“Dr. Desperate I presume?”
– Left Lyrics In The Practice Room
So… what do we know about Dr. Desperate?
The A to Z of HMHB
The A to Z of HMHB
“Dr. Desperate I presume?”
– Left Lyrics In The Practice Room
So… what do we know about Dr. Desperate?
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Jeff Dreadnought
Is this a reference to the cow-pie-eating Beano character Desperate Dan? His jaw juts out like Mart Poom’s, as well.
9 September 2014
EXXO
Chris seems desperate to meet and be adored by the (more locally established) band who practise 8-10; their imagined greeting is a nice twist on Henry Morton Stanley’s self-mythologising “Dr. Livingston, I presume?” and had hints of “Dr. Death”, a mantle of evil which perhaps the lead singer of Future Doom might assume in one of his left lyrics.
Stanley’s is one of those types of sub-epically misadventuring life stories NB57 has a penchant for alluding to, and as of course Stanley’s horrible incursions into the Heart of darkness were a precursor for Conrad’s, there is a link to the imagery of ‘Problem Chimp’ there too.
Moreover, Stanley is fairly local for NB57, Denbigh and St. Asaph being the sort of places where you probably dismount beside a local memorial plaque to have an isotonic drink and a banana.
All in two words, and as Jeff shows, you could get a lot else out of it too, if you like.
9 September 2014
G100
The wording of this article suggests that ‘Paging Doctor Desperate’ might be a commonly understood American turn of phrase.
9 September 2014
EXXO
Can’t find it anywhere else on google though.
9 September 2014
Dr Desperate
Several Thomas Hardy reference books use DR as the abbreviation for his anonymously-published 1871 novel ‘Desperate Remedies’, however.
9 September 2014
Rubber Faced IRritant
I so wish I could add to the erudition in this thread. All I have to say is Dandy, Jeff, Dandy.
11 September 2014
Jeff Dreadnought
Schoolboy error (literally) on my part, Irritant. Thanks for putting me straight.
12 September 2014
Rubber Faced Irritant
Not to worry Jeff. Perhaps it’s time for his Beano Collaboration.
Or even B.Eno Collaboration.
26 September 2014
johnnyoutofpipkins
In New York at the moment freezing his Jacobs off.
5 January 2018