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“Bobby O is the Phil Spector of the 80s” -- My friend and DJ colleague Scott Duncan aka Il Discotto
Robert Phillip Orlando is an American Hi-NRG record producer, and to me he is a musical genius. During a period of extreme productivity between 1982 and 1987 he made hundreds of records that, in my opinion, represent some the greatest dance music of all time. His influence is huge, and this is his story.
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Bobby Orlando is a highly prolific music producer, songwriter, musician and record label impresario. During the 1980s he produced, composed and played on hundreds of music productions that he released under a myriad of record labels, including: "O" Records, Bobcat Records, Memo Records, Telefon Records, MenoVision Records, Beach Records, Plastic Records, Eurobeat Records, Obscure Records, Beat Box Records, Riovista Records, Intelligent Records, Basic Records, Knowledge Records and others. In the late '80s, at the peak of his success, the one-man-band suddenly and inexplicably halted his extensive production output. Orlando is credited as one of the founding fathers of Hi-NRG pop-dance music. His productions are easily identifiable by their dense synthesizers, rolling bass lines, and resounding percussion. Orlando tracks showcase him playing multiple instruments including keyboards, guitars, drums, percussion and saxophone. The ringing cowbell percussion lines and robotic sequencers heard in "She Has A Way", "The Best Part Of Breakin' Up," "Desire," and "Native Love (Step By Step)" define the electrifying sound he pioneered. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_orlando
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Whether you've heard of him or not, you've definitely heard his influence — he basically invented a lot of the dance music clichés of the 1980s and '90s, and while you may not be as fond of said clichés as I am, you still gotta give dude credit for being so dang influential. That having been said, Bobby O is an incredibly strange dude — a complete contradiction on a lot of levels. He's a hyper-macho, incredibly cocky, rampantly homophobic ex-boxer who made gay disco. He once backed out of a lease because he found out the previous tenant was gay, yet he produced legendary drag queen Divine, and discovered the Pet Shop Boys. Most of his songs are brazen odes to sex and partying, and yet he's a fundamentalist Christian who penned a (still unpublished) book on creationism called Darwin Destroyed. He created some of the most original dance music of the 1980s, but he seemingly was just as happy to shamelessly plagiarize current dance hits, releasing a slew of blatant soundalikes and proudly referring to himself as "the McDonald's of the dance record industry". He was incredibly prolific, releasing dozens of records each month on the numerous labels he ran, and citing the Bible as his reason: "I'm being fruitful, I'm multiplying," he told The Face in 1987. "I put out more records than anybody in the world; there's nobody that puts out more records than me. If a producer has the ability to put out that many records and he doesn't then he is disobeying God's command." DUDE WAS WEIRD. http://yearofmixtapes.blogspot.com/2009/07/week-8-bobby-orlando.html
An early Bobby O effort from 1980:
Producer Bobby Orlando became a legend in the '80s through a multitude of disco and Hi-NRG records released on his independent label, O Records. The son of a Westchester, NY, school teacher, Orlando boxed straight out of high school and listened to Alice Cooper and T. Rex. He turned down a classical music scholarship, instead playing Johnny Thunders-style guitar in teenage glitter bands. Swept up by disco, Orlando engineered "Dancin'" by Todd Forester in 1977. The song featured the galloping bass line developed by synth-phenom Giorgio Moroder, who Orlando strove to emulate throughout his career. Orlando also developed a life-long fascination with the studio perfection of ABBA. In 1980, Orlando masterminded the excellent Lyn Todd album, before setting up O Records. The first releases, "Just a Gigolo" by Barbie & the Kens and "Change of Life" by I Spy, made Billboard's dance chart. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bobby-orlando-p111405/biography
