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Great story, @QB, with some wonderful new details on a vague old anecdote. There must be many other stories from the early years that many HLers would love to hear ! :notworthy: :notworthy:
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mh wrote:
Quiff Boy wrote:Andrew was to be Captain Black, natch ;) I forgot what sort of "Captain" Gary was going to be, but it may have been "Orange". :|
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mh wrote:
Quiff Boy wrote:Andrew was to be Captain Black, natch ;) I forgot what sort of "Captain" Gary was going to be, but it may have been "Orange". :|
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thats what i thought.
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And I knew the words to every song.
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Loved the anecdote, QB!

("Mr Orange, or should I say Mr Red, what with all the blood...")
“Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.�
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paint it black wrote:
mh wrote:
Quiff Boy wrote:Andrew was to be Captain Black, natch ;) I forgot what sort of "Captain" Gary was going to be, but it may have been "Orange". :|
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That would have been their reference point, I believe :lol:

I think Gary said the "captains..." idea came from their love of Devo, IIRC, but i may be misremembering that part.

I do remember Gary saying Andrew used to sit in Leeds Central Library pouring over old letraset books looking for a good typeface. I gather Andrew almost settled on one that Gary called a german, gothic looking one - which I'm guessing may be something like one of these:

http://www.dafont.com/fette-unz-fraktur.font
http://www.dafont.com/deutsch-gothic.font

How different our world would have been if Gary had not been able to dissuade him from that :lol: :urff:

I wonder if that's where he found the image for the Damage Done artwork too...
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'can i help you sir?'

...'yes, i'm looking for a book full of goth imagery for my new record sleeve. do you have any?.. but i'm not a goth myself, so it can't be goth!'
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Quiff Boy wrote: How different our world would have been if Gary had not been able to dissuade him from that :lol: :urff:
OMG I'm glad he did, or goths would be the least of Von's audience problems... (or rather a different kind of Goths...)

(although it's a funny coincidence that I saw a feature on the rift Fraktur/Antiqua in European printing only past Sunday.)

Re: Captain Scarlet: annnnnd I just learned something about British children's TV from the 60s.
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Another great story, @QB ! Any more anecdotes gratefully received. :notworthy:
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I'm loving the word "misremebering".

Making a note to use that on Sunday when I wake up :D :D
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Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:Another great story, @QB ! Any more anecdotes gratefully received. :notworthy:
Only that Gary drinks (or drank) black coffee, no sugar :lol:

Oh, and that he likes dogs... my old german shepherd (Jake, aka Fat Lad) tried to eat him once, but instead they had a play fight.

It was very surreal watching Gary Marx rolling around my living room floor play-fighting my dog.

He was a lovely guy: very genuine, very open and honest (as you can tell from reading his Ghost Dance recording diaries)
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