Comments on: Good Advice From Baz Luhrmann http://www.spareroom.co.nz/2008/08/03/good-advice-from-baz-luhrmann/ Be our guest... Fri, 13 May 2011 03:39:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tony http://www.spareroom.co.nz/2008/08/03/good-advice-from-baz-luhrmann/comment-page-1/#comment-370579 Tony Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:18:12 +0000 http://www.spareroom.co.nz/?p=4160#comment-370579 And the definitive response ("Not the sunscreen song" -- John Safran): <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vLj3NTXmDE" rel="nofollow">href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vLj3NTXmDE </a> And the definitive response (“Not the sunscreen song” — John Safran):

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]]> By: Glenn http://www.spareroom.co.nz/2008/08/03/good-advice-from-baz-luhrmann/comment-page-1/#comment-370313 Glenn Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:29:19 +0000 http://www.spareroom.co.nz/?p=4160#comment-370313 Let's give crecit where credit is due. The words are by Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune. She wrote this piece (called "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young.") as the satirical commencement address she would give if ever asked to do one. Baz wrote the music, but the song was essentially just cashing in on the already widely circulating and well known essay - often misattributed to Kurt Vonnegutt. Poor Mary Schmidt, more than likely this will be the most widely read piece she ever writes, and she never gets any credit for it. Let’s give crecit where credit is due.

The words are by Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune. She wrote this piece (called “Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young.”) as the satirical commencement address she would give if ever asked to do one.

Baz wrote the music, but the song was essentially just cashing in on the already widely circulating and well known essay – often misattributed to Kurt Vonnegutt.

Poor Mary Schmidt, more than likely this will be the most widely read piece she ever writes, and she never gets any credit for it.

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