For Vanguard Records he produced Lyn Todd, he also wrote and produced Free Expression's "Chill-Out!" and he brought in Roni Griffith to the label. Roni was a young girl he had met in a restaurant and who he signed a 50/50 contract which was written on a napkin. The young two even became a couple for a while and in 1980 "Mondo Man" is released, but the year after the big break comes for both of them when Bobby writes and produces the song "Desire" which became a huge hit, specially in Europe but also in the US club land. http://www.disco-disco.com/artists/bobby-o.shtml
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Well on his way as a recognized producer, (Bobby O) had had a lot of disco type hits which had done well in the American music industry magazine Billboard, and sold well through Europe; he had received three gold records by the time the female impersonator Divine was to use his expertise in 1980. Divine was already an accomplished artist and had been in numerous cult movies. Running a small but successful record company, Bobby saw the opportunity of working with Divine as yet another opportunity to boost his growing reputation. Viewing a partnership with Divine as a cute little gimmick, he agreed to take on the artist, at the time thinking it was going to be like a disco Amanda Lear, who was huge in Europe. The reaction from the public was immediate and tremendous, with big hits following. Despite this new found success, Bobby’s relationship with Divine was not as it might have been, with little warmth emanating between the two, although it was to prove a useful working relationship. Divine’s manager, Bernard Jay, was different again and he and Bobby got on far better together. According to Bobby, the success of Divine’s whole musical career can be attributed to Jay, being Divine’s right hand man, best friend and manager. Says Bobby, “My own relationship with Bernard had its stormy moments, but it was also very good, so because of that relationship the Divine thing worked out well.” www.italo-disco.net/programs/eBooks/Bobby%20O%20&%20PSB.pdf
This owes a big debt to Blue Monday by New Order:
"I failed as a hippy because I was too much of a capitalist." Says Bobby O, swivelling in his chair to view the mirrored building that is now partly his. "I mean I had a chequebook, no hippy ever had a chequebook, so I was a total failure. But glitter rock, oh I was a real glitter boy. I had very long hair - you just wouldn’t believe. I was very pretty, exceedingly like real very pretty. And with glitter rock you didn’t have to take drugs and it was OK to be a capitalist. I mean platform shoes are expensive, right?" He didn’t have the balls to wear make-up but the romance with the high camp has yet to end. New York Dolls, Divine, same difference. The fast talking, intensively macho exhibitionist is also a voyeur. A homophobe who once pulled out of buying an apartment after discovering that the previous owner was gay, he has built a career on making music for a predominantly gay audience.
Bobby O’s history of working relationships reads like a Bel Air alimony lawyers’s casebook. One of his most successful associations ended understandably abruptly when he claimed he could "cure" the artist of his homosexuality, but men continue to be mesmerized by the electric vitality of this irresistible, impossible character. Women, too, are oddly tantalized by a man fixes his dark eyes to theirs over dinner, tells them just how he likes to make love, and what a great lover he is, and then kisses them goodnight on the cheek only to call at midnight to ask if they are naked. The technical skill involved in such heavyweight flirting requires not only a core of pure narcissism but an ability to use the power of sexuality without feeling the surge of any real lust. http://www.globaldarkness.com/articles/bobby_orlando_bio.htm
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Bobby Orlando produced Pet Shop Boys earlier in their career. They had admired his work for quite some time, and when they began writing songs, had patterned their sound after songs he had recorded with Divine and others. While working at Smash Hits Magazine, Neil was sent to New York to interview Sting, and decided to seek out Bobby Orlando and play him some of the demos he had done with Chris. Bobby decided to take them on and they began recording songs together. The contract was signed at the Apple Jack restaurant on August 19, 1984. .. They did release two singles under Bobby O's direction; West End Girls and One More Chance'. They did fairly well on the charts, and satisfied the duo's initial fantasy, which was to have a hit single in the trendy London record shops. http://petshopboys.wikia.com/wiki/Bobby_Orlando
