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From: "Jeff Coulter" <jeffc@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 5:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Crimson's Trons



> this is also in direct contrast to a meeting i had last week with what
> i consider a real legendary person. i met gerry anderson last week.
> some of you are probably too young to remember thunderbirds, fireball
> xl5, stingray, supercar, captain scarlet, but might vaguely recall
> space 1999 or UFO [the tv show - not the band].
> he is a gracious, humble, inceredibly pleasant and approchable man.
> and he even knows what a mellotron is:
> "you mean one of those things that has all the tapes?"
> i had him sign all my japanese box set thunderbird laserdiscs.
> he did it quite happily, and remarked how some people hate to sign
> autographs but when people STOP asking then you have to worry.
>
> ...jeff

Very cool, Jeff! Nice to know he's a 'decent sort'. Going further off topic
for a mo', any idea whether the live-action film is going to be any good?
Flashy trailer, and Blur's 'Song 2' isn't the first piece of music that
springs to mind...

Andy T.