Today in 1950 L. Ron Hubbard's book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health—a cornerstone of Scientology—was first published. Although he has never been known to jump up and down maniacally on Oprah's studio furniture, lo-fi, postmodern mofo Beck has said he is a scientologist. Loser is one of his most recognizable songs.
Embedding disabled by request, so click the link to hear the song and see the video.
Later that day, to use the crude fictional segue device employed in comic book captions, I've
decided to post the following video. Several ongoing interweb debates without
authoritative conclusion wrangle over whether the Butthole Surfers
borrowed from Beck's Loser for their Pepper or vice versa. Beck
released Loser in '93 and Pepper was released three years later, so that indicates there's not much of a debate. Does
it matter? They're both cool songs. This is the Butthole Surfers at
their most ... uhm ... commercial?
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