OFF: A Nit

M Holmes fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK
Thu Jul 9 06:53:41 EDT 1998


Carl Edlund Anderson writes:

> On ons 8 jul 1998 14.06 -0700 "BREVARD, Adrian R." <abrevard at SHL.COM> wrote:
>
> > Probably not deserving of the bandwidth Chris but Rob Rudich was a
> > bigtime HW/ Allman Bro./Gov't Mule fan list member who died more than a
> > year ago.  Fought off lukemia for a while but eventually sucumbed.
> > First internet guy I ever met face to face.  Had dinner a couple of
> > times and stayed in touch daily off list.  Really great guy.  I must be
> > getting old and senitmental but it made me feel really strange seeing
> > his name in a header like that.  He actually snuck out of his hospital
> > bed once while undergoing treatment to catch an Allman gig, one of a
> > kind dude.
>
>      Aye, I still carry the "Hawkwind Backstage Pass" card that he
> gave me (which he made :) in my wallet.  He shan't be forgotten
> while I live.  Nor while my copy of _Malpractice_ escapes the
> pull of entropy!

I got into trading with Rudy through Mr Boffo (a cartoon in the Boston
Globe) of all things. I'd posted up a wants ad and pretty soon we were
trading Hawkwind tapes for Mr.Boffo books. Rudy though actually
collected 'em from the Boston Globe to send me too. Great guy.

> Carl

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