Sorry for the late post on this, but I want y’all to know that two weeks ago I saw The Legendary Stardust Cowboy along with the Altamont Boys, featuring Klaus Flouride of the Dead Kennedys.

Yes, now I can die.

I’ve been enamored of the Ledge since the day The Barrister played for me “Who’s Knockin’ On My Door” one summer day in Lawrence, likely when we were getting drunk. He’s interested in outer space and cowboys, and he’s not interested in anything else. When he’s gettin’ down to the music, he lifts a leg and claps his hands underneath it, then creakily lifts the other legs and claps his hands under that one, too. He did that dance when he played “Who’s Knockin’ On My Door” (catchphrase: “Do do do. Do do do. Do do do do do do do”). What can I say? When he played it, I had to grab Dr. No and dance with her, to what I consider “our song.”

In all seriousness, the band was amazing. They exchanged a lot of wary glances, because apparently you don’t play with The Ledge, you play around him. He played many of my favorites, like “Paralyzed” and “I Took A Ride on A Gemini Spaceship.” Sadly, he did not play “Someone Took the Yellow From My Egg.” That one requires stereo effects.

He also tossed out paper plates on which he’d written his email address. Some on them had his phone number. Naturally, he threw one of those to Dr. No.

Photos, by my friend Aaron, follow:

The Ledge

Klaus Fluoride

The Ledge

The Ledge

The Ledge

The Ledge

A snippet of his legendary “Laugh In” appearance: