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  1. 10-27-2004, 08:56 #1
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    Question Claim to Fame

    I was going to post this in the John Peel RIP thread, but it seemed a bit crass....so new thread here we go...

    So what is ur claim to fame?

    Mine has to be the night I spent with Joe Strummer and the Clash (mainly Strummer) in the Liverpool Adelphi in 1977.

    My girlfriend at the time, had a sister at college in London who happened to be friends with Mick Siminons * sister (do try and keep up ) and we got some tickets to watch the band at Erics in Liverpool......

    After the gig (which was mega) we got invited backstage for a couple of beers and recreational drugs , then it was off to another club ...I think it was called the swinging apple for more beer and recreational drugs , a few hazy hours later Mick ( we were on 1st name terms by now ) says 'all back to ours' as is often the case when beers etc is swilling around the system....

    Well 'ours' happened to be the Adelphi and what a nite, think we got to bed as the sun was rising, and mick being the perfect gentleman offered Julie and I his (single) bed for the remains of the night...

    So thats my claim to fame, I got drunk and stoned with Joe Strummer and the Clash, and slept in Joe Strummers bed...

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    I had a small speaking role in Ferris Bueler's Day Off. I still can't believe how geeky and bad I looked at 17.

    I also interviewed a lot of rock musicians for Interview magazine and Spin, but I don't think that counts, since nobody gives a flying squirrel about who conducted the interview or wrote the article. (In fact, I'm convinced that the only people who read the bylines are fellow journalists and people who want your job.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lemurmania
    I had a small speaking role in Ferris Bueler's Day Off. I still can't believe how geeky and bad I looked at 17.

    I also interviewed a lot of rock musicians for Interview magazine and Spin, but I don't think that counts, since nobody gives a flying squirrel about who conducted the interview or wrote the article. (In fact, I'm convinced that the only people who read the bylines are fellow journalists and people who want your job.)

    man that movie is a classic!...you should be proud


    as for me...except for getting my name in a paper a couple of times i can´t claim to roll with the celebs or anything
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    got my picture in the paper when i was like 6 on my grandads shoulders at the swimming pool re-opening (was a local paper)
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    me and my stylish crew have seen it all, and photographed most of it.

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    I wrote in my local newspaper for a while, and even made the front page of an other. (long time ago in a small town but it's something)
    What role did you have in that movie, Lemurmania? That is awesome!
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