Have you visited wrecklesseric.com? He's been quick with the updates the last couple weeks, it's exciting. And he's playing a bunch of dates in a few weeks with the Rutles. The Rutles! Two of my idols on the same bill, Eric and Neil Innes, I think I would just fall apart and die of glee. Of course the shows are all overseas so I won't ever see them. I also thought the same thing about Colin Blunstone/Rod Argent shows, and then look what happened. But onward with that wishful thinking. To just imagine, then know the shows are actually happening, it's a gorgeous and thrilling thought.
Read Eric's site! Read it even if you've never heard him or heard of him. And then once you've heard of him, go out and hear him. He's a genius. His book was the one and only book I can think of in ... maybe years that didn't get affected by my (mostly imagined) adult ADD. I read it in a day and it's indescribably great. Maybe some other time I'll try to describe it, or at least describe my history relative to being a Wreckless Eric fan. It's a rather convoluted narrative with, for the foreseeable future, a very happy ending.
He signed my copy too, bless him.
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"Joe Meek" by Wreckless Eric
Posted by: Kim at February 25, 2004 11:50 PM