"I can laugh about it now" Art says today, "but at the time, it kinda hurt? It all started when Red Mitchell did these like fart sounds, cupping his hand under his armpit, pumping it, like kids do, during my solos. It was funny for maybe two seconds, and I told him to knock it off, and he said, okay, Arm Farter, and the whole band started sniggering. Real juvenile. But I went with the gag until the sessions [for The Sleeping Bee - Ed.] were done, and I fired their asses. So I thought the laugh was on them until couple years later, these like fake albums start appearing in the racks. Red Mitchell had these sleeves printed up, and he and the other guys whose asses I'd fired, they were putting them in the racks in the record stores. And it got like people were shouting hey! Arm Farter! during my gigs. It was a tough time for me. And frankly I thought it was all forgotten until you bring it up again, so fuck you."
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This post, originally titled "Arm Farter", was put behind a "sensitive content" firewall for contravening community guidelines. I had a look at their guidelines and there is nothing to even hint that using the word "fart" in the title will get it censored. Nothing about inappropriate language (other than hate speech) at all, unless I missed it. I know from experience (a Doris Day piece) that the 4/5g© are a sensitive bunch of slobs and don't like to click through to something that might cause their cheeks to color girlishly, so I censored my own title. And here we are!
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