Take THAT Malor
The recently graduated Gabriel Malor wrote a post three months ago about Neil Young’s disappointment in the failure of his latest tour to deliver his anti-war message. In it, he argued that since he had never heard of Neil Young, Young’s ambitions were ridiculous.
I took him to task on that point, arguing in turn that the fact that he had never heard of Young did not really address how popular Young might be among older audiences. Then a bunch of yahoos jumped in, some arguing that Neil Young isn’t that well known, and some yelling at me for calling Gabriel ignorant (which I didn’t).
Well, let’s just say that I think the final verdict is in on how notable a star Neil Young really is:
Iconic singer and songwriter Neil Young has had an honor bestowed upon him that is not received by many musicians — his own spider.
An East Carolina University biologist, Jason Bond, discovered a new species of trapdoor spider and opted to call the arachnid after his favorite musician, Canadian Neil Young, naming it Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi.
Even lauraw doesn’t have her own spider named after her. Case closed.
May 12, 2008 at 11:06 am
Unless Jason Bond is an old, anti-war, hippie-type, idiot who happened to find a new spider.
May 12, 2008 at 1:02 pm
I hope Mr. Young will remember…a southern man don’t need a Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi around, anyhow.
May 12, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Sing it sister.
May 12, 2008 at 2:39 pm
This means war.
May 12, 2008 at 3:21 pm
“This means war” says the guy with a dove in his avatar?
May 12, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Unless Jason Bond is an old, anti-war, hippie-type, idiot who happened to find a new spider.
That’s assumed. Nevertheless, does Gabe have a spider? Huh?
Didn’t think so.*
*Unless you count the all-too common Ultrawrongus Lawgradia larvae found near many law schools.