[kj] oliver u sound pissed ;-/

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Actually, I'm not mad; I just think I was mis-read.

Believe it or not, I can claim to have met John Lydon personally. I AM 
FAMOUS. It was when he wrote that autobiography in the early 90s. _No 
Blacks, No Irish_ etc whatever.  He went on a book-signing tour in the 
US. He appeared at a bookstore in Dallas, TX, wearing a Dallas Stars 
hockey jersey. If you wanted him to sign your book you had to buy one, 
which in hardback was like US $25. I didn't have the $$ for that, and 
besides, the line was so long it curled around the back of the very 
large store he was at, and I was so punk at the time I thought 
autographs were for morons.

A lot of punks were hanging around outside, not buying his book of 
course, too, but nonetheless sitting around on the benches as if it were 
a punk gig. I'm sure the book store managers loved that. They were used 
to book signings by people like Dean Koontz and Joan Collins -- not THIS 
crowd.

I went inside and even though I didn't have a copy of his bio me and a 
friend got close to to the table he was at, which was very awkward. He 
sort of looked up at us. I said, "Hi," and he said, "Hi." That was it. 
MAGICAL, isn't it!?!?

In any event I know more about Lydon than I do 98% of US presidents. 
Even so, I still hold the apparently damnable and atrocious opinion I 
do, which is actually very mld and quite innocuous, about that Kimmel 
interview. Quentin Tarantino did an interview on Leno where he was blind 
drunk and came off a lot worse than Lydon ever has, if that means 
anything. Then again, I can't stand Tarantino. He annoys the fuck out of me.

-Oliver


melinda grant wrote:

> oliver-- thats why i bothered to exsplain to you--you were having a go 

> at johns bahaviour,because you thought he ment somethings,by acting 

> akward and wierd as you said it,towards the actor black 

> guy.......................

>

> i filed in the gaps for you--which if you had known in first place,you 

> would not of drawn that conclusion on johns approach towards the actor 

> guy----id say i did you a favour,now you want to carry it on ;-/  you 

> were wrong about john ok,its not a compeition ;-)

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