Fads and Trends of the Suburbs, and a Bruce Springsteen Jag
I was almost late for work on a recent Sunday, because of a traffic jam on Interstate 81, generated by a local appearance by Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
When I realized the source of my trouble, I had a mini-meltdown and started hollering belligerence, and screaming “Baa Baa, Mr. Sheep!” at my passenger windows. Trans-Siberian Orchestra is, in my opinion, one of those things people think they’re supposed to love (“it’s so beautiful!”). So they eagerly fall into line behind all the other suburban robots, and get in my goddamn way.
Or am I way off on it? Admittedly, I don’t really know what I’m talking about…
Regardless, I hate the Mr. Sheep stuff. I used to work for a guy who was fully and completely paint-by-numbers middle aged, and followed all the latest trends. And it made my skin crawl. I haven’t seen him in many years, but I’d bet good money he’s now a big fan of Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Mannheim Steamroller, around the holidays. Because, you know, that’s what is expected.
I was complaining to Toney about this, after I finally arrived at work, and she said, “Yeah, it’s like those Vera Bradley bags!” I don’t know what she was talking about, but she seemed to have strong opinions on the subject.
Adults are all the time rolling their eyes at the “crazy” fads of the young, but the eye-rollers are just as guilty. Branson, Missouri, trips to the Dominican Republic, those idiotic shoes with rounded bottoms, Eat, Pray, Love in paperback, portable fire pits, ladder golf, icicle Christmas lights, stoopid diets, stick figure decals of each family member on the back window of the SUV… Kiss my ass!
The closest I’ve come to crossing over to the dark side recently, was my fondness for the TV show LOST. But we started with the first episode, before the herd animals had gathered. Even if I was sure it was a great show, there would’ve been no way in hell I would have watched it after everyone started talking about it. That would’ve ruined it, for at least ten years.
‘Cause I’m instinctively anti-fad, especially the middle-aged variety… I’m hard-wired that way, for better or worse. What are some of the other current or recent adult trends of the suburbs? We need to create a list, right here at The West Virginia Surf Report. Help me out, won’t you?
Last Thursday I watched the HBO documentary about the making of Darkness on the Edge of Town, by Bruce Springsteen. It was excellent, and it’s triggered a full-on Bruce jag; I’ve been listening to almost nothing else. Last night I loaded a bootleg recording of a concert from 1978, onto my iPod, and I’m dying to buy the new collection of vintage outtakes, called The Promise. Soon, it will be mine.
Unfortunately I’ve only seen Bruce in concert once, but it was a good show. It was the Tunnel of Love tour, in Chapel Hill, NC. I remember he came to Charleston, WV in 1978, but I had no interest at the time. I do have a bootleg copy of the show (here’s some audio from the concert), but it’s not the same. And it’s just one in a long line of my musical regrets…
Another was when Nirvana was playing almost literally across the street from my apartment in Atlanta, at a small club, a few weeks before Nevermind was released. And I decided at the last minute I’d rather just stay home, and probably ended up watching Beverly Hills 90210 or something. I did see them play live once, but it was after they’d already become huge, and I had to sit a cuppa two tree football fields from the stage. Oh well.
Do you have any such musical regrets? Please tell us about it in the comments.
And I suppose I’m now going to be accused of following the Bruce fad, and the Nirvana fad, not to mention the iPod fad. I don’t think it’s a good comparison, but whatever; I can live with it. I never claimed to be fair or consistent.
I’ll see you guys again tomorrow.
Have a great day.
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Could it be???
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Good Afternoon Surf Reporters………
..and yes, The Qweezy Mark, it can be…
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One of the guys from Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Joe Cerisano, is from WV.
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Had a couple chances to see The Talking Heads, but never did. I do regret it.
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Joe T. Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 2:35 pm
You had a couple of chances to get laid too….do you regret THAT?
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The Qweezy Mark Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 8:30 am
I regret simply everything.
