...is suddenly looming over you and, an top of it all, looking like a young Nick Cave. I must have seen this coming, if this photo is any indication, since it marks me as "guilty" for thinking thoughts of placing a large weight on his head to keep him from growing. And he looks as if he knows I'm thinking those thoughts.
That was, actually, a pretty wrenching day, but for other reasons. It was the Touch & Go 25th Anniversary party at The Hideout. I'd first seen David Yow (of Jesus Lizard) perform in a day-glo green mini-skirt at Reckless on Broadway in 1988, when Charlie - the The Quaker Goes Deaf - was working there. And that's what threw me...no, not David Yow, but running into Charlie. The closing of the record store named after his persona had been a tough affair, and I was struggling with the grief of the store being gone, and the friendship with Charlie taking a huge hit in the process. But a lot of growth has happened since then: the friendship has been restored, he once again does a radio show by the same name every Friday from 6-8 on WESN.org; and I obviously had no success impeding Dante's movement skyward.
He does look like a young Nick Cave- oh goodness- the sky is the limit as they say. And I listened to Charlies show on WESN last Friday and IT ROCKED!!!
ReplyDeletelooks like a Diane Airbus picture!Great!
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A couple of hobos, gypsys, maybe father and son hanging around the new circus that came into town. Looking for some scam to do a little money a go along there own way....