I said, “This whole pretty boy glamour thing is nice; it works, but in your case I think, instead of trying to buck it, I think you should look like guilty Catholics. That would be the perfect look. Look intellectual, and look guilty. The world would relate, because the world is guilty. Leave your glasses on. The cuteness will come through if it is packaged right. The last thing it should look like is an attempt to look like pretty boys.” It just wasn’t going to happen. It was better for it to look like what it was so that they would almost be respected as higher thinkers… I never looked at them in the sense other than that I felt that they had a particular look that would benefit them if they adhered to that look. I advised them continually to always be as radical as they could be in whatever they say publicly, always put the big boys down. www.italo-disco.net/programs/eBooks/Bobby%20O%20&%20PSB.pdf
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The Flirts were a female trio from New York City who had several dance hits and music videos on MTV in the early eighties when the channel was still in its infancy. The group was created and masterminded by American producer, Bobby Orlando aka 'Bobby O', an artist in his own right… The Flirts also went through numerous lineup changes; with almost every album release, some girls left the group while others stayed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flirts
The Flirts were a Menudo-like creation devised by Hi-NRG mogul Bobby Orlando. This bubbly female trio sang his songs while he performed most of the instrumentation and kept the girls on the album sleeves looking young. The ambitious New York producer released several Flirts records on his independent O Records label, which shot out a ridiculous amount of wax in the early '80s. http://www.answers.com/topic/the-flirts
Italo Disco Interviews with Linda Jo Rizzo from The Flirts:
When and how did you meet Bobby Orlando? What was Bobby O like?
I met Bobby at a dinner in NY together with some old music producers that I had worked with in Milan while I was modeling. They told me I had nice a nice voice and that he should try me out in the studio. We started working together right away. He was a fast and energetic worker. He did not waste time.
One of the interesting things with Bobby Orlando was that after he had success with some artists, he had problems with them, and those problems were taken to court. The exact situation was with Divine and the Pet Shop Boys. Can you tell us your thoughts about this please?
I loved working with Bobby but as it often happened in the earlier days of one’s career, our contracts were not very generous for the artists. After all costs of production, management, choreographers and studios were taken, there was very little left for us. http://www.italo-interviews.com/LindaJoRizzo.html
Orlando produced and penned numerous hits that span multiple genres in mostly self-created groups and aliases, often just consisting of Orlando himself. His productions were released as: Ian Darby, The Beat Box Boys, Spooge Boy, Something/Anything, New Breed, Jonny Bankcheck, Hotline, Banana Republic, Oh Romeo, Teenrock, The New York Models, Hippies With Haircuts, Girly, Barbie & the Kens, Wow, 1 plus 1, The He Man Band, The Boyd Brothers, Nancy Dean, Ian Darby with Ya Ya, Cha Cha featuring Don Diego, Yukihoro Takanawa, This is House, Joy Toy, Dressed To Kill, Band Of South, Dynasty featuring Dexter D, Darlene Down, The Fem-Spies, Gangsters of House, Girls Have Fun, Zwei Maenner, Gomez Presley, Gringo Lopez, Patty Phillipe, Malibu, Lilly & the Pink, Miss Tammi Dee, Mc Fritz and the P-Rockers, Charlene Davis, Claus V, Ronnie Goes to Liverpool, The Bang Gang, Bubba and The Jack Attack, Fascination, Free Enterprise, Sandra Ford, Future Generation, Citrus, The College Boys, Condo, The Bigalows, Free Expression, Lola, Lifestyle, I Spies, Latin 1, Kinski Music, Gina Desire, Beachfront, Vision 1 and others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Orlando
