Special Affect

What a weekend…sigh…all tired now…

Anyhow, just got back from Club Foot, an old and well-known dive bar here in Chicago. They have all sorts of signed stuff from bands from back in the '70s and stuff.

Anyways, there was this picture up on the wall…Special Affect…Is that Al?! Credit goes to my friend Kevin, who took the picture…

Yes.

And he looks for all the world like Johnny Marr.

He should put a stop to this before somebody gets hurt.

Yes.

And he looks for all the world like Johnny Marr.

He should put a stop to this before somebody gets hurt.

Hahaha, if Johnny Marr had a BAD-ASS mullet that is.

Al = the one with sunglasses? only one that look like him in my opinion.

Definitely Al with the glasses.

Frankie’s the one with the turtleneck

Yes.

(circa 1980):::

http://www.kmier.net/mixed/al-2.jpg

Any word yet on when/if Ryko is going to put out a Special Affect re-release?

Yeah. They pretty much said it’d be a cold day in hell before Special Affect were ever released under the Ryko banner.

God. All holds his smokes like a true queer…

I’m starting to believe that bisexual rumour more and more…

It was the late 70s and 80s, come on, you can’t judge anyone for what they did then! Christ, this was BEFORE ‘What He Say’! Go easy on the guy, he had to be in a band with that pouty guy on the right.

I’ve seen that picture before, but I can’t remember where…

If i’m not mistaken, Marty Sorenson (the bass guy) is on the left, and Harry Rushakoff (later of Concrete Blonde, and the drummer) is on the far right making the “line-up” from left to right:

Marty, Al J, Frankie, and Harry