The Wizard of the Strings
Dogtooth is dazzled afresh. While roaming YouTube in pleasant, Quixotic mood this morning, I discovered the delights of ukelele genius Roy Smeck. I urge Newtists to devote as much time as possible to this one: fall in love with his boyish grin, his Vaudeville charm; see his feats, his flourishes and all manner of crowd-tickling japeries!
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This calls to mind an unusual incident in a railway compartment somwhere in Central Europe, in the early hours of the morning. In a hushed conversation with Newtist-Manque Provincial, I mention that George Formby had recieved an award from Stalin for working class entertainment. Provincial assumed, rather patronisingly, that I meant George Forman. I explained who George Formby was, and described his instrument of choice. For no reason I can understand, even to this day, Provincial was reduced to helpless and rather mocking laughter for some time, much to the annoyance of several sleepy Chezks.
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