Orlando's songs frequently deal with philosophical themes such as "Try It (I'm in love with a married man)," which was given a contemporary twist when it was re-recorded by Pet Shop Boys in 2003. Many of Orlando's lyrics describe unrequited love, private despair, personal angst and a truth-seeking perspective. Orlando frequently etched philosophical maxims into vinyl records featuring his songs; these adages being literally cut into the grooves near the "lead out" and "lock grooves" of the vinyl. Many of these are rare and are now collector items often selling for hundreds of dollars. Orlando's musical influence on many present day artists is vast and the sound he created routinely surfaces on Euro, Techno, Italo-disco, Electro and Hi-NRG releases throughout the world. He has a large international following and is often cited by music historians for his immeasurable contribution to dance music. http://www.ask.com/wiki/Bobby_Orlando
‘You have to focus on whatever you want to do in your life. From 1980 to 1987 I had one goal and one goal only - to be the McDonalds of the record business. I wanted to release more records, like they release hamburgers, than anybody could have. I didn't care if they sold or if they didn't sell. I wanted to be a part of the Bobby O story and when 1987 came and I had finally reached that goal and my company released over one thousand records I said, "That's it. No more".' By then Bobby had sold off a good part of his company. He wrote a book that he had been working on for three years called Darwin Destroyed, which refutes the theory of evolution. The book was a key turning point in what Bobby wanted to do with his own life. He sent the [Pet Shop] Boys a copy of the book. They never responded. 'At that time the book was my tunnel vision, and then I was going to decide what I wanted to do for the Nineties. Now [1990] I am really one year away from making the final thrust into what I am going to do with my life,' he says. Prior to entering the music industry, Bobby had attended pre-Iaw school. Now back with his studies, he plans on taking the Bar exam in summer 1991.He is also a registered lobbyist.” http://rainy-80smusic.blogspot.com/2007/05/bobby-o-story-of-o-part-v.html
Bobby Orlando discography at Discogs
Bobby Orlando discography at Passagen
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p.s. Hey. _Black_Acrylic has the post's floor this weekend, and it holds an instructive and entertaining doozy, as you'll see or have seen, so enjoy yourselves and please talk to and bounce stuff off your guest host between now and Monday, thank you! And, of course, I hereby cede the main stage to you, _B_A, with much gratitude. ** Killer Luka, Twisted, me? ** Bernard Welt, I've found your Achilles Heel then? Me and Melanie Klein, that is interesting, hm, and, yes, a new one, as far as I know. Gosh, I hope somebody takes up your challenge, or I guess it was more of a suggestion. Thanks for that, B-ster. ** Wolf, You as a rhino is a pretty intense image. I like it. I'll gladly eat from your crevices. Well, your back's crevices, at least. You're writing? You gonna blog it? Would be nice. Yeah, 'The Marbled Swarm' is the official title now. The labyrinth thing is developing quite well. We're meeting with the architect this evening to see his latest design, and then, if the stars align, we'll start building and fucking with it in a huge studio at Centquatre in a couple of months. I'll go read that Pullman speech when I'm through. Cool. Everyone, Wolf recommends that you read this speech 'about the bit in the current and upcoming UK cuts that will affect libraries' by the writer Philip Pullman, and Wolf knows her stuff, so take the opportunity, yeah? Here's a quote to whet your appetite: 'Like all fundamentalists who get their clammy hands on the levers of political power, the market fanatics are going to kill off every humane, life-enhancing, generous, imaginative and decent corner of our public life. I think that little by little we’re waking up to the truth about the market fanatics and their creed. We’re coming to see that old Karl Marx had his finger on the heart of the matter when he pointed out that the market in the end will destroy everything we know, everything we thought was safe and solid. It is the most powerful solvent known to history. “Everything solid melts into air,” he said. “All that is holy is profaned.”' ** David Ehrenstein, Hey. I think that's so cool and fascinating that your dad was a toy salesman. What a perfect profession for a father to have. Wow, that's beautiful. ** Dandysweets, Hey, pal. Oh, first, while I have you, the first of your absolutely wonderful posts -- the SS one -- will go up here on the blog next Saturday, with the second one to follow a couple of weeks or so