Evidently, my fame precedes me... wtf?

[Brian Krashpad]

So Wednesday this week I went to my daughter's high school open house. As required (by Mrs. Krashpad) I dressed way "nicer" than usual, khaki slacks and a striped button down shirt. Don't tell Mrs. K, but I did wear my Converse hightops, just between us.

And I wore my klunky "Brian Krashpad" stage persona glasses just to offset the high normality factor.

So, I walk into this convenience store on my way home, to buy beer.

The clerk looks at me, thinks, and finally says... "Aren't you the brains behind a band called Crash Pad?"

I laughed and said I didn't know anything about "brains," but yeah. Unfortunately there was a line of people so we couldn't really banter or engage in a proper conversation. As I got to the door he calls out, "Be sure to imbibe responsibly Brian!"

I have no idea who this person is, although with my memory it's sure possible we've met.

Now, this morning (Saturday) I'm checking my e-mail and I have a Facebook friend request. Someone downstate I've never met. The message with the friend request is: "We dont know each other but you are famous and I'm an anarchist also, cheers."

Well the anarchist thing is I guess because my picture has me wearing an old concert t-shirt with an anarchy symbol on it. Funny that this person would think that any punk rocker with an anarchy symbol on his shirt is actually really an anarchist. (I'll admit to being a leftist for sure, anarchism is a bit too unstructured for me though.)

But where is this "famous" bit coming from? If this keeps happening I'ma start to believe my own press.

[Teleman77]

Well if other people are believing it, it must be true.......thats how fame works.

All hail Krashpad! :

[warren0728]

man i knew i shoulda gotten your autograph when we met up... :

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[just strum]

Man, if they catch wind of the Fender ad, you will be getting chased down the street and have to sign autographs when you are trying to enjoy a nice dinner out on the town.

I may bring one of my guitars down there for you to sign.

Another over night sensation that took years.

[aeolian]

Now I can claim I know someone famous!

When I'm at the convenience store, the best I get is "Hey, you're a dollar short."

[Brian Krashpad]

Haha, well the really weird part, aside from two occurrences so close together, is that Crash Pad has been on hiatus for a long time and really only exists on paper. It's been like a year since we last played, and my 2 side bands are not much more active either.

[sunvalleylaw]

I am sure you have at least regional fame, given your efforts, stage presence and MAJOR GUITAR FACE http://www.thefret.net/showthread.ph...ht=guitar+face see post 13

I more or less considered the anarchy symbol a punk rock/skater emblem which was more of a cultural/rebel statement than a true political statement. I still wear that symbol with outfits. I love to dress up punk for parties. So easy to rip up a $3 t-shirt and paint an anarchy symbol on it with a can of spray paint.

[Brian Krashpad]

Now I can claim I know someone famous!

When I'm at the convenience store, the best I get is "Hey, you're a dollar short."

I usually get just "Hey, you're short!"

[just strum]

I usually get just "Hey, you're short!"

or "Hey you're short, plus you owe me a dollar"

[Brian Krashpad]

Man, if they catch wind of the Fender ad, you will be getting chased down the street and have to sign autographs when you are trying to enjoy a nice dinner out on the town.

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Haha, I keep forgetting about that. I know you're joking but those pics are so tiny they'd have to have read about it here or in the Fender.com forum honcho's blog.

[Spudman***]

Well I first heard about you on a bathroom wall...and have been a fan ever since. So ya, the word gets around. Krashpad is "The Man." Thanks for representing the rest of us folks out there. You are a wonderful representative.:

Side note: I have had conversations with people where they are telling me about this good guitar player but they can't remember his name and after several questions I find out that it's me they are talking about. Fame is strange.

[bigoldron]

Guys, guys, calm down. It's just some of those delusional Gator fans who've had too much "Gatorade Punch." Celeb, indeed.

Better watch out Brian, you're liable to start believing your own BS pretty soon! :

[Brian Krashpad]

Guys, guys, calm down. It's just some of those delusional Gator fans who've had too much "Gatorade Punch." Celeb, indeed.

Better watch out Brian, you're liable to start believing your own BS pretty soon! :

Naw I'm too old and cynical for that. :

But now the same Facebook person who thought I am "famous" left a message on my Facebook "wall" with just one word:

"freischcarter!"

I have no idea what that means. The first half of it looks like it could be German for "fresh" but I've looked on the intenet for some explanation of the word without success.

