Re: MUSCLEBUFF

[deetrakt]

I'm taking the liberty of posting this here because, although it is not a fictional story, it concerns "Musclebuff', a well-known writer of muscle growth stories. Some of you may recognize his handle and some may know his real name: Colin Graham.

Colin Graham died last week at the age of 75. British-born, he was one of the leading figures in opera in the entire world and the artistic director of the St. Louis Opera. He also was a dedicated bodybuilder and muscle fanatic who began lifting and then competing in his early 60's! I did not know him except in cyberspace but admired him enormously.

If you're curious, there are obituaries of him all over the net ( see www.nytimes.com for example). And while they don't mention "musclebuff", they do allude to his late-life bodybuilding hobby.

In the course of checking this story out, I discovered that he set up his own story archive at www.musclebufftales.com (Not sure whether or how you can get approval to join now, however).

I dunno if there are any of his stories in the revived archive here, but there used to be.

[brahms97]

Thanks for the post Deetrakt. I had heard discussions of Musclebuff's stage career on other boards, but I had no idea how extensive it was. I guess there really is something to this muscle/opera connection. Both are larger than life I suppose.

Dave

[riptmuslbody]

Musclebuff address doesn't seem to work. Is there a correction? Love to see hisstories.
Ken

[deetrakt]

Originally Posted by riptmuslbody

Musclebuff address doesn't seem to work. Is there a correction? Love to see hisstories.
Ken

When I posted, it was "working" in the sense that you could see the home page, which asked you to leave your e-mail address to gain entry. I got the automatic message back, but no followup, and now as you say the site seems to have expired along with the author.

PS I know he posted his work to the Muscle Growth Yahoo Group, so you could try there or the new Archive.