small-time name-dropping

My friend was smoked up by Silverchair in some motel in Ohio. Yay for him.

My ex went bowling with Ed Harcourt and band. Yay for her.

A former housemate claimed one of his aunts is married to Bob Dylan.

I have waited 20 years to mention that.

In the eighties I worked as a waiter in an Italian restaurant on the King's Road. Bob Geldof, Paula and kids used to come in all the time. Bob was an incredibly obnoxious arsehole, the very epitome of "don't you know who I am" bad behaviour, shouting at waiters because the cappuccino wasn't hot enough, insisting on a plate of pasta for their pet poodle, despite the fact that it's against the law, etc. etc. What a prick, I will never buy any album of his on principle (and on good taste grounds).

In another London restaurant I served cabbage soup to John Huston, who was lunching with Anjelica. I served coffee to Wim Wenders... there are probably more but that's all I can think of for the moment... oh and I also visited Edmund White in his Paris flat (we have a mutual friend) - he was very chatty and friendly.

today i met a builder whose daughter goes out with krs-one’s son.

great revive

I was strolling through an art fair on Boston's north shore some years back and chatted with one of the vendors who turned out to be JOEY SANTIAGO!!!('s brother.)

He looked a lot like him.

My former co-worker’s brother has been Lenny Kravitz’s guitarist since 1991

Notable musicians whose musical offspring I have met:

Michael Schenker
Don Airey
Ted Milton of Blurt
John Bradley of The Specials

I did a moving job for Billy Corgan's wrestling company

I used to work with the wife of one of the fellas from Racey

I helped Laurence Fishburne find the tomatoes in a Whole Foods

I once saw an ophthalmologist who is the husband of former US commerce secretary Penny Pritzker

I used to see Trent Reznor at the dogpark when he was living in New Orleans. He had a Weimaraner. Also, he told my ex she "looked great" when she was about 8 months pregnant.

My mother drew John Wayne's blood when he had open heart surgery.

She said he was a dick and only wanted a man to draw his blood but none of the guys who tried to could get anything, so she ended up doing it and succeeded. He said something like "Ya did good".

She still thought he was a dick.

I helped Laurence Fishburne find the tomatoes in a Whole Foods

― pj, Monday, March 4, 2024 8:42 PM (thirty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i once was at a party in college also attended by laurence fishburne's son

I once watched two episodes of Perry Mason with Richard Wilbur.

when i was applying to universities in 1988-1989 i was also searching for a way to pay for them. so in the spring of april 1989 i drove from pittsburgh to the carlisle (pennsylvania) barracks to undergo a physical examination toward a us army rotc scholarship

(i don't know what i was thinking either)

the male nurse who performed the various tests looked and spoke exactly like deadpan comedian steven wright. and his nametag said WRIGHT. so at the end of it, 17yo me couldn't help but ask him if he were related to the comedian

he paused for a moment, then said 'never heard of him'

Matthew Barney’s production designer was my landlord and occasional housemate

housesat for the guy who styled Dame Edna’s wigs.

Think I’ve mentioned this before at one point, but as a toddler I was babysat by David Hasselhoff’s sister.

As a young teen, I was gonna be alone with my sister for the night, and my mom asked her son's college-age friend to hang with us / "babysit." I resented it, and was kind of nasty to him (like, "Why don't you just leave, we don't need you here!"). Anyway, he later became a Detroit-area rock guy of minor renown and a fairly robust discography – both solo and in a group with more famous guys. (won't drop his name, even here, lol)

today i met a builder whose daughter goes out with krs-one’s son.

krs-two?!

xp *her FRIEND's college-age SON (lol, mangled that)

duglas and chloe from bmx bandits came to look at our house when it was on the market a few years ago

A woman I work with is the daughter of Boney M's guitarist (Boney M in their pomp btw).

Steve Diggle out of the Buzzcocks once tried to chat up my wife in a bar.

I once shared a table at a pub quiz with Gaye Advert and TV Smith. They were in a different team though.