later. Thank you so much! They're really just splendid! No, I don't think I've been to Homeboy Industries. Hunh. I will next visit. My favorites? Mm, Mexico City and El Chavo in Los Feliz, the Poquito Mas on the Sunset Strip, El Coyote, and Barragan's in Echo Park, off the top of my head. Condolences on the deaths of Danes. I'll go use that link and investigate them both a little later. ** Alexp336, A couple of people I know are doing exercise by Kinect, and they say it works like a charm, so maybe that's the trick. The architect I'm meeting is designing the labyrinth for the new theater piece I'm collaborating on. Young guy, designs both buildings and video games. I love impractical, utopian architects. I wish I was actually one instead of being just a writer who thinks like one sometimes. Oh, I don't think you being almost thirty and wanting that TL doll is weird at all. But I get overly excited when I eat cakes shaped like cars, so who am I to say. Good, then, I hope you get some writing in this weekend. May the next two days be joyful for you, however you spend them. ** MANCY, Thanks a lot, man. Have a great weekend if at all possible. ** Allesfliesst, Hey. If you by chance have my book 'Ugly Man', the original fiction piece version of 'Jerk' is in it, and it's pretty close to the text of the theater piece with just a handful of adds and shifts. Apparently, 'TMS' is the official title. As I figured, once you actually read the novel, you realize that kind of has to be the title. Oh, I'd have to dwell within my imagination for a while to suggest a title for you. I'm slow with those kinds of things. But I will, if you want. ** Sypha, Yeah, you're more extreme. I do love reading theory and philosophy and especially about so-called 'low' culture stuff like pop music or theme parks or whatever. Complex thinking/ writing is like replacement drug now that I don't do substances basically. For some reason, I find it really exhilarating. Oops, about your vacation's end. Best laid plans and all that. Anyway, as usual, you got a lot more done than most mortals would or could have. ** Mark Gluth, Hey. That sucks. Yeah, I chatted with LC briefly last night. That's a shame. And wtf on the store not having your books in stock?! That's disgusting. What kind of bookstore would do something like that? Anyway, water under bridge, but, yeah, that's really too bad. By my standards, having 20,000 words pretty much nailed is very good. Your progress is really inspiring and exciting, man. ** Patrick deWitt, Sad about the ant farm guy. I had a few of those. I didn't even know that were set periods when one was supposed to apply. That might be new. Actually, I'm not sure if I know who Emannuel is, which is strange. Anyway, I'm on it, now and when the time becomes perfectly ripe. ** Empty Frame, You were in a fine mood yesterday, weren't you? Nice, kind of electric. Thanks about my answer and the kind words. Yeah, I agree, although, for me, seeing as how I have this inescapable and gnawing subject matter roiling inside me, I really like reading fiction that's 80% or 90% formal play because, like I said, I'm always looking for new ways to write about what I need to write about, so, in that way, the less content, the less my study gets interfered with or something. But that's a very particular kind of interest. In general, yeah, totally, I'm with you. Of course I love that incident with the old lady. That's crazy great. And, well, yes, you are very correct on my usage of the tonally highfalutin puzzle voice in 'TMS'. There's a ton of things hiding in the voice, layer upon layer, but at its core, you got it. Thanks! Repetition can also magnify feeling and make it unbearable too. Repetition can do a lot. I think every word we say is a disguise and gross simplification. It's just matter of how consciously the word is designed. A one-way ticket can always lead to another, right? ** Daveyhoule, Hey, Davey! Thanks, bud. Oh, so, seeing as how I am terrible with email, I'll tell you here and now that your 'H&W' post, which is just awesome, btw, will appear on this blog on Saturday, February 12th, so mark your calendar or whatever. Thanks a whole for it, man. Really nice. And, strangely, it will be the first ever blog post about WA, believe it or not. I hardly can. Great weekend! ** The Man Who Couldn't Blog, Hi, Matthew! In all my rather relentless searching, I never came across that toy, and it should have been in there, absolutely. Everyone, courtesy