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Agreed! I got tickets to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra a few years ago and I have to say I thought it was the worst “concert” I have ever attended. What a bunch of 80′s hair band want-to-bes, my sister and I walked out 1/2 way through it.
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Joey Jo Jo Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 3:16 pm
They’re not 80s hair-metal wannabes, they’re 80s hair-metal has-beens.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Orchestra
Joe
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I’m with Toney, Vera Bradley bags are the most over-rated, butt ugly things I have ever seen in a hand bag.
You mentioned stoopid diets, how about stupid supplement fads? Medicinal yogurt-blechhhhh, really Jamie Curtis, get a new movie or something so you don’t have to hawk that crap, and If I hear the words Acai Berry one more time, I am going to go postal….or officidal, or whatever.
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icecycle66 Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Or caveman diets that;s some boolshit. The lifespan of cavemen was about 19 years. The lifespan oftwinkie eaters is about 90.
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hot fuzz Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 4:08 pm
great… now all I can think of is that I want a twinkie
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hardoxdan Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Oh, shit. My wife will live to be 150.
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I like TSO. W ouldn’t say they are beautiful, but they are all good. I like how it is an actual orchestra of electric instruments and modern drumming, along with the old grand-paws guitars and violins and what have you.
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Son of Sam Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Agreed.
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bikerchick Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Ditto…
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hot fuzz Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 3:43 pm
moi aussi
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renn Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 7:54 pm
I love TSO; tickets to a concert are a staple Christmas present around here. However, I have to go alone. My husband calls TSO “Meatloaf does Christmas”.
You have to go into the concert knowing what to expect, though. Expect 80s metal, glam, NOISE, over the top cheese, and Lita Ford wannabes. Seriously. The only thing missing is a stripper pole.
I do have to admit that I loved TSO even more when they were known as Savatage…and Criss Oliva was still alive.
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Jam Tickets, in Rochester NY – Ticket #93 – the show was canceled….
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Hey, aren’t we getting close to the Traveling Circus of Kookery coming to town? Or did that fall through?
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Go for the full box set of Darkness. The concert footage from “78 will blow you away.
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GET TONEY A VERA BRADLEY BAG FOR CHRISTMAS.
There is a really good restaraunt in Branson, Lamberts Cafe, check it out if you are in the Ozarks for some reason…like, if you cursed God and now have been doomed to be in Branson.
I was The Boss once for the entertainment portion of my high school homecoming. I was the shit that night, and none other.
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icecycle66 Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 2:01 pm
She’s trying to use reverse negative psychology on you.
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My greatest musical regret was not quitting my job to go see Chuck Berry. It happened last year.
Chuck only plays in the Blueberry Hill Duckroom one Wednsday a month in St. Louis. I bought the tickets and got the day off so I could spend a few hours in St Louis before the show.
Well the monday before my show, someone decided they didn’t want to go on a mission, I was a civillian working on a travelling training team for the MIlitary Police. Anyway, one of the other “special” civilians on my team decided he didn’t want to go on a mission.
Well I had to go, and I missed my last chance to see the Godfather of Rock and Roll and watching women pee.
Now I will probably never get to see him live. And that makes me sad.
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madz1962 Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 2:47 pm
icecycle66, what I’m about to tell you will make your head explode.
I did have the priviledge of seeing Chuck Berry in Atlantic City maybe 17 years ago. In a very rare display of generoisty, at the end of the show, he invited people to join him on stage. I jumped up and started heading down the aisle when my cousin stopped me. She claims she was too embarrassed (read: drunk) to go up on stage. So… I sat down again.
What in the ding doll dell was I thinking??? I could have stood on stage with greatness but I chose to sit with my cousin. Talk about family loyalty.
And what is Chuck ow? Like 217 years old? Yeah, I’m gonna recapture that memory. (sigh)
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Chuck in Belpre Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 3:13 pm
He’s 84. I can’t imagine what a concert would be like now.
