These days, Meat is also branching out from vinyl to celluloid. In 1979 he was featured in two movies, Americathon and Roadie, which also starred Blondie’sDeborah Harry. He’s just finished a new film, to come out next spring, called Dead Ringer (like the album). Meat plays two roles – himself and Marvin, the singer’s biggest fan. “It’s a comedy version of The Rose,” he explains. “That movie really depressed me. I thought Bette Midler was great but the concept was stupid because everything was a downer. Who would want to be in this business if it was all like The Rose, if there was no fun at all?
Whatever, Loaf!