How can I have missed this genius? I actually managed to not know anything about Bill Hicks until 2006 (12 years after his death) when I, for no apparent reason, felt like renting a stand-up DVD from my local film shop, and ended up with Relentless.

I have for a few years been a huge fan of Denis Leary, I liked No Cure for Cancer and loved Lock ‘n Load… but… it only took a few minutes of Relentless to understand where alot of Denis’ ideas came from… The day I saw Relentless, Denis fell quite a few steps on the ‘Ladder of Respect’.

billbook.jpg Willow bought me the book ‘Bill Hicks: Agent of Evolution‘ for christmas. It’s written (or more like put together) by Bill Hick’s lifelong friend Kevin Booth.

Even though the book made me cry toward the end, I wouldn’t advise anyone to read this book. Most parts of the book are very badly written, a lot feels very repetitive and most of the stories tell you more about the people who wrote them than Bill himself.

No. Don’t read the book. Buy the movies.