love letters to ozzy
These valentines to Ozzy come from Rachel and Matt Jasper, who purchased them from the estate of Lisa Carver, who recently lured me into mail fraud, but that is sort of irrelevant. The point is, its Valentines Day and these people loved Ozzy. I’ve been trying to get Steve Ravioli to send me his fan letter to Peter Wolf of J. Geils but he refuses.
Notice the difference in tone between the two letters, both of which may have appeared in Rollerderby long before blogs were invented. (they were both postmarked May 1990) 
He is earnest and encouraging and thankful and hopeful, like a midwesterner should be.
This guy is a typical seen it all jaded new englander who would appreciate an autographed picture, but he wouldn’t “treasure it.” Notice how he talks like he is owed a photo, after all, “he’s been a good fan for a long while.” Now pay up bitch. You see this attitude all up and down the north eastern coast. Like we all owe them for being american or something. Get over it.
I remember the show Newsradio covering this topic back in the day. As a know-it-all New Englander by birth, I’ve had to temper my approach considerably since coming to the Midwest. I’m still a jerk at heart, though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Des9iMx0sho
Comment by Lyle_s — February 15, 2008 @ 10:13 am
lyle you could get yourself killed (or at least whitewashed) in the midwest for being a jerk. I know i married a midwestern girl.
Comment by al — February 15, 2008 @ 2:25 pm
oh and Phil Hartman, one of the funniest guys to have died.
Comment by al — February 15, 2008 @ 2:28 pm