Similarly, I had a girlfriend and a friend who SWORE to God they saw a UFO one night when we were camping….and the fact that we were on mushrooms was irrelevant. I wanted to be a supportive dude, and I ostensibly believe in aliens, but I still couldn't ever muster up a graceful response to that incident. Blank,…

Thanks for the info, hadn't heard of it, I'll check it out. As an '80s kid I find that era's satanic panic fascinating.

Huh…the day-care satanic sex abuse hysteria from the '80s and '90 seems like an obvious omission. Some of us were probably alive during that time and remember lots of the details…or if you're like me you remember SOME of the details but will be pretty surprised to learn the scope to which it extended:

Put me down for 200 quatloos on Q.

I would like to offer this piece of contrary evidence:

It was so long ago I honestly can't tell you if that was something that was said, implied, or I just pulled straight out of my ass.

I saw DLR fronting 4 random greasy Armenian dudes doing Van Halen covers in some local dump in '94…I certainly wasn't expecting much, but I still count it among the best shows I've ever seen. The last vestiges of the '80s rockers had seemingly come together for that one final event, the place was literally shaking all…

Not coincidentally, that's also McDonald's (and Olive Garden's) advertising strategy. "We don't want to offend or engage you in the slightest manner, but we would like to (repeatedly) suggest our brand's existence to you."

What you've invented sounds almost edible….so it can't possibly be that. I'm going with some kind of ranch/marshmallow amalgam.

All the articles talk about the olive & anchovy paste on that black burger, as if it's the weirdest thing ever, while ignoring those three terrifying red mystery patties slathered in goo. Is that mayo? It looks A LOT like the marshmallow & chocolate sauce used in the other burger….which would still somehow be less…

I drag that one out about once a year…some of the songs are actually pretty awesome. The singing was done by the dude from the Archies, and Peter/Spider Man was René Auberjonois.

I think American IPAs are basically the beer version of a Meat Lover's from Pizza Hut. If some hops are good, than more hops must be better, and most hops MUST be best, right?!?

I think my favorite Bee Gees song is 'I Can't See Nobody'

The Vanilla Ice analogy is pretty silly considering their 14 records, and dozens of top-40 hits (most of which Barry wrote) previous to Saturday Night Fever. I guess you can criticize them for not bringing enough of it to their disco hits, but they're pretty much a widely accepted pillar of Australian rock, and…

I passed by that thought too. Though, I've managed to fuck up my kidney a few times, through a combination of faulty brain chemistry and eating/drinking too little. Whether it's eating too much, too little, or driving you to drink, seems like a "deeply unhappy" person is gonna find a way to put a hurt on their body,…

Sad story. Heartless aside: That top picture is kind of amazing….whether because of the timing, angle, lighting, magic, or all of the above, that is the youngest, healthiest, happiest that dude has ever looked…he looks like a 20 year-old kid. It practically looks like a different person compared to every other image…

I've talked about Fantastic Planet many times before….because it was the bane of my teenage existence. "That depressing movie about the fucking little blue people has RUINED Night Flight for me once again! I hope you're happy, France!"

Welcome to Cleveland.

Yeah, the difference in when/how we first processed RHCP probably accounts for a lot of our difference in opinion. If I was first introduced to RHCP as an arena band it probably would be a lot less surprising to think of them still rocking today, but at one time I thought of them as almost a club/bar band, which makes…

My first real show was RHCP in 1988, when I was 16. The Uplift Mofo Party Plan tour. Hillel Slovak was still alive, they came out naked wearing the socks on their dicks and everything. I remember seeing Real Men Don't Kill Coyotes on Night Flight months beforehand, and how truly unique and groundbreaking they sounded…