Handsome Dick Manitoba wsg The Strains and Slumlord Radio

Richard Handsome Dick Manitoba, also known as The Handsomest Man In Rock , and the Worlds Greatest Entertainer (at least since Sammy Davis Jr. left us) was born Richard Blum in The Bronx, New York, January 29, 1954. Richard is a musician, most well known for being the lead singer (for most of 45 years) with the New York City legendary punk band, THE DICTATORS.MR. MANITOBA also spent 14 years (starting around 2004) on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, hosting The Handsome Dick Radio Program, a national show, 5 nights a week on Little Stevens Underground Garage.And that aint all folks!. Handsome Dick has owned the coolest rock n roll tavern in the Western Hemisphere for just about 20 years now. Oddly enough, its called Manitobas Bar and its located at 99 Avenue B between 6 and 7 Streets in New York Citys, East Village, onthe lush beautiful island of Manhattan.HDM also occasionally sang lead with the MC5 (at the time called DKT/MC5), which included Michael Davis, Brother Wayne Kramer and Dennis Machinegun Thompson, founding members of Detroits legendary MIGHTY pre-punk rock and roll band, The MC5.MR. MANITOBA was a guest on his pal Jimmys television program, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. HDM was a major character on an ill-fated half hour reality show called Barmageddon. He proudly sat with the late great chef, Anthony Bourdain, chowing down on White Castles at MR. MANITOBAS childhood Bronx White Castle.Handsome Dick released a book with his friend, the late writer, Amy Wallace on Backbeat Books, called The Official Punk Rock Book Of Lists, and wrote liner notes for a series of live albums from CBGBS, on the MVD label. HDM has been a paid speaker at colleges and institutions and a paid writer, even though hes only read four books in his lifetime!and lets not forget the man has his very own bobble head doll and Ill tell you this you can look at all the bobble head dolls you want, and if you find one that looks like THEM more precisely than mine looks like me, well, lets put it this way Id be mighty surprised! Its a good feeling knowing someday my ashes will be spread over Yankee Stadium and also knowing I left this earth leaving behind bobble head dolls!