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    Default A kitty and a repoman turn Djoser onto a badass song

    And get this, the name of the song is "I'm a Doggie". It's hot, if you like the blues.

    No lie. Right down the street from my gym is a used bookstore, with an adorable kitty. I always walk down there about halfway through the workout to say hi to Pepper.

    So I'm in there the other day and I see an Elmore Leonard novel, an old one. Set in Detroit, my hometown, and also the hometown of my stepdad who used to repo cars downtown in the middle of the night when it was still murder city. The novel is about a guy who serves legal papers in downtown Detroit.

    Go figure, my real dad looked like the gigantic badass mafia hitman, but hates fights and will back down from a much smaller man. My stepdad, a smallish guy, has had one arm paralyzed since he was a kid, and he's going in alone where cops are scared to drive, beating on people's doors in the middle of the night and demanding money, taking their cars, etc. I had to have this book.

    Anyway--getting to the fucking point before bunnies start hopping all over the place--I went again to see Pepper, and got another Elmore Leonard novel, the one set in downtown Detroit got me hooked and I wanted more. This one gets into the blues, and describes an iconoclastic blues man who inspired Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Jackson Pollock, and other artistic giants, called Marvin Pontiac.

    The guy has been dead for years, but there is some serious harmonica playing and he has a badass voice. The lyrics are funny, too.

    The best part of the story--he refused to record for anyone unless the owner of the label came to his home in Slidell, La and mowed his fucking lawn. A guy actually did it, thankfully for the music world.

    Here's link to his website, it's pretty wild.

    http://www.strangeandbeautiful.com/marvin/

    PS: Paige, feel free to move this to MM, but I thought the story transcended musical matters, in that it illustrates how strange and marvelous life can be.
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    Default Re: A kitty and a repoman turn Djoser onto a badass song

    Quote Originally Posted by Djoser View Post
    And get this, the name of the song is "I'm a Doggie". It's hot, if you like the blues.

    No lie. Right down the street from my gym is a used bookstore, with an adorable kitty. I always walk down there about halfway through the workout to say hi to Pepper.

    So I'm in there the other day and I see an Elmore Leonard novel, an old one. Set in Detroit, my hometown, and also the hometown of my stepdad who used to repo cars downtown in the middle of the night when it was still murder city. The novel is about a guy who serves legal papers in downtown Detroit.

    Go figure, my real dad looked like the gigantic badass mafia hitman, but hates fights and will back down from a much smaller man. My stepdad, a smallish guy, has had one arm paralyzed since he was a kid, and he's going in alone where cops are scared to drive, beating on people's doors in the middle of the night and demanding money, taking their cars, etc. I had to have this book.

    Anyway--getting to the fucking point before bunnies start hopping all over the place--I went again to see Pepper, and got another Elmore Leonard novel, the one set in downtown Detroit got me hooked and I wanted more. This one gets into the blues, and describes an iconoclastic blues man who inspired Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Jackson Pollock, and other artistic giants, called Marvin Pontiac.

    The guy has been dead for years, but there is some serious harmonica playing and he has a badass voice. The lyrics are funny, too.

    The best part of the story--he refused to record for anyone unless the owner of the label came to his home in Slidell, La and mowed his fucking lawn. A guy actually did it, thankfully for the music world.

    Here's link to his website, it's pretty wild.



    PS: Paige, feel free to move this to MM, but I thought the story transcended musical matters, in that it illustrates how strange and marvelous life can be.
    Ok, the bunny comment made me snort. The descriptions of your dad and stepdad, along with kitty cats make it totally read worthy.

    *Takes her bunny to find a post that deserves it*

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    <3 Elmore Leonard. I re-read Pagan Babies not too long ago.
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    I ave never read the Elmore Leonard book, but I do know that there is an album by "The Legendary Marvin Pontiac", which contains the song "I'm A Doggy". Marvin Pontiac is, in fact, a fictional character. The actual artist is named John Lurie. He has been in several bands, did a TV show called "Fishing With John", is friends with Tom Waits, etc. I have the whole album if you're interested. Here, if you scroll down to the reviews someone mentions the book.
    http://www.amazon.com/Legendary-Marv.../dp/B00004SBO1
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    Sorry, I just checked out the link you posted, Djoser. This quote is hilarious:
    "This record has changed my life." -John Lurie
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaigeDWinter View Post
    <3 Elmore Leonard. I re-read Pagan Babies not too long ago.
    Now I'm going to have to re-read that!

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    The book is called Tishomingo Blues, it's not as good as Get Shorty or Be Cool, but a good read nonetheless. The character is describing Marvin Pontiac as a real live musician. The character is a bit of a conman, albeit a likable one.

    I am a blues fan but not really up on the genre other than knowing about the big names, Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore Leonard, Muddy Waters, etc.. I saw John Lee Hooker in a funky little bar in Chicago, great show.

    But there are 2-3 dancers in my club now who like this stuff a lot, so I got all excited and did a google search while still reading the book--and came up with that link above--downloaded all the tracks from the CD when I searched for "Marvin Pontiac" on Soulseek, but only listened to "I'm a Doggie", which kicks ass. Didn't look at the other stuff in the link, or really read it thoroughly so I could find out...

    The whole thing is a big fucking joke!

    LOL! I should change the title of the thread to "Djoser Gets Conned", or maybe "Djoser Cons His OWN Ass", since that's what happened.

    Well the cat helped.

    I'm going to use I'm a Doggie, though--'Roxy Superstar' will love it. And what a great story, real or not. It's also a great story that I got taken in in this way. I wanted to believe so badly that a record producer mowed the guys lawn--that's the only letdown in all this. Fuck.

    I'm listening to the other tracks now to see if there's more I can use. The guy's got a great voice, but he sounds nothing like he looks.
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    OK threadjacking a 6 year old thread is theoretically against the rules, but I just saw a very interesting movie with John Lurie (creator of Marvin Pontiac) and Tom Waits, called Down by Law. There's a lot more to this guy--he was also in the series Oz and other films.

    I thought I had never heard of the director, Jim Jarmusch--but he is the same guy who directed one of the best films of all time IMO, Dead Man with Johnny Depp. If you like Johnny Depp or good films at all, go see Dead Man!

    Pepper and my stepfather are both gone now.

    Roxy Superstar loved the song BTW.

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