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madz1962 Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 3:51 pm
I saw Tony Bennett last yer and he was phenomenal He’s 82. Of course, he’s not hauling around an electric guitar and doing the “chicken walk” !
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Down south here the suburb set is all about playing the tailgate party game Cornhole. Everyone acts like they have always been a big time Cornholer, but they all just bought the set at Sports Authority last week.
What is wrong with horseshoes?
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Chuck in Belpre Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 4:33 pm
I know it’s really juvenile of me but every time I hear someone say cornhole I giggle like a retard with a cotton candy machine.
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required Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 6:08 pm
I’m sure they are big time cornholers. Big time.
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WB in OH Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Why can’t they just call it cornbag, i.e. beanbag?
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26.2 magnets (marathon running)
Life Is Good
Northface jackets
Guinness
Under Armour
Apple Nazis
Silhouette magnets
Irish-American pride
Adult intermural sports (especially kickball)
LiveStrong bracelets
Crocs
OBX stickers
Red Sox Nation
Yankees Universe
Decorative water bottles
Jersey Shore
Halloween
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Juancho Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Yeah, what he said!
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Vicki Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Crocs are for sheeples? Horrors.
Even if I wear the Doggies or whatever the knockoff cheapies are from the CVS Pharmacy? Every single day. I have 6 or 8 different colors. I don’t wear cause they’re popular–only on account of their easy to slip into whilst on the go and water hose-washable characteristics. Dog shit or other unsavory–no prob, water hose and a scrub brush and problem solved. Merely dusty–just wipe down with a damp wash cloth. Smelly-spray with Yellow Windex and they’re good as new.
Ugly? Super duper ugly. About as far away from fuck me shoes and you can get. Gotta sacrifice some things sometimes.
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This is great! You’ve described what I like to call “The Lemmings” as they come out in droves every day at the same times to do the same things. Here in my office we’ve termed 8:15 “Lemmings Coffee Time”, 12:00 “Lemmings Lunch”, and 5:00 “Lemmings Commute”! I try with all my might to avoid those Lemmings times so that they’re stay the hell out of my way!
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Dave in Sammamish Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 2:26 pm
The good thing about lemmings is that they follow their leader over the cliff
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My in-laws go to the TSO every time it hits Toledo. They make a big todo about it. I don’t get it. My husband said something about going and I wanted to kick him in the head. I have strong feeling about it.
Lots of musical regrets since I never have the money or can’t find someone to watch the kids when someone good comes near by.
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Two Concert regrets –
1990 – Pearl Jam at the Paramount in Seattle – was just “tired”. stoopid stoopid stoopid.
The other was David Allan Coe last year – can’t remember why i missed it, but it was free at a casino (two things that should have brought me at a run) and now i’ll never see him as he is 107 years old.
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Son of Sam Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 4:29 pm
WTF? I’ll get back to ya. BTW where is that fuckin edit button?
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Oh and in case the outside world hasn’t heard – it snowed here yesterday, all commerce and travel cancelled till April. Jesus what a nightmare. Buncha candy asses.
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Chuck in Belpre Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 2:57 pm
It was 72 here yesterday in the heart of Appalachia. Tied a record or something. I’d like to see it snow Shaq-ass deep for Christmas and then back to the 60′s and 70′s.
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Casey J Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 6:56 pm
yesterday we had a tornado. My tornado kicks your blizzards butt.
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One time in the summer of ’97 or so, I was working in downtown Lawrence, Kansas and thought I’d like to find something to do instead of just going home. Thought about getting a meal nearby and hanging out since I didn’t have anything else to do that evening. Nothing came to mind that seemed interesting enough, so I made the half hour trip home, ate dinner, and fooled around until bed time. A couple of days later, I learned that Mojo Nixon had appeared that same night at the Bottleneck, a whole two blocks from where I had been working. D’oh! I have yet to see Mojo in person.
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chill Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 7:29 am
A house that’s got no Mojo Nixon? Now that’s a house that needs some fixin’.
Who built the Pyramids?
