Look how happy Mickey looks to meet me! He said, “You’re TotD, whom the New Yorker called a genius,” and I said “Guilty as charged,” and Mickey said,” What?” because he’s deaf, and I said, “GUILTY–
Stop this immediately.
–AS CHARGED!” Dude, could you not interrupt in the middle of a quotation? I get all confused about how to punctuate the line breaks.
Your failure to pay attention in school is not my problem. That is not us.
No. It’s Mickey.
The other guy.
Oh. Yes, it is.
It’s totally not. We are not that ethnicity. And we’re six inches taller than that gentleman. And he’s wearing white jeans.
…
…
…
It me.
Shut the fuck up. Tell the nice people what happened.
I got there 45 minutes late.
Because you were busy?
I was napping.
Tell the nice people how long you napped for.
Solid 2.5 hours. The nap was so long that there was a bathroom break.
You’re a winner. You’re a driver.
Sure. So, like I said, I got there 45 minutes late. Y’know what’s lovely about Dead-related events? There’s always a guy outside having a smoke who’s delighted to play Help Desk. You see the guy, he’s wearing the shirt, you give him the nod, he nods back, and then he’ll tell you what’s going down. Just lovely.
Are you getting to a point?
Well, the guy told me it was crowded. And then I went in, and he was not lying.
So I bought a pair of Sperrys and went home.
You’re joking.
Of course. I’d rather chop off my feet than wear those preppy shoes.
You just went home?
I took several pictures first. I circumambulated–
Not a word.
–the line a few times. I tried to find a bench to stand on and get a good shot, but there were none with the right line of sight.
And then you went home?
I’m not waiting in line to meet Mickey.
…
I can’t find a hole in that argument.
Right? I mean, I’m not waiting in line to meet anyone, but certainly not Mickey.
Again: no counter. Queuing up to pay obeisance to another human is a ritual only performed out of necessity.
There you go.
Anything interesting happen?
Axl and Slash were there.
Slash has put on weight in a rather gendered fashion.
Time hates the beautiful most of all.
The whole night was a bust, huh?
Big time.
who are these “nice people?”
how much is mickey’s art?
that axl/slash cracked me up
I tried to see Jerry at a gallery in DC but they kept him hidden from everyone except purchasers, and I was not one of them. So I decided not to go Friday even though I was in the neighborhood.
I almost got to see/hear a talk from Mickey at the Banff centre for an ehnomusicology conference in 92 or 93. Had tickets for the free event but alas he wasn’t able to make it, the lady who phoned me to tell about the cancellation was very understanding said ‘you know he’s Mickey hart’
I come for the laughs, I stay for prose like this:
“Slash has put on weight in a rather gendered fashion.
Time hates the beautiful most of all.”
Kudos, sir.
i knew you’d do your Minkman Dom DeLuise for this gig, TotD
Mickey is giggling because you are a good tickler!