of The Man Who Couldn't Blog aka the absolutely splendid writer Matthew Simmons, here's one more highly deserving toy to be placed retroactively in the totem pole yesterday. Oh, is that mini-collection 'The Moon Tonight Feels My Revenge'? I was just reading Blake's interview with you about it over at HTMLG and craving it, so, gosh, if it's really no problem, I would love a copy, yes, please and thank you so much! Do you know my address? It's c/o Centre International des Recollets, 150 rue du Faubourg St. Martin, 75010 Paris, France. Yeah, thank you a ton for the offer, man! All respect and the very best to you! ** Zack Ravas, Hi, Zack! Welcome, and it's awesome that you're here. Believe it or not, I'm really shy too. For some reason, I can do the blog and write this p.s., etc, but the idea of leaving a comment on another is always nerve wracking. Strange. Anyway, this place is pretty comfy, and you're already bringing a lot to it, and I've already crowned you a d.l., so do hang out and join the gang. That is a weird video. Let me share it. Everyone, our newest d.l. Zack Ravas contributes this awesome, funny video re: the 1970 'Alien' action figure to the toy stack yesterday. You want to check it out, trust me. I'm pretty sure I'll do some kind of tour for the new book, yeah. I don't know how far and wide it'll get, but I'm sure I'll be in NYC if you want to get away. You talked about writing. Can you say more about yours? Is it possible to see some anywhere? In any case, welcome! ** Paul Curran, Surely you'll be finished by my release date. If it can be a motivating deadline for you, then the book has earned its keep already. Yay for me! ** Jax, Yeah, crazy and amazing about what's going on in Egypt. Evolving fascinatingly by the hour. Hard to call what the end result will be. Riveting. ** Misanthrope, From what you've said, it sure wouldn't shock me if you made so little last year that you won't have to pay a red cent. Sure hope so. Nasty sounding headache. It even made you quote fucking Jim Morrison to me, of all people! Sounds dangerous. Yeah, the Egypt stuff is amazing. I don't know exactly what's going on, and I guess none of us outside the country do or can, but it sure is fucking interesting. Man, I hope your head feels a lot better. ** Shannon, Hi, Shannon! Good to see you! The reading got cancelled, so you only missed a unnecessary trip to a bookstore, not that such a trip is ever a bad thing. I'm glad you pointed out the 'shave the baby' toy. That one totally gave me the creeps too. I mean, what were they -- whoever they who made that toy were -- thinking? You good? What's going on? Wonderful weekend to you too, my friend. ** Chris Cochrane, Hi, big C. Oh, I think I might have owned that Frith album at some point. I think I remember it being wow. LC is reading in NYC in February. Check the news column on the blog's right side for the date and location. Yeah, you guys should meet. He's great. I'm willing to retry 'W&B'. It has been ages since I heard it. I never got the critical poz stuff on 'Band on the Run'. I mean, relative to McCartney's other records, yeah, maybe. I prefer that kind of overproduced, arty one ... can't remember its title. It has that 'Admiral Halsey' song on it. Yeah, more snow, I heard. It's laying possible waste to my poor LHotB West Coast tour. Good weekend, Cochster. ** Creative Massacre, Gosh, I hope it's not wrong to want toys from that post. I sure do. A dozen of them maybe. I love watching the X Games, and I hate that it's not on TV over here and that my internet connection is too slow to stream it even if I could find it streaming on the internet. So, lucky you. I'm envious. I've never snowboarded, but my friends who do swear by it. ** Steevee, Glad the FC edit was easy-ish. Wednesday, okay, that's not too, too far ahead. Try to have a fine weekend if you can. ** Alan, Hey, man. Oh, word to the wise: your post, which is exquisite of course and as always, thank you (!), will be popping up on the blog on Tuesday, February 8th. Yeah, thanks so much, A. Good weekend to you. ** Andrew, Toys are good. Yeah, the Qewpee doll was from Japan. About a third of the toys were Japanese, no surprise. That quilted cape sounds like something I want to see. Promise me you'll snap a pic and put it somewhere. Here would do, if you like. ** Inthemostpeculiarway, Hey. Next time I'm in the States and near a store that has tons of used books, I'll flip through those Andrews books. I