June 05, 2010
— Monty

It was pretty much mandatory for every guy my age to have this cassette in his car. "Flirtin' With Disaster" called the tune to many a drunken rampage.
[UPDATE: YouTube video of "Flirtin' With Disaster" after the jump.]
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Posted by: Monty at June 05, 2010 12:58 PM (O3eFQ)
I had Culture Club in mine. Lemme me tell you, the rawmuscleglutes got many a workout in the back seat to their tunes.
Posted by: Andrew Sullivan at June 05, 2010 12:59 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Ombudsman at June 05, 2010 01:04 PM (y4B2y)
Now it just brings to mind Election Day '08.
Posted by: nickless at June 05, 2010 01:04 PM (MMC8r)
Molly Hatchet, my 4x4, ice cold beer, a cheap Swisher Sweet cigar, and a hometown honey down at the river on a Saturday night.
Thanks Monty. Needed this one.
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 01:04 PM (9xzHb)
Anybody wanna buy all my greatest hits on 8-track? For a limited time only you get a free calendar and half off on the Charles Johnson Commemorative Plates with your purchase of Charles Johnson's Greatest Hits on 8-Track from K-Tel for just $ 9.99 !
Don't Miss Out !
I bid you adieu.
Posted by: Charles Johnson at June 05, 2010 01:06 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 01:08 PM (9xzHb)
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 01:09 PM (6taRI)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 01:09 PM (wOtDN)
I can't even think of a 'Southern Rock' band these days. Just whiny fairies like REM.
If you had the excuse of a classic rock station like we've got here in O'town, you'd know each and every one of them and all their kids. And their dogs and cats. And I say that having been in a band with the ex-morning drive guys. And even they didn't like the station.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 05, 2010 01:10 PM (i3AsK)
Sure you can, they just call them "country" now.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 01:10 PM (6taRI)
Best animated boobies evah.
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 01:10 PM (9xzHb)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 01:10 PM (wOtDN)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 05, 2010 01:11 PM (wd0Iq)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 05, 2010 01:12 PM (YVlF6)
They're a franchise now, I think. Garry Rossington is the only one left, right?
Posted by: Ombudsman at June 05, 2010 01:12 PM (y4B2y)
Metallica's Kill Em' All, Master of Puppets and Gwar's Scumdogs of the Universe along with Motorhead were in my Datsun B-210. Didn't get into classic rock until my twenties, in my teens I was pretty much a metal head.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 01:14 PM (t72+4)
nttawwt
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 01:14 PM (9xzHb)
What's a cassette? Posted by: DavidJ at June 05, 2010 05:01 PM (cTfiG)
GO FUCK YOURSELF WITH A LEFT HANDED POGO STICK!!!!!!!
I still have vinyl I listen to, you little fuckstain on the back seat of a Ford Pinto.
Posted by: Old Hippie Vet at June 05, 2010 01:15 PM (3IZGh)
Posted by: mpfs at June 05, 2010 01:15 PM (O14lN)
Posted by: Barry, Occidental '83 at June 05, 2010 01:15 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 01:15 PM (9xzHb)
Memories Monty. Saturday night, summer at the lake, blanket spread out...making out with my boyfriend. Good times.
Posted by: mpfs at June 05, 2010 05:15 PM (O14lN)
Keep going........
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 01:16 PM (t72+4)
Wait....all you in the states weren't listening to Wings in the seventies?
Posted by: Sir Paul mcCartney at June 05, 2010 05:12 PM (7FgWm)
No, Paul. No, we weren't. You see, Wings sucked. Sucked big time. And so do you, you classless bastard. I have a Harvard MBA. What libraries did you frequent, you high school dropout?
Posted by: G W Bush, former Leader of the Free World at June 05, 2010 01:16 PM (y4B2y)
Posted by: Who knows at June 05, 2010 01:16 PM (7FgWm)
I miss Bob Seger.
No cover art coolness, but he sure could kick the shit out of a rock ballad.
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 01:18 PM (9xzHb)
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Neck Beard at June 05, 2010 01:18 PM (wOtDN)
None of those cassettes were ever Molly Hatchet, though I did have plenty of Alice in Chains, Monster Magnet, Pantera, and lots of other '90s shit I don't often admit to having listened to now.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 05, 2010 01:18 PM (9hH9W)
Forgive Paul, he's a little slow iykwim. We tried like hell to make him the fifth Beatle instead of Stuart and we got stuck with him from then on.
Posted by: Ringo Starr at June 05, 2010 01:18 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 01:18 PM (HyUIR)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 05, 2010 01:19 PM (i3AsK)
The only folks who listen to Wings are steers and queers and I never saw anyone with horns listening to that crap.
Posted by: George W. Bush at June 05, 2010 01:20 PM (t72+4)
His live album from the mid-70s, Live Bullet, was brilliant. Too bad it's been out of print for years.
Posted by: G W Bush, former Leader of the Free World at June 05, 2010 01:20 PM (y4B2y)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 05, 2010 01:21 PM (wd0Iq)
Part of the pleasure of an album used to be the artwork. Kansas had some of the best.
Are there even such a things as album covers any more?
