Annals of the Naked Rowdies #3
by Shelagh Power-Chopra
It was a dire and dun-colored year when groupies wept and autograph seekers put down their pens. The Naked Rowdies were on a sated sabbatical.
Roddy had a bum leg or so the press was told, and who wanted a gimpy and bloated guitarist up on stage, throwing soiled crutches at fans anyway?
Behind the dressing room doors, the real picture was pretty grim; Roddy, on his way home after a clumsy threesome with two cousins and a candystriper, had been attacked by a roving band of aesthetically minded hobos.
The homeless, tired of being stereotyped as drab dressers (woeful holey wingtips and soiled raincoats) had banded together to form a new “aesthetic”. Their fresh look; jackets and shoes made from discarded Hermes shopping bags. They were often seen crawling the alleys, naked, save their orange, slipshod attire.
Old Roddy, sulking on the dark streets that night, stumbled over a rather glamorous bunch sleeping near a dumpster. They swarmed over him like a pack of dingos on a baby.
Liam found him the next morning, striped, filthy and trembling over a pile of his own stool. Buck up Roddy, them bums may be more naked and rowdy then us but we still ‘ave the name.
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it's the mention of "sabbatical" that made me read this because i have one coming up. also, i think i have come across the Naked Rowdies on iTunes once with an album whose liner notes i may write one day and when i pressed "play" all i heard was the sound of beer running down dublin's lamb alley or something like it. seriously though: this is good. i feel the boys.
One of the great metaphors of all time I do believe.
...A clumsy threesome with two cousins and a candystriper...is also deserving of immortality.
the 'dingos on a baby' thing make the rest pale in comparison.
Whew!
Thanks, Finnegan, David and Larry! I always appreciate your comments.
This was a good read, interesting, quirky. good piece!Discarded Hermes shopping bags indeed!
My nomination for best last line of the week!
Thanks Sara! They're very fun to write.
Thanks Jack, That's very nice of you!
You gusy ought to give us some stories for the "Rowdies."
Dig it. To say anything else simply would not match the cool of this story. Glad to think there are more of these out there.
Thanks, Sheldon - glad you enjoyed!
I'm going to have to start following the "Rowdies"! This is wonderful, the lyrical opening and of course the "dingos" line is wonderful. I also love what leads up to it: "The homeless, tired of being stereotyped as drab dressers (woeful holey wingtips and soiled raincoats)"
Thank you Jane! I will be sure to submit another one as quickly as I can...must entertain... David Ackley and Kevin Mynick have some up as well, please contribute yourself!
think I caught them at the White Horse incognito on this sabbatical - they were billed as Tommy Makem & the Clancy Bros., but something was askew, they had candy striper go-go dancers, and one guy smelled awfully of poop
Wow, you're lucky you got a chance to see them before the accident.
Thanks for the read!