My Dad Continues to Defy the Odds
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedYesterday I was informed that my aunt, my dad’s younger sister and my only direct blood relative other than him still around, passed away yesterday. I believe she was 87. In my direct family, the only other living relative is the widow of my dad’s brother. On my mom’s side, she was one of three […]
You do a gig, you get paid, right? Maybe not.
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedThank goodness I’m going to US next month and doing reputable gigs where you are paid as soon as you’ve finished. That’s the way it always was back in the day, and remained for a long time. Clubs usually paid in cash, but even those that wrote checks rarely wrote bad ones. I say rarely […]
Has it Really Been 15 Years?
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedAs the summer of 2000 began, I was in desperate need of a change. In between freelance work as a stage manager at a theatre in Hollywood, doing phone sales and promo work for my dad’s syndicated newspaper feature, custodial work at a yoga studio, and oh yeah, a bit of comedy now and then, […]
Wasn’t quite Hell, but getting warm
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedWhen my agent contacted me a couple weeks ago for a resorts gig, I immediately said yes, only because it had been a while since the last gig I’d done under his auspices. I also remembered the bittersweet experiences with the people running these venues, i.e. left hand rarely knows what right hand is doing. […]
This Is Not Sport
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedWell, it’s pretty obvious to anyone who’s read my rants and raves over the years where I stand on anything that has to do with weapons that kill. I think back to the words of late comedian Skip Stephenson, who merely posed the question, “Who gets up early, drinks a beer, shoots a defenseless animal, […]
The Voice – Won’t Do That Again
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedObviously, because I’m writing about it, my audition for “The Voice UK 2016” didn’t yield anything more than a “Thank you” and a boring speech about “not giving up on your dreams.” Had I passed the audition, I’d have had to sign contracts that would make me essentially their property until I’m eliminated from the […]
I’m Now Almost Scared to Voice an Opinion
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedI don’t know how some of my Facebook friends do it! Especially my liberal ones. I see almost daily a post espousing what I believe a sensible (OK, liberal!) point of view, and on its thread will be not just disagreements, but invective of some of the most vile and insulting one can imagine. It’s […]
Not Much Has Changed
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedAs part of my last extended US road trip in May of 2001, I got to perform one night at a club in Myrtle Beach, SC. This gig in itself was tedious to get to, as my driver/opening act, who met me at Atlanta Airport, was stopped just past Atlanta city limits for talking on […]
I Absolutely Sucked At Basketball
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedBut I’m certainly pleased to see the Bay Area’s basketball team, the Golden State Warriors, win their first National Basketball Association championship in 40 years. This is a team that in those 39 years in between, only made the playoffs nine times (16 teams out of 30 qualify each year), and only made it past […]
It Was Two Years Ago Today
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedYes, two years ago today I finally said goodbye to Dagenham, Essex, after spending most of the previous 10 years there. And what did I learn in those ten years? Not much, other than the further proof that suburban life really never appealed to me. Especially if you’re in show business, or intend to stay […]
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