Posted by: FireHorse at June 05, 2010 01:21 PM (cQyWA)
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 01:22 PM (HyUIR)
Posted by: Sir Paul McCartney at June 05, 2010 01:22 PM (7FgWm)
Posted by: Frank G at June 05, 2010 01:23 PM (4X0aT)
Album artwork and liner notes were part of the whole experience. Sadly, they've gone the way of the buggy whip.
Posted by: Ombudsman at June 05, 2010 01:23 PM (y4B2y)
Hey Paul, fortunately for Linda, she finally got to experience what it was like to be with a real man like me instead of a beta pansy like you after you dumped her for a much younger woman after she stayed faithfully by your side for many years.
Posted by: George W. Bush at June 05, 2010 01:23 PM (t72+4)
for my more hippy self, kansas-dust in the wind Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 05:18 PM (HyUIR)
That gets you a -100 points my dear. Now you are going to have to do something really damn awesome here for me to get you back in my top 5 listing.
Want my email addy?
Posted by: Old Hippie Vet at June 05, 2010 01:24 PM (3IZGh)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 05, 2010 01:24 PM (9hH9W)
Ramblin' Man / Beautiful Loser is one of the best live tracks ever recorded.
I think, anyway.
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 01:24 PM (9xzHb)
Posted by: mpfs at June 05, 2010 01:24 PM (O14lN)
Oh boy, Guiness and the keys to the WayBack Machine on a Saturday afternoon. Monty, you magnificent bastard you.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 05, 2010 01:25 PM (i3AsK)
oldhippy, heck I swear that will be the last time i mention it! i give , i give.
not enough remorse ?
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 01:25 PM (HyUIR)
I can't even think of a 'Southern Rock' band these days. Just whiny fairies like REM.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 05:06 PM (DnrR6)
Skynyrd, CDB, BO-FUCKIN-CEPHUS, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Kenny Wayne Sheppard to name a few that are still active and don't whine like pussies.
Posted by: Unclefacts, AoSHQ Professional Debate Team at June 05, 2010 01:25 PM (erIg9)
I never listened to the whole thing. Not gay.
Posted by: oblig. at June 05, 2010 01:26 PM (x7Ao8)
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 01:26 PM (9xzHb)
Yes Blazer, occasionally the shorts and top would come off and into the lake naked we would go.
Posted by: mpfs at June 05, 2010 05:24 PM (O14lN)
And it was most likely one of those cold spring fed Pennsy lakes that does wonders on ones nipples. Thanks for the image.
Bunk !
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 01:26 PM (t72+4)
Southern Rock Band = Allman Brothers
Live at Fillmore East is one of the 10 best Rock albums ever.
Foghat, Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc. = suxorz.
Posted by: Ed Anger at June 05, 2010 01:26 PM (7+pP9)
Things suck, but perhaps not as badly as Jim's claiming. He might just be ahead of the curve, though.
This post at Contentions blog, by Jennifer Rubin helps counterbalance things a bit in my mind.
I think the US State Department is the most amateurish it's ever been, and that includes under Carter.
Posted by: K~bob at June 05, 2010 01:26 PM (9b6FB)
I have that CD. It is still available from CD Now (Amazon)
http://tinyurl.com/2wcpm9u
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 01:26 PM (6taRI)
I like the Outlaws, too. Almost got killed at one of their shows (long story). A schizophrenic band, really. They couldn't decide if they wanted to be the Allman Brothers or Alabama.
Posted by: Ombudsman at June 05, 2010 01:27 PM (y4B2y)
Posted by: K~bob at June 05, 2010 01:27 PM (9b6FB)
Molly Hatchet -- first real concert I ever went to; we were right next to the left side speakers...also the event which made me gag at even the barest whiff of whiskey forevermore.
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 01:29 PM (5/yRG)
The first real live tits I ever saw was at an AC/DC concert when I was 15 and some college chic wanted to jump up on my shoulders and flash the band.
Thanks for buying those tickets mom, you are the best !
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 01:29 PM (t72+4)
Paul McCartney is opening up the brand new Consol Energy Center, the new Arena for the Penguins here in Pitt this fall.
Posted by: Ben at June 05, 2010 01:30 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Kurt at June 05, 2010 01:30 PM (/DG71)
oldhippy, heck I swear that will be the last time i mention it! i give , i give. not enough remorse ? Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 05:25 PM (HyUIR)
I'm gonna need a little more, that shit was weak, even using Obama's standards.
Posted by: Old Hippie Vet at June 05, 2010 01:30 PM (3IZGh)
You could pop in The Cars: Heartbeat City, then switch over to Skynyrd, then over to some Queen and back to some Van Halen. Maybe finish off with some Elvis.
It's tough to find that kind of variety in sounds these days.
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 01:31 PM (9xzHb)
Never heard of Molly Hatchet until now. My loss.
Love the covers too. I like the ones on Meat Loaf albums a little better though.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 05, 2010 01:32 PM (c0A3e)
Molly Hatchet -- first real concert I ever went to . . .
My brother's first real concert was Uriah Heep.
The front band was ZZ Top.
The next day he bought Tres Hombres.
