02-26-2021, 07:16 PM
One of my dear and departed RM friends was this dude nicknamed Noodles. He was a tough sort with a rugged face and a gravelly cigarette-scorched voice. He looked like he walked out of a 1950s detective film noir and acted like it too sometimes.
He was 'another picky Deadhead' as we often said. He rated each show on a scale of 1-10. After each show, we'd pass in the halls, I'd wait expectantly until he dropped his review number on me. Most came in around 3-4. I think the highest I ever heard him call was an 8. And that was very rare.
He wore this cool fedora with the Queen of Diamonds stuck in the brim. I asked him if it was 'because the way she shines' (Deadheads know why) and he said it was that and The Manchurian Candidate.
A few years before he died, he came out. He attended a party of friends from the 60s Haight era in full drag. It was so good that no one recognized him for a long time. They all wondered who this woman was.
I never met him in drag. We only crossed paths a few times after that. He passed away to cancer many years ago.
That being said, I no longer have patience for slow moving shows unless I get a bump of incredible ultravi or a colorful Bollywood dance number. The clock is ticking and there's so much to watch now.
He was 'another picky Deadhead' as we often said. He rated each show on a scale of 1-10. After each show, we'd pass in the halls, I'd wait expectantly until he dropped his review number on me. Most came in around 3-4. I think the highest I ever heard him call was an 8. And that was very rare.
He wore this cool fedora with the Queen of Diamonds stuck in the brim. I asked him if it was 'because the way she shines' (Deadheads know why) and he said it was that and The Manchurian Candidate.
A few years before he died, he came out. He attended a party of friends from the 60s Haight era in full drag. It was so good that no one recognized him for a long time. They all wondered who this woman was.
I never met him in drag. We only crossed paths a few times after that. He passed away to cancer many years ago.
That being said, I no longer have patience for slow moving shows unless I get a bump of incredible ultravi or a colorful Bollywood dance number. The clock is ticking and there's so much to watch now.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse