Peter Bergman, R.I.P.
R.I.P. Peter Bergman, a favorite from Firesign Theatre
Los Angeles -- He walks again by night. Out of the fog ...
Listened to this record in college so many times it is still etched deep into my brain. What company these four brilliantly madcap gents provided through adolescence and beyond. I had the pleasure of interviewing all four members of Firesign Theatre separately for an Inquirer piece in 1998, when they released their first new lp in nearly two decades. What a groove.
Nothing made me happier than to realize that my own sons loved their skewed allusions as much as I did.
Just saw on Phil Proctor's Facebook page that Peter Bergman has died. Apple master, baldy, genius.
He explained to me why they got back together for "Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death."
``The Firesign is needed, like sending out the Bat Signal or calling the Lone Ranger,'' said Bergman, who found the Reagan era so dispiriting that he temporarily retired from humor. ``We're needed to interpret - or break the spell.''
R.I.P. Mudhed. Who's going to answer the call now?