Posted by: Ed Anger at June 05, 2010 01:32 PM (7+pP9)
I was thinking more along these lines:
Posted by: FireHorse at June 05, 2010 05:31 PM (cQyWA)
Hell yes ! I had that on a t-shirt back in the eighties.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 01:32 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Ombudsman at June 05, 2010 01:33 PM (y4B2y)
So none of you whipper snappers ever listened to or did the horizontal bop to Glenn Miller's In The Mood?
Posted by: Fish at June 05, 2010 01:33 PM (v1gw3)
Posted by: Ed Anger at June 05, 2010 05:26 PM (7+pP9)
HERESY
Posted by: Unclefacts, AoSHQ Professional Debate Team at June 05, 2010 01:34 PM (erIg9)
Thanks for buying those tickets mom, you are the best !
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 05:29 PM (t72+4)
And thank you college chic's mom for buying her ticket.
Posted by: AC/DC at June 05, 2010 01:34 PM (YX6i/)
i think my first tape was bought by my sister , and confiscated by me a few years later, chicago 25 or 6 something
oldhippy, you're a tough one!
heck if i had impressive tatas i'd show em, but you'd really be let down as it is.
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 01:35 PM (HyUIR)
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 01:35 PM (9xzHb)
Posted by: mpfs at June 05, 2010 01:35 PM (zlx4f)
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 01:37 PM (9xzHb)
There hasn't been any real good bands since the mid 80s. They all suck now. MTV did kill the rock n roll star.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 01:38 PM (6taRI)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 05, 2010 01:38 PM (wd0Iq)
1974. Got to be a student roadie for Bob Seeger. Worked for about two hours, got paid $15 bucks and two second row tickets. The opening band was called McKendree Spring, a Brit band. Keyboard player had a Mellotron that had to be lifted manually about four feet to the stage. Did I mention that those things weigh about as much as a small car?
Great show. Not that crowded for a college. Later that same year, Harry Chapin played to a raucous crowd of about 200. After the show, the band hung out and those of us who stayed got to meet them, except for Harry. We're all walked out the front of the auditorium after about twenty minutes and were greeted with an impromptu "streak-in" right in front of the freshmen girls' dorm. Lasted all night. Welcome to Jax State.
It was a real swinging time.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 05, 2010 01:38 PM (i3AsK)
Oh man....
Alman Brothers... Doobie Brothers... Old Eagles.... Molly... had em all...
But for making out? Best of Bread, Vol II.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 05, 2010 01:38 PM (OlHjR)
Blazer, did you ever tell her?
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 05:35 PM (HyUIR)
No, she would have had a stroke, I had to twist her arm to buy em' as it was.
Oh yea, and even if your tits aren't all that impressive we still want to see em', let the morons be the judge !
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 01:39 PM (t72+4)
Just one man's opinion.
Posted by: MrSaulReverse at June 05, 2010 01:39 PM (YX6i/)
Halter tops were the bra and besides the shorts, we only wore a tan and a smile.
Summer, my favorite season.
Posted by: Who Knows at June 05, 2010 01:40 PM (7FgWm)
I have a version by Arthur Fielder and The Boston Pops that I put on and crank up to the limit every now and then.
The Boston Pops had a way of making some of those things like actually rock out there.
However, I can't think of doing "the horizontal bop" to that.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 01:40 PM (6taRI)
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 01:41 PM (HyUIR)
So none of you whipper snappers ever listened to or did the horizontal bop to Glenn Miller's In The Mood?
This Gen Xer prefers songs about booze and mother-daughter prostitute tag teams:
Posted by: FireHorse at June 05, 2010 01:41 PM (cQyWA)
Don't Miss Out !
I bid you adieu.
Posted by: Charles Johnson at June 05, 2010 05:06 PM
Oh Mr Johnson, is it on Kindle now?
Posted by: Killgore at June 05, 2010 01:41 PM (sYxEE)
http://tinyurl.com/2dfeuec
Posted by: Kurt at June 05, 2010 01:42 PM (/DG71)
Posted by: magnolia at June 05, 2010 01:42 PM (t2KEU)
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 01:42 PM (HyUIR)
Posted by: Monty at June 05, 2010 01:42 PM (O3eFQ)
Say what you want about Phil Collins but he's probably the best drummer I have ever seen, his solo sets rock out with its cock out. Saw Genesis in D.C. live one time.
That dude can smack a set of Pearls like its nobody's business.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 01:43 PM (t72+4)
ZZ Top was one of the most fun concerts I've ever been to -- more like a great big party than a concert.
My youth was spent somewhere musically contained by the likes of Lynrd Skynrd, Metallica (before the Black Album), Bocephus, and Jimi Hendrix (with brief musings on Elvis and Miles Davis) -- this is what happens when you are the youngest kid in the family by four years, the only girl, and you live in the sticks.
Bob Seger...really? Night Moves....oh...noooo.
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 01:43 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: damian at June 05, 2010 01:44 PM (4WbTI)
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 01:44 PM (9xzHb)
The 70s were all we had at the time, but music didn't really take off until the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and its offshoot genres.
I swooned over Zeppelin then. I can't listen to them now.
Posted by: dumb blond at June 05, 2010 01:44 PM (gbCNS)
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 01:44 PM (HyUIR)
oldhippy, you're a tough one! heck if i had impressive tatas i'd show em, but you'd really be let down as it is. Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 05:35 PM (HyUIR)
To hell with the tats....how's your tits?
