I was on a mission from God and with the help of retired Senior Chief Brian F, we were able to get the band back together! Cheers to Steve B and Ed C for making it a true reunion...the hospitality...the comradery...much love guys. Lyrics to this little diddy by none other than Quitty...
Lock up the Dingdongs and hide your corn
I was taking bonghits before I was born
I'm so godamned hungry I could eat a horse
I got the munchies and I got no remorse
Mom sucked down all the loads she could afford
and they cruised on down the umbilical cord
Smacked me a good one upside my head
boy I got high if you know what I'm saying
Mommy got stoned and watched Starsky and Hutch
Thanx a lot mommy yeah thanx very much
You made me what I am the day the day you gave birth
I think this picture says a lot about me and my life...I want to say that this isn't the life that I chose but it's exactly fucking that...I am that guy...haha. There's probably many of us out there, but as Crass said in the song Big A Little A...
Be exactly who you want to be,
Do what you want to do.
I am he and she is she,
But you're the only you.
...as I said in the last post. "We shall be seeing more of Billy Nomates around here, just you wait and see." Love this bassline and the song itself is so fucking me...
ah fuck it i quit the future
immʼa live in the past
what’s it to ya?
things where better
i was younger
a little thinner
cos i has hunger
silver platter future
you have spoiled your youth
they have debilitating choice
they got a megaphone for their unheard voice
back in my day i had nothing
we lived in happy misery
we lived in happy misery
we lived in happy misery
ah come off it
those machines are gunna eat you first
i want no part of the modern world
cos that bubbleʼs gunna burst
i remember the summer of 81ʼ
i was tanned and sleeping with everyone
i got a job in the factory around a month later
i lived off 80 pound a week for that gruellin labour
but we actually danced on a friday night
we smoked inside the pub and we started old fashioned fights
well thatchers britain it was hard it was grim
but i only wanna visit the places iʼve already been
back in my day i had nothing
we lived in happy misery
we lived in happy misery
we lived in happy misery
Unfortunately I did not properly announce it the minute I started using it as a header, but "asi es la vida", as they say, and nevertheless, I'm proud of the new art done by my multitalented and brilliant pal, Josh Hanson. How fucking perfect is that, it pays to surround yourself with wonderful people! Josh is a former Humboldt resident and for the life of me I can't remember how we reconnected, probably in the circle of hell reserved for facebook users.
My pal Erio, former fellow vocalist of WD-40, sent me this vid a while back of his Son's band, Rad-X doing a GBH cover...not fucking too shabby gentlemen! That's his boy on guitar...
Check the article @ "Red Hot Chili Peppers Interrupts Tour to Play Free Closed Concert in Hoopa
By David Garrison and Allie Hostler, Two Rivers Tribune." This (the picture above is from one of their first shows a long time ago) was attended by a host of different friends from the old Humboldt days and was quite the event not only in a Humboldt sense but also in the grand scheme of things. My pal Gage, the first person I met when I moved into the dorms in college, has been the tour manager for RHCP for quite some time now. When I heard about it the day before the show, I texted him, "Nicely done Gage!" His response was, "Thanks man. I'm a nut for doing this." :)
Just put this up on the fucking tube...you can't go wrong with a little One Man Running
I encourage y'all to read the The Garden Weasel Diaries if ya have minute or 60. Anyway this may be my favorite tune I ever did with them...again not too fucking shabby...in my book...if I do say so myself.
Red flame Green flower
Psychedelic Fucking power
Coming from the dirt Who does it hurt
The mellow criminal Is not a cannibal
No death is dealt No hate is felt
The wrong is right Like a green light
Numb body Mellow mood
Glutton hungry Fucking food
Coming from the dirt Who does it hurt
The mellow criminal Is not a cannibal
No death is dealt No hate is felt
The wrong is right Like a green light
it sez go...to...
A place that's real
Where you can feel
A burden released
Need no red lights
Block cannabis rights
It can't be policed
Back watching Eye popper
Behind bars Fucking copper
Dim Future Sleepy head
Good citizen Fucking dead
Back watching Eye popper
Behind bars Fucking copper
Dim Future Sleepy head
Good citizen Fucking dead
Coming from the dirt Who does it hurt
The mellow criminal Is not a cannibal
No death is dealt No hate is felt
The wrong is right Like a green light
Been sitting on this post way too long...let's wrap it up...this goes out to my pal Ellen Magnolia!
Yup, if I'm going to get this shit party started and take the time to make a GIF may as well play the whole vid...it's fucking Plasmatics time!
19fucking78 dude!!! I was 9 years old, it wasn't for another 2 or 3 years that I would discover the band on the Rodney on the ROQ show. This was their "2nd show ever" according to the write up on the vid and, I gotta say, they were amazing even without "the" Wes Beech on second guitar, at their humblest of beginnings.
