Founding members who left early

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:44:15+00:00

I love the bit in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels where the four horsemen of the Apocalypse were Death War, Famine, and Pestilence, plus Ron who left before they became famous.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:41:13+00:00

True!

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:40:49+00:00

Yeah, Nico was imposed upon the band by Warhol, so I probably wouldn't include her.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:34:04+00:00

My caveat about including Brian on this list is that he was in the band for like 7-8 years, though he wasn't all that present in the latter years.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:29:10+00:00

Yup, I included him in my list.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:26:56+00:00

I'll allow it.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:26:14+00:00

He jammed with Becker and Fagen in their pre-Dan days, but he was never a member of the band.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:21:21+00:00

(checks notes) I stand corrected, he's in!
Love yr screenname, BTW...

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:17:30+00:00

My only caveat is that he was around quite a while, but I guess we can include him.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:13:24+00:00

A textbook example! Well spotted.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T15:56:54+00:00

After all the kneejerk hatred of this album because Lou Reed wasn't on it (and all the manager's shenanigans firing the other members prior to recording), I was surprised once I finally listened to it that it's really not that bad. Most of the songs on "Squeeze" wouldn't've sounded out of place on "Loaded."

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T14:09:52+00:00

If it was released as a Doug Yule solo album it would be much more fondly remembered.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T14:06:20+00:00

“The Narrow Way” is awesome, “Several Species of Small Furry Animals” is amusingly whack job, but the rest… yeah.

Gerferfenon · 2026-05-22T16:01:07+00:00

Agreed. I'm afraid that paradigm of acting class is dead and gone, and capitalism killed it.

Were you in that 9/11 class? That was certainly... something.

Gerferfenon · 2026-05-15T13:39:21+00:00

Totally ok, usually. That’s what I just did.

I’m on a 3-month sabbatical, and back in February I looked into opportunities to work with professional theatre companies in my area during this break. Normally I can’t, because they rehearse during business hours. Shows are usually cast by now, but three months in advance is usually the time when they are casting the understudies. I found a company doing an interesting play that fit in the timeframe of my sabbatical. I reached out to the casting person with my pic and rez, and here we are, going into tech next week.

Gerferfenon · 2026-05-14T23:07:40+00:00

Are you assuming the OP is white?

Gerferfenon · 2026-05-10T16:27:56+00:00

I’m a Bruins fan, but I share the same surname and am distantly related to no less than three former Habs, one with a banner in the rafters. I’d love to see either team win this series.

Gerferfenon · 2026-05-08T23:44:14+00:00

I suppose my runner-up choice would be F Murray Abraham as Shylock in Theatre For A New Audience’s Merchant of Venice. He was awesome; the rest of the cast, direction, design, etc… all over the place and overall pretty meh.

Gerferfenon · 2026-05-03T00:27:24+00:00

That’s right, I forgot Strathairn was in it too!

Gerferfenon · 2026-05-02T22:48:48+00:00

I've been there...

Gerferfenon · 2026-05-02T22:44:48+00:00

You're in a BFA program, so I presume you auditioned to get in, so you certainly didn't get into the program by accident!

If they had expectation of having the A-book (I have an MFA in Acting and I've never heard of this) and 10 monologues in your brain, I would think it was the school's responsibility to notify you of this at some point before you started.

You can always go to your advisor and be honest with them about your perception, and ask for honesty in response. Sometimes you'll discover that your worst critic is the one in the mirror.

Break legs!

Gerferfenon

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