I am a composer, sound engineer, musician..........................and I am single.
Posted by: Old Hippie Vet at June 05, 2010 01:44 PM (3IZGh)
Posted by: Dennis Hopper at June 05, 2010 01:44 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Monty at June 05, 2010 01:45 PM (O3eFQ)
If you were a Super Duper Airborne Trooper you wouldn't have put that up, nevertheless my LRRP Team would have tossed the dude and taken that young Lady to a safe area, she can dance for sure!
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 01:45 PM (NUaFH)
I had this Maiden t-shirt. Forget who they were touring with, think it was '82.
Judas Priest headlined that tour.
Posted by: FireHorse at June 05, 2010 01:45 PM (cQyWA)
I swooned over Zeppelin then. I can't listen to them now.
I can still listen to Heartbreaker. But is has to be really loud.
so i can hear it
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 01:46 PM (YjIPf)
Pencil or pen, matchbook, roach clip
We wrecked a really nice truck once while Green Grass and High Tides was playing in the tape deck
Posted by: kbdabear at June 05, 2010 01:46 PM (sYxEE)
Judas Priest headlined that tour.
Oh yeahhh, Screaming for Vengeance. We didn't know about Rob Halford then, even the 80s were still kinda innocent.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 01:47 PM (YjIPf)
Life changing magic guitar. Made it look like easy as pie.
Hearing Tunnel of Love, Telegraph Road, and Romeo and Juliet live was awesome after all these years.
His new album is awesome too.
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 01:47 PM (9xzHb)
Green Grass and High Tides
Saw the Outlaws when they opened for Sabbath.
Too bad about the truck.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 01:48 PM (YjIPf)
Posted by: Old Hippie Vet at June 05, 2010 01:48 PM (3IZGh)
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
Boston
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
Lynyrd Skynard - One More From the Road
The Who - Who's Next
Beach Boys - Endless Summer
Posted by: kbdabear at June 05, 2010 01:49 PM (sYxEE)
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 01:50 PM (9xzHb)
Life changing magic guitar. Made it look like easy as pie.
Hearing Tunnel of Love, Telegraph Road, and Romeo and Juliet live was awesome after all these years.
His new album is awesome too.
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 05:47 PM (9xzHb)
Clapton gets too much credit for being the epitome of a guitar god. Knopfler can play circles around him imo.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 01:50 PM (t72+4)
Clapton gets too much credit for being the epitome of a guitar god. Knopfler can play circles around him imo.
Different styles and genres. Love old Cream and Clapton. Love the Straits and Knopfler, too.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 01:51 PM (YjIPf)
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 01:51 PM (9xzHb)
Posted by: Cynical prick at June 05, 2010 01:51 PM (f4/1q)
oldhippy, omg you're old! i keed!
breasts are finished, nursed a slew of children.
neat career!
married with that slew of kids.
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 01:52 PM (HyUIR)
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 01:52 PM (5/yRG)
In the day, Alice got played heavily in the two weeks before school let out.
I don'y dare try to do a tiny url here.
Can anyone put a girl some School's Out?
Posted by: Who Knows at June 05, 2010 01:52 PM (7FgWm)
If you were a Super Duper Airborne Trooper you wouldn't have put that up
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 05:45 PM (NUaFH)
Ft. Benning jump school March '59. Further assigned to Special Forces Research Lab at Ft. Bragg, N.C. TDY Vientienne, Laos '61 from 7th SF Gp (Abn). PCS 1st Gp Okinawa. TDY RVN Camp Ashau, I Corp 1963-64. PCS Ft. Rucker, AL 118th Assault Helicopter Co, 1966-67. PCS Ft. Wolters, TX 1st Cavalry, 228th Avn Bn, Bear Cat, RVN 1969.
Posted by: Fish at June 05, 2010 01:52 PM (v1gw3)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 01:53 PM (NUaFH)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 05, 2010 01:53 PM (i3AsK)
Posted by: Who Knows at June 05, 2010 01:54 PM (7FgWm)
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 01:55 PM (HyUIR)
Posted by: beerologist at June 05, 2010 01:56 PM (r2UKM)
Posted by: fluff o' nutta at June 05, 2010 01:56 PM (4Kl5M)
Different styles and genres. Love old Cream and Clapton. Love the Straits and Knopfler, too.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 05:51 PM (YjIPf)
That wasnt meant to demean Clapton in any way, he's a damned good guitar player.
138 Clapton can't play like Knopfler can. No way in hell.
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 05:51 PM (9xzHb)
Yep, the Sultans of Swing makes me dizzy everytime I hear it, to me, the display of guitarmanship on that song is epic..
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 01:57 PM (t72+4)
Unclench your sphincter a bit and tell us what you listened to at finishing school?
The whole "conservative must equal prudery" schtick is why the kids voted for Odumbass.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 01:57 PM (OkT2m)
C'mon -- Kashmir
Kashmir would still kick ass if Robert Plant didn't sing. Somehow his voice no longer tingles my music bone.
Posted by: dumb blond at June 05, 2010 01:58 PM (gbCNS)
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 01:59 PM (HyUIR)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 05, 2010 01:59 PM (7EDH5)
OT: the Rangers just executed a suicide squeeze and there was absolutely nothing the Rays could do about it, and they knew it was coming. Nice baseball. Beautiful.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 01:59 PM (YjIPf)
wow sultan of swing -haven't heard that in years, who sang it?
