released a postcard for the 1986 Reykjavik summit proving that
postcards can be funny without being the least bit sad.
was the record company that offered HAM a contract but couldn’t
be bothered with what said contract should say. All in agreement
on that one.
once had a lawyer who was so impressed by my studded knuckle-irons
that he promised to defend me for free if I ever had a weapons-bust.
enlisted me as a model for postcards showing Iceland and the Icelanders
in a bad light. When they didn’t sell we made Christmas
cards.
published a book of barroom poetry in a tasteful boxed edition.
Einar Melax made the boxes when things were slow at his fishmongers
job.
booked Ham et al to play at New York’s ‘Downtown Beirut’.
The poster said Bayreuth to the Lebanese owner’s considerable
surprise.