Hey Sod018 - that's funny - very cool story.
I love hearing stories about actors & musicians being so dedicated to their craft - like Robert Deniro filming in Italy on weekdays & flying to NYC on weekends to actually become a real NYC taxi driver so that he can master the role - imagine hailing a cab in Manhattan in the 70's & Robert Deniro picks you up? - I can hear the music playing in my head just thinking about it - I used to take taxis all the time in Manhattan in the 70's when I was a kid - I loved those old checkerboard taxis with the stools in the back seat - but whenever I see an old movie from the 70's in NYC, the streets at night look so dark, I don't remember streetlights being so dim at night in Manhattan when I was a kid.
Some stories are so crazy, like there's one story where one of the Chess brothers would always deliberately start a really bad argument with Etta James during every recording session so that she would be in a really bad mood & angry when she was singing & the recordings would sound so much better - so whenver you hear an old Etta James song on the radio, she was really angry when she was recording it - interesting stuff.
Here's to Ben - we love Ben - Raymond, get him out of the car, Raymond - You stay alive, Baby - do it for Vango - I remember in the movie theatre when Kyle's character gives the detective the bag with the ear in it & the detective says, it's an ear, alright - the whole theatre was laughing so hard.
Have a good weekend.