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Thank God we can say good-bye to the Arbor Mist fad. Someone had the audacity to bring that swill on a boat ride and tried to swap it for my chardonnay. I think it was raspberry flavored, too.
The Suburban Sheeple where I live tend to lean towrads Volvos and tennis matches and Wiis.
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And musically (besides tha aforementioned story) I regret not seeing Frank Sinatra.
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I think Poppajugs covered it well.
Where I live there aren’t many (read:none) concerts to attend. Unless I want to travel some distance. Besides, I have a very low tolerance to standing among a swarm of assholes whooping.
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It’s also quite popular to say you are above all things faddish, and then talk about your love of something offbeat and unheard of, because that makes you sounds so avante guarde.
Personally, I care nothing for shoes, but I did cave and try a pair of those round-bottomed shoes. I’ll try anything that makes it sound like you’re exercising when you’re not.
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I didn’t go to see Guns N’ Roses at the 500 capacity Marquee in London. It’s now a pitiful, sad shell of its former self – and the Marquee has been turned in a yuppie bar.
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CADude Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Excellent.
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Does the fancy phone fad count? Iphone, droid……. etc….. “a full qwerty keyboard”…… or “now available, the toilet paper app…..”……. I’m still using a cell that is not a camera, etc, but just a damn phone, and feel no compunction to text with the damn thing………
How about those ugly ass “uggs” or whatever those eskimo – looking boots are? sheesh.
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WB in OH Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 6:17 pm
Oh no you didint! Smartphones are important, aren’t you my precious!
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Concert regret: never seeing The Band in its original form. I saw the reconstituted version in a hockey arena in NJ.
The lemming effect that bothers me the most is the reality show epidemic that overtakes peoples’ lives. “Did you see Dancing With the Stars? Who’s getting voted off Survivor?” Fuck those people.
I’m with Jeff. I assiduously avoid anything faddish.
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You’re right about Branson becoming to popular, but I just can’t resist that Tony Orlando. Even though his theater has closed, I can still hang out in his front yard until the Branson police remove me from his property.
I had to google it, but now I want one of those Vera Bradley bags.
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Lee Harvey Ramone Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 3:35 pm
edit: too popular
I hope I’m not being faddish by correcting myself
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What about the idiots that are going to get up at 3:00 in the morning the day after Thanksgiving to go shopping? Fuck you! Fuck you until you have a prolapsed anus.
I used to let my wife drag me around to bullshit. Things like the Lipizzaner stallions, the Rockettes, and the motherfucking Nutcracker (aptly named) ballet. But I quickly started pissing on her parade. To hell with all that nonsense.
I’m a nonconformist baby. I don’t even listen to the Beetles!
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Lee Harvey Ramone Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 3:36 pm
I used to dig them back when they were still the Quarrymen, but after that they goot way too commercial and popular
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madz1962 Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 3:54 pm
I’ll probably catch hell for this but… I’m one of those people who watch the news the day after Thanksgiving just to see the stampedes and hoping some asshole takes a filthy Ugg to the face.
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icecycle66 Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Yeah, I’m generalyl pleased when some retard gets trampled to death because he wanted to save $200 a a TV he didn’t need.
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Jason Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 7:15 pm
I try to incite riots. I stand at the back of the crowd and scream, “They got flat screens for $19, only twenty of them in there though!” And I hope to cause a trample. Don’t apologize for wanting them to get hurt.
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I saw Bruce’s “Tunnel of Love” tour as well. One of the best shows I ever saw. And one of my favorite albums.
The one fad that bothers me are the beautiful people in Hollywood that think its cool to carry around some poor little dog in their purse for a fashion statement. I just hope they don’t think those little dogs are as disposable as the purses they carry them in.
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Valentin Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 7:23 am
Agreed. Also those same people seem to have a fetish for plastic surgery. I remember when boobs were all natural. I hate the look of some of those Hollywood stars, they just look so fake.
