tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post461993835652778190..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Attention Genesis FansHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-40697241992172030392007-11-22T00:04:00.000-05:002007-11-22T00:04:00.000-05:00The only one, eh? That's interesting. John Derby...The only one, eh? That's interesting. John Derbyshire had a post on The Corner (corner.nationalreview.com) the other day to the effect that some 4 million (I think) Americans have unique last names, i.e., only one person has that particular surname. I wonder how many "one-family" names there are . . . .David S. Blochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03443595702430137816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-73636522866660728682007-11-21T10:40:00.000-05:002007-11-21T10:40:00.000-05:00David,Glad you enjoyed it. There are not a lot of ...David,<BR/><BR/>Glad you enjoyed it. There are not a lot of D'Virgilios out there. In fact, our family is the only one with the apostrophe. Everyone else has an "i" (grandpa changed it for some reason in the 40s).<BR/><BR/>I'm 8 years older than Nick, so I turned him on to all the cool music when we were growing up. Unfortunately for me he got all the talent!Mike D'Virgiliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03150525537509460056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-90612725005621721172007-11-20T18:46:00.000-05:002007-11-20T18:46:00.000-05:00That's completely cool. I tend to find Genesis (e...That's completely cool. I tend to find Genesis (even old Genesis, which is better) a little too soft-prog for my tastes, but they're still terrific musicians.<BR/><BR/>And I had no idea your brother was Nick D'Virgilio. I've been a fan of Spock's Beard ever since I saw them open for Dream Theater close to 10 years ago, and I ran into Nick last year at the NAMM show. Incredible drummer--and a very decent singer, too. Very cool. . . .David S. Blochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03443595702430137816noreply@blogger.com