We got The LOX to watch Mean Girls

We’re going to get real pictures from our guy Nick Watkin soon, and I’ll post those next week, but here’s what I got from the stage.

There’s a world we all live in, the one with rules and time, where convention puts shoes on your feet instead of your hands. Now, obviously we’ve all witnessed things that challenge that reality, like, for instance, octopi — they’re like aliens that swim and/or taste delicious! Or like, the technology that allow Glade Plug-Ins to exist or for airplanes to fly. All incredible things that, to someone in the 1800s, would be extremely wild to think about.

And in that same spirit, we in this newsletter got The LOX — the personification of the streets — to watch Mean Girls, the 2004 film where Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Tina Fey show how popularity is a myth and adulthood is still the high school lunch table even after you graduate. (I should say, this newsletter also got me and Eric to watch and discuss the movie, which feels a little less impressive since I was the one to suggest it. Still significant, though.)

I thought I was ready for Sheek’s and Kiss’ reactions to the movie. Well, dear reader: I I wasn’t. And I wasn’t ready for Styles’ reaction to their reactions. Incredible episode. A lot of texts and in-person conversations have used the words “best one yet.” Also, our booker’s first words to me upon getting off the stage? “Let’s take this on the road!” Let us know what city you’re in, in the comments!

People don’t like it when I give too much away, so here’s a quick out of context screenshot from the group chat this morning:

And, here’s something that didn’t make it into the taping: we brought Sheek and Styles back to play “Who Wants to Be a Skrillionaire?” our in-show game show.

I write the questions, so I was trying to think of some that no one’s asked before. And the thought popped into my head: “If Too $hort’s favorite word is ‘bitch’, is it really the word he’s used most in his songs?”

A couple of things to note:

• I no longer use my AI bot Douglas, because they wanted me to pay $10/month to keep it alive, and

• AI wouldn’t be helpful in this case, because there are (thankfully) copyright protections.

• But doing it manually took two days and I didn’t even finish going through all of Too $hort’s catalog.

I only got through his first 11 albums before Eric said he didn’t think this would make for a good question, but the answer is, yes, his most used word — more than any other filler word (the, and, just, etc.), more than any adjective, noun, verb, anything — is “bitch.”

Another thing I learned in going through all these songs, over two days? He and his friend Freddy B say they invented the word “bee-yotch” in 1981, at Freemont High School.

And I know you want to see the full episode, but we won’t have it all edited by Monday, so we’ll be taking a week off.

With that said, here’s our updated release calendar:

And that’s it! That’s all I got for you this week © Don Don aka Sheek Louch.

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Until then, here’s the form to suggest movies.

Ok, here’s what everyone sent in this week:

A few notes:

• I so want Sheek to do a What’s Sheek Mad About? He just likes to space them out. This current space we’re in has been, IMO, too much space. So, hopefully soon!

• I wonder what the guys would think about Wes Anderson movies in general. Moonrise Kingdom is one of the more, shall we say, esoteric choices. Maybe we start them off with Royal Tenanbaums and then Steve Zissou (one of Eric’s, my and Johan’s favorites) before getting deeper into the weeds.

• Sheek and I both liked Obsession. I don’t think anyone else saw it.

• I love that “I love the Stack” has become a thing! Appreciate all of you for taking Kiss’ words to heart.

I got home very very late, woke up early and for some reason am going to see The Odyssey in IMAX at 10am this morning, where I’ll probably fall asleep. Hope you all have a great weekend, look forward to Nick Watkin’s photos next week!