For Merde...

[jbsegal]

Four alumni from the Washboard Band continued their musical careers by performing monthly at the Saratoga club "17 Maple Avenue". They later added a bass player, a drummer and a female vocalist, and renamed their band Blotto, after the dog in the 1930's novel "Nightlife of the Gods."

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[marmota.livejournal.com]

A wonderful novel by Thorne Smith, author of the "Topper" novels. :)

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

I know that.

It was Merde and Spam who introduced me to Thorne Smith in 88 or so.