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January 11, 2006
Six Degrees of Michael Stipe
And now a word from the Department of How Could You Have Missed This?:
Michael Stipe, as many more tuned in people know, is the lead singer of R.E.M., whose song Losing My Religion is one of my soul-striking favorites. I only learned this recently - his name I mean, since although I loved the song I knew nothing about the band. So yesterday, I was reading an old edition of The New Yorker and I found a many-full page spread about a Sundance series called Iconoclasts. One of the six parts features Mario Batali on - you guessed it - Michael Stipe. The ad described Michael as a friend of Batali, among other things, and shows the two holding hands.
So now, with this one connection to one of my favorite Food Netword chefs, I start to do some browsing. I find all these fascinating connections (in addition to Batali):
1. Kurt Cobain
2. Alton Brown
3. Natalie Merchant
4. Coldplay
5. Being John Malkovich
I'm off to go re-read Duncan Watts. I think I've missed many more things than just this.
Posted by cageyer at January 11, 2006 09:33 AM