[kj] The Parasapoll - Gentlemanly Repose

[Dave Driver]

 --- Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote: 
> 
> Have to jump in here --- If you folks are looking
> for a rock-based book 
> that provides chuckles, may I *HEARTILY* and
> *STRENUOUSLY* suggest -- 
> nay, ZEALOUSLY ENDORSE --- "Gentlemanly Repose" by
> Mike Ruffino. Y'see, 
> Mike used to be the bass player of the Unband. That
> they happen to be 
> friends of mine should play no role in the equation.
> I met the Unband 
> when they were living on my friend Rob's couch in
> Costa Mesa, 
> California. They only managed to belch out two
> records -- which were 
> never going to vault them towards any semblance of
> stardom, but their 
> live shows were ceaselessly entertaining. In a
> nutshell, they were a 
> luckless garage trio who slugged it out in shitty
> clubs for far too 
> long before TVT irresponsibly signed them,
> graduating them into the 
> league of opening up for various metal has-beens 
> (*****HMMMMM, NOW WHO 
> ELSE DOES THIS SOUND LIKE????) like Def Leppard,
> Anthrax and Dio.
> 
> In any case, they broke up -- as ya do --  in a
> torrent of acrimony and 
> alcohol abuse (their talents for consuming all
> stripes of spirit and 
> narcotic stimulant were heroic). And Mike, belying
> his persona as a 
> filthy, slack-jawed rock pig, actually wrote a
> completely hilarious 
> account of the band's autumn years (sadly, neither
> my friend Rob nor I 
> get a mention, alas and alack.....the bastards. I do
> so crave 
> immortality!)
> 
> Anyway, I practically spat up a lung from laughter
> -- and decidedly NOT 
> because I happen to know them. It's funny as hell,
> and you could 
> probably finish it in a weekend.
> 
> GO GET IT!
> 
> Alex in NYC
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Friday, February 4, 2005, at 06:52 AM, Peter
> Moltesen wrote:
> 
> >>> 5.Favorite Book: currently 'The Saga of
> Hawkwind' by Carol Clerk - 
> >>> >talk
> >> about demystifying the legend :o)>
> >> Oooh . . I must get that :o)
> >
> > Marc,
> > its a cracking read - I haven't chuckled so much
> whilst reading a book 
> > for
> > years !!
> > Highly recommended
> > regards
> > Peter
> >you could do worse than try 'fucked by rock';.thing
is i lent my copy to someone who typicaly has,nt
returned it,its publised by creation books and the
writer was in zodiac mindwarp[remember]cheers dave
vulture
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