Re: Desperate Richard/RE: (TV) From Richard's Facebook wall tonight...

["Nancy E. Elgin" <neelgin@verizon.net>]

Sorry for the  confusion (but it sparked an interesting discussion on  
who's the better guitarist)! To clarify, the Tom I mentioned is indeed  
Tom Keifer from the '80s hair-metal band Cinderella. My boyfriend who  
was the better guitarist is a guy named Richard (Birch, massively  
talented but went the have-a-family route instead of the poorly-paid- 
musician route). The "(?!!)" was intended to express my surprise that  
in addition to the Richard and Tom of Lloyd and Verlaine fame, there  
was another rivalry between another Richard and Tom, namely Birch and  
Keifer. You are correct that Cinderella was not a punk band; back in  
1982, punks were pretty much the only ones who smashed guitars, and my  
boyfriend and I were very much punk rockers. Also, "wanking" to me is  
when a guitar player shows off, as one does in a guitar-playing  
contest. I definitely could have been clearer about all of this.

About !!!, Chik-chik-chik makes more sense than Chiks, so I bet that's  
right.

Also, good to see a post from Dennis D. I was starting to wonder if  
he'd stayed in Ireland.

> From: Jesse Hochstadt <jesseh58@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Desperate Richard / RE: (TV) From Richard's Facebook  
> wall   tonight...
>
> Actually I'm confused by this too. It's pretty clear from context  
> that the Tom
> is Tom Keifer from Cinderella (and Rex, according to Wikipedia -  
> sorry, Nancy -
> the band he belonged to was indeed the hair-metal group). But Nancy  
> said her
> boyfriend - no name provided - had a rivalry with Keifer. So one  
> would expect
> those two to be in the guitar contest mentioned - but then why put  
> "(?!!)" after
> Richard if he was her boyfriend? But if it is our Richard, would one  
> describe
> his playing as "wanking"? (And then there's the statement that "Punk  
> rock was so
> much fun..." - but Cinderella weren't punk rock.)
>
>
> So Nancy: "Au: Pls clarify."
>
> - - Jesse
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