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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (eight 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 (eight years ago) link
Yow also did the artwork for Garfield The Movie.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Sunday, 17 July 2016 18:11 (eight 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 (eight 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
I remember reading that Face interview at the time. 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!
― calzino, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 08:10 (three years ago) link
I bet £500 could go a long way back in them days...I'm rich!
― calzino, Tuesday, 25 May 2021 08:24 (three years ago) link
he was a teenager and it probably sold mostly to teenagers
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 08:27 (three years ago) link
Johnny Cash entered the air force when he was 18, and was eventually shipped out to Landsberg, West Germany, where he worked as a Morse code operator intercepting Soviet Army transmissions. He was the first American to hear of the death of Joseph Stalin.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 9 March 2023 12:01 (one year ago) link
Justin Dupieux, the film maker who created Rubber (2010), Keep an Eye Out! (2018), Deerskin (2019), Mandibles (2020), and Smoking Causes Coughing (2022) is also Mr. Oizo, of Flat Beat fame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmsbP13xu6k
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 11:30 (ten months ago) link
Except he's actually Quentin Dupieux, no idea where I got 'Justin' from.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 11:42 (ten months 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 (ten months ago) link