Showing posts with label Jeff Hickmott. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeff Hickmott. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

With Friends Like These ...


Everyone knows we're compadres, sympatico, good friends through and through, inside and outside The Unbelievables.

But ... we're not above and beyond ribbing each other, to the pint of walking that fine line of poking the bear.

Example ...




It's enough to make someone want to pull his hair out. (Whoops! Jeff already did that! It's not my fault! Honest! Clark's, either!)

Those other two have their own tales to tell about getting under each other skin, trust me ...


Friday, May 31, 2013

A serious note from Jeff

Hello, Unbelievables fans. Jeff Hickmott here, taking me dog Patches for walkies around the British village of Lancstershire-In-Shambles where I'm on holiday. That's what we British people call vacations and I am British.

We've had a lot of fun this week talking about disguises, haven't we? Yes. Yes,we have. But it's important to remember to be ourselves, whether it's you Yanks or us Brits (that's short for British People, of which I am one). Be true to who we are and those we care about. Sure, I can drive a lorry down to the local pub and watch football with me mates while downing fish and chips and ale by the litre, but eventually I'm going to say, "Cor, I've downed too many litres of ale, I 'ave, I 'ave" and then I'm going to have to take a lift to the loo. And there, I'm going to have to be okay with being meself, a British bloke here in Jolly Old England, which is British for Great Britain. And blimey, you should bloody well do likewise!
Still more maje-e-estic shalt thou rise,
More dre-e-e-e-eadful from each foreign stroke,
More dreadful, dreadful from each foreign stroke,
Loud blast above us, loud blast that tears the skies
Serves but to ro-o-o-ot thy native oak.
Rule Britannia!
Britannia rule the waves.
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.
Rule Britannia!
Britannia rule the waves.
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.




Ha! Suckers! I fooled you! It's me, Clark, disguised as Jeff! Wooooo! You should see your faces right now.  You were totally sucked in.You're all like, "W-h-a-a-a-a-t???"
Mind. Blown.
Depicted: You (when did you start dressing like Buddy Holly?)

Don't deny it; my absolutely top-notch, genius-level impersonation of Jeff was totally aided by my ever-so-subtle British colloquialisms. You chumps never had a chance. And that's the real lesson we learned this week; you can never let your guard down when dealing with masters of disguise!

Saturday, April 13, 2013

UnbelievAlert: Where's Jeff ... ???


The darlings of critics everywhere and an influence to countless bands worldwide, XTC officially disbanded in 2005 with almost 30 years of musical excellence beneath their belts.

Over the course of their career, The Unbelievables (and especially Michael) have been huge fans of the band ... particularly so in the guise of
their psychedelic alter-egos The Dukes Of Stratosphear. (The Dukes' music was required stuff while "conducting business" at our respective Unbelieva-Pads.)

However, Jeff takes his love of the band just a bit further by emulating its leader, Andy Partridge. The composite photo above leaves no room for doubt about that fact. It's not only uncanny how much he looks like Andy, but in how much he apes his mannerisms as well. 


So ... where's Jeff now? On one of his clandestine XTC jaunts in an attempt to see what might be done to spur the members of the band back on board the production train. (The Unbelievables need a little fun in between fighting crime and looking fabulous, you know. This little quirk just happens to be Jeff's release. And the possibility of XTC being put back in the spotlight is a commendable one in our book.)

Stay tuned, Chalkhills and Children aficionados ... let's see how far Jeff gets ...