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The Gomers band founder Biff Blumfumgagnge engineers, records, tours and performs with Adrian Belew^[1] and Robert Fripp ^[2] , ^[3] .

He also appeared on Willy Porter's 1994 release Dog Eared Dream ^[4], ^[5] as a performer and co-writer of the song Be Here Now. Biff also appeared on Ghost Stories from Lonesome County by Marques Bovre and the Evil Twins^[6].

1998 WAMI Award, Best Instrumentalist: Strings ^[7]

Biff's musical loops performed on the Swedish Nyckelharpa, Viola and Violin are used worldwide. Biff's loops have been released with Sony Digital Pictures, Beeftone Productions, Omnium Records and Apple/i-Life.

In 1992-present Biff has appeared in Headpump producing their only album, Org@sm.com The record was recorded at Warzone Studio in Chicago and featured Biff on violin and guitar and Sugarcubes/Björk drummer Sigtryggur Baldursson on drumkit, samples and vocals.

Biff appeared on the Bradley Fish recording "The Aquarium Conspiracy" CD again with Sigtryggur Baldursson in 1996. Biff was co-producer, engineer and violinist on that recording, as well as touring with Fish and Baldursson.

In April 1996, Biff toured with Sigtryggur Baldursson and Dave Adler to support the album "Ut od Sud" of Kurt Weill music they recorded at King Size Studios in Chicago.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ see Monday, February 19, 2007 entry for Adrian/Biff history
2. ^ Robert Fripp's Tour Diary October 01, 2006 documenting Biff as Official Tour Photographer
3. ^ Robert Fripp's Tour Diary October 07, 2006 documenting Biff at the Front Of House Controls
4. ^ here credited as Bill Uranus co-writer of the song Be Here Now
5. ^ here again credited as Bill Uranus, co-writer of Be Here Now
6. ^ Biff listed as guest on GSFLC
7. ^ documentation of Biff winning the 1998 Wami Award for Best Instrumentalist--Strings

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Notability of The Gomers

A tag has been placed on The Gomers, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page (below the existing db tag) and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. RJASE1 ^Talk 04:02, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Notability of Gomeroke

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Notability of Biff Blumfumgagnge

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[edit] The Gomers

Hey, Biff - sorry it took so long, but I finally got around to looking at your draft and your sources.

Before I tear your heart out, I want to say that I'm definitely not denigrating your band or your accomplishments. You guys sound like exactly the type of band I love to see perform...and I think your charity work and community involvement are particularly laudable. I also envy you for getting to visit Iceland - I always wanted to go there, and even had orders to Keflavik back in '86, but they cancelled when the fighter squadron there switched from F-4s to F-15s. Now the USAF is pulling out of Iceland, so it's unlikely I'll ever get there, at least not on Uncle Sam's dime.

Anyway...like you already surmised, your first and biggest problem is conflict of interest. It's going to be hard to convince people that you're not putting the article together to promote your band.

As far as notability and sources - a lot of them you can't really use (like the mayoral proclamation) because they're considered primary sources or original research. The same goes for some of the sites that only mention The Gomers in passing (like the Demento playlists). The blogs and some of the other references aren't acceptable because they are self-published sources. The Les Paul article may be usable, but you probably need a little more than that to establish notability.

I looked over the WP:MUSIC criteria again - number 6 might possibly apply ("has become the most prominent representative of a notable style or of the local scene of a city") but you still need sources to back it up per the central criteria.

I guess what I would recommend doing for now would be to put the information together on your user page. There's no restriction on that being autobiographical, so long as it's not used for blatant promotion.

(BTW, I replied to your post on Headpump on my talk page.)

I'm sorry if this is bad news - keep in mind I'm not an administrator, this is just my opinion from looking at the guidelines. Best of luck - RJASE1 ^Talk 01:31, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reptile Palace Orchestra

Hi,

I put Reptile Palace Orchestra on deletion review, hopefully to be undeleted, if you would like to contribute to the discussion. Acornwithwings 01:35, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

It seems that the page still exists in the Google cache and can be recreated, but I think more sources are needed- would you happen to have some good reliable sources? thx Acornwithwings 01:42, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Headpump and RPO

Regarding possibly making the above articles redirects to Sigtryggur Baldursson if they don't stand on their own - keep in mind that you don't just have to leave it as a simple redirect page. The way to do it would be to make sections in the Baldursson article titled "Headpump" and "RPO" - then you can include those bands' history, discography, etc. Just make sure to include some references so someone doesn't come along and delete it as unsourced. Let me know if you need any help. RJASE1 ^Talk 21:35, 1 March 2007 (UTC)