Semper Buy
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 02:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddymanIt’s been one of those mornings whereby I have seriously considered the option of running away to sea, though I fear that I am probably too old and lazy to make a go of that.
The mercantile marine; it sounds like a tough life. Assaulting the shores of a foreign country or parachuting into the back of beyond and aggressively trading goods for import and export. An extension of the economy through other means: the antithesis of fair trade, perhaps.
I’m not sure that this afternoon is going to be any more fun. I’m not sure why, but a lot of people seem to have adopted me as the person to ask obscure questions about things I have no knowledge of. More to the point, they seem to be telling other people that I’m the contact point for every obscure piece of drivel they can think of, so I am spending an inordinate amount of time discussing things I’d rather someone else dealt with and only finding out after a period that it’s all been a colossal waste of time. Ah well.
Somehow this failed to make the entertainment headlines and I’ve only found out a week later. Bobby "Boris" Pickett of Monster Mash fame died on 25 April. One of the few entertainers to revel in his ‘one hit wonder’ status, he was apparently known to stand up at gigs and announce that he would sing a medley of his hit.
Bobby “Boris” Pickett
1938-2007
It seems that the session musicians who made up the "Crypt Kickers" for the recording included one Leon Russell. Bet most of you ain’t never heard of the bloke.
The mercantile marine; it sounds like a tough life. Assaulting the shores of a foreign country or parachuting into the back of beyond and aggressively trading goods for import and export. An extension of the economy through other means: the antithesis of fair trade, perhaps.
I’m not sure that this afternoon is going to be any more fun. I’m not sure why, but a lot of people seem to have adopted me as the person to ask obscure questions about things I have no knowledge of. More to the point, they seem to be telling other people that I’m the contact point for every obscure piece of drivel they can think of, so I am spending an inordinate amount of time discussing things I’d rather someone else dealt with and only finding out after a period that it’s all been a colossal waste of time. Ah well.
Somehow this failed to make the entertainment headlines and I’ve only found out a week later. Bobby "Boris" Pickett of Monster Mash fame died on 25 April. One of the few entertainers to revel in his ‘one hit wonder’ status, he was apparently known to stand up at gigs and announce that he would sing a medley of his hit.
Bobby “Boris” Pickett
1938-2007
It seems that the session musicians who made up the "Crypt Kickers" for the recording included one Leon Russell. Bet most of you ain’t never heard of the bloke.
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Date: 2007-05-02 02:08 pm (UTC)He of the Wrecking Crew who went on to make his name with Asylum Choir, Mad Dogs and Englishmen and the Concert for Bangladesh amongst other things? Nope, never heard of him!
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Date: 2007-05-02 02:22 pm (UTC)and I want to say that Leon Russell sounds familiar, but I really couldn't tell you why.
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Date: 2007-05-02 02:54 pm (UTC)Oooh I hope he doesn't read this
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Date: 2007-05-02 03:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-05-02 07:03 pm (UTC)And Mr Fairweather-Low is indeed a good guitarist, prat from Cardiff or not. If both Mr Clapton and Joe Satriani ask him to help them out when they could get anyone they wanted, he must be good.