Oogie waits for just another day

 Drags his bones to see the Yankees play

Bones Boy talks and flickers grey
Oh, they slip away ( Bowie)

i certainly can't top David Bowie.....so i won't even try to eulogize Floyd "Uncle Floyd" Vivino. I will just say how funny and different he and his show was. From Patterson NJ and Point Pleasant Beach....he was one of a kind....there are not too many people that have had a song written by Bowie about them and also got a mention in songs by the Ramones......I heard an interview with Floyd after Bowie died and he told the story about meeting him at the bottom Line......and when Floyd asked Bowie how he even heard of his program, Bowie said "John Lennon told me to give it a watch" ........

I personally will always associate the show with the late  Chris Hickey and the wasted afternoons on hallucinogens' watching that show above Elegantes pizza.....we laughed so hard we missed 80 % of the show... and didn't care.

I was in AC years ago , we were having drinks in the Borgata , but were headed that evening to see Jackson Browne at Ceasers......and suddenly a guy walks past.....no entourage.....but he was carrying a banjo case and was wearing a pork pie hat....sure enough he was on the opening act for the Borgata that night.....i was tempted to sell my tickets and go see Uncle Floyd......but i wasn't on mescaline....and cooler heads prevailed........

Rest in peace Floyd Bovino and thanks for the laughs.....it's been a tough stretch for a lot of our childhood friends and icons....i suppose that comes with the territory of turning 60. 

i'll close with 2 quotes....another rarity but well deserved.....2+3=BEEER

the Ramones

Vin Scelsa's on the radio
Ramones are hangin' out in Kokomo

Uncle Floyd shows on the TV
Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, 10cc

and Bowie

Don't forget to keep your head warm
Twinkle twinkle Uncle Floyd
Watching all the world inwar torn
How I wonder where you are
Ohhh-oo
Sailing over Coney Island
Twinkle twinkle Uncle Floyd
We were dumb but you were fun, boy
How I wonder where you are