“We discovered that it was OK to have a little high-brow as long you have a lot of low-brow. That’s entertainment value. The one thing you want to avoid is the middle brow, because the whole world is frigging middle brow at the moment.” – Jon Langford
This one's for Marty, although it doesn't quite apply, but when forces as wonderful as the Velvets, Alex Chilton, and Yo La Tengo converge, it's got to be a sign of some sort.
Labels: alex chilton, living on the west coast I miss Maxwell's, yo la tengo
posted by George at 2:26 PM
George markets only for the forces of good for a living. He has a paid hobby that involves eating, drinking, and writing, things he’d do for free, which is almost what he’s doing it for. In a previous life he taught mostly illiterate and generally ungrateful college students how to write. He has been a body guard for Jodie Foster, a walk-on dancer with French avant garde troupe Maguy Marin, a film programmer, a judge at an Iron Chef style competition, a political activist, a textbook author, a bassist in a band, a two-time league winning fantasy baseball manager, a union local president, a pr flack helping run a red carpet at an Angelina Jolie event, a janitor, a chauffeur to folks from TC Boyle to Andrei Codrescu, a delivery man to Plato's Retreat, a reluctant writer of a non-snarky intro for Colin Powell, a radio DJ, a corn detassler, an escort van driver, a rock journalist, a lab assistant for a company that made everything from mouthwash to super skin lubricant, and even, once, a poet. His biggest brush with fame was when Julie Christie fondled his tie, a tie George Lopez belittled to 1000 people minutes later. The best thing about him is his wife. His dogs aren't bad, either.
4 Comments:
You always find the perfect song. Very much appreciated, George.
In 1983, my band (all East Coast guys exiled to San Francisco, ironically) finished up our Northeast tour at Maxwell's. Good times.
Very nice. Alex & Ira really had the chiming guitar thing going there.
Steve, I'm honored to have a Maxwell's performer comment at my blog.
Post a Comment
<< Home