First Anniversary
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedIt was during this week a year ago that I began my weekly gig as a ward volunteer at the Marie Curie Hospice. My most important function, at least as I’ve seen it, is when I’m not serving them lunch or tea, to talk to them if they’re able to respond, and to help them […]
HE’S Not Dead, but His Career Is on Life-Support
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedIn the late summer of 1979, we’d signed with ICM (International Creative Management) for representation, then the second largest agency in Hollywood, behind William Morris. We were meeting with the head of the concert division, and he just asked us about our availability sometime in the following month. He was being kind of coy then […]
What was I doing 10 years ago? Oh yeah….
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedNovember 20, 2004, and I was about to put in the final piece of the puzzle to my plan to leave America and live in UK full time. It had all begun at Jongleurs Comedy Club in Bow, East London, on Saturday, April 5, 2003. I was closing the show that night, and should remember […]
By Request — The Flamingo Guitar Saga
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedNo really, someone from the Midwest who happened to see the first Pee Wee Herman show when he was seven has been curious about my flamingo guitar ever since, and somehow found a way to reach me to ask about it. So dude, this is for you, but it may be of interest to others […]
“It’s My Birthday, It’s My Birthday, I’m-ma Spend My Money”
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedIn my haste to avoid thinking of The Beatles’ songs either about birthdays or the number 64, I settled on this goofy Will.i.am song from a few months ago, and it got so stuck in my head for the ensuing hour that I started thinking of the Beatles, but even doing that, the only other […]
Not Gloating, but Wow anyway!
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedActually the reason not to gloat about the team I’ve loved and followed for 44 years and who has won the World Series three of the last five years is they did it without any help from me. Sure I cheered them on, while having to explain to virtually everyone around here the unlikelihood of […]
Another Dead Person, Another Story
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedActually, this is not completely about the person in particular. I just read that Tim Hauser, the founder of the Manhattan Transfer, died Thursday at the age of 72. OK, Name Drop away, but for a brief time in 1980, Rick & Ruby and the Transfer totally connected, and in various shifts, all four of […]
No One Died This Week, Except Me, a little
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedThat’s not totally true, just no one I knew personally. I certainly admired the work of Jan Hooks, a great improvisational comic actress, and that of Paul Revere, leader of one of the most underrated 60’s bands, both of whom have passed on in the last couple weeks. But I’d never met either of them, […]
And now, a name drop about a LIVING celebrity!
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedSo Bill Murray turned 64 this week. How did I know that? Facebook reminded me, and even suggested I send Bill a gift! I am currently Facebook friends with Bill Murray, Russell Brand, Christopher Lloyd, and baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda, but these connections are probably made or approved by some personal assistant who’s […]
Oh No! Not ANOTHER Dead Celebrity Memory!
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedNot completely a household name, but a big name in another way, as I got to meet Richard Kiel, the 7 foot 2 actor who played the villain Jaws in two James Bond movies, “The Spy Who Loved Me” and “Moonraker.” Since I was never a James Bond fanatic, I’d never heard of him until […]
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