Tall, Thin, & Tortured

[ksmith]

Many thanks to kalibex for this link.

TTTs do not fit the conventional image of what turns women on. While much has been made of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Bavarian beefcake, Dennis Quaid's washboard abs and Kevin Costner's cornfed carnality, members of the TTT fan club prefer haggard over husky, gaunt before brawn. We want guys with hipbones like cheese graters and cheeks as hollow as a morning-after promise.


The only name missing in the singers section was Peter Murphy.

Comments

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

That sounds...rather grand.

One of my regrets is that I didn't misspend more of my youth.

[windrose.livejournal.com]

It was both a grand time, and a horrible time. My mother was dying of cancer, and Tony (the promoter) used to take me with him to shows because he knew how grim things were at home. Sometimes I'd do odd jobs, like sell tickets at the door, but mostly I was there as eye candy. The bands certainly never minded, and with the notable exception of Perry Ferrell (who tried to punch me in the face when I told him to take his hand off my ass) they all behaved like perfect gentlemen.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I know it's been some time, but I'm sorry about your Mom. I know more about that path than I want to.

So Perry's a jerk. Never was a fan of his. But good to hear that everyone else behaved...likely including a few who would deny to the grave that they were well-behaved.

[windrose.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry as well, and thank you for the sympathy.

Perry was just plain nasty. Smelled as bad as he looked and had the manners of a troll. Stiv Bators, OTOH, was an absolute sweetheart. Tesco Vee from the Meatmen was the silliest (Me: Do the skinheads realize you're making fun of them? Tesco: Nah, they have the collective IQ of a grapefruit.), and the most intelligent was ... one of the guys from New Model Army whose name escapes me at the moment. He had a beautiful Celtic-style Tree of Life tattoo on his arm, and seemed very surprised that a 19 year old girl from rural Florida would know as much Celtic mythology as I did.