Whos the Naomi in “Cruisin\”?
Some people have asked about the identity of the Naomi mentioned in “Cruisin”. No, it isn’t Naomi Judd. Here’s the story: In 1985, while Mike was residing in the murky depths of Parkdale, Toronto, one of his house-mates worked in an upscale downtown bookstore. After remarking several times on the bizarre nature of some of the books sold there, she brought one home to show Mike. It was a gay pornographic novel entitled Nam Vet, in which a young draftee, on arriving in the Nam, discovers that his Sergeant other things than killin’ Commies on his mind. Entranced by the Sarge’s “delectible bunghole” (that’s how the book put it), our young hero forsakes his sweetheart back home, whose name was, you guessed it, Naomi. At this time, Mike was writing “Cruisin”, and the name sort of, er, slipped in. This is proof positive that anything can end up in a Dog Meat BBQ song.
