tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post7761984661696302195..comments2024-03-22T00:35:12.415-07:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: Lo Hai Qu at a Wine AuctionRon Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-64044062853206630582013-11-05T14:14:24.870-08:002013-11-05T14:14:24.870-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971520332891951558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-79470581749409684092013-10-14T07:42:56.785-07:002013-10-14T07:42:56.785-07:00Hey Gabe,
I'm thinking Lo Hai Qu has coined th...Hey Gabe,<br />I'm thinking Lo Hai Qu has coined the newest Millennial phrase. <br /><br />And I am cool like polar bear stool. Thanks for noticing.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-77634160569222044492013-10-13T21:16:44.024-07:002013-10-13T21:16:44.024-07:00that was hilarious. and cool like polar bear stoo...that was hilarious. and cool like polar bear stoolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849290999060380035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-73861077032108905702013-10-11T18:13:10.598-07:002013-10-11T18:13:10.598-07:00Charlie,
Becoming my own child may be a side effec...Charlie,<br />Becoming my own child may be a side effect of being a member of the Go Fuck Yourself Club.<br /><br />I do write all of this as an exercise in creative writing, exploring voice and pace and all the foolishness that is comedy and satire. Lo Hai Qu is a work in progress, but a lot of fun, and a very new voice for me. The HoseMaster of the Dial MW saga is another voice I'm a bit more familiar with, but like to fool around doing. That folks like what I do, and many don't, is a nice fringe benefit, and very satisfying. Thanks for your continuing kindness and support.<br /><br />Renzo,<br />As I said over at Jo Diaz's blog, if I'm not pissing someone off, I'm not doing it right. I like to think that I upset the right folks, but I don't lose any sleep over any of it. It's only wine, as you point out, and it's only comedy.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-63499431546019378222013-10-11T12:33:49.151-07:002013-10-11T12:33:49.151-07:00"Why you impudent twerp!" and a pointed ..."Why you impudent twerp!" and a pointed "herp derp" was thus blurt by the wine royalty as your wit hit all too close to home.<br /> <br />They are usually immune on account of all the idolatry and moolah. But some arrows find their mark in spite of defenses.<br /><br />You can keep explaining it away as just a silly thing you do with words... but the net effect is clear and true. It's only fermented grapes but I like it, like it, yes I do.renzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06719763151397519334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-67384470775056980922013-10-11T11:27:45.525-07:002013-10-11T11:27:45.525-07:00You have said it before, and it is worth recalling...You have said it before, and it is worth recalling now. Getting "into character" is not an easy process.<br /><br />What I think we have seen is you getting more familiar with LHQ and finding a voice that is wonderfully original as well as being a member of the family at the same time.<br /><br />And in the process, you are proving that you are younger than you confess to being. You have become your own child. Charlie Olkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513782687786106137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-8845214945081028632013-10-11T08:21:26.561-07:002013-10-11T08:21:26.561-07:00Charlie,
Some pieces seem to require the perspecti...Charlie,<br />Some pieces seem to require the perspective of someone young, which the HoseMaster ain't. Lo Hai Qu gives me that fake perspective. The ineptness of the voice, the anachronisms and changing tone, have become one of the signatures of the Lo pieces. I didn't envision it that way, that's just how it has evolved. The fun of writing this blog for me is in the discovery of places in my head I haven't been before.<br /><br />Scary in there.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-55142651298505044382013-10-10T22:51:01.749-07:002013-10-10T22:51:01.749-07:00This piece just drips of the Hosemaster in a way t...This piece just drips of the Hosemaster in a way that other Lo Hai Qu jottings did not. <br /><br />And I like it that way. Not your alter ego but your smart-mouthed daughter proving that the apple did not fall far from the tree.<br /><br />And yes, I agree that it is one of your (her) best.Charlie Olkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513782687786106137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-15402971175205186452013-10-10T18:40:37.119-07:002013-10-10T18:40:37.119-07:00Elaine,
Yikes, Shelley references! So Romantic.
M...Elaine,<br />Yikes, Shelley references! So Romantic.<br /><br />My common taters are so full o' book learnin'.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-18104074159565061592013-10-10T17:29:45.387-07:002013-10-10T17:29:45.387-07:00I think we're granting far too much to assume ...I think we're granting far too much to assume Napa Valley will last long enough for archaeologists to even find. Ozymandias seems more likely. Hawk_Wakawakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15127733191330644369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-39013223235335961422013-10-10T14:58:48.599-07:002013-10-10T14:58:48.599-07:00Love it. Like a gunshot in an echo chamber.
