I've been meditating on fame. I'm going to see short plays tonight by a friend at work and then I got to thinking of all the people I know who have some kind of profile. (Not me as I don't have any of my song lyrics published - but if you want some then I'm the best, bub):
- Martin Moon: I've known for many moons. One of the old circle of friends from Perth. Started as a drummer playing round the traps in more bands than I can name and then migrated to the guitar and became a singer-songwriter with two albums under his belt. Not to be confused with Moon Martin or a character in a murder mystery.
- Juliet Marillier: old boss at AUSTUDY, became a fantasy novelist of some note.
- Graham Kershaw: another from our old gang. Wrote a novel, The Home Crowd, that received some coverage and was shortlisted for a WA literary award. Not to be confused with the English oil painter.
- Ross Byrne: used to live in a sharehouse in Glebe with this guy - ABC sound recordist. Don't know if this equates with fame but his work is seen - or heard, rather - by a lot of people.
- James Baker: used to go in and volunteer to listen to the kids read when our daughters were both littlies. Laura won an award and I was there to share in the glory. Parent nights were made interesting as I got James to regale me with stories about playing at CBGB's or meeting Wreckless Eric.
Oh sure, send people to Brett's page rather than mineOr is that some kind of metajoke on the nature of fame?
ReplyDeleteWell I never metajoke I didn't like but no that's not it: I figured it wasn't fame if you were promoting yourself - that's why I posted a fansite of Juliet's rather than her own homepage.
ReplyDeleteIf I can ever work out how to do it, I'll put links to sites along the sidebar like I have with Drink It Black and then you'll have all the linking you could desire