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Reverend Al Sharpton Hates Royal Quiet Deluxe, Chicken Band
During the time that I was in Royal Quiet Deluxe (chicken band), I was invited to a large dinner with the Reverend Al Sharpton. Everyone had to go around the table and describe who they were and what they did. I was neither an accomplished member of the community in Norfolk, nor was I African-American. Everyone else at the table was both. I just kinda ran with a description of the band.
It did not go well. At all. In fact, the evening rippled throughout my life for about ten years, causing tremendous embarassment in a comic book store this summer.
Here’s a video of me telling the story on stage at The Moth:
I think I’ve just about milked this chicken band thing for all it’s worth now …
You can see the companion to this story here:
Royal Quiet Deluxe, Chicken Band
A story by The Moth’s Jim O’Grady here:
And a story by The Moth’s Juliet here:
Juliet Tells the Tale of ‘Mannequin Dan’
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