a list of famous people i have met n brief description
billy thorpe (aust 70s rock muso)
i met thorpey backstage at canberra theatre..not a badde guy
greg macainsh from skyhooks
spent a night at his place discussing songwriting in early 80s
a measured intelligent dude
red symonds from skyhooks..a lovable smartarse
not for the easily offended
bongo from skyhooks….very ordinary
steve lukather from toto…met him in a recording studio
the prick couldnt believe i never heard of him…a total l.a. wanker
ian mc cullough from echo…thick n stupid n short sighted (sorry k t g)
julian cope…ah more my cuppa bhang tea
a totally stoned drugged looney with his heart on his sleeve
me n ploogy smoked joints n supplied mushrooms
the rest of his band hated ‘im..but this was 1982
peter murphy….effeminate english schoolboy turkey
oh how disappointing…
garth porter from sherbert…diamond geezer
jackson browne…youthful, cautiously friendly
linda rondstadt..didnt recognize her in 87..a bit podgy.
tom verlaine..sarcastic sardonic hyper jumpy funny
richard lloyd…boy what a burnt out wreck
j d daugherty..one of the nicest people i ever met
ivan kraal n lenny kaye…both as nice as youd imagine
sinead…paranoid n twitchy
steve gilpin( rip) from mi-sex…a gentleman
paul kelly…seen paul over the years since 1980
always the nicest calmest guy
sean kelly from the models..a bit like me
guarded paranoid cynical
james freud…changed a lot over the years
bit of a diamond geezer these days
ps read his fucking book!
jimmy iovine..famous producer..very new york, but he was ok
clive davis head of arista..didnt say much
very powerful..he bootpolished the bald spots in his head
and when he sweated the black stuff ran
the rain parade…all lovely guys
angus n julia stone…very friendly
rose tatoo…ruff but lovable
ian rilen (rip) another diamond in the ruff
robert forster..intelligent cool slightly stand offish
powderfinger….all the nicest sweetest guys
john butler…ditto (but cant understand why hes so popular)
shayne carter from straitjackets..moody n intense..very n.z. n indy
jeffery cain…a darling man
grant mc ..ditto
mark knopfler …cockney geeza
duran duran….they tried to be friendly but i was rude
n they ended up being turkeys…but what did you expect
jj burnell from stranglers…a real live wire
gersey…all very nice
australian crawl…tossers
nick seymour…one of the funniest most charismatic guys ever
neil finn…quiet n intense
tim finn…kinda boring
kev carmody…complex sad lovely talented man
kev i hope this new record sells by the bucketload!!
real life( scraping the barrel here) …new romantic tossers
bert newton …professional but friendly
donny sutherland….easily frustrated interviewing pricks like me
anton from bjm…intense nutty bigmouth weirdo
rikki…aw..hes a fuckin sweetie
delta goodram n the oirish git…forgettable
danny minogue….superficial little nobody
but what didja expect
iggy pop…iggy was one of the most humble softly spoken guys
i ever ever met…
reg mombassa n pete odoherty….both champion blokes
andrew eldritch…tiny coked up twitchy little geeza…but good fun
lindy morrison….she used ta hate me…now she doesnt so much, very funny
amanda brown ….lovely lady
mark mcentee…weird
ploogy chased him round countdown studio
threatening to biff him it was hilarious
molly meldrum…an intelligent guy actually
i like him
craig mclachlan….nice aussie bloke
jules shear…a good friend for a while
sweet n lovely
swannee…a bit of an olde scottish wanker
bobby flynn…good guy
the pretenders… lovely people
chrissie herself…..cool but a bit lost…maybe
the bangles…uh…underwhelming…
peter koppes mwp n tim powles…ok dudes
holger czukay…fascinating chat in cologne cafe
warren ellis….friendly n nice
glen bennie…lovely man
evil graham lee…another lovely manne
blixa bargeld…whatta goose
mick harvey ..he was ok
tex perkins…dont like ‘im
the cruel sea…but i like all of them
nk met pete murray n chatted for a while
outside a porta-loo
she says soft spoken npolite…quite shy
tim butler from psychedelic furs
gave me a line of coke in 1984 in ny..a nice fella

god
thatll do!
but i know i forget some real bigshots somewhere