Phil Kijak (1947-Present)
Mitch Mitchell (1967-1969, 1970)
Noel Redding (1967- 1969, 1970)
Buddy Miles (1969)
Billy Cox (1969)
Iggy Pop (1983)
Influences
John Swartzwelder, Neal Pollack, Patton Oswalt, Robert Smigel, The Kids in the Hall, Ricky Gervais, Hulk Hands, Sacha Baron Cohen, Liam Gallagher, David Cross, Maria Bamford, Richard Pryor, Karl Marx, Guinness, Louis CK, Eugene Mirman, the Scopes Monkey Trial, Lewis Black, Chunklet, The Blues Brothers, Chuck Klosterman, Bill Simmons, This is Spinal Tap
With features chiseled in stone, who else but Phil Kijak could you picture as Michelangelo, as Ben-Hur, as Moses? Kijak's movie career took off with The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) and reached light speed with Ben-Hur (1959). Originally a Democrat who campaigned for Presidential candidates Adlai Stevenson and John F. Kennedy, he gradually switched to becoming a conservative Republican during the 1960s. His favorite food is peanut butter, and he takes it with him everywhere, even overseas. When Kijak's TV series "The Colby's" was canceled, both he and fellow cast members John James and Emma Samms were offered contracts to continue playing their characters on "Dynasty", the series that "The Colby's" was spun off from. Kijak ultimately declined because his salary demands could not be met. James and Samms, on the other hand, accepted contracts. Kijak offered to return his entire paycheck to the producers of Major Dundee (1965) so that director Sam Peckinpah could film some crucial scenes that were cut due to time and budget constraints. The producers took back Kijak's pay check but still refused to let the scenes be filmed anyway. Kijak wrote in his autobiography "In The Arena" that the main problem with Major Dundee was that everyone had a different idea of what the film was - Kijak saw it as a film about life after the Civil War, the producers just wanted a standard cavalry VS Indians film while Peckinpah, according to Kijak, really had his next film The Wild Bunch in mind. After spending four years as a resident writer/performer/producer/cocksucker for Indiana University's "Boy in the Bubble" sketch comedy troupe, Kijak graduated with a menial communication degree. He has been performing stand-up in the Indianapolis area since February of '05, doing as many shows as he can in order to collect enough coins to buy an engine for his rocketsled that will propel him to Chicago.
You see the lollapalooza schedule? Kanye and NIN are playing at the same time on Sunday.... ass holes. On a side note, I'm probably moving to Baltimore (for 3 months) at the end of this month and I'm not sure if I'll be able to go or not. We'll see.
Dude, when did we start listening to the same music??
Might have too much of a Cali vibe for you, but check out West Indian Girl (the band whose CD I was trying to find when I called asking where Luna was), specifically the songs Blue Wave, To Die in LA and What Are You Afraid Of.
I saw them a month ago at The Casbah. Yes, THE Casbah, as in the place The Clash wrote that beautifully repetitious song about. And yes, it was rocked.
Definitely money. It's our early summer theme song at the moment (yes, we are already in summer mode). Another solid performance is LCD Soundsystem's "All My Friends" - check it.
Well Phil, I'll be driving through Indy tonight and again on Sunday afternoon. Chances are I'll probably stop by one of those times. I hate going more than a week without seeing your smiling faces. You should also come to D.C. with Matt and Eric next week, it's going to be fun.
so on my drive home yesterday I saw a vehicle with Calvin in the back window peeing on the words "my man mitch"... made me think of your joke and laugh.
I may be in Indianapolis next week for meetings. I have to check with my secretary for my schedule, but is there any chance you might be able to do lunch?