doubt I could find them here. The tax-added thing is like France. Everything you buy here has the tax included. It's so much easier. Yeah, the star is a boy mannequin/ robot wearing a robotic hand puppet on one hand. The boy blinks and breathes and maybe more than that. The puppet moves around. In the big maze piece, there'll be 13 robotic girls and boys who will do various things: talk, cry, writhe around in pain, and so on. Should be cool. I don't design my book covers. The publishers have design departments that do that. Once in a while, I get to suggest images for the covers. On rare occasions, my ideas are accepted. The only books of mine so far where the cover images were chosen by me are 'Guide', 'Period', 'God Jr.', and the hardback edition of 'My Loose Thread'. That 'I Spit ...' movie sounds kind of disappointing. Oh, well. That photo shoot thing you happened on sounds curious. Vampiric? I liked your day. My day: Well, I got good and bad news within the space of an hour. The good news was that 'The Marbled Swarm' will be released on November 1. So, that means it'll be in stores in October sometime, I think. That's cool, 'cos I was hoping it would come out this year. The bad news was that the British publisher -- who I think I mentioned here was acting all kind of hot and bothered for a while to put out 'Smothered in Hugs' and my new novel in the UK -- read 'TMS', didn't like it at all, and cancelled the proposed two book deal. That sucked. So, I remain without a UK publisher at this point, which makes me sad. The publisher was Beautiful Books, for the record. Otherwise, I borrowed a crappy old TV for a week and half from the Recollets, but it's better than nothing. I was supposed to have dinner with my agent, but he got sick, so that got cancelled. I thought about going to get a burrito at the new Mexican place, but it was really cold, and I chickened out on the twenty minute walk to get there and just ate the usual. I realized I need a haircut, so maybe I'll coerce Yury into giving me one on his day off tomorrow. I finished writing a blurb for someone's book and sent it off. I finally ran out of the duty free cigarettes I'd bought in the airport coming back from NYC, and I had start buying packs at the local Tabac again, but they seemed happy to see me, and I guess that was nice. I chatted with Lonely Christopher about him being stuck in NYC and missing the Seattle reading last night and about how everything is going with his book -- great, btw! Uh, not much else really. I did bathe and smoke and all that usual things, though. Now it's Saturday, and I'll do my best. How was your weekend? ** Postitbreakup, Thanks, J. I'm glad you liked the airport scanner toy. I was happy when I found that one. And thanks about my juxtaposition. I actually spend ridiculous amounts of time organizing those stacks of images so they flow and juxtapose interestingly and stuff, and it's nice of you to notice. Zack wrote something to you yesterday near the bottom of the comments, if you missed it. Good weekend! ** The Dreadful Flying Glove, Bowie's package, yes. I thought maybe it was just me or my eyes. No, I couldn't figure out what my dream version meant. Yeah, I was probably just talking about 'fucking' in the abstract. That sounds like me. Well, re: Mr, Duvall, we're talking mind meld, man. And I used to know him in the real world even. I don't know who Blu Thompson is. Hold on. I'll find out. Oh, the Citiboyz guy, gotcha. I think my all-time favorite Citiboyz buy might be, hm, Zeke Turner? From way back in CB's dark ages at this point. ** Bollo, Hey, J. Maybe Vascellari's static stuff is better. His performance just seemed like Einsturzende Neubauten redux for retards and easily impressed art world know-nothings. Oh, new Dollar Bills! They're really nice! Kudos. Everyone, d.l. Bollo aka the super good artist Jonathan Mayhew has made a couple more of his noted dollar bills. Have a look. ** Math, Whoo hoo, SF! You'll be there by the time I see you next. 'See' you next. Oh, wow, that 'Friends for Life' post was disturbing, ha ha. Was it on my dead blog? If so, and if I can find the images on whatever disc I burned them onto, I will do that, yes. Thanks! Safe and happy trip, pal! ** Okay, into the weekend you go, and me too. Seriously, _Black_Acrylic has got a post among posts for you today and tomorrow, so dig in and roll around please. See you on Monday, guaranteed.
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