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 05:59 PM (HyUIR)
Dire Straits
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 02:00 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 02:01 PM (NUaFH)
Posted by: magnolia at June 05, 2010 02:01 PM (t2KEU)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 02:01 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: Monty at June 05, 2010 02:02 PM (O3eFQ)
150 It wasn't so bad -- at least my cousins had good taste in music (I'm an only child -- Mom miscarried before and with me, no twin for yours truly, couldn't have anymore kids; Dad was heartbroken, and I had to live the life of the best daughter and worthiest son a Marine D.I. could have -- it made for an interesting life).
Bogus: having to wear their hand me downs until I was in jr. high (because Mom wouldn't buy me any new clothes except for dresses for Sunday/special occasion as I was "growing"). Bonus: they let me mess around with their guns, motorcycles, and beater hot rods (all my cousins were at least 4 years older than me and Marines as well as gearheads).
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 02:02 PM (5/yRG)
Does everyone have those way-up-the-dial music channels on their cable system?
No cable (fuck comcast), but Pandora dot com is kind of the same. Build your own radio station, or several. Pretty sweet.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 02:02 PM (YjIPf)
Posted by: Editor at June 05, 2010 02:02 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 05, 2010 02:02 PM (wd0Iq)
Posted by: Monty at June 05, 2010 02:04 PM (O3eFQ)
We didn't know about Rob Halford then, even the 80s were still kinda innocent.
Most of us didn't. One guy in my town, however, was way ahead of the curve. Even as a teenager, this guy was one of the nicest, most decent people you'd ever meet and he was really into metal. Because it's pertinent, I'll mention that he also had juvenile diabetes. ("Had" as in he got a pancreas transplant and no longer has the disease. I've lost touch with him, but last I knew he's very much still with us and doing fine. Anyway ... )
He told me of the time he dressed up as Rob Halford for Halloween. None of us had ever heard of Rob Halford, let alone being into Judas Priest. This was even before "Breakin' the Law" came out. Not him. He was already a huge fan.
So he went out trick or treating, but instead of begging for candy, he was asking for donations for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. You see the kids collecting for UNICEF -- same thing: The kids go out early, right after school while it's still light. So while the moms were out with their preschoolers and kindergarteners, there was a 12-year-old middle-school guy dressed in black leather and studs going door to door asking for money. He said he got strange looks from everyone.
(I wish I could've seen that. I still laughed my head off as this low-key, well-mannered guy was telling me about it.)
Posted by: FireHorse at June 05, 2010 02:04 PM (cQyWA)
Jane, sorry for your mum's heavy experiences,
glad you had a close extended family, sounds like an interesting : busy , fun filled life. nice
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 02:05 PM (HyUIR)
Heh, you got it's tone just right.
Haven't seen it around since that one night we praised The Dennis.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 05, 2010 02:06 PM (c0A3e)
Y'all know that Alice is a philanthropist and sort of conservative, right?
Wonder what his position was on Arizona's new law. He has quite the spread in Phoenix.
Posted by: Who Knows at June 05, 2010 02:06 PM (7FgWm)
He's on the free stage at the Iowa State Fair this year. With Vanilla Ice.
Did see Loc at a free show at VEISHEA in 1999. Opening band was local group Mr. Plow; I really wanted to like them because of their name but the music didn't live up.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 02:06 PM (OkT2m)
Unclench your sphincter a bit and tell us what you listened to at finishing school?
The whole "conservative must equal prudery" schtick is why the kids voted for Odumbass.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 05:57 PM
Uh, that was a sock mocking the clown from last week's Hopper thread
I wholeheartedly agree with your point though
Posted by: kbdabear at June 05, 2010 02:06 PM (sYxEE)
For everyone who missed it, this is a sockpuppet of a troll named "MrPaulRevere" who came in last week with a major stick up his ass about perceived conservative debauchery and chewed out the heathens who dared to represent the Right.
Did I say "perceived"? Of course it wasn't perceived. Which is why I love this place and MrPaulRevere apparently didn't.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at June 05, 2010 02:06 PM (9hH9W)
Holy crap -- I have found somebody else who has been to the Bean Blossom festival...
Didn't think that would ever happen.
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 02:06 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 02:06 PM (NUaFH)
Blazer, thank you, funny thing memories are.
Monty listening to it now. different than i expected, but i like it.
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 02:09 PM (HyUIR)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 02:09 PM (OkT2m)
Y'all know that Alice is a philanthropist and sort of conservative, right?
Wonder what his position was on Arizona's new law. He has quite the spread in Phoenix.
Posted by: Who Knows at June 05, 2010 06:06 PM (7FgWm)
Cool. By the way, someone posted a link on another thread to an MSNBC poll where 96 % of people polled support Arizona's illegal immigrant law.
Around 550 k for, 20,000 against.
How long do you think it will be before they disappear that poll down the memory hole ?
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 02:10 PM (t72+4)
175 Well thanks Willow -- ehh, she had reconciled herself to never having kids, then reconciled herself again to losing another pregnancy completely...and then I managed to hang on.
