[maaark]

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2lepog/til_t...

[smcl]

Just wanted to add something in case anyone thinks Wesley Willis was just a bit of a joke act people enjoyed ironically[0], there is one album produced by Steve Albini where he performed with a band under the name "The Wesley Willis Fiasco" that's genuinely quite good. They also did a really fun cover of Girls on Film by Duran Duran that iirc isn't on the album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arFMBo_W9io

[0] - listening to a whole album by Willis in one sitting can be a bit of a challenge, but his lyrics are undeniably stupendous

[bitwize]

Everyone I'm aware of who appreciated Willis, did so completely unironically. It's very similar to the later fandom for Terry Davis and TempleOS.

[detritus]

Huh, and there had I been all those years simply assuming it was some oblique Jeff Minter reference!

[eep_social]

This article [1] made me think so.

[1] https://www.polygon.com/23613576/jeff-minter-profile-akka-ar...

[tokai]

I always thought it was llama as the 1337 slang. You know noob/lamer.

[bigbillheck]

Rock over London, Rock on Chicago.

[z500]

McDonald's is the place to rock. They will put the pounds on you.

[bitwize]

Wheaties. Breakfast of champions.