NightOfJoy

1. First Concert, when?

Judas Priest 1981

2. First Concert you really wanted to go to and did?

Judas Priest 1981

3. Favorite Bands?

Grateful Dead; Meat Puppets

4. How Many Times have you seen them?

GD-low 30s. MPs-5 or 6

5. Worst concert you attended?

Aerosmith 1984

6. Favorite?

Meat Puppets 1989 Metro; Naked Raygun 1987, Eagles Club

7. Band you have seen the most?

Grateful Dead

8. How many times?

low 30s

9. Furthest you drove for a concert? How far?

Chicago to Foxboro MA for a dead show

10. Furthest locale from home you have seen a concert?

See #9

11. How many concerts have you seen?

I really have no idea, hundreds and hundreds. My ringing ears can testify if needed.

12. most you ever paid for a concert ticket?

I decided about 10 years ago that no one is worth more than 50 bucks.

13. Least amount of people at a concert by a major labeled artist.

Helmet at Metro, 1991(?), probably about 50 people there.

14. Band you want to see the most who you haven't seen?

Drawing a blank here.

15. Ever been backstage, on a tourbus..which?

I delivered pointsettas to Poison backstage at Rosemont Horizon in the early 90s.

16. Longest show by one artist you ever saw?

It has to be a GD show.

17. Shortest show by a headliner?

Not sure.

18. What artist did you ask out?

Julianna Hatfield. She said no.

Picked this up this week, pretty amazing.

 

--Mike

I finally watched "Friend of Eddie Coyle" last nite. Great flick with the added bonus of early '70s Blackhawks hockey being shown. Helmets, who needs 'em?

Loving all the Friends of Eddie Coyle love! The bank scene was filmed in my hometown - the bank where I had my first checking account!

I've had it at home since Tuesday......and have been itching to pop it in.......but I also want to save it until the weekend. Will I have the will power to resist?

GAH!

MY EYES, THEY BURN!!! BURN!!!!

 

The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Classic Mitchum.

Good flick! I havent seen that one since the late 80s, its going on the netflix list.

That's exactly right. When Deer Creek first opened ('89) the local yokels, and the papers treated The Dead coming as some kind of 'invasion of the huns', or something. They were actually really freaked out by the situation.

 

I went to the GD's first show at Deer Creek. We got there the night before and slept in a farmers field nearby. In the morning we were woken up by a county sheriff who was kind enough to move us on our way to the show. The same cop woke us up again in the parking lot after the show.

Rock Johnson has some flair to it.

My next cat, whenever that happens, will most likely be named "Isis" taken from Egyptian mythology AND the Dylan tune.

It would take an exceptional man to have a penis that could get hard after all of that.

QFT.

John Smith.........it appears that we somehow have the exact same post count at the moment!!!

This is weird man, weird.

That would be a hell of a chore. At least he amuses me....in a good way....

Honestly, I'd bang the one with the vagina, every time.

I dont think I could get myself excited enough over her to do the job. The repulsion factor would overcome natural insticts.

Palin:

I'd do that Palin before I'd consider doing that wingnut from Alaska said the straight guy from Chicagoland.

GAH!

Damn my eyes!

They BURN!! BURN!!!

He’s doing exactly what he was hired to do, preserve the status quo.

BINGO....we have a winner!

For some reason, I thought Obama was different. The last 6 months proved me dead wrong. He sided with the status quo......and I couldnt be more disappointed.

I'm done supporting any major political party.

Yeah, people are afraid to admit how much Obama is fucking up.

I'm not.

For instance, how can ANYONE not associated with the coal mining industry support mountaintop mining? That concept makes me wanna puke.

I'm in disbelief that Obama threw his support behind it. He's not the guy I thought he was.

So, I saw the Meat Puppets at Shubas on Sunday 5/31. When I bought the tix a month ago, I somehow had the idea that this weekend was Memorial Day weekend so I went for the Sunday show, instead of Saturday which I would've normally gone for. Turns out that karma or Fortuna or whomever was watching out for me because Shubas lost power on Saturday nite and the MP's show was officially cancelled at midnight. I heard that the MPs hung out and chatted up with the crowd lined on the street the entire time. Lemonade out of lemons, etc.

The plan for my bride and I was to get some dinner and revisit some old haunts on Southport before the show. Back in the 90s, we had friends who had a fantastic apartment at Addison and Southport, nicknamed "The Factory" in honor of Warhol's space. We had many many good times in that area so we walked up and down the street, revisiting old memories like Langes (a good old man bar that somehow has survived the gentrification of the area), Music Box, the Crown Lounge (a fantasic old man bar that didnt make it. It holds high honors of having one of THE most consistently disgusting bathrooms that I'd ever been in. I shant describe the horrors that small room held) which is now known as the Hye bar, etc. Southport morphed from a kinda rundown area in the 80s to yuppieville, full of cutesy boutique shops selling high priced junk that no really really needs. All these boutiques are now either closed, closing or struggling and offering huge sales in order to keep the lights on. Sorta sad but thats the way it goes.

Showtime. We passed on the opening band in order to have dinner at some Cuban fusion place. Walking into Shuba's main room looking for friends, we ended up close to the stage on stage left. Turns out that Fortuna again smiled on us as that was where Curt would be playing. My wife had never seen the MPs before and was pretty excited about the whole thing. The room filled up, the boys hit the stage and away we went. For me, Curt's guitar playing is magical. I dont know how he does it but his solos and riffs hit the sweet spot in my head and bring on a beautiful high. The only other guitarist that can do that to me is my main man Jerry G. Standing 5 feet in front of him, watching him work his magic was stunning. Anyways, I dont have a set list of what they played. All I know is they played a wonderful mix of old and newer tunes, Chris played bass like a man possessed and the drummer did his thang. Oh yeah, Thax made an appearance and read "Meat Puppets #6".

After the show, we hung out at the bar for a beer. The crowd thinned out and we split. Walking east on Belmont, we ran right into Chris so I shook his hand and told him "Welcome back, you guys were great" or something like that. He really seemed to genuinely appreciate that comment and said so. I hope that guy keeps it together

The MPs are on tour now. Please, if you have even the slightest inkling of interest, check them out. They are playing as well as they were in the 80s/early 90s, maybe even better.

I'm still waiting for the exact right moment to listen to SBS so......W(TA) will just have to be patient.

Huzzah!!

Sam Rami's new horror flick is out today!

Try 6/9/77.

I watched "The Proposition" recently due to someone in this threat giving it high marks.

Wow, were you right on, thank you, that was one wicked film!

Christ... this guy makes Keith Richards look like a pussy. The fact that this guy is alive is a miracle.

Look at those tobacco stained fingers. Thats the mark of a stalwart.

Song writing and technical skill do not necessarily go hand in hand, you can have one, but not the other

Well?

So far I've heard its better than "Rise to Your Knees" which says a lot (since I didnt even make it thru that entire album).

That