Subj : Trans Awareness
To   : Mike Miller
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Wed Apr 10 2024 21:46:14

Hello Mike,

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 MM> I've hung out with lots of "rock stars". (not the hands that sell out
 MM> stadiums, but the ones that earn their living from touring and putting out
 MM> albums)

Professional musicians include a whole lot of people, not just
those who are performing artists and/or recording specialists.
For example, Barry Manilow wrote and recorded jingles that were
used for television commercials. Session musicians worked with
him to produce those commercials ...

 MM> Most are pretty chill people.  Some are neurotic, paranoid messes that see
 MM> conspiracies and think everyone and everything is out to get them.

Barry Manilow is gay. When his drummer found out, he started his
own band rather than continue touring with Barry. Can't say I blame
him. Regardless of the pay. I also met Steve Miller, who also had
a band. Had I signed up with him I could have flown like an eagle.
And become the most famous person in fidonet.

 MM> Their lives are sad, they trust no one, assume the worst of everyone, even
 MM> their band mates, and burn out in under a decade.

Peter Frampton was a fun guy. Even when he was self-medicating.
Claims he was cured in the back seat of a squad car and never needed
to self-medicate ever again. And then he won a Grammy Award. For a
children's song. What a guy.

 MM> Often they jump from band to band, until eventually no one wants to deal
 MM> with their constant paranoid crap.

Peter Frampton showed me the way ...

For Life,
Lee

-- 
You can tell Monopoly is an old game because there's a luxury tax and rich
people can go to jail.

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