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Yo Ho, a Pirate's Hat for Me
Dang it, Joel. You got me. Yet again. Next you're going to tell me that guy was only 5'9"! I'm a terrible, terrible journalist. On a side note...what 80s attire were you wearing? I can't place who you were at the party (which is odd, since there were only 8 people there).— September 30, 2008 1:20 a.m.
Chargers and Referees
UPDATE: Ed Haculi had another controversy, when he called a "roughing the passer" that made the interception for a TD return not count. I don't know what game it was...possibly Cleveland. Then, crazy owner Jerry Jones of Dallas, was fined $25,000 for saying Haculi and his crew make more mistakes than any other refs in the league. Not a good year for that zebra.— September 29, 2008 11:03 p.m.
Laughing
My least favorite is "black is black" by Los Bravos. It starts with this sweet little guitar riff. Then the lyrics and vocalist, just sound awful. Kind of the way I feel about Arthur Brown's "Fire". He starts strongly with "I am the God of Hell fire...and I bring you...." And it's all down hill from there. Obviously, AC/DC's Back in Black is great. A classic. I like Three Dog Nights....The ink is black/the page is white....not sure what it's called. I think A. Myles Black Velvet is a great, sexy ballad. The Rolling Stones Paint it Black has perhaps, one of the best intros of any Stones song. One of the worst, in my opinion, is Black Magic Woman. Most people don't realize, that was actually a Fleetwood Mac song before Santana covered it. I'm just not a Santana fan at all.— September 29, 2008 11 p.m.
Comfort Food
Have fun in Spain. Can someone, please, tell me why everyone loves mac & cheese so much? My girlfriend loves it. One of our close friends loved it. Now...I can appreciate great cheese. I drooled all over the Reader when Barb wrote about that cheese party, sure. But, even fancy restaurants that have mac and cheese...my girlfriend gets it. I taste it, and am always disappointed. Why does everyone like it so much?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!— September 29, 2008 2:04 p.m.
Yo Ho, a Pirate's Hat for Me
Well Barb, I'm a few years older than you. So, you probably saw Black Stallion on video. I remember my parents friends, setting me up on a date with a blonde girl from Indiana, that was a niece of theirs. We were both in 6th grade, and the movie was on of the only things in the theatre for kids (in those days, movie houses, if they were big, had four screens, tops). I was so scared sitting next to her. At one point she grabbed my hand. She let go after 10 minutes, and wiped the sweat from my hands, on her pant leg. And, she kept her hands to herself after that. That is one of the few films I've seen, that I remember absolutely nothing about! Never saw the Last Unicorn. Or Last Samura, Last King of Scotland, Last of the Mochicans. I think I missed a lot of "last" movies. Oh wait...I did see Last Picture Show and Last Movie, with Dennis Hopper. Damn, when movies come out, I'm like someone with ADD. In response to Joel: Just you mentioning my videotaping, and "copyright law" proves my point. Dealing with people at parties that all want something done a certain way, is tiresome. And not worth the bother. Obviously, I wouldn't video a group that was doing drugs or use a hidden video. Everyone there knows I'm writing/videotaping, for the Reader to use. And, most are happy about that (minus the birthday girl, and, uh...you, I guess). For you to insult Towelhead (I feel like I insulted him/her, just writing their "clever" name)...that just shows how idiotic you are. Sure, you create/make surfboards. That's awesome. But who says Towel doesn't create anything? And, if they did, does that give them any more/less credibility to comment on, or give opinions, on a debate? I'm assuming your point is...that this is your business. And you make surfboards. Since Towel DOES NOT, they can't possibly know why this would be important to you. But, your failing to hear what that person is saying. They are just saying....hey, your business got a mention. That sounds pretty cool, why complain? But when actors and directors, complain about film critics giving them a bad review by saying "They obviously can't make a film, that's why they are critics"...is just complete B.S. And who says Towelhead thinks I'm "dope"? They've argued with me, in a few of my blogs and other topics. Yet, we are able to keep it civil, and to the debate at hand. Instead of me trying to say something lame like "Why would your opinion matter to me? You aren't a professional journalist or writer. Until you are, don't bother commenting on such matters."— September 29, 2008 1:58 p.m.
