Re: Get Shorty!/Speakeasy collective

Shannon Titus (bim@sirius.com)
Thu, 30 Nov 1995 08:38:17 -0800


You mean to tell me that John Lurie of LL fame is the same John Lurie of
Jarmusch fame? The guy with the incredible nose and the great slouch?

>On Wed, 29 Nov 1995, Elson Trinidad wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 29 Nov 1995, Mark Turner wrote:
>>
>> Also, a little more trivia: For those of you who watch the NBC show "Late
>> Night with Conan O'Brien," John Lurie wrote the theme song.
>> He also auditioned to be the bandleader, but the network didn't think Lurie
>> himself was television-friendly.
>>
>> Elson
>>
>
>Well Lurie was camera friendly enough for film director Jim Jarmuch (sp?)
>to cast him with Tom Waits in the movie 'Down By Law' and also to co-star
>in his previous effort 'Stranger Than Paradise'
>
>(which reminds me that I have an old 12" by Mark -and the Mafia - Stewart by
>the same name anyone remember it?)
>
>Also I may be wrong but I think that there are 2 Speakeasy Collective discs
>out and the person who dissed 'em may be talking about the second one
>which I have'nt heard cause it just could'nt be the first which I thought
>was dope.
>
>Carlos
>Toronto