{"id":819,"date":"2006-01-27T13:57:45","date_gmt":"2006-01-27T18:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/brotherly-love\/"},"modified":"2006-01-27T17:09:14","modified_gmt":"2006-01-27T22:09:14","slug":"brotherly-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/brotherly-love","title":{"rendered":"Brotherly Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

Read Charles Krauthammer’s column about his brother<\/a>. It makes me wish I’d sat down and wrote about Chris Penn’s death a few days ago.<\/p>\n

I thought about it, and brotherhood. I’m a much bigger fan of Michael Penn than I am of Sean Penn, even if Jeff Spicoli is one of the greatest film characters ever. I tried digging up an e-mail address for MP, out of some misguided notion that he’d appreciate reading condolences from an anonymous fan of his music, but that went nowhere.<\/p>\n

And then comes Charles Krauthammer’s lovely and sad tribute to his brother Marcel.<\/p>\n

My brother’s going to be standing at my side in a month and a half, ready to catch me if I faint during the wedding ceremony (I hope his back’s stronger than mine).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Read Charles Krauthammer’s column about his brother. It makes me wish I’d sat down and wrote about Chris Penn’s death a few days ago. I thought about it, and brotherhood. I’m a much bigger fan of Michael Penn than I am of Sean Penn, even if Jeff Spicoli is one of the greatest film characters … <\/p>\n

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