Kipsydaisy
Kipsydaisy t1_j7kycjn wrote
Reply to TIL about Rob McKuen, the bestselling poet in American history who sold 60 million books and 100 million records but is all but forgotten today by SAT0725
Knew a woman in college who gave me a Rod McKuen poem as a sort of courtship gesture. This was late 90's in a college full of mostly English majors. I knew who he was, but barely, and associated him with (figurative) cheese. Think only time he came up after that was when Gene Ween did a whole album of McKuen poems as songs [someone else mentioned].
Kipsydaisy t1_j6otqg6 wrote
Reply to comment by chris_buck in Hello, I am Chris Buck, a New York-based portrait photographer. Ask me anything about the photo world, art careers, and working with the famous. I have photographed four Presidents, Jay-Z, and Grumpy Cat. by chris_buck
>It's weird that you should ask, as I was just listening to Elliott Smith.
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>Elliott was living in Brooklyn at the time and known to be camera-shy the record company recommended that we do the shoot low-key and keep it local for him. But having an editorial background I thought of the images first and my sitter’s comfort second. I had a couple of friends who had just moved to rural New Jersey and together they provided perfect backdrops – one had an old unrenovated farm house and the other an empty in-ground swimming pool. If our subject wasn’t going to give much it wouldn’t matter – the locations were interesting looking.Elliott was pleasant and cooperative but seemed eager to move on and get home (and he made early dinner plans – perhaps revenge for being made to travel to a location) so things were cut short.
Thank you for your answer. image searching, you did more of him than I remember, including photos from a couple of 45's I have. All great photographs. His aura comes through. Thanks again.
Kipsydaisy t1_j6ojesl wrote
Reply to Hello, I am Chris Buck, a New York-based portrait photographer. Ask me anything about the photo world, art careers, and working with the famous. I have photographed four Presidents, Jay-Z, and Grumpy Cat. by chris_buck
I remember your byline from an Elliott smith photo (somehow nautical, and a low slung roof). Might you have any memories of that shoot?
Kipsydaisy t1_ix6icv7 wrote
Reply to TIL that Lorenzo Music, the famous voice of Garfield, was a frequent volunteer for a suicide hotline, and was occasionally recognized by callers as sounding "just like that cat from TV". by A_Real_Standup_Guy
Co-creator of Bob Newhart show (guess the other)
Kipsydaisy t1_j7m1lrh wrote
Reply to comment by askmeaboutmysciatica in TIL about Rob McKuen, the bestselling poet in American history who sold 60 million books and 100 million records but is all but forgotten today by SAT0725
No. But the poetry wasn't the dealbreaker. I don't think the poem was good, though.