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Death threats toward Bristol Palin? It’s Dancing with the Stars! Sheesh…get a frickin hobby.
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I hate fads just as much as you guys, it sounds like.
But I must admit I do fall victim sometimes.
I am most embarassed about the time I baught a whole new set of murdering knives because everyone was saying how much easier trailing-point knife tips could peel the skin off of a person without cutting to deeply into critical flesh. What a load of shit.
I’m just glad I didn’t get rid of my clip point murder knife set before i realized that I had made mistake.
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we live in yuppie ville, but we are too poor for that classification. here we see North Face coats, uggs, minivans with family stick figures(animals included), sports stickers with the school and kids name on said vans, shopping at Target vs walmart because it is “better”, cookie parties at xmas…etc etc.
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Yeah, the small dog thing pisses me off.
In Texas, the fad is the BIG truck. Now I understand that some people (i.e. ranch owners and the like) need them, but for dumb fucks like me who live in a suburb there is simply no need.
Playdates are stupid too. What happened to just getting a herd of kids together and letting them stay at someone’s house? Is everyone suddenly a child molester or are we just over protective? I vote for the latter.
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Fads? How bout Christmas and all the butt heads that complain about being so busy with the holidays and continue to plan more crap to do?
Another fad? How bout non-stop texting? Do you really think what you have to say is that important? Get over yourself!
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Around here, the lemming thing is to put your fanciful pink initials on the back of your hugehummermobile, then drive like a total asshole.
Yay, Wake Forest cheer moms!
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renn Reply:
November 23rd, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Or the “Carolina Girl” stickers, or the G.R.I.T.S. stickers. [insert eyeroll here]…or the large tree with moon stickers….ugh.
I get looks for the Roller Derby bumper stickers, which turn to looks of concern (from the old people) and awe (from the young ‘uns) when I roll out with my skull covered purse.
I don’t do Vera Bradley; I only sport The Swedish Stitcher.
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I really don’t know what to make of TSO although I lean towards it being euthanasia for the musical senses.Then again…I find magic in ‘white noise’ and prefer it to TSO. I never been to Siberia and I’m guessing most of you haven’t but some of you kinda like the music. I’ve been to Chicago and Boston and I dated a girl from Alabama with the cutest little feet you could imagine. I remember how she’d laugh when she’d step in a puddle of mud.
I am sure I will never be jiggy with a BS jag. Roy Orbison grabs me ever six or seven months but that’s about it. I have my daily addictions that are actually devotions.
People around here seem to like fake white geese in their front yards. Usually one wears a bonnet and the other one wears a vest and tie. Strange. I wish it was a simpler time when a lawn jockey or two was all you saw.
This whole safe sex fad is bugging me too. So there I am and the moment is right and the monkey’s getting tight and she says’s, “Do you have a condom?” First of all…we called ‘em rubbers and second….no I don’t. So…does she think I’m a man whore and pounding it out all the time with just anybody? Or… is she beinging considerate and telling me in a nice way she’s a slut?
I’ve never been/go to concerts. Small venue only. Club style only. Bonnie Raitt, k.d.Lang…etc…800 is a packed house. If It’s something I must be at…I’ll be there.
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Stupid suburban fads… on the back window of the minivan, decals of the name of the children’s school with the sport(s) they play, e.g.
WOODSON FOOTBALL
WOODSON LACROSSE
…etc., as though anyone outside the minivan gives the tiniest shit.
Musical regrets… I did not go see Talking Heads for what turned out to be the very last tour. My parents live around the corner from the ex-CBGB’s, and I have never set foot in the place. Now I never will.
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I missed the chance of seeing Little Richard playing.
Not that I like his music or anything, but it would have been cool to see a vampire in real life.
‘Cos he clearly is one.
