(LOL HUEG, oops)
― the geographibebebe (unregistered), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 14:16 (nine years ago) link
This isn't exactly in the 'have known for decades' spirit of the thread, but I did flip my wig a little on learning that Shepard Fairey is responsible for the 'Andre the Giant has a posse' / 'OBEY' tags and for the Obama HOPE icon.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 14:53 (nine years ago) link
OP has the wrong books for Fred Gwynne. The book is A Chocolate Moose for Dinner.
― how's life, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 14:59 (nine years ago) link
xpost - did you just realize that recently? I first made the Fairey connection during the whole plagiarism controversy surrounding the HOPE poster. it was pretty well publicized at the time.
― the geographibebebe (unregistered), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 15:00 (nine years ago) link
AW SHIT I got my facts wrong. well Herman Munster wrote A Chocolate Moose for Dinner and that's indisputable (I think).
― Lamp (unregistered), Thursday, August 18, 2011 6:59 AM (3 years ago)
oh wait, that's noted upthread. xp damn. sorry unreg.
― how's life, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 15:01 (nine years ago) link
s'alright
― the geographibebebe (unregistered), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 15:02 (nine years ago) link
Van Dyke Parks arranged "Bear Necessities" from the original Jungle Book cartoon, then went on to play keys in the Byrds and the Mothers of Invention.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 15:45 (nine years ago) link
HOPE spread a lot further than the controversy (which I'd never heard of) though.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 15:54 (nine years ago) link
finding out that Billy West did the voices for Doug Funnie, Ren and Stimpy, Bugs Bunny in Space Jam, half the voices in Futurama, the Honey Nut Cheerios Bee, and the red M&M was kinda mindblowing for me
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 15:57 (nine years ago) link
I was going to say something about finding out that Jackie magazine was named after children's author Jacqueline Wilson, who was working as a junior employee at DC Thomson when it launched, but wikipedia says this is actually an urban legend :(
― soref, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 16:02 (nine years ago) link
remember being surprised to find out that Ian Levine the Northern Soul/Hi-NRG DJ and producer was the same person as Ian Levine the infamous Dr Who superfan and official 'continuity advisor' to the show in the 80s
― soref, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 16:11 (nine years ago) link
The director of the new BBC adaptation of Poldark, Ed Bazalgette, used to be the guitarist in The Vapors.
― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 19:55 (nine years ago) link
I'm sure I've seen Wilson herself claim this on a documentary
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 7 May 2015 07:29 (nine years ago) link
The Wombles Christmas Party and Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds were two of the first albums I ever owned as a kid, and I only recently found out that Chris Spedding played guitar on both.
― JimD, Thursday, 7 May 2015 08:17 (nine years ago) link
find it cool that Steve Miller Band did both 'The Joker' and 'Abracadabra', which sound nothing like each other.
― p:s nerds know (dog latin), Thursday, 7 May 2015 09:53 (nine years ago) link
i mean, their career arc is probably a lot better known to Americans, but for me those are their only two songs.
― p:s nerds know (dog latin), Thursday, 7 May 2015 09:55 (nine years ago) link
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I always wanted to play "Concierto de Aranjuez" and "Rated X" for someone who'd never heard either just to see how long it would take to convince them they're both by Miles Davis.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 7 May 2015 13:38 (nine years ago) link
Miles was the first person I thought of when I saw this thread. You could leapfrog all through his catalog making connections like that. Ditto Dylan, from the likes of "Desolation Row" and recent bad-boy songs like "Wasted Years" and "Early Roman Kings" to his Sinatra album and Self-Portrait(not to equate those two, or the ones in the first group). Also, smooth-jazz master Bob James made a good avant album, Explosions, on ESP-DISK, even.
― dow, Thursday, 7 May 2015 14:10 (nine years ago) link
Also Neil Young, from his buckskin granola folkie ballads to whole albums of feedback.
― dow, Thursday, 7 May 2015 14:14 (nine years ago) link
I was a huge of Takako Minekawa's music (particularly "Roomic Cube" and "Cloudy Cloud Calculator") for a few years before realizing she was the voice behind the title tag in the original "Playstation" commercials.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 7 May 2015 14:14 (nine years ago) link
Tony Burrows is my perpetual go-to for this topic. Lead singer on "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse and "My Baby Loves Lovin'" by White Plains and "Gimme Dat Ding" by the Pipkins and "Beach Baby" by the First Class and "United We Stand" by Brotherhood of Man.
― Doggy McBaby (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 May 2015 14:38 (nine years ago) link
A lesser example along the same lines was when I realized that John Waite of "Missing You" fame was also the lead singer for the Babys ("Every Time I Think Of You") and Bad English ("When I See You Smile").
― Doggy McBaby (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 May 2015 14:39 (nine years ago) link
Stretching the definition of person, but discovering that the Nyan Cat song was the voice of Hatsune Miku
― Iain Mew (if), Thursday, 7 May 2015 15:02 (nine years ago) link
I discovered Thomas M. Disch's poetry and his sci-fi writing years apart and just amused there were two different writers with similar names (I believe the poetry books had "Tom Disch" on the covers)
― Is It Any Wonder I'm Not the (President Keyes), Thursday, 7 May 2015 15:15 (nine years ago) link
always wanted to play "Concierto de Aranjuez" and "Rated X" for someone who'd never heard either just to see how long it would take to convince them they're both by Miles Davis.
try being a fan of Ween, they're really far out in that category
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 May 2015 15:23 (nine years ago) link
Still hoping to hear that someone's separately an enormous fan of Iain Banks and Iain M Banks.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 7 May 2015 16:32 (nine years ago) link
was initially shocked to learn that the author of Riddley Walker and Bread and Jam For Francis were the same guy
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 7 May 2015 16:33 (nine years ago) link
lol of course already mentioned by James Morrison my bad
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 7 May 2015 16:35 (nine years ago) link
Richard Donner's career always trips me up. Just realized the other day that he directed The Omen. Alongside Superman, Scrooged, the Lethal Weapon franchise, and The Toy.
