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Tuesday, May 11, 2021
And Another Thing, I've Been Wondering Lately
I confess that this filler-focused exercise in remembering songs and bands that influenced my teen years of semi-rebellion against the machine has been a fun trip back to the past. It was hard to pick just one song from this band. Fun fact: I puked after seeing them in concert at the late, lamented Boathouse. Not from drinking alcohol, but from pounding a 64 oz. Gatorade to replenish the fluids I lost from pogo-moshing. All the good times we had, we'll have again.
Nothing like the Hoodoo Gurus and 69 ounces of Gatorade to make you puke.
To answer your question from the last post Danimal, I can't say for certain that we competed against store-bought cars but there are always some veeeeery suspicious entries. Two years ago, a kid showed up with an Aston Martin DB5. It was instantly recognizable as a DB5. Perfectly executed. Even the paint was flawless--straight shut lines along the doors, boot and bonnet, silvery chrome without a drop in the wrong place, you name it. There's no way an 8-year-old kid made it. I said "Wow, sweet DB5!" and his mom said "Woogums made it awl by himself!" and the dad wouldn't look at me throughout any of this exchange. The dads who show up in camo or Grunt Style gear usually have good cars and that's reasonable. The dads who show up in Vineyard Vines vests usually have trainwrecks the first year (wheels literally falling off) and surprisingly good cars the next.
just got a series of texts from my wife saying that her school was on lockdown, that it wasn't a drill, that she was alone in her classroom with nowhere really to hide, and that she was scared. as it turns out, the lockdown notice happened because of a malfunction with the public address system and she and her colleagues were never in any danger, but holy shit, man. i felt helpless (and my feelings really aren't that important), and she was legitimately terrified.
and that's...one to punch wayne lapierre in the throat on.
Damn, that's awful. This incident probably won't make wayne seek out a comfort yacht again, but I imagine it's hard to get close enough to him to pull off a throat punch.
I was slated to see Hoodoo Gurus again here in Norfolk for the first time in decades but, you know, the COVID. They pushed back the show a year. November 2021, let's hope it's a go.
And I have seen Adam Ant live a number of times, and he still goes with that kick-ass hussar look. And it's not just the jacket and the eyeliner. It's so much more (see pic).
Yes, Juan is correct. Adam Ant, the dandy highwayman of my youth, the erstwhile Stuart Goddard, went through a bit of mental illness and whole lot of not making music for years. He's been touring the past 5-10 years to modest turnouts and he looks pretty bad, but he still sounds like new-ro Adam Ant. And since the summer of 1982, when I landed a copy of Kings of the Wild Frontier on cassette, I like it.
So many meaty comments here. Sorry to hear about your wife's lockdown rob. My son had a lockdown recently when a MAGA dad invaded the high school because they might make the curriculum more multicultural and the mere thought of his kids having to read The House Behind the Cedars triggered him. The video below is magnificent.
Well, my town is out of gas and people are panicking. I have seen and heard about some of the most selfish behavior at gas stations. My gf is as a Wawa now and got behind someone who didn’t know what side of the car the tank was on and is trying to turn around — which is not just a huge disaster because the station lot is packed with cars but also upsets the flow of cars and creates two lines toward one spot with nowhere to go makes it so that she will surely get the short end of the stick.
The gas shortage should ease in a week, so hang in there. Hope y’all’s tanks are as full as mine.
Zman, Juan and I have been texting about MAGA dad for a week. I know him well. Total crazypants stuff. I think the true MAGA acolytes feel threatened by the world moving away from their xenophobic worldview, and think they’re some sort of martyrs.
Nothing like the Hoodoo Gurus and 69 ounces of Gatorade to make you puke.
ReplyDeleteTo answer your question from the last post Danimal, I can't say for certain that we competed against store-bought cars but there are always some veeeeery suspicious entries. Two years ago, a kid showed up with an Aston Martin DB5. It was instantly recognizable as a DB5. Perfectly executed. Even the paint was flawless--straight shut lines along the doors, boot and bonnet, silvery chrome without a drop in the wrong place, you name it. There's no way an 8-year-old kid made it. I said "Wow, sweet DB5!" and his mom said "Woogums made it awl by himself!" and the dad wouldn't look at me throughout any of this exchange. The dads who show up in camo or Grunt Style gear usually have good cars and that's reasonable. The dads who show up in Vineyard Vines vests usually have trainwrecks the first year (wheels literally falling off) and surprisingly good cars the next.