Its a little known fact that the Movie ‘Blade’ is a biography of his nightime escapades. And here’s the proof.
http://www.enjoyfrance.com/content/view/2352/31/
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I don’t know this Vera Bradley, but he might be homosexual. Not that there’s…
Vicki…Thanks for the use of “whilst”. Now there are two of us.
madz…re: “I saw Tony Bennett last yer and he was phenomenal He’s 82. Of course, he’s not hauling around an electric guitar and doing the “chicken walk” !” ………Tony might be avoiding the chicken walk, but the move Chuck Berry invented was the Duck Walk. For duck walkin’ for 60 years, in and out of prison, Chuck damn well deserves a quack. For being one of the inventors and popularizers of rock, I think the guy should get a blow job at least. Alas, I can only quack for him.
One man’s fad is another man’s fancy. Same as it ever was.
Although I do my best to burn a cigarette hole in every fucking North Face jacket I see. Not so easy at the grocery store; I just claim I’m smoking grass. In the Pacific Northwest, that usually buys you a pass.
Jeff…I had never heard of ladder golf. I did a web search and got some info. Now I can never return to a state in which I have never heard of ladder golf. It makes me sad.
I think phones that are smarter than the phone user are pretty funny and a little pathetic. Mine rings and I answer it. When I want to call, I dial the number and hit send. That limited functionality makes me at least twice as smart as the phone, and I intend to keep it that way.
Gretchen…It’s been a while. Are you feeling OK?
I think it’s too bad Bruce got over-hyped out of the gate. Give him a couple of albums to get a running start and make his own mistakes, and he might have been God. Or even Dylan. Big “record labels” want their investment back NOW. Money changes everything.
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jtb
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Gretchen Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 11:34 am
My mind’s been drawing a blank on these topics lately. I blame the end of daylight savings time. And the Christmas Machine, which nearly ran me down yesterday.
Speaking of which, all I can add to the discussion of “Unfortunate Trends” is the trend of putting out lights for Halloween. They’re essentially Christmas lights masquerading as “spooky” simply because they’re purple or orange. I’ve had enough of Santa poking his butt into Halloween! Let’s get back to jackolanterns, Sheeple!
In other news: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40351842/ns/world_news-europe/
Just like the French to draw up a petition instead of investigating the noise.
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WB in OH Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Why does picking on the french give me such pleasure?
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chill Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Because you hate French toast, French kissing, French letters?
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Another fad I’d almost forgotten about, since it’s seasonal. When I first moved to the DC area I noticed, around December, many cars driving around with wreaths attached to their grilles, or sometimes a big red bow instead. WTF?
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Springsteen is the world’s longest-running fad. I marvel at how he’s suckered everyone into thinking that he’s Mr. Joe-Blue-Collar when he’s practically Enron’s Ken Lay with a guitar. The guy who cleans the pool at Bruce’s California mansion makes more than your entire family. I’m sorry, Bruce, but wearing old boots and aping the (truly pathetic) Pete Seeger does not a working class hero make. Vapid Springsteen fans are 20,000 times more obnoxious than any TSO fan. Shit, the only people who are any more annoying might be Dylan fans.
I will give Bruce points for “Darkness,” though. It’s the first Springsteen record I really loved, and I still have a bit of fondness for it today. Saw him live on that tour. He’s still a phoney.
Big musical missed opportunities for me – missed The Talking Heads live at the Stanley in Pittsburgh (and my friend Gina had tickets waiting for me!). Fucked up and missed the chance to see XTC live on the Drums and Wires tour. My Bloody Valentine played about 6 blocks from where I was staying once and I had a stomache ache so I didn’t go. The only time I ever had the opportunity to see Otis Rush was foiled, and I’ve regretted it ever since. Blue Oyster Cult came to play in Columbus as the Soft White Underbelly (one of their original names, because they were in litigation with Columbia at the time) and I missed them. I’m still pissed at the Charleston City Council for cancelling The Tubes’ ’77 appearance in Charleston, which was the closest I ever got to seeing them in their absolute prime.
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Jason Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
I couldn’t agree more. “The boss” is a charlatan and a bastard.
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WB in OH Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Couldn’t agree more about Bruce and his fans.
