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Otto E. Roddick
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Hey @avclub-87caf7c42aedbada42572e2374eed08d:disqus, I don't want to sound like a creeper, but about a week ago I was reading a toy blog (I recently found a bunch of old stuff in the attic at my mom's house and I'm looking to unload it) and saw a commenter on this one article using your name.

Fuck… that sounds a lot like the terrible white trash neighbours we used to have. The husband, who was an abusive, alcoholic, piece of shit once threatened to kill my wife, who was 8 months pregnant at the time because she went over to ask him to turn down his stereo.

@avclub-2ac233bc53744593f485e5752aaa692a:disqus It's the circle of life!

Ha! When we first moved into our house, the walls were pink and turquoise (as we discovered while doing projects over the years, at some point the entire HOUSE was pink – baseboards, door jambs, everything. She also had a pink leather couch when we viewed the place) and there was this hideous, really busy floral

I'm giggling uncontrollably at "Too much asparagus, that's his fucking problem. "

Yeah, I was gonna add that as a result I've never been constipated. All I have to do is have someone hide my keys and the problem sorts itself out.

I used to have a shirt with Simon and Hecubus from Kids in the Hall with the word "EVIL!" underneath them. No idea what happened to that shirt.

Me too, and yet here I am.

Ever since I was a little kid, if I have to go looking for something it makes me poop. Like, I'll be looking for the pliers or whatever and suddenly I'll have to run and take a dump, then as soon as I come back from the bathroom I'll find the pliers. It's uncanny.

Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down
Until tomorrow, I just keep moving on

I was in college during Party of Five's run so we used to get together every week for  "Drinkin' with Bailey". I don't remember all the rules, but I know every time he got behind the wheel drunk we'd go "One for the road!" and knock back our drinks. I think there was also something about Jennifer Love Hewitt crying…

I think I just realized that those are two different shows. I kept reading the article thinking "when do the guardian angels show up?".

I know I've mentioned this before, but long before that SNL skit I used to drive past a store with a poorly kerned sign that said "Therapist's Choice" and every single time I'd do a double take.

Same here – I spent most of the '90s listening to nothing but punk rock, but I considered myself very open minded because I listened to punk and hardcore. I was a real renaissance man.

The first Hellcat Records "Give 'em the Boot" comp was a huge eye-opener for punk-rock fixated Otto. Having all that classic-style ska alongside the '90s iteration pointed me in the direction of a lot of awesome music.

I was so afraid my parents would hear it that I wouldn't even listen to "Bastard" by Mötley Crüe with headphones on – I've probably only heard that song twice because I used to fast forward it in terror every time (in my defense, I was only in