The Rainbow Came Back (interview with Diane Seuss pt. 3)

It's Breaking Form Game Day with Diane Seuss!

Buy Di's books at your favorite independent bookstore. We recommend Loyalty Bookstores, a Black-owned indie in DC.

Apparently, the word "jockstrap" comes from the riders of early bicycles (called penny farthings, which had a huge front wheel and a smaller rear wheel). The riders were called "bicycle jockeys," and they wore athletic supporters called "bicycle jockey straps." 

The B52s originally consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion), Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards, synth bass), Cindy Wilson (vocals, percussion), Ricky Wilson (guitar), and Keith Strickland (drums, guitar, keyboards). Ricky Wilson died of AIDS-related illness in 1985, and Strickland switched from drums to lead guitar. The band also added various members for albums and live performances. In April of 2022, the group announced that they would embark on a final farewell tour, lasting from August 11th to November 11th, 2022. KC and the Sunshine Band will join the group on this tour.

It seems pretty settled now that Keats was treating syphilis with mercury, which may have hastened his death due to tuberculosis. Read a great article on Keats and the movie Campion made of his last few years, Bright Star, here.   

 Watch John Travolta deliver that iconic line from Saturday Night Fever which Di references. Saturday night fever:  "Maybe if you ain't so good, I ain't so bad, you know"?