Most people who know Lesley already know she auditioned for the (never-to-be-filled) bass part in Hole and fronted the (IMHO) much better band, Glitter Mini 9. Five lesser-known things are:
1) Won Carrier of the Month for the Davis Daily Democrat in her first month on the job. We still have the trophy.
2) Went on a date with the guy who played the bodyguard in "My Bodyguard" while he was filming "Full Metal Jacket" in London. (Bonus Little-Known Thing: the guy from My Bodyguard was in Full Metal Jacket??)
3) Was scared into being a born-again Christian from ages 12 to 15.
4) Let Anton Newcombe from The Brian Jonestown Massacre join her band for several months in the mid-Nineties, then kicked him out. (See DiG! & you'll probably guess why.)
5) Her father once owned the five-and-dime in downtown Lyndon, KS; her grandmother danced for John Philip Sousa at a school assembly in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LESLEY! And Nada, and all the magnificent Capricorns who surround me.
1 comment:
DIG! was actually really really good.
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