Which I'm not so sure either of my parents reconciled themselves to (I wasn't the best kid to walk the earth that's for sure).
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 02:10 PM (5/yRG)
Anyone here heard the Zeppelin Cd How The West Was Won? Or any of the supposed hundreds of bootlegs out there?
They were a fantastic live band, I wish I could have seen em.
Posted by: Woolie at June 05, 2010 02:11 PM (OUsNz)
Around 550 k for, 20,000 against.
How long do you think it will be before they disappear that poll down the memory hole ?
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 06:10 PM
Just waiting for them to call me to do the cleanup
Posted by: C Johnson Memory Hole, Inc at June 05, 2010 02:12 PM (sYxEE)
married with that slew of kids. Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 05:52 PM (HyUIR)
All my kids are grown up and have kids of their own.....except Little Bubba...I adopted him when he was 1, he will be 9 tomorrow. Didn't think he would ever make it to 9....now he has to work on makin it to 10. LOL
Little Bubba is autistic and a great kid....he has picked up on my wise ass ways and come backs.
You can find my music on MySpace under the name....The Back Room Wall Of Sound Orchestra.
I'm outta here ....time to get some food ready................................this gut needs feedin and I got a race to watch.
Posted by: Old Hippie Vet at June 05, 2010 02:12 PM (3IZGh)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 02:12 PM (NUaFH)
Posted by: Monty at June 05, 2010 02:13 PM (O3eFQ)
Oh yea, I saw Warlock one time live. Sacred Honor would compel me to hit Doro Pesch like a JDAM hitting an Afghan wedding reception.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 02:14 PM (t72+4)
Kbdabear, you must have enjoyed Won't Get Fooled Again, at the Concert for New York, then.
Posted by: Who Knows at June 05, 2010 06:10 PMI most certainly did
Posted by: kbdabear at June 05, 2010 02:15 PM (sYxEE)
Yeah, but that's before we knew about Pete.
Heh, nice one.
Posted by: Dang Straights at June 05, 2010 06:14 PM (YjIPf)
Is Pete a Pedo Bear ?
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 02:15 PM (t72+4)
Conservative must equal prudery?
Shirley, you jest. I'll challenge any lib to keep up with my calcified ass while I smoke and drink them under the table.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 05, 2010 02:17 PM (i3AsK)
196 The Bean Blossom festival in IN...right? (just checking, as I can't believe there would be another Bean Blossom Boogie out there, but you never know).
If so...wow...we used to go every year up until three years ago (babies = no traveling). Good times at that thing.
As for that poll -- you hear that whirring sound? That's "spin"...it's working overtime.
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 02:18 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 02:19 PM (NUaFH)
Oldvet, littlebubba seems to have a great dad, good work.
(I wasn't the best kid to walk the earth that's for sure).
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 06:10 PM (5/yRG)
I'm sure your Mother thought differently once you passed those hair- pulling teenage-20 years.
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 02:19 PM (HyUIR)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 02:22 PM (NUaFH)
I liked the old bands music but hated their politics, someone should have punched Paul M. in the face when he made that statement about W that was not needed he's a douche lib for sure and a failure in his personal life, fuck him!
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 06:19 PM (NUaFH)
I agree. If Paul was as focused on his personal life as he was on American politics maybe he'd quit getting taken for his wealth like an old fool by women 30 + years his junior.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 02:22 PM (t72+4)
When I was in HS the big argument was Clapton or Hendrix. I would just laugh out loud on the Hendrix thing because he was a shitty player but everyone just had to mention him because it was the "in thing".
I would tell them Clapton was good but Chet Atkins was better. That was the rain on their parade.
As far as Hendrix goes he isn't even listed in the top 100 lists for guitar now.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 02:22 PM (6taRI)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 02:23 PM (NUaFH)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 06:19 PM
Prime example of great music, shitty politics
Crosby Stills and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Posted by: kbdabear at June 05, 2010 02:25 PM (sYxEE)
Posted by: Monty at June 05, 2010 02:26 PM (O3eFQ)
I first heard Redbone on KFAT out of Gillroy, CA. I have a bunch of his stuff now and still play it on some of my "porch rocker days".
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 02:26 PM (6taRI)
I liked the old bands music but hated their politics, someone should have punched Paul M. in the face when he made that statement about W that was not needed he's a douche lib for sure and a failure in his personal life, fuck him!
I saw Paul w/Linda almost 20 years ago. I now proudly tell my son how his 4-old-self slept through the whole thing.
Posted by: dumb blond at June 05, 2010 02:27 PM (gbCNS)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 02:27 PM (NUaFH)
although musicians , actors have a right to a politcal ideology.
i wish they'd keep it to themselves so i could enjoy their art.
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 02:27 PM (HyUIR)
Posted by: sifty at June 05, 2010 02:28 PM (9xzHb)
When I was in HS the big argument was Clapton or Hendrix.
Ha! Reminds me of the "Derek Frigo or Eddie Van Halen" days.
I would just laugh out loud on the Hendrix thing because he was a shitty player
Thank you! I literally LOL whenever I hear Hendrix, partly because of the music and partly because of how great so many people think it is.
(So: Michael Angelo Batio or Yngwie Malmsteen?)
