Alive, or dead. Past, or present (or future!) I'm guessing 50% of you would normally reply with a Jesus/God/Creator type answer. Maybe 25% would go for a long lost relative. Who knows about the rest of you sickos.... Lol. Me? I wanna talk to that little dude that crash landed at Roswell. You know, Area 51. THAT, would be awesome.....
Nope, Hitler. Can I bring video of people from today? He'll just give up and I'll save the world from war. There is an outside chance he'll wait until he has nukes and then bomb the world so it is probably a good thing I can't.
Hmm.. first to come to mind, the old friend, with whom I lost touch, searched for years and found out he'd died? There are things I'd like to say. One on one with Hillary Clinton? John Lennon? Just because? You know, I can't think of lot of "famous" people simply because we know their public persona, but not who they are as people. I might pick, assuming proper translators, one of the pre-Homo sapiens human species. A homo erectus or Lucy (though she was probably not so bright) or one of our now extinct co-existing species, Neanderthals or Denisovans. Be interesting to see how we are alike and how we differ.
^^^^^^Lucy was a girl, duh. She was probably smart enough to master Pokemon Go, so she'd fit in fine today.
Lao Tsu if we're going back in history. Ben Franklin is another guy I'd like to talk with. Currently I think Gong Li because I've had a fan crush on her
Diogenes.... for one. He's probably the one single historical figure I put over all others. I would love to smoke a joint with Bill Hicks or Lenny Bruce. I would love to discuss music and recording techniques with Frank Zappa. As far as writers...... I would love to hear Anais Nin tell me about fucking her therapist. I'd love to discuss the different parts of depression with Virginia Woolf. Maybe have a heart to heart talk with Henry Miller or Lawrence Durrell on the nature of perversion. So there are a few interesting historical figures I could jaw with.
If we're talkin' musicians...Louis Armstrong and Tom Waits are high on my list....I made Tom Waits an espresso once but never bothered him..he was reading Bukowski's "Women"....Anais Nin I'd love to talk with. I don't think Henry Miller would shut up..although I like him. George Carlin for sure as well as Tom Robbins
Apparently, The Great Satchmo's Diaries are as interesting as his music. He would majestically espouse on the benefits of Marijuana and would give great descriptions of his digestive and bathroom processes. Writers who've read them say they are as unique and insightful as anything they've read.
Stu Inman in 1984 before the draft: "Stu, let me show you this picture of Jordan's 6 rings and this one of Bowie's broken leg." Bob Whitsitt in 2000: "Bob, let me show you this picture of Jermaine O'Neale in an All-Star uniform." Kevin Prichard in 2007: "Kevin, trust me, 2 honks is going to be way better than one."
