SynthModules

Ok
This is blatantly off topic and unsolicited but I'm going to do
it anyway
Drmabuce is a misspelling of Dr. Mabuse (because somebody beat me to
it on yahoo)
I am not a doctor and any medical advice I dispense should be
regarded with great skepticism.
It is a nickname . My real name is Mike Murphy but there are
thousands of Mike Murphys. It's kind of a celtic version of the
"Bob Johnson"  syndrome. I first heard the name Doctor Mabuse
in college on an LP by the Roto Rooter Goodtime Christmas Band. There
is a break in  a  fairly conventional salsa number – then you
hear a nasal voice say: Ladies & Gentlemen….. 
Doc-torrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr maBUSE!
Followed by the most amazing deconstruction of the tenor sax
timbre… like 48 diesel airhorns in a shouting match.
Lordy Day! I was in love!
Fast forward to 1989 and Iwas recruited by a band that traditionally
used stage names and there was no question in my mind who I wanted to
be: Dr Alphose Caspar Mabuse.
And it `stuck' most people in the local music scene have
never known me as anything but `doc'
It was only AFTER I adopted the stage name that I saw the German
expressionist films. 
(I don't look like him either)
so there!
That'll teach ya to stray off topic in THIS forum

Salut!
-`doc'

--- In SynthModules@yahoogroups.com, "john mahoney" <jmahoney@g...>
wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "drmabuce" <drmabuce@y...>
> > [snip]
> > best,
> > -doc
> 
> Okay, "Doc," the gig is up! I had never considered that your name
might be a
> pseudonym, but I dusted off an old CD last night and lo, there was
a song
> entitled "Dr. Mabuse." A-ha! Further research (read "Googling")
revealed a
> deeper mystery.
> 
> So, we're on to your little game, now, Mister Wh
atever-your-real-name-is.
> 
> Muah-ha-ha-ha!!!  ***
> --
> john
> 
> 
> *** (That's "evil laughter," and yes, I'm being silly. Fritz Lang
made a
> couple of "Dr. Mabuse" films, which presumably inspired the song.)