Posted by: FireHorse at June 05, 2010 02:31 PM (cQyWA)
i wish they'd keep it to themselves so i could enjoy their art.
By all means. Please stfu and play/sing/dance/act/follow Pelosi's dream.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 05, 2010 02:31 PM (i3AsK)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 02:31 PM (NUaFH)
206 Oh...no -- after the hair pulling teenage days I went kinda straight into the social maladaption disorder (or whatever they call it), jaded, drinking days, to "you quit veterinary school to do what?"/"you married that?" days...
I think she's managed to resign herself with me now.
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 02:32 PM (5/yRG)
No shit??? I never heard that before.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 02:34 PM (6taRI)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at June 05, 2010 02:35 PM (wd0Iq)
although musicians , actors have a right to a politcal ideology. i wish they'd keep it to themselves so i could enjoy their art. Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 06:27 PM (HyUIR)
Ture that. I have a sayin here in my studio.....No Beer No Music.....and....Keep your Bullshit out of here cause if you don't when I am finished with you, you won't even be able to play with yourself let alone any music.
They don't call me Mr. Warmth for nothin ya know.
I am really a nice guy.....really, I am.
Posted by: Old Hippie Vet at June 05, 2010 02:37 PM (3IZGh)
Someone told me that when I was on my 2nd tour, I can't prove it though, never took the time to care because he was just another scag freak in my book.
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 02:37 PM (NUaFH)
Don't be hating on Jimi -- it's the experience, ok? Sure, there are/were better guitar players -- but there is only one Jimi.
Well, sonuvabiscuiteater...that's the Bean Blossom festival all right -- small world (nobody else, outside of the people we went with, know what I'm talking about when I mention it).
speaking of guitar players -- Andre Segovia...Esteban (I kinda like listening to some of his stuff), and
Dick Dale? (who I saw play live -- can rock, imho).
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 02:37 PM (5/yRG)
Jane, by the time my mother got to me she had become jaded, (those first and at times only children can have it rough)
my mother expected me to finish HS, not be a druggy, get a job, never call her from jail. Don't cry in her oatmeal.
i completed those tasks whew!
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 02:38 PM (HyUIR)
That's why he wrote some his songs, Vic, or so I've heard.
"..Scuse me while I kiss the sky" and all that.
Posted by: Who Knows at June 05, 2010 02:39 PM (7FgWm)
230 That's kinda the way my husband's parents were with him -- by the time he and his two younger siblings came along they were just happy the house wasn't being burnt down! lol
He's always going on about how easy it must have been to be an only child...I'm always telling him "guess again".
But having that many cousins did help (plus they were old enough that I called them from jail instead of Mom).
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 02:42 PM (5/yRG)
Warning: 30 year old clip of Comic Book Johnson in concert
Posted by: kbdabear at June 05, 2010 06:35 PM (sYxEE)
Oh kee-rist, that guy playing guitar looks like Doug Henning molesting a three year old .
He plays guitar like he blogs, weak and all over the place.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 02:43 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 02:44 PM (5/yRG)
But having that many cousins did help (plus they were old enough that I called them from jail instead of Mom).
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 06:42 PM (5/yRG)
ahahah, nice.
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 02:44 PM (HyUIR)
I had a medic that was fantastic in combat on his 3rd tour because he was a scag freak, I let him go, let him go, let him go, until I had to put him in jail, combat and drugs just don't mix.
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 02:45 PM (NUaFH)
I checked his official web site bio. It says he was discharged in KY with an injured ankle. Was only in for about 2 years and never went overseas.
The Wiki site says his CO put in to have him discharged because he was an all around crappy soldier.
Posted by: Vic at June 05, 2010 02:46 PM (6taRI)
although musicians , actors have a right to a politcal ideology. i wish they'd keep it to themselves so i could enjoy their art. Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 06:27 PM (HyUIR)
Ture that. I have a sayin here in my studio.....No Beer No Music.....and....Keep your Bullshit out of here cause if you don't when I am finished with you, you won't even be able to play with yourself let alone any music.
They don't call me Mr. Warmth for nothin ya know.
I am really a nice guy.....really, I am.
Posted by: Old Hippie Vet at June 05, 2010 06:37 PM (3IZGh)
Cannot even imagine how difficult it must be.
Our Family dinners can be wild, I often have to leave the room , be the dishwasher so I don't lose my mind.
what's left of it
.
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 02:48 PM (HyUIR)
, combat and drugs just don't mix. Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 06:45 PM (NUaFH)
That's no lie.
Posted by: Old Hippie Vet at June 05, 2010 02:49 PM (3IZGh)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 02:50 PM (NUaFH)
I had a medic that was fantastic in combat on his 3rd tour because he was a scag freak, I let him go, let him go, let him go, until I had to put him in jail, combat and drugs just don't mix.
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 06:45 PM (NUaFH)
I think I know the guy.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 02:52 PM (t72+4)
Before I moved out of Houston after 25 years there, ZZ Top was playing at a bs little tiny bar in Clear Lake, Texas just a few miles from their run down pos mansion in San Leon, Texas, (where I often fished) still have the bang though.
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 02:53 PM (NUaFH)
237 Lot of people wind up like that -- every company seems to have its only functional if high as a kite person.
They are a liablity...and they always made me feel bad.