― Doggy McBaby (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 May 2015 16:43 (nine years ago) link
Had a slight "!" at discovering that the slobby Onslow of Keeping Up Appearanceshttp://aboutknowsley.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/onslow_keeping_up_appearances.jpgwas the voice of Paul McCartney in Yellow Submarine
Also that playwright Steven Berkoff has played Bond villains and the like.
Both of these are probably well known to Brits especially?
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 7 May 2015 17:30 (nine years ago) link
Stephen Berkoff = "Foley's on the grounds!"
― italosVEVO (wins), Thursday, 7 May 2015 17:38 (nine years ago) link
Also brass eye, his finest role
I stilll forget that occult writer Gary Lachman is Blondie bassist Gary Valentine.http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/14/us/gary-lachman-from-blondie-to-swedenborg.html
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 7 May 2015 20:04 (nine years ago) link
Miguel Ferrer from Twin Peaks and Robocop played drums on Keith Moon's solo album.
David Duchovny being in Twin Peaks AND X-Files is kind of amazing even though it makes sense.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 7 May 2015 21:55 (nine years ago) link
John Foxx designs book covers, like this one for example:
http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1310497457l/937204.jpg
― anthony braxton diamond geezer (anagram), Friday, 8 May 2015 08:33 (nine years ago) link
this is probably common knowledge, but Gene Wolfe (the sf writer) designed the machine that cooks Pringles.
― the geographibebebe (unregistered), Friday, 8 May 2015 22:17 (nine years ago) link
http://nicefucking.graphics/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dWJMmqm.jpg
just learned that Paul Kirchner, who I knew for his comic strip, The Bus and for being an assistant to Wally Wood, was the co-creator of the Zest ad campaign featuring Craig "Ironhead" Heyward
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQm1_ff5Pb0
― pop addicts should "do their thing", whatever that may be (soref), Saturday, 1 August 2015 15:44 (eight years ago) link
also, was reminded the other day that 'Anouchka' from Terry, Blair & Anouchka was Anouchka Grose, the Lacanian psychoanalyst and author of articles for the Guardian, Daily Mail, Evening Standard etc
― pop addicts should "do their thing", whatever that may be (soref), Saturday, 1 August 2015 16:02 (eight years ago) link
Terry, Blair & Anouchka was a musical outfit, active in the early 1990s. The group was formed by Coventry born singer Terry Hall, American actress Blair Booth and jeweller Anouchka Grose. Anouchka was formerly the lead singer and guitarist of Urmin Spindle, an acid folk group who played songs about the dark heart of the rural dream and their chemical estrangement from nature.[clarification needed]
and jeweller as well according to wikipedia? I'm intrigued by Urmin Spindle, but google is not providing much
― pop addicts should "do their thing", whatever that may be (soref), Saturday, 1 August 2015 16:03 (eight years ago) link
http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsL/10756-8898.jpg
I never realised until today that 1. the guy above, who I recognised as an actor from The Liver Birds, Bar Mitzvah Boy + The Knowledge, is Jonathan Lynn, the co-writer of Yes Minister and 2. that Jonathan Lynn had also directed Nuns on the Run, the Steve Martin Sgt. Bilko film and The Whole Nine Yards
― soref, Saturday, 26 December 2015 04:10 (eight years ago) link
Wow, I can't believe your mom was the same person who did me!
― COOMBES (mattresslessness), Saturday, 26 December 2015 04:25 (eight years ago) link
Wow
― coombes des gazcons (sarahell), Saturday, 26 December 2015 06:07 (eight years ago) link
this is pretty niche but i was tickled to learn that Marlon James was the graphic designer for a bunch of Sean Paul albums: http://www.thefader.com/2016/07/12/sean-paul-album-covers-marlon-james
― rob, Sunday, 17 July 2016 16:05 (seven years ago) link
I remember reading that David Yow had helped on some character design on The Incredibles, it was Frozone's surfboard iirc
― MaresNest, Sunday, 17 July 2016 18:05 (seven years ago) link
Yow also did the artwork for Garfield The Movie.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Sunday, 17 July 2016 18:11 (seven years ago) link
Watched What Lies Beneath last night and was boggled to see that it was written by Clark Gregg, aka Marvel's Agent Coulson.
― Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Sunday, 17 July 2016 19:17 (seven years ago) link
Albert Lamorisse, director of The Red Balloon and White Mane, also created the board game Risk
― dip to dup (rob), Friday, 1 May 2020 19:02 (four years ago) link
This is well-known now, but back in the '90s I remember being surprised to find out that Conan O'Brien, the talk show host on the telly, also wrote that Simpsons episode with Leonard Nimoy in it.
― Tuomas, Friday, 1 May 2020 21:49 (four years ago) link
A poster for Lord of the Rings, one of the best-selling for UK retailer Athena, was drawn by Jimmy Cauty of the KLF / The Orb
http://klf.de/home/jimmy-cauty-solo-projects/athena-posters/
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 07:46 (three years ago) link
It's such a ghastly drawing in the tradition of horribly lifeless and overworked A level art projects with no colour sense or flair - god knows who'd want that on their wall!
oh wow I recognise that poster, it was in the front room of a local dealer in our area about 30 years ago.
― Ste, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 12:54 (six months ago) link