Laughing
Martin Mull was talented. The guy could paint, sing, and write great comedy. I was supposed to interview him for a story. He ended up not doing the interview. But, he left a few funny messages on my machine, about crashing parties. I saved them for weeks.— September 29, 2008 2:24 a.m.
Roller Derby Is Crack (and Cracked Bones)
Hey Derby Dolls....thanks to all of you for not only giving great quotes for the article, but for doing something so dangerous. I remember a few of you weren't thrilled with the story I wrote after crashing one of your after parties. I'm glad this one didn't piss anyone off. Otherwise, I'm sure I would've ended up with more injures than the ones listed, after you all rough me up in the parking lot.— September 29, 2008 2:21 a.m.
Yo Ho, a Pirate's Hat for Me
In response to all this...well, the party was 4 months ago. So what. Sometimes I put parties off, and when I had another theme party (60s, then 70s), I thought I'd run them sequentially. Even though, in actuality, the 80s party was first. Big deal. Along those same lines, moving things around, etc...yes, the movie was identified as "Better Off Dead" later in the party. But you know what? It flowed better not to have that in the story. When I'm working with a strict word count, every detail doesn't always need to be explained. I thought it would read better to leave it as if it was a topic that never came to a conclusion, because the title wasn't thought of. Nothing fun about writing, "Some dude went in the other room, and Googled it." (that didn't happen, but you see my point) I guess it's creative license, and that sometimes bothers people. And, along the line of people being bothered, yes I did realize that was the guys surf board company. But you know what? He was so drunk, and at times, I could barely understand what he was saying. I decided to refrain from writing that, as I could see that escalating into something where he later said "You know that really hurt my business, you mentioning that I was drunk." Just as a woman from a previous "dive bar club" party is trying to claim she got fired because I wrote about it. Or, how other businesses beg and beg me to mention them in my column. And often times, I don't. My column isn't about plugging the various business owners or their products. I'll only write about it if it's of interest (as some of his surfboard stories were), or for a variety of other reasons. I didn't confirm it, when the person said the party was "lame". But I was told I "had to come in 80s attire." I went and bought a $20 pirate hat...all to walk in to see a total of 8 people. Eight people!!! And, most weren't even dressed in anything noticably "80s." I've had other parties with not many in attendance, but at least they all had great stories and I had a blast talking with them. At this party...hardly anyone was talking. Other than the 6'9" guy, who I found to be very nice and interesting. To email and say "what was his name again?" only leads to a whole host of other problems. The person wanting to know if I can mention their best friend. Or, not mention the guy that they now broke up with. Believe me, the things I hear after the parties, on what I "should and shouldn't" write. And, if memory serves (as it apparently didn't on the OB/PB thing...I just knew it was on Sunset Cliffs)....the birthday girl didn't want photos taken of her. I was told that at least two or three times. I didn't need to hear, in an email, "Can you not run any photos? We don't like how we looked." It becomes more of a pain. I do apologize to anyone at the party, that isn't happy with how the story turned out. Believe me, it's not my intention to write a piece that comes across as negative.— September 29, 2008 2:18 a.m.
Laughing
Well...I have to admit, with "crawdad", nothing immediately came to mind. I think Burl Ives or Hoyt Axton, can't remember which one, wrote a "Crawdad Song". It's kind of like a kids song. But, I'm not even sure anymore. It might've been some other kind of fish/lizard, and I'm thinking it's a crawdad. But surely, Dr. John must have a song on Crawdads. I just don't know what it is.— September 26, 2008 10:35 a.m.
Laughing
Well Towelhead (on a side note: the movie Towelhead is good. Very dark subject matter, but very well written film)...I don't care for that word. But, what comes to mind is Spinal Tap, and their album from the early 90s, called "Break Like the Wind". The title song from that, has some fine guitar work from Steve Lukather.— September 26, 2008 10:33 a.m.