Phase 2 of The Gas Station Stories: (see previous)
3 AM in yet another gas station. Story of my life ... (or at least until we invent electric cars, and the systems to support them!) I am a travelling Soul. Indeed. And here I met the mad-mad Gas Station Man.
For the love of Music! He is a self-professed music expert, and I believe him. We talk about all kinds of weird/abstract bands, and I'm suprised by how much he knows. He's from East Germany, a long-hair rocker like me, heavy duty. He tells me all about Fad Gadget - something I've never heard before. Apparently Mr. Gadget was the guy who helped Depeche Mode find their sound. The Mode was Fad's opening band (!) in the early early days, says the Gas Station Man. Now, this is really interesting. Ya learn something new every day! (Especially when it's night.)
Things I DIDN'T tell him:
- I've been in a taxi before with Martin Gore.
- I've sat at the bar with the entity known as Fletch for hours.
- I've called european promoters relentlessly, to convince them that Calico Soul is the perfect support band, not "funky" but "keyboard based." (hasn't worked yet)
- I've received emails from Martin and Co./talked on their cell phones and have NEVER heard of Fad Gadget.
- I used to have sex with a roller-skating girl from Venice Beach and her name was Fidget.
These are facts. Even so, I believe him. How could I not know? He's the bringer of New Truth, timeless. He's the Fad Gas Station bringer of the word. And now, a song:
The Fad Gas-Station Gadget Man
The Fad Gas-Station Gadget Man
(on a tangent ...)
The Fab Ask-And-Tell Knowing Man
The Flabby Tin-Can Man with a Fag
(in his mouth)
The Master, The Servant
The Spastik, The Serpent
The Gas-Stationed Man has a Plan ...
Thanks for the info, grand! I'm the man behind the wheel. We're meeting tonight at 5 AM, the mad Gas-Station Gadget Man and me. We're gonna drive together to Dresden. Talk about Gothic. A city fire-bombed to smithereens, with a Hygiene Museum. (?) I do so love the absurd. Should I tell him? Peace, -Todd
Posted by calico at December 07, 2007 01:27 PM