Paul Krassner: "Who's to say what's obscene?" (video)

The latest episode of Richard Metzger's new online talk show (and blog)"Dangerous Minds" features...

...satirist, counter culture icon and all around iconoclast, Paul Krassner, author of the new collection, Who's to Say What's Obscene?: Politics, Culture, and Comedy in America Today. Topics include the definition of obscenity in today's America, the Obama presidency and what it means for political satire, Jon Stewart and The Daily Show's influence on younger people, the state of the "underground press" today and a lot more.

Dangerous Minds: Paul Krassner

[#1 posted by Anonymous, August 4, 2009 11:48 AM]

What a delightful character!

[#2 posted by Roy Trumbull, August 4, 2009 2:05 PM]

I always enjoy seeing Paul. He's always far ahead of the curve. I was shocked when right after the Kennedy assassination he compared its significants to finding a mouse in a Coke bottle. You have the read the whole piece to understand where he was coming from.

[#3 posted by Little John, August 4, 2009 3:22 PM]

Wait, he's an icon and an iconoclast?

Does that mean he's self-destructive? Suicidal?

A contradiction of terms?

[#4 posted by IWood, August 4, 2009 6:22 PM]

I'll fucking tell you what's obscene. Also, I have crucified myself in a 4,000-gallon acrylic cylinder full of piss and plastinated cross-sections of nun.

[#5 posted by ADavies, August 5, 2009 4:15 AM]

Vimeo says: "Sorry. This video cannot be played on this site." Wonder what that's about. Maybe it's because Im in Europe. Maybe its because vimeo hates me.

[#6 posted by StRevAlex, August 5, 2009 2:32 PM]

I miss "The Realist."