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Phil Jett Reply:
November 26th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Fan of Wild and Innocent, Greetings from Asbury Park, Born to Run and Darkness. Everything after that, as I think Jeff once said, is an Ipod mood killer.
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I want an Omar Bradley helmet for Christmas. Those stars on the front were cool.
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R.I.P. – James Lee Kuhn
James Lee “Jimmy” Kuhn, 47, of Dunbar, passed away Sunday, November 21, 2010, at Thomas Memorial Hospital after a short illness.
He was born on June 4, 1963, the son of the late, Ferris Hoyt Kuhn and his surviving mother, Elva McClanahan Kuhn of Dunbar. Jimmy was a graduate of Dunbar High School class of 1981 and was a former member of Boilermakers Union.
He was preceded in death by his father; sister, Patricia Kuhn; brother, Michael Allen Kuhn, Sr.; brother-in-law, Robert C. Cook, Sr.
In addition to his mother, left to cherish his memory are his sisters, Linda Ann Cook of Elkview, Brenda Lee Klindt of Tarpon Springs, Fla.; brother, Johnny Hoyt Kuhn of Forsyth, Ga. He was also survived by several nieces, nephews and great nieces and great nephews.
Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, November 26, at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar.
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Bill in WV Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 10:21 am
And some of you thought he didn’t exist. Damnit!! He EXISTED !!
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Greg Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Wow! I just checked the Gazette. You’re right, the obit’s there! Only 47. Way too young to go.
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Bill in WV Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
The final “spurt”, I assume, did him in.
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Son of Sam Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
RIP Jimmy Kuhn. I always loved his very well timed responses.
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WB in OH Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
RIP Jimmy Kuhn. The next time I spurt, it will be in your honor.
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CADude Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Damn. I thought he was a figment….
So I had to check it out. And I found this: http://wvgazette.com/Obituaries/201011240001?display=email&id=98064&build=cache
I sure hope he went out with a spurt.
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chill Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Man, that’s a damn shame. R.I.P. – we’ll miss you.
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bumblebee Reply:
November 25th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
He’s one of the few people I saw everytime I went home.Always knew who I was even if it had been2 or 3 years.
A big part of Dunbar.
I heard they were dedicating the commode bowl to him today!
RIP Jimmy!
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General Bradley’s wives were named Mary and Esther, and his daughter was named Elizabeth. However, it’s possible there was a Vera in the woodshed. Wouldn’t it be nice to get a helmet AND a bag?
I agree a helmet with five stars on the front is a nice piece of millinery. Seems that while wearing that, few people would give you shit about the bag. I’m just sayin’…
jtb
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Sorry to hear about Jimmy. My condolences to those who had affection for him and to those who held him in esteem.
sincerely
jtb
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What about the fad of being so freakin excited that you get to be the first to post comments on WVSR? ha
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Lee Harvey Ramone Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 11:50 am
Last!
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There’s no WVSR fad, right?
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Son of Sam Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Nurse Ratched where you been?
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Nurse Ratched Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
NZ ….Always lurking
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This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island……
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Sorry to hear about Jimmy Kuhn. RIP brother.
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I like TSO and though I’ve yet to see them live, any concert experience with Al Pitrelli or Alex Skolnick is good by me. I saw Alex with Testament this summer. I certainly don’t think appreciating a couple of semi-obscure, incredibly talented guitar players makes me a sheep.
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jaime Reply:
November 24th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
no, it just means you have bad taste in music.
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my regret comes from my musical retard phase. I was listening to Insane clown posse, alice cooper, the odd GNR song…i had horrible taste in music and insisted on listening to the worst shit available.
well the Tragically Hip were in town and a friend for whatever reason couldn’t use his two tickets, so he offered them to me for free.
i still kick my ass for turning them down.
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Outdoor inflatable snow globes, or inflatable decorations in general annoy the crap out of me. It’s lazy, and garish, and there’s just nothing right about them.
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