I am going to make 'rockstar of the intellect' a viable profession.

If David Bowie is the David Bowie of music, then Philadelphia Hale is the David Bowie of the intellect.

To put things in context:

Leonardo da Vinci is the Bach of the intellect. Nikola Tesla is the Art Tatum of the intellect. Rene Descartes is the Elvis of the intellect. Nietzsche is the Bob Dylan of the intellect. Douglas Hofstadter is the Kraftwerk of the intellect. Paul Laffoley is the George Clinton of the intellect. Philadelphia Hale is the David Bowie of the intellect, pre-Hunky Dory, while he's still fiddling around with his name.

But without the hard drugs later.

2:04 a.m. 2004-04-28