Faking itRakky writes, "We've all done it. From qualifications to orgasms, everyone likes to play 'let's pretend' once in a while."
So when have you faked it? Did you get away with it? Or were your mendacious ways exposed?
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chthonic, Thu 10 Jul 2008, 15:16)
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This is Rock and Roll....In the late 80s/early 90s I used to pretend to be David Quantick of the NME to blag into gigs. It worked a treat in those pre-internet years, especially in America. In fact I even had fake business cards.
A club I used to visit found me out after an ingenious bouncer had seen a picture of the journalist in a magazine and checked with an NME photographer that was attending if I was the great man or a charlatan (Not the Tim Burgess type I hasten to add.). I survived the kicking by admitting it was a lie and I was not David Quantick..... but in fact David Stubbs of Melody Maker and had used the pseudonym as a 'bit of a joke'.
The photographer looked on smiling and said nothing as the bouncer thought this over and finally relented. Needless to say I bought the snapper quite a few drinks that night and was mentioned in the next weeks NME.
(, Mon 14 Jul 2008, 14:11, 2 replies)
oh.I just emailed David Stubbs to see if he's happy about this.
He's not responded.
(, Mon 14 Jul 2008, 15:46, closed)
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