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Ray Bradbury Meets Frank Black (An Interview By Frank Black)
Ray Bradbury Meets Joey Ramone (MP3 Of An Almost Finished Song by The Thingies)

Once upon a
happy time, I played drums and helped write songs in a lively original rock band called the Thingies, along with my two great friends Steve Harris (lead vocals and bass) and Ed Pierce (guitars).  We released a six-song cassette called "Unspookable" and we were working on a full-length album that we never finished.  We do expect to finish it one day…  One of the unreleased songs was called "Ray Bradbury Meets Joey Ramone." 

Thanks to my favorite music blog, largeheartedboy.com, I came across this awesome interview of Ray Bradbury by Frank Black.  I knew Frank was a big Sci-Fi nut, but I didn’t know he was such a huge fan of Bradbury.  In fact, he named one of his albums, "The Cult of Ray", after Mr. Bradbury. 

Bradbury also happens to be one of my favorite writers as well, and the 100 Year Picnic name is actually derived from "The Million Year Picnic," the final chapter of his classic, The Martian Chronicles.

A few years back, I was lucky enough to attend a lecture by Mr. Bradbury himself, and I came home to help The Thingies write "Ray Bradbury Meets Joey Ramone."  So check out the inteview and then listen to our version of a legendary rocker meet the legendary writer.  And if you’d like to know more about Mr. Bradbury, check out the new authorized biography "The Bradbury Chronicles."