I used to have a fairly provocative appearance. I fell asleep one night in my car (which itself drew rather a lot of attention), and a reporter from a magazine in Dallas Texas saw me in the car. He knocked on the window and wanted an interview. I gave him one, and he later dragged me to a photographer to have my photo taken. One of my professors (my first time through school for a sculpture degree) said to be careful of the reporter, and I called him and told him that he couldn’t use the interview (which turned out to be a good thing)… Only, I didn’t think about the photos. So, on my way to school one morning, I stopped into a Safeway to buy a coke before school, and saw this on the magazine racks in front of every check stand.
The photo eventually got me several extra, bit and small part roles in movies (although, I really preferred stunt work). I’ve been in all three Robocop movies (compare this photo from Robocop’s visor at a club in Dallas TX where it was shot. I’m not recognizable in the other Robocop movies due to doing stunt work instead of eye-candy).
There are one or two other things that drew a lot of attention my way too, but those will have to wait.
But, to comment on the hair… It was 1987 when that picture was taken, and spikey hair was no where nearly as common then as it is now. There were other things to be sure, but the hair and other similar aspects of my life made for a much greater splash in 1983-88/89 than they would have in this day and age. The comment “all that just because of the spikey hair” is rather similar to listening to a Beatles song in this day and age and saying “I don’t get it, they hardly rock at all”
You have to remember, there was a day and time when getting on the cover of a rather widely distributed periodical was a pretty freaking big deal… Not so much today.
There was also a few Bands that I was in, or did work for, and several side businesses which I ran.
Edit: Oh! Yes, and I became well known in Dallas for decorating my city without the permission of the City Council. They all failed to see the beauty in my freeway beautification project… Something about the color of the dinosaurs.
Okay, I’ll bite… How did you become a celebrity by falling asleep at the right moment?
It’s really pretty boring.
I used to have a fairly provocative appearance. I fell asleep one night in my car (which itself drew rather a lot of attention), and a reporter from a magazine in Dallas Texas saw me in the car. He knocked on the window and wanted an interview. I gave him one, and he later dragged me to a photographer to have my photo taken. One of my professors (my first time through school for a sculpture degree) said to be careful of the reporter, and I called him and told him that he couldn’t use the interview (which turned out to be a good thing)… Only, I didn’t think about the photos. So, on my way to school one morning, I stopped into a Safeway to buy a coke before school, and saw this on the magazine racks in front of every check stand.
The photo eventually got me several extra, bit and small part roles in movies (although, I really preferred stunt work). I’ve been in all three Robocop movies (compare this photo from Robocop’s visor at a club in Dallas TX where it was shot. I’m not recognizable in the other Robocop movies due to doing stunt work instead of eye-candy).
There are one or two other things that drew a lot of attention my way too, but those will have to wait.
All that, just because of the spiky hair?
Well… No...
But, to comment on the hair… It was 1987 when that picture was taken, and spikey hair was no where nearly as common then as it is now. There were other things to be sure, but the hair and other similar aspects of my life made for a much greater splash in 1983-88/89 than they would have in this day and age. The comment “all that just because of the spikey hair” is rather similar to listening to a Beatles song in this day and age and saying “I don’t get it, they hardly rock at all”
You have to remember, there was a day and time when getting on the cover of a rather widely distributed periodical was a pretty freaking big deal… Not so much today.
There was also a few Bands that I was in, or did work for, and several side businesses which I ran.
Edit: Oh! Yes, and I became well known in Dallas for decorating my city without the permission of the City Council. They all failed to see the beauty in my freeway beautification project… Something about the color of the dinosaurs.