Bob Tarte's "Technobeat" Archives

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The Whale caught in a folkdance from his Nova Scotian past.

Since its first days, TECHNOBEAT has been intermittantly invaded by an annoying entity called the Whale, an ex-Halifax-based folk singer and professional wrestling medal-holder on the Wawa-Thunder Bay-International Falls circuit.

Despite his starring roll in only six Technobeat columns since 1991 and mentions in perhaps as many others, the Whale has raised public ire like no other columnist, contributor, or partially-made-up entity in The Beat.

Beat-reader dissatisfaction with the Whale after his Bill Holm-persona guest edited Dave Hucker's "Hey Mr. Music" column reached such a pitch that Beat editor CC Smith requested he take a long leave from Technobeat.

For the moment, THE JIG IS UP for the Whale, but his legacy lives on...

THE WHALE'S VITALS

Date of Birth: Dec. 7, 1941
Place of Birth: Thule, Greenland
Height: 5 ft., 8 in.
Girth: 5 ft., 8 in.

RESUME

1960-62
Ship's ballast, SS Manatee

1963-64
Memory loss incident

January 1965
FLAMENCO GUITARIST / calypso vocalist,
portable kiosk near turnstyle,
Port Authority of St. Johns, Newfoundland

1965
"Singalong Jubilee" cast member turned scenary fixture,
CBC-TV, Halifax, Nova Scotia
[see The Real Northern Exposure ]

1966
Anne Murray NUISANCE SUIT defendant,
Ottawa, Toronto, Halifax, Regina,
and Medicine Hat

1967-74
Missing (alleged "abduction" incident)

1975-85
Professional wrestler, W-TB-IF Circuit

1991-92
"Dr. Whale's" Bedsore Insert TELEMARKETER
[see The Whale Spouts Off ]

1992
Aspirations to VENEZUELAN presidency
[see Radio Free Whale ]

September 12-27, 1993
Cruise ship spokesperson / entertainer
[see Pleasure Cruisin' for a Bruisin' ]

1993-94
Real estate speculation, Wisconsin Dells
[see Mr. Whale Goes to Madison]

1993-96
BATTLE for control of Technobeat column
[see Pleasure Cruisin' for a Bruisin' ]
[see Quebec And Call ]
[see Cetacean Crisis ]

1996
Revealed as aspect of Bill Holm
Possible SUICIDE ATTEMPT
disguised as blowhole creation with apple-corer
[see Cetacean Crisis]

1997
Visits Dave Hucker in London,
invading his "Hey, Mr. Music" column
[see "Hey, Mr. Holm"]

1997
Guest-edits Hucker's "Hey, Mr. Music" column
[see Duckin' and Divin' with the Whale, ]

1997
Ostracized from Technobeat
by POPULAR reader demand
[see Vox Populi]

Technobeat Central
Columns by CDs and Artists / Columns by Date
Columns by Subject / Page of the Whale

Whale animation copyright 1998 Bob Tarte


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	The Whale caught in a folkdance from his Nova Scotian past.

	Since its first days, TECHNOBEAT has been intermittantly invaded by an annoying entity called the Whale, an ex-Halifax-based folk singer and professional wrestling medal-holder on the Wawa-Thunder Bay-International Falls circuit. Despite his starring roll in only six Technobeat columns since 1991 and mentions in perhaps as many others, the Whale has raised public ire like no other columnist, contributor, or partially-made-up entity in The Beat. Beat-reader dissatisfaction with the Whale after his Bill Holm-persona guest edited Dave Hucker's "Hey Mr. Music" column reached such a pitch that Beat editor CC Smith requested he take a long leave from Technobeat. For the moment, THE JIG IS UP for the Whale, but his legacy lives on...
	THE WHALE'S VITALS Date of Birth: Dec. 7, 1941 Place of Birth: Thule, Greenland Height: 5 ft., 8 in. Girth: 5 ft., 8 in. RESUME 1960-62 Ship's ballast, SS Manatee 1963-64 Memory loss incident January 1965 FLAMENCO GUITARIST / calypso vocalist, portable kiosk near turnstyle, Port Authority of St. Johns, Newfoundland 1965 "Singalong Jubilee" cast member turned scenary fixture, CBC-TV, Halifax, Nova Scotia [see The Real Northern Exposure ] 1966 Anne Murray NUISANCE SUIT defendant, Ottawa, Toronto, Halifax, Regina, and Medicine Hat 1967-74 Missing (alleged "abduction" incident) 1975-85 Professional wrestler, W-TB-IF Circuit 1991-92 "Dr. Whale's" Bedsore Insert TELEMARKETER [see The Whale Spouts Off ] 1992 Aspirations to VENEZUELAN presidency [see Radio Free Whale ] September 12-27, 1993 Cruise ship spokesperson / entertainer [see Pleasure Cruisin' for a Bruisin' ] 1993-94 Real estate speculation, Wisconsin Dells [see Mr. Whale Goes to Madison] 1993-96 BATTLE for control of Technobeat column [see Pleasure Cruisin' for a Bruisin' ] [see Quebec And Call ] [see Cetacean Crisis ] 1996 Revealed as aspect of Bill Holm Possible SUICIDE ATTEMPT disguised as blowhole creation with apple-corer [see Cetacean Crisis] 1997 Visits Dave Hucker in London, invading his "Hey, Mr. Music" column [see "Hey, Mr. Holm"] 1997 Guest-edits Hucker's "Hey, Mr. Music" column [see Duckin' and Divin' with the Whale, ] 1997 Ostracized from Technobeat by POPULAR reader demand [see Vox Populi] Technobeat Central Columns by CDs and Artists / Columns by Date Columns by Subject / Page of the Whale Whale animation copyright 1998 Bob Tarte