neil hamburger c/d

In my head he is the world’s biggest celebrity.

I can’t wait to exchange Johnny Depp trivia with him in a couple of weeks. Hoping for some VFA memorabilia.

This should probably be cross-posted on this thread, I think both the Neil Hamburger & Zip Code Rapists projects start concurrently (summer of '91?):

Zip Code Rapists

maybe? Hamburger seems a little later to me though. For some reason I have a clear memory of the afternoon I heard both this and this at a friend's house in LA

my first awareness of the Zip Code Rapists was around the same time in '96, courtesy of a mention (and maybe an interview?) in the zine "2600"

that is the second-greatest LJ photo ever posted on ILX

Hamburger seems a little later to me though.

the prank phone call record was 1992, then he did the fake bad comedian records for years before actually doing the character live (and it didn't become his main project until he moved back to Australia and was adopted as pet opening act* for Frenzal Rhomb)

*note Ray Ahn from the Hard-Ons giggling in the wings at 2:35

oh apparently he never did the character live until then

eventually I did a show with them at the Olympic Stadium in Sydney at one of these big rock festivals. It was like 50,000 people, at this giant stadium in the middle of the day, booing me.

my favorite neil hamburger moment was when i walked into a local bar and he was quietly serving drinks, absolutely in character and w/the usual outfit etc but not saying anything. just morosely working. there were maybe a dozen people in the place.

:D

sounds like the Entertainment version of Neil

there's a record store in Green Bay that went out of business and discounted all their inventory. the only interesting thing left was a copy of Still Dwelling. so now I'm sitting down listening to this and am actually really amazed at what an acute and carefully done parody this thing is. I think it might actually be way better than every single album in this very narrow genre. and because it's so good it's actually very funny. the only joke is his voice. but it's a really great joke.

I mean you really haven't lived until you've heard Neil Hamburger warble out "Standing on the Corner"

my wife's review: "that was nice! but they need a new singer!!" (she does not know who Neil Hamburger is)