 |
|
May 1977 Newsletter
|
FOURTH ANNUAL SPRING FEAST!... Last year this critic almost had his pen revoked for giving directions to the Mad Fables home. Some readers felt that the violence and witchcraft references were out of place and didn't set a properly felicitious mood for the Spring Feast. Well, here we go again. Wholesome & simple. No fooling around. Knock off the attendant at your nearest gas station and steal the car at the pump. Quickly gather your passengers, along with a side of beef, a dozen or so watermelons, plenty of potato salad and dessert, all the beverages you can drink, and an extra quart of beer for Mario Mulligan. Schlitz will do. Follow any road to Route 80 and get on the highway moving in the direction of Blairstown. If you're east of Blairstown, drive went. If you're west of Blairstown, drive east. If you're Big Rick Hays, read those sentences over a few times. Take the HOPE-BLAIRSTOWN exit and turn toward Blairstown on Route 521. Continue on 521 until a fork appears in the road...Can't find it? Keep going. What, it's still not there? Hm. Someone probably picked it up to complete a dinner set. Well, just go on until 521 comes to a T for 'Thucydides'(*). Take a right on 94, go fourteen miles, then discover that you should have taken a left. ( This step is optional, and can be skipped simply by turning LEFT when you reach 94). You may not be aware of it, but the police have a few helicopters out looking for you--and they don't take kindly to yound car thieves with a load of booze and dead animal flesh. See what you get for taking the advice of deranged newsletter writers?...You'd better step on it. When you see a Dairy Queen on the left, slow down and take a left turn just past it. Now you're on 'the street where they live'. Ditch you car among allthe others gathered before the third house on the right, and join the party. ALAS... The gods work in strange ways. Last month Rich Rheiner's beloved Telecaster was stolen after some nice mellow music at a Pennsylvania club. Added to Spence's bike, Jeff's bass cabinet, and Dugan's jazz guitar, that leaves only Mike Radtke to have something valuable stolen. Might as well just throw your amp away now, Mike, and get it over with. BUT... The theft was quickly healed with Rich's acquisition of a 1965 ES-335 Gibson 6-string. This semi-hollow cherry red beauty is going to change the guitar duo's sound considerably. Telecasters have a very trebly, metallic sound, and a semi-hollow Gibson comes out much more creamy. Familiar listeners will be surprixsed to hear the difference. OF COURSE, since Rich got himself a new toy, Mike Dugan had to get one too, and now he'll be flshing a new Gretsch Country Gentleman in some of the more jazzy songs. Doog will use the Gretsch as a replacement for his Carlo Robelli guitar, stolen last summer in Memphis. He's ordered me to point out that this is a Chet Atkins model, and as everyone knows, Chet was 'The Best Guitarist Ever'. STUMPED about what to bring to the feast? Refer to this month's cousin magazine. There's a recipe included that's guaranteed to fill your belly and kill your appetite for weeks. THE GOOD WORK AWARD goes to Rich Figel for his two-part story related to Mad Fables in the Montclarion weekly paper. A nice bit of promotion from the Bob Woodward of Montclair State. Sorry, boss--No room for the Mad Fables I.Q. test. Next month for sure. (* THUCYDIDES (thoo-sid-i-dez). Ancient Greek historian, circa 200 B.C.) Mario Mulligan Charlatan-In-Residence |
|
|
Feedback? Comments? Flashbacks? Talk to me! Copyright © 2000-2008 Michael Radtke All rights reserved. |
||||||||||||||||
|
Home | + |
|
+ |
|
+ |
|
+ |
|
+ |
|
||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||