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 02:54 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 02:56 PM (HyUIR)
I hadn't known dire straights also did-money for nothing.
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 06:56 PM (HyUIR)
willow, welcome to planet earth. I will take you to our leader if you want, although I'm ashamed to call him that. : )
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 02:59 PM (t72+4)
Fortunately for her, she went on to have two daughters who were good enough.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 05, 2010 02:59 PM (OkT2m)
There were many in 'Nam like that, they kept coming back and coming back most in a combat role to stay under the radar, this guy was a Spec.5 and that's what got me wondering why someone with all that service time was only an E-5, so I started watching him on our down times at the firebase, he was a liability to my men.
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 03:00 PM (NUaFH)
Blazer, heh, do i need to pack hand-cuffs and duct tape for myself? or just jeans , blouses and sandals? how cold is it here, what about chocolate? mascara do they sell it? do they take credit? i'm kinda brooke, may i use your card?
see what i mean about duct tape?
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 03:02 PM (HyUIR)
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 05, 2010 03:02 PM (7EDH5)
With special guest Sting (hack, cough, green HURL!)
Posted by: dumb blond at June 05, 2010 03:02 PM (gbCNS)
Heather, my mother was successful and well educated, 2 older siblings the same.
the best that i can say about the rest of us is we never caused legal damage, and have tried to be good citizens.
have typical middle american lives.
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 03:04 PM (HyUIR)
There were many in 'Nam like that, they kept coming back and coming back most in a combat role to stay under the radar, this guy was a Spec.5 and that's what got me wondering why someone with all that service time was only an E-5, so I started watching him on our down times at the firebase, he was a liability to my men.
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 07:00 PM (NUaFH)
I work with a fellow who in confidence one time told me he was a medic in Vietnam who got addicted to scags and started dipping into his morphine supply intended for the wounded. He said it was the only way he felt he could cope with the and the horrors of war and the gore he faced day in and day out. He was found out, sentenced and discharged. He is deeply ashamed to this day and said it was the darkest period of his life and he regrets doing that to his brothers.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 03:05 PM (t72+4)
Blazer, heh, do i need to pack hand-cuffs and duct tape for myself? or just jeans , blouses and sandals? how cold is it here, what about chocolate? mascara do they sell it? do they take credit? i'm kinda brooke, may i use your card?
see what i mean about duct tape?
Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 07:02 PM (HyUIR)
I was sorta hoping you would take me off of this rock. Hell, I'll even let you guys experiment on me if you want in trade.
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 03:06 PM (t72+4)
Cannot even imagine how difficult it must be. Posted by: willow at June 05, 2010 06:48 PM (HyUIR)
Sure, I don't get a lot of work but what I do get is good music when I do work. I let every musician know up front the way it is........if they want my sound then they suck it up and so what I say.
Hell, I live off a shitty $955.00 disability from SS because the Gov. won't service connect me even though they are the ones that said I am 100%.. I fought the assholes for 5 years.....said fuck it, I have things I want to do with my life, or what's left of it, and went about doing them. Little Bubba was a bonus and a DAMN FINE bonus if ya ask me. He is a great kid with a good heart......and he loves music. That's why he made it to 9 tears old, that and his wise ass come backs.
I'm not bitchin cause life's too short for that shit now. I'm having a good time and playin with you MORONS when I get the itch.
I need another beer and it's time for the race.
Color my happy ass out of here till later.
Posted by: Old Hippie Vet at June 05, 2010 03:08 PM (3IZGh)
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 05, 2010 03:08 PM (trjej)
Plus he never carried a weapon and I would think wow, what a brave dude turns out I got a great rookie medic and he carried too many weapons LOL!
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 03:09 PM (NUaFH)
257,
There you go.
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at June 05, 2010 07:06 PM (NUaFH)
Yea, the part that tears him up the most is not having any morphine to see the most seriously wounded out of this world peacefully and ease their suffering because he used it all up on himself. That is the cross he bears to this day. He will never forgive himself for it and his life to this day is a wreck because of it..
Posted by: Blazer at June 05, 2010 03:10 PM (t72+4)
251 Ah, don't say stuff like that -- kids aren't supposed to be their parents (in my case I sure hope not!).
I got my merry butt landed in jail thanks to a misunderstanding with the police -- I was not a part of the protest I happened to stumble upon (one thing about having a R president -- the protest business is always booming)...and I learned my lesson about yelling at cops (it can be a bad idea). Fortunately nothing came of it (it's good to have cop relatives).
Posted by: unknown jane at June 05, 2010 03:23 PM (5/yRG)
I will sue the BP out of existance, rather than let them live large in the hopes that they can contain the oil spill.
That is all.
Posted by: Baraky Horror Picture Show at June 05, 2010 03:56 PM (OUsNz)
Frank was an inspiration to me as a young artist, I love his works.
Loved Molly Hatchet too.
Best concert: Jimmy Buffet
Lawn seats at Pine Knob to see Jimmy Buffet: $24.50
Stuffs for the tailgate party 5 hours prior to the concert: $50.00
Impromptu BJ by some strange nubile on a dare by her degenerate friends: Priceless!
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Dammit, we were going for the Devil Post in the China thread.
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