Speaking of throwing, I also threw some memorable holiday or birthday parties, and I'll cover those another day.
In 1989 I returned to LA for a six-month visit after three years in exile in Leeds, and threw a big party at the beginning of summer. I wanted to invite Rob "Graves" Ritter, but no one could locate him. Later in the summer when I saw Thelonius Monster, he climbed the chain link fence surrounding the Palace (stupid security wouldn't let me go backstage!) and begged me to have another pool party. I did, and Rob didn't show, and in fact I never saw him again, as he died before I next returned to LA.
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| End of summer, 1989. I saved this scan as "Rob's Party". |
Sorry, didn't mean to get so morbid on you, but so many guests at various parties are no longer with us! The last pool party I threw was in the summer of 1994. My invitations had become more and more elaborate and this one took the most effort:
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| 1994, at the end of my long post drama school visit |
I wish I had saved one of the above that I had photocopied onto pink paper!
I have a lot of pool party photos, but at the moment can only locate these ones. (I must organise my scans better!) I also need to find my early 80s invitations...
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| The much missed David Wiley and much adored Michael Uhlenkott, 1982 |
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| The back of Mike Livingston and yours truly, in 1984. It wasn't too warm, so I was wearing trousers. |
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| Bill Raden and Ed Horneij, summer of 84 |
I was back here in the summer of 1997, housesitting for the Housden's parents, but my own parents were away so I decided to throw a party. No big invitation, but I invited everyone from the old days. I had three guests: Dez Cadena, Al Hansford, and his future wife, Jessie. I never tried again. But who knows, summer is coming - is it time for one last bash?
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