>The dads who show up in camo or Grunt Style gear
ReplyDeleteWhy is this a desirable look? I don't get it. If you want to look paramilitary, throw on a hussar jacket and do your best 80's Adam Ant impression.
i would pay good money to film the room's reaction when z walks in wearing adam ant's 80s look, complete with eyeliner. make it so, number two.
ReplyDeleteI assume Zman shows up in boxer shorts, shirtless, with a cig hanging from his lips.
ReplyDeleteset a new pr on the mini today. may retire on top.
ReplyDeleteJC, I think they are going for the Chet from Weird Science look.
ReplyDeleteHuman douche bag Chet or Shit-Toad Chet?
ReplyDeletejust got a series of texts from my wife saying that her school was on lockdown, that it wasn't a drill, that she was alone in her classroom with nowhere really to hide, and that she was scared. as it turns out, the lockdown notice happened because of a malfunction with the public address system and she and her colleagues were never in any danger, but holy shit, man. i felt helpless (and my feelings really aren't that important), and she was legitimately terrified.
ReplyDeleteand that's...one to punch wayne lapierre in the throat on.
Damn, that's awful. This incident probably won't make wayne seek out a comfort yacht again, but I imagine it's hard to get close enough to him to pull off a throat punch.
ReplyDeleteJesus, dude. Very glad it was a false alarm.
ReplyDeleteI was slated to see Hoodoo Gurus again here in Norfolk for the first time in decades but, you know, the COVID. They pushed back the show a year. November 2021, let's hope it's a go.
ReplyDeleteAnd I have seen Adam Ant live a number of times, and he still goes with that kick-ass hussar look. And it's not just the jacket and the eyeliner. It's so much more (see pic).
I saw Adam Ant eating by himself in a Camden Town cafe around 1996.
ReplyDeleteDon't search for "Adam Ant Today" in Google images if you want to remember him as he was in his heyday.
Yes, Juan is correct. Adam Ant, the dandy highwayman of my youth, the erstwhile Stuart Goddard, went through a bit of mental illness and whole lot of not making music for years. He's been touring the past 5-10 years to modest turnouts and he looks pretty bad, but he still sounds like new-ro Adam Ant. And since the summer of 1982, when I landed a copy of Kings of the Wild Frontier on cassette, I like it.
ReplyDeleteThe Grunt Style dads at the Pinewood Derby probably don’t listen to Adam Aunt. I suspect they’re all Eric Church and Kenny Chesney.
ReplyDeleteAdam Aunt. I love autocorrect.
ReplyDeleteSo many meaty comments here. Sorry to hear about your wife's lockdown rob. My son had a lockdown recently when a MAGA dad invaded the high school because they might make the curriculum more multicultural and the mere thought of his kids having to read The House Behind the Cedars triggered him. The video below is magnificent.
ReplyDeletehttps://patch.com/new-jersey/chatham/chatham-parent-arrested-after-rant-high-school-police
Well, my town is out of gas and people are panicking. I have seen and heard about some of the most selfish behavior at gas stations. My gf is as a Wawa now and got behind someone who didn’t know what side of the car the tank was on and is trying to turn around — which is not just a huge disaster because the station lot is packed with cars but also upsets the flow of cars and creates two lines toward one spot with nowhere to go makes it so that she will surely get the short end of the stick.
ReplyDeleteWe can’t say TR didn’t warn us.
We’re running low here too. I’ve got a fleet of jalopies gassed up and ready. This will get ugly if it persists for long.
ReplyDeleteThe gas shortage should ease in a week, so hang in there. Hope y’all’s tanks are as full as mine.
ReplyDeleteZman, Juan and I have been texting about MAGA dad for a week. I know him well. Total crazypants stuff. I think the true MAGA acolytes feel threatened by the world moving away from their xenophobic worldview, and think they’re some sort of martyrs.