For the life of me I can't remember this gal's name but she was quite famous as a DJ in the early 60s, if I recollect correctly (which more often than not I don't, provided I recollect at all...haha). Love the pic though...
Can't remember how the fuck this duo came on my radar...having a feeling that it was a review they asked me to do on the "old" blog. Fucking love The Chewers! This is one of their "hits" for me that I've been putting on mixes a lot lately and then discovered today that there was a sick ass live version on the fucking tube. Got to thinking about it while listening to the song over and over, that' pretty much what we do all our lives as, is dig our own grave...some dig faster than others (raises hand).
I fucking wish!!!
The song is called "No" and this gal is on heavy rotation virtually for me...toyed with the idea of scoring some of her vinyl, but old Mostaza is broke as a motherfucker. We shall be seeing more of Billy Nomates around here, just you wait and see..
My dog (I'm his human) and best bud...he's like his old man, puts on a good show, but deep down inside, he's a no frills, honest to goodness, asshole of of epic proportions. Just an example...at the vet he has to be muzzled cuz he will get his bite on...in other words, he's like, "leave me the fuck alone" in a very Bukowski-esque way (Bukowski was just a grumpy pants with incredible insight).
Let's (there's just me) finish this off with some Stooges....
Out of my mind on Saturday night
Nineteen-seventy rollin' in sight
Radio burnin' up above
Beautiful baby, feed my love all night
Till I blow away
All night
Till I blow away
I feel alright, I feel alright
Whoo
Baby oh baby, burn my heart
Baby oh baby, burn my heart
Fall apart baby, fall apart
Baby oh baby, burn my heart all night
Till I blow away
All night
Till I blow away
I feel alright
I feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Whoo
Out of my mind on Saturday night
Nineteen-seventy rollin' in sight
Radio burnin' up above
Beautiful baby, feed my love all night
Till I blow away
All night
Till I blow away
I feel alright, I feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright, I feel alright
I feel alright, feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
Well, I feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
Feel
Feel
Blow
Blow
I feel alright
I feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Blow
Blow
I feel alright
Ooh
Feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
Feel alright
I feel alright
I feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
Feel alright
So
Ya know...I was listening to this song tonight and I want to "feel alright!" Iggy felt alright until he didn't. I asked myself (literally and out loud), why are you so crazy motherfucker...you relied on (illegal) drugs to feel alright and now they give (legal) drugs to just to be able to function (gotta be able to do my part for the machine). On top of the addiction gene, I was blessed with what ever gene it is that makes you mental. Please tell there is someone out there who isn't mental in some fucking way...I at least hope the guy prescribing these meds to keep me from jumping off a bridge, is in not having to take them himself...wouldn't that be ironic? Like Chong, "here man, take these." It kills me this being reliant on these things, but I'll be damned, if I forget to take my shit one day, I'm a total mess. Not so different from my days of drinking the hooch 24/7, waking up from a (nightly) blackout and have to God awful shakes. I suppose there's probably a lot more to it, but I honestly wonder if I'm any better off or if I've learned a god damned thing since those marvelous days. Years ago I read this humorous handout my religious studies professor gave the class and it was a play on the phrase "shit happens." I, of course found that handout on the (wonderful) world wide web (God bless America and God bless social media...in Jesus name, Amen)! Anyway (without further ado), here's that...
Taoism: Shit happens.
Confucianism: Confucius say, "Shit happens."
Buddhism: If shit happens, it isn't really shit.
Zen Buddhism: Shit is, and is not.
Zen Buddhism #2: What is the sound of shit happening?
Hinduism: This shit has happened before.
Islam: If shit happens, it is the will of Allah.
Islam #2: If shit happens, kill the person responsible.
Islam #3: If shit happens, blame Israel.
Catholicism: If shit happens, you deserve it.
Protestantism: Let shit happen to someone else.
Presbyterian: This shit was bound to happen.
Episcopalian: It's not so bad if shit happens, as long as you serve the right wine with it.
Methodist: It's not so bad if shit happens, as long as you serve grape juice with it.
Congregationalist: Shit that happens to one person is just as good as shit that happens to another.
Unitarian: Shit that happens to one person is just as bad as shit that happens to another.
Lutheran: If shit happens, don't talk about it.
Fundamentalism: If shit happens, you will go to hell, unless you are born again. (Amen!)
Fundamentalism #2: If shit happens to a televangelist, it's okay.
Fundamentalism #3: Shit must be born again.
Judaism: Why does this shit always happen to us?
Calvinism: Shit happens because you don't work.
I want to add one more...
Alcoholic: Drink, and guaranteed, shit will happen.
I don't know who the God Damned fucking hell this dude is (he looks familiar), but he knows what the fuck is up. I should just be thankful dude, there's people who have it a hell of a lot worse. This is fact, but...there's always a but...what the fuck man? Alright, whatever, I'm tired, need to go to bed and tomorrow shit will happen...again.
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