On the left is Eric Houg, who appears on the show once every four years
with his break-in presidential interviews. Here he is lip-synching to
"Amish Paradise".
Everyone had a good time at Alcon '98,
and I had a good time meeting Gilbert R. LuQue, Jr., a/k/a Good Time
Gil. Gil has been working with Dr. Demento for years, and is currently
helping out with e-mail sent to the Demento Society. At Alcon, he
signed up new Society members, and also brought copies of Dementia
Royale and Demento's Mementos (both autographed by Dr. D),
which were auctioned off for $21 and $35.50, respectively.
I also met many other people there with whom I'd been corresponding for years over e-mail. Since Mike Hoffman and I were handling the audio aspects of the convention throughout the day, I didn't get as much time to socialize and take pictures as I had hoped. I missed getting pictures with a lot of people, but I did snap a couple of performers who have been on the show a few times.
On the left is Eric Houg, who appears on the show once every four years
with his break-in presidential interviews. Here he is lip-synching to
"Amish Paradise".
On the right is Chris Mezzolesta, of Zot Theatre and Power Salad fame.
He is seen here performing his latest single, "The Chemical
Engineering Song."
Also appearing on stage at Alcon were such Demento Show favorites as
Sudden Death, Tony Goldmark, & Luke Ski, but alas my camera did not
catch pictures of them. However, you can see such pictures at Jon
Schwartz's Alcon '98 recap.
The two Jef(f)s meet! This is me with Jef Jaisun (of "Friendly
Neighborhood Narco Agent" fame), chillin' on the shores of Lake
Ponchartrain in the hot city of Nawlins. Missing from this picture is the one pound
basket of crawfish that Jef sucked down, while Jeff looked on in
amazement.
On this night, one of my favorite Demento artists, Tim Cavanagh, came to
Bloomington to play at Bear's Place. Both of his shows that night were
sold out. I got to meet him and his wife before the show, and we chatted
about music, the web, and Dr. Demento.
(Sandy) Pinkard & (Richard) Bowden showed up at The Commons Mall in Columbus, IN (home of
station WINN, who USED to carry Dr. D's show). After the show, they
were delighted to sign my records.
Here, I feel the power for a brief moment as he and I trade hats.
The Great Luke Ski was also there, and here he is giving his
impersonation of The Great Cornholio.
Al & the band gave a concert this night on the Indiana State
University campus (NOT Indiana University). Since his birthday was the
next day, the audience sang "Happy Birthday" to him at the end
of the performance.
Here's what he later had to say about the encounter.
