local shit

Last night I went to the DanderCroft magazine benefit that was held at the Hurricane. Muthafucker’s might remember that DanderCroft is a local magazine featuring local music being put out by this local cat who himself plays in local bands. Seemed like a decent turnout, mostly local musicians who turned out for a good local cause and to hear three local bands. Whilst there I had a few people come up and say hi and to tell me that they were reader’s of the site, which was very nice.
I see that Fred Barry of What’s Happening fame has died at the age of fifty-two, which is too bad even though Fred suffered from the old fat rocker syndrome. He did his thing in the seventy’s and was somewhat successful at it, bit in later years he wouldn’t or couldn’t let the ReRun persona go. Whenever he appeared in public he had to sport his trademark red beret and suspender’s. Even into his forty’s and fifty’s he refused to let it go, and at the time of his death he was pimping himself out by lending himself to a cheesy call you up service. “Hi, this be ReRun from What’s Happening! I’m callin to wish you a happy birthday and whilst I sing you the birthday song I’ll be lock stepping and jumpin up and down and shit”! Sad sad shit. And in what must’a been an acid induced decision another seventy’s icon Jimmy JJ Walker is writing for the Jewish World Review? Well at least he’s not still running around wearing that stupid Kango hat and screamin dino-mite!