blog of a smelly hipster

When I first saw Russell Brand on Late Night with Conan O'Brian about a year ago, I thought, "Who's the guy with girl hair and that beautiful British accent? Is he a musician or something?"

Thankfully he wasn't some douchey lead singer from a mediocre BritPop band. Instead he turned out to be a skillfully eloquent and razor-sharp witted comedian from across the pond who was just starting to make a splash in the States. I was so completely engaged and enamored by this charming man that I quickly excused his girly 'do. In fact, I kind of like it now.

I was inspired by Russell Brand to start a series dedicated to men I love and admire for various reasons. Brand, to me, is all at once intimidatingly genius and accessible, edgy and sweet, a casanova and a complete fool. I feel like I could take him to have dinner with my Gran and to a strip club in the same evening.

If you love the man as much as I do, you'll want to know his Twitter name is @rustyrockets and his memoir, My Booky Wook, is a New York Times best-seller. He stars in Get Him To The Greek, opposite Jason Segal once again, and another great Apatow/Stoller movie slatted for release in 2010.

Here's to Russell Brand, an amazing and brillant man.