Rout...Love it. Like a gunshot in an echo chamber. <br /><br />Routinely get the same feeling reading through tasting dinners on wine berserkers.<br />Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971520332891951558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-58248637773465993832013-10-10T14:18:11.671-07:002013-10-10T14:18:11.671-07:00Paul,
Oh, the Chinese contortionists really make t...Paul,<br />Oh, the Chinese contortionists really make the show. Though I'm pretty good at putting my head up my ass too.<br /><br />Marcia Love,<br />Lo Hai Qu is very therapeutic for me. I really do hear her voice, slight accent and all, when I write, and she makes me laugh. Though I wish she'd quit smoking. That hacking cough is killing me.<br /><br />David,<br />It feels like an apt analogy, doesn't it? One day folks will be lined up at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to view the archaeological Treasures of the Cave Dwelling Kings of Napa Valley.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-43150422915124733632013-10-10T13:49:49.698-07:002013-10-10T13:49:49.698-07:00that Napa Kings and Egyptian Pharaohs analogy is g...that Napa Kings and Egyptian Pharaohs analogy is going to haunt my subconscious for a long, long time. Well played, Sir!voice of reasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245512801828772260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-32782119241516264982013-10-10T13:36:24.409-07:002013-10-10T13:36:24.409-07:00I loved the "Wine and Spirits took over the C...I loved the "Wine and Spirits took over the Calistoga Motel 6. “We’ll leave the lightweight on for you.” Mutineer Magazine had a trailer at the Old Grist Mill." Ha! Lo Hai Qu is so entertaining. Glad you let her have her rant today.Marcia Macomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237764449953259939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-73420513064366441922013-10-10T12:05:53.966-07:002013-10-10T12:05:53.966-07:00Great stuff Ho-Lo! Book me a front row seat at the...Great stuff Ho-Lo! Book me a front row seat at the Auberge. That oughtta be some show!PaulGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409346656762573929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-42249863704396024552013-10-10T11:56:51.466-07:002013-10-10T11:56:51.466-07:00Every once in a while I get the urge to trot out L...Every once in a while I get the urge to trot out Lo Hai Qu, allow her weird, obnoxious, observant voice to take over my comedy brain. I think the idea to write about wine auctions as Lo Hai Qu came from Paul Gregutt, in an email to me, though it was weeks ago. That suggestion fermented in my brain, and this was the result.<br /><br />There's something tawdry about the most lavish wine auctions, something deeply strange and offensive, that, I hope, would offend members of Lo Hai Qu's generation. Those auctions, which could only be done for charity, so that charity becomes the excuse for the ostentation and decadence, reflect very poorly on what is otherwise a noble and culturally significant pursuit--winemaking. But making fun of it worked best, I felt, with Lo Hai Qu as spokesperson. I do so love her.<br /><br />For those who care, both of you, I like the conceit of a fictional voice (the HoseMaster) writing in a fictional voice (Lo Hai Qu), but rather ineptly. The HoseMaster, it seems, can only sustain Lo's voice for so long, and then he inevitably butts in and rants in his own voice. It's a bit like seeing an old ventriloquist's lips move. Just that concept makes me laugh.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-40870133257418359532013-10-10T11:26:48.787-07:002013-10-10T11:26:48.787-07:00Love this line: "I’d be drunker than a Vatica...Love this line: "I’d be drunker than a Vatican sommelier the whole time." <br /><br />And, for the uninitated: The Vatican has the highest per capita of wine consumption in the world. Go Pope!The Sommelierehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05373623446507975769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-45246861586062980082013-10-10T11:08:27.664-07:002013-10-10T11:08:27.664-07:00Lo Hai Qu: perhaps you've seen this http://www...Lo Hai Qu: perhaps you've seen this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK4jO80rmc0 thought of you!wine man boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01416241887895081151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-22005418665371673782013-10-10T10:51:38.580-07:002013-10-10T10:51:38.580-07:00Fuck Shakespeare! This is Joe Eszterhas territory ...Fuck Shakespeare! This is Joe Eszterhas territory or even Alan Smithee. Go Alan!wine man boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01416241887895081151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-88230844005615838852013-10-10T09:40:35.614-07:002013-10-10T09:40:35.614-07:00fucking Shakespeare!fucking Shakespeare!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14334706467397335458noreply@blogger.com