Belltown Messenger

The days of mocking Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen for being a wannabe rock star are over. On Sunday Jan. 22, as he raised the 12th man flag at the NFC championship game, 70,000 screaming fans went wild. In that historic moment the former paranoid Star Trek-loving recluse got to experience firsthand the quasi-fascistic glory normally reserved for A-list entertainers playing to stadium crowds.

Paul Allen is now a bona fide celebrity, and his team, purchased for $193 million and now worth a cool billion, is going to the Super Bowl, the biggest showbiz event in capitalist history. This is massive, unprecedented exposure for America's third richest man, a person who was not exactly a household word until now.

Move over Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Larry Ellison-Paul Allen is now the most fabulous larger-than-life computer mogul on earth! And did I mention that in only the past year or so he has triumphed in the field of private space travel, finally made money on his investment in Dreamworks, and partied with Owen Wilson on his yacht? This guy is on fire!

Shameless Super Bowl plug: I just released a low budget mockumentary film about Paul Allen called Paul Alien, which ridicules him for using taxpayer money to build a stadium for his team. The film is a satire in which an actor portraying Allen snorts cocaine with space aliens and plays air guitar at his rock n' roll museum. You can find out more at www.paulalien.com, which includes handy links to Paul Allen in the news which are updated frequently.
-AM