my head, sorry.

Ya know, it’s kinda funny in that odd-feeling in your stomach kinda funny, not HAHA/HOHO/HEHE/ROFL/LMFAO/LOL kinda funny… but walking out of the movie theater a couple of weeks ago after going to see Ratatouille with my wife and son, I saw “Potter” above one of the other theater doorways, and a long line of people stretched out from it. The first thought to come to my mind was to blurt out, “Oh, look, they made a movie about Jason Potter!” Then I realized what it was and I was suddenly very sad and embarrassed. Fuck you, Harry Potter. Fuck you.

The YouTube entry for this said it was from 1988, but I know that’s wrong. How? Because I was there, and I happened to be there with the future Mrs. Kopp, my lovely wife, Gina. Now, Gina and I didn’t even meet until January of ‘89, and this video was shot at their first show in St. Louis, at the ill-fated Bernard Pub (at its original location on Lafayette) in June of that same year. It’s crazy… we both totally remember that kid kissing Ian on the cheek and everything like it was yesterday. A timeless classic from Fugazi… enjoy!

This video was shot by Jim Utz, by the way…