CaptainB Unmasked
Right, we've all got to pile in here. CaptainB is a regular commenter on this blog. He takes the name from our mutual rock 'n' roll nemesis Captain Beefheart. Anyway, CaptainB now authorises me to expose him as none other than the distinguished and distinguishable historian Michael Burleigh. The occasion for this revelation is the launch of his blog - here. I don't think he's quite got the hang of it since he's asking people to post. The idea, Burgley, is that you post and we comment or something like that. Get in there. The picture shows CaptainB and me being uncomfortable and trying not to be recognised in the rear facing seats of somebody's car. The poor quality of the photograph is explained by the fact that I didn't take it.
# posted by Bryan Appleyard : 4:56 PM
16 Comments:
At March 11, 2008 5:22 PM,
Patrick said…
My God. It's Blood and Rage.
At March 11, 2008 5:23 PM,
Recusant said…
So you are a boon companion of the mighty Burleigh as well? Really, your life is all milk and honey, isn't it?
Captain Beefheart fans, eh? That must make you nudging sixty, and there was me thinking that you were some young gay blade, fresh come to the Great Wen from his Norfolk childhood home.
You can tell his Burleighness that I have paid full wack for all of his books, so can he see his way to giving me a discount on the next one?
At March 11, 2008 5:31 PM,
Bryan Appleyard said…
Yep that's Blood on the left. I'm not sure about nudging sixty, more pushing off from fifty - or so I like to think.
At March 11, 2008 5:33 PM,
CaptainB said…
As the eye patch comes off I'm getting role confused. Recusant- I'll sign the lot of them for you if you like. Since I nearly killed myself writing the last three, I'm having a break. Will sign only if you repeat carefully that the Captain is only 52- well, for the next fortnight or so. The other "gentleman" who claimed to be an alien as he dragged me into the car is much, much older.....
At March 11, 2008 6:02 PM,
Johnny said…
You look like you've both just been caught dogging by a Sun snapper.
At March 11, 2008 6:54 PM,
Johntyh said…
An appalled Brown considers legislation to prevent two of Britain's most eminent travelling in the same car while displaying a look of extreme nonchalance
At March 11, 2008 7:15 PM,
snakepit said…
Tell Capt.B - who as a skipper should know better - to lean to the left or it's going to tip - NO! MY LEFT! - ARGHH!!
At March 11, 2008 7:16 PM,
snakepit said…
Jeans, at our age
At March 11, 2008 7:38 PM,
snakepit said…
(I'm still milking the flood post as the storm's kicking in here. In Carlisle this means trouble but the levis have risen since unlike Elvis.
Our streetlamp just went out!)
At March 11, 2008 7:43 PM,
snakepit said…
Levees! It's them bloody jeans!
At March 11, 2008 8:02 PM,
Rumi said…
So it is Beefheart, and not Birdseye. The mystery is revealed. The pair of you look a bit shifty though, a sort of fiftysomething version of Oasis.
At March 12, 2008 12:06 AM,
Susan B. said…
i wondered about "levis are rising," snakepit. "Highwaters" are what we called jeans that didn't quite brush the shoe tops. Of course, that may be just what is needed where you all are now.
Aiyi-- Someone made me a mix tape of Cap'n Beefheart. Now I'd better listen to it....
At March 12, 2008 9:14 AM,
ian russell said…
ditto, snakepit! - no trousers for old men. even if they were, they appear to be the wrong shade for the current decade.
Good luck in your blogging endeavours, captainb.
At March 12, 2008 11:34 AM,
mutleythedog said…
I have a hat just like that... what a coincidence!
At March 12, 2008 12:23 PM,
Nige said…
Good luck with the blog, Captain. I know what you mean about links...
At March 13, 2008 10:10 AM,
ian russell said…
Captain, nice blog, can't comment as I'm required to register! Don't want to do that too often - probably good news for you but I wonder about the others who pass by...
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