[Bloozcat]

Yeah, anarchist and attorney...

That goes together....

[Brian Krashpad]

Yeah, anarchist and attorney...

That goes together....

I'd wager that there were plenty of anarchist attorneys back in the '20's and thereabouts.

No reason an attorney can't support revolutionary causes-- a lawyer was the author of the American Declaration of Independence, and by my count another two dozen attorneys signed it.

[Bloozcat]

I'd wager that there were plenty of anarchist attorneys back in the '20's and thereabouts.

No reason an attorney can't support revolutionary causes-- a lawyer was the author of the American Declaration of Independence, and by my count another two dozen attorneys signed it.

Revolution and anarchy may practice to an extent, the same means, but their ends are vastly different.

Revolution seeks a new order from the old, or order from chaos. Anarchy by definition is the absense of government. It's violence for violence sake, the destruction of order. It has no cause but perpetual chaos. It is not a means to an end, but an end unto itself.

So, while I can certainly agree that a lawyer can be a revolutionary with a cause, I postulate that a lawyer by training and temperment cannot be an anarchist. The two are incongruent with each other.

[R_of_G]

Revolution seeks a new order from the old, or order from chaos. Anarchy by definition is the absense of government. It's violence for violence sake, the destruction of order. It has no cause but perpetual chaos. It is not a means to an end, but an end unto itself.

I respectfully disagree with the latter part of this statement. Violence is not a part of any definition of anarchy, at least in regards to it's definitions as a political theory. Violence may result from anarchy (as it may result from other forms of governance as well) but it is not an inherent part of anarchism. I'd also suggest that the goal of anarchism is not chaos, but an order not derived by the imposition of governments. I hesitate to go any further with this as we are treading into the realm of "politics" which is taboo.

[Brian Krashpad]

Revolution and anarchy may practice to an extent, the same means, but their ends are vastly different.

Revolution seeks a new order from the old, or order from chaos. Anarchy by definition is the absense of government. It's violence for violence sake, the destruction of order. It has no cause but perpetual chaos. It is not a means to an end, but an end unto itself.

So, while I can certainly agree that a lawyer can be a revolutionary with a cause, I postulate that a lawyer by training and temperment cannot be an anarchist. The two are incongruent with each other.

You choose a definition to obtain the result you seek. Anarchism as a political/philosohpical movement is not necessarily "chaos," much less perpetually so, nor violence, for violence's sake or otherwise. The absence of the state does not necessarily equate with the absence of governance, nor with violence or chaos.

This is just wiki, but note emphasis supplied:

Anarchists are those who advocate the absence of the state, arguing that common sense would allow for people to come together in agreement to form a functional society allowing for the participants to freely develop their own sense of morality, ethics or principled behaviour. The rise of anarchism as a philosophical movement occurred in the mid 19th century, with its idea of freedom as being based upon political and economic self-rule. This occurred alongside the rise of the nation-state and large-scale industrial capitalism, and the corruption that came with their successes.

Although anarchists share a rejection of the state, they differ about economic arrangements and possible rules that would prevail in a stateless society, ranging from complete common ownership and distribution according to need, to supporters of private property and free market competition. For example, most forms of anarchism, such as that of anarcho-communism, anarcho-syndicalism, or anarcho-primitivism not only seek rejection of the state, but also other systems which they perceive as authoritarian, which includes capitalism, wage labor, and private property. In opposition, a political philosophy known as anarcho-capitalism argues that a society without a state is a free market capitalist system that is voluntarist in nature.

The word "anarchy" is often used by non-anarchists as a pejorative term, intended to connote a lack of control and a negatively chaotic environment. Because of this, some activists have self-identified as libertarian socialists. In more recent times anti-authoritarian has offered another similar self-identification. However, anarchists still argue that anarchy does not imply nihilism, anomie, or the total absence of rules, but rather an anti-authoritarian society that is based on the spontaneous order of free individuals in autonomous communities, operating on principles of mutual aid, voluntary association, and direct action.

[sunvalleylaw]

Ok, much as I would love to discuss this, (I find discussions like this absolutely fascinating, and would love to get into social contract theory and the like in relation to this), forum rules disallow it, so I am forced to suggest we move on. Anarchy, peaceful or no, is not the rule here.

I am happy to discuss via group reply emails some time, and if anyone is interested, you can pm me.