The wife is in the process of quitting smoking, so crankiness is sometimes the norm at my place. I, on the other hand, am not. My cousin was saying that when she and her husband tried to quit at the same time, it was very nearly (items were stuffed into bags and packing was done) grounds for divorce. 17 hours later they picked up a pack at the store, shared a smoke and were instantly in love again. Just not feeling the urge to quit, despite the COPD diagnosis. Shit even when "We (I) admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable" it still took me years to get off the hooch. Something has to snap in that fucked up brain, ya know. Coffee and smokes are all there is left. I suppose when someone says I got the "C" word, I'll have to, but people around will just say, "he had plenty of opportunities to quit." Found out yesterday from an old buddy of mine, that a mutual friend, they were tight, died last year from cancer. Bummed me out because I had been meaning to get in touch with him for a while now. This guy my wife and I know here in town, actually worked at the same place for a couple of years, really a nice guy, just died after a long and ongoing addiction to pharmaceuticals...36. Went to the funeral and there were even a few people there who deal in Rx, that's nice isn't it, checking out their handiwork. He had plenty of chances and plenty of people pulling for him, so what can you say except sometimes life gets the better of you. One pill too many. He hadn't talked to his family in a while, I guess they gave up on him years ago, you know how that goes, the lying, cheating and stealing. I looked at his Mom and felt horrible for her, as things were bad between them when he died and now she would never have the chance to make things right. I told my wife that night that we needed to go to bed every night trying to make sure we're right with the world and the people we love. On a positive note, just found out that if I die while working for this employer, the wife will get $50k.
Back before The Cure, there was Easy Cure (before that Malice and before that Obelisk)...just saying, in case anyone is listening. The Cure were in edgy band in their beginnings, it's amazing how so many bands evolve into something more passive and palatable for the masses. Does that say something about people in general and how they grow older? Anyway. just because I think it's worth a listen, here's the Easy Cure 1978 demo...
My Grandpa sent me a joke...When asked what steps he would take in the event of a fire, the man said, fucking big ones...hahaha.
Way back when I posted some mug shots of folks over the years showing how they had deteriorated over time from drug use. There's a new I one of my friends posted on FB that will just blow your mind, in the form of Faces of Meth. Show it to your kids.
Was going through my 7"s trying to get stuff to sell on ebay (amazing how much stuff I have that sucks, in my opinion), so I can afford to buy more and ran across this one. Don't remember getting it and I knew nothing about the band, so gave it a listen...not bad. One Way System, it turns out, have been around since the early 80's. English street punk (you learn something new everyday, according to the article, Discharge falls into that category...hmmm) is what they're labeled as. This here is the band's 2nd to last release 1998 and is the first one that features a different singer, still not bad. Isn't mind blowing or anything, but satisfies that rock n roll need.
For purposes of comparison here's the first 7", I'm like that...
Not sure when this vid was recorded, very pristine mohawk... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxehimIoAsQ&w=420&h=315]
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This here was just one of those things that had to be done. Everywhere you go the link is dead, there was a copy originally at 