clillyblad[at]-remove-aol.com clillyblad... - Eric Lillyblad - Forest Lake, MN - USA - 22Mar2018 6:38 AM

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Saw The Butcher at shows supporting this album (“Cult of the Basement”) and before that, “Big Planet, Scary Planet”, at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC – where I was living at the time. Was able to talk with Pat on both occasions for two reasons – one, I recognized him as he walked through the crowd of oblivious Americans (of which I am most usually one) and two – I knew his name was Pat and so I called out “Pat”.

The Butcher was kind enough to stop and chat a bit and his most memorable lines were, “Why do you American’s have a picture of the President’s wife on the dollar bill?” (George H.W. Bush was President at the time and his wife, Barbara, did bear a strong resemblance to the rendition of old George Washington on the dollar bill). And, “Have you seen my girlfriend? She’s wearing a leopard skin outfit?”

Took a roll of black & white pictures with my Pentax K1000, somehow got connected with David Whittemore, and grabbed the “Cult of the Basement” poster on my way out after the show - it now hangs on the wall of my garage, right in front of Daddy’s Jaguar! ;-)