Marilyn's Diary

My Uncle Herman wasn't a violent man. I mean parts of him were violent. Because he was made up of about a thousand parts of various dead people. His torso came from a gladiator. His arms from a Polish hussar. And his penis came from a rapist. But still and all he was very gentle.

And musical. He loved to play several insturments. So much that various musicians used to call him in to do session work. That is where Aunt Lily met her friend Charlie who was hanging out with Dennis Wilson of the beach boys. These young musicians loved to hang out with Uncle Herman because he was older and a man of the world. They loved to copy him. His licks. His mannerisms. There was this deaf English guy who was a talented musician and writer but who had an unhealthy interest in my little pervert cousin Eddie. Anyhoo he copied Uncle Herman's signature move of banging his guitar over and over again.

You see Uncle Herman loved to bang. I loved when he did.