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Famous People from your area?
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Oh you!...Thanks my dear, that means alot
moodster80
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and I forgot about a few others torvill and dean the skaters and jake bugg the singer!!
jambandphan03
in flavor country
I guess I can put 2 entries here, because I now live in Eugene, OR main hub of the Merry Pranksters, the Further bus and (Ken) and Zane Kesey, and early hippy trippy scene.
Nunavut Tripper
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I went to High School with Dave Thomas the comedian.
His mom was the school secretary.
His mom was the school secretary.
arf777
No longer dogless
Somehow forgot the famous chefs and academics I've known and worked with. Known Duff aka Ace of Cakes for eons- knew him before he was a chef. Then I trained and worked with some famous ones- Ben Barker [prick], Jim Perolli [nice dude], Sean Macduff [raging NY-Paris queen], Nik Kosmokos [fucking scary].
And from my academic days, famous social scientists/thinkers/philosophers/historians - Fred Jameson, Slavoj Zizek, Roger Corless, Tomoko Masuzawa, Bill Hart, Ed Tiryakian, Kalman Bland, Ken Surin, Carol and Eric Meyers (Indiana Jones based in part on them - her whip and his hat, they found the oldest Judaic ark, a 2nd Century replica). Confused the shit out of Jacques Derrida once - he may have been a genius but he was easily confused by my staring at him for a good 10 minutes without blinking. Made him mess up a lecture
I puked all over Hunter Thompson, I think a couple of times (the memory of that night is, um, vague - fungus in large quantities were involved). Also made Jerry Garcia stop playing in the middle of a song the 1st time I was in the 1st row at a Dead show. I looked so much like he did on the back cover of 'Garcia' that he stopped playing and asked Bob Weir if he was hallucinating, or was he, Jerry, ca. 1973, sitting in the audience. Though I wouldn't ask Bob Weir to verify if what I was seeing was real - his response was 'I see you sitting there'.
And then there's my grandpa. Didn't grow up with him, obviously, and he is more infamous than famous. I'll just say he was, um, "in business with" Louis Lepke, Abe Reles, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, Lucky Luciano, and the Genoveses. Mario Puzo interviewed him extensively before he wrote The Godfather. There is a character in the book and film whose name is the Sicilian mispronunciation of my grandpa's Yiddish name. I didn't know any of this til long after he was dead. Explained a lot though.
And from my academic days, famous social scientists/thinkers/philosophers/historians - Fred Jameson, Slavoj Zizek, Roger Corless, Tomoko Masuzawa, Bill Hart, Ed Tiryakian, Kalman Bland, Ken Surin, Carol and Eric Meyers (Indiana Jones based in part on them - her whip and his hat, they found the oldest Judaic ark, a 2nd Century replica). Confused the shit out of Jacques Derrida once - he may have been a genius but he was easily confused by my staring at him for a good 10 minutes without blinking. Made him mess up a lecture
I puked all over Hunter Thompson, I think a couple of times (the memory of that night is, um, vague - fungus in large quantities were involved). Also made Jerry Garcia stop playing in the middle of a song the 1st time I was in the 1st row at a Dead show. I looked so much like he did on the back cover of 'Garcia' that he stopped playing and asked Bob Weir if he was hallucinating, or was he, Jerry, ca. 1973, sitting in the audience. Though I wouldn't ask Bob Weir to verify if what I was seeing was real - his response was 'I see you sitting there'.
And then there's my grandpa. Didn't grow up with him, obviously, and he is more infamous than famous. I'll just say he was, um, "in business with" Louis Lepke, Abe Reles, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, Lucky Luciano, and the Genoveses. Mario Puzo interviewed him extensively before he wrote The Godfather. There is a character in the book and film whose name is the Sicilian mispronunciation of my grandpa's Yiddish name. I didn't know any of this til long after he was dead. Explained a lot though.
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I went to Homestead high school with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in Cupertino, CA. Steve Wozniak graduated the year before me, and Steve Jobs, the year after. I never knew them. They did not hang out with the stoners, and we did not hang out with the geeks. It was a large school, too. Although the school did not have a computer, kids went to DeAnza Jr College to learn programing like Fortran and Colbal. You'd see them walking around campus with huge decks of Hollerith cards in trays.
As far as I know, no one played "5,467 Card Pick-up" with them. Its fun to look at the ol' yearbook!
As far as I know, no one played "5,467 Card Pick-up" with them. Its fun to look at the ol' yearbook!
Campers Crumpet
What has been seen can not be unseen :|
Russell Crow and Jack Thompson are in my area.
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie Oi Oi Oi ...
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie Oi Oi Oi ...
lwien
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momofthegoons
vapor accessory addict
Coming from the Detroit area, there were tons of "famous" people in the surrounding areas. The most obvious would be the Motown talent. But if we are talking who do we know or have been in contact with personally? I'd say Bob Seger, Iggy Pop and Ronny Ashton, George Clinton (athough he wasn't from the area.. just hung here for a while), Robin Williams, all of the MC5, John and David Sinclair. Hung out with Vondie Curtis Hall in my 8 Mile days. But one of the most fun people would be Harry Perry. He's a street artist in Venice Beach now that goes around playing Zakk Wylde's old guitar and rollerblading.
lwien
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Seems that every time I have ever gone down to Venice, he was there............every time:
momofthegoons
vapor accessory addict
Seems that every time I have ever gone down to Venice, he was there............every time:
Funny story; my brother was in Venice Beach on a business trip several years back. Harry had moved quite a while before and we had sort of lost contact with him, even though he was a "fixture" at our family home for our high school years. Well, my brother was driving down the street and he sees this guy in his rear view mirror, wearing purple tights and roller blading down the street.... It was Harry.
arf777
No longer dogless
Oi Oi Oi............Vey Vey Vey.
I've always wanted to ask an Aussie- WTF do you folks mean when you say 'Oi'? To some of us (MOTs especially) it does just brings to mind an incomplete 'Oi vey'. Can't be helped if you speak Yinglish.
Unfortunately in the DC area, the generic Aussie-esque 'Oi' has been used by Nazi skinheads for decades, I think in part because of the resemblance to Yiddish. I and other local black skins (including some of Bad Brains, Fugazi and Carpe Diem) used to pound on them while singing Yiddish labor songs
Clarification - among folks my age in this area, 'black skin' is any punker or thrasher who is anti-Nazi and not straight-edge. Though Bad Brains are actually black dudes.
Campers Crumpet
What has been seen can not be unseen :|
@mum of the goons: I think your a legend because your eyes have seen Janice Joplin. Wow !! "Never wash those eyes".
I will look for your friend Harry on YouTube, he sounds interesting.
@arf777: I do agree that we Aussies have a funny old lingo. I watched a documentary recently about four people from India coming here to see our culture. It was hilarious to me !! The documentary is called 'dumb drunk and racist', worth a look if it's on youtube.
It might be a new thread, our own and local words and terminology ! When my brain is feeling more smartness I will do it. Let's just say my wonderful 19yo son kept me up all night, you see he decided to drink with his mates and write then perform rap tunes. #eyes like sandpaper now- it's currently 9.50am.
But back to your question ...
"Oi" is used to get some ones attention, as in "Oi, hey there", if someone walked past without seeing me and I needed their attention, the perfect attention getter word would be "Oi". Or if you catch someone, for example: using your coffee mug at work, the correct way to address the issue would be "Oi, that's my mug"
So in the term of "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie Oi Oi Oi" it's like saying we are Aussies look here.
I will look for your friend Harry on YouTube, he sounds interesting.
@arf777: I do agree that we Aussies have a funny old lingo. I watched a documentary recently about four people from India coming here to see our culture. It was hilarious to me !! The documentary is called 'dumb drunk and racist', worth a look if it's on youtube.
It might be a new thread, our own and local words and terminology ! When my brain is feeling more smartness I will do it. Let's just say my wonderful 19yo son kept me up all night, you see he decided to drink with his mates and write then perform rap tunes. #eyes like sandpaper now- it's currently 9.50am.
But back to your question ...
"Oi" is used to get some ones attention, as in "Oi, hey there", if someone walked past without seeing me and I needed their attention, the perfect attention getter word would be "Oi". Or if you catch someone, for example: using your coffee mug at work, the correct way to address the issue would be "Oi, that's my mug"
So in the term of "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie Oi Oi Oi" it's like saying we are Aussies look here.
WakeAndMedicate
New Member
Madison scott the porn star is from my home town . She was going to the same college as me after she retired (was in the paper lol) and i saw her 1 time. Didn't have the nerve to go up and say hi haha...
. She was going to the same college as me after she retired (was in the paper lol) and i saw her 1 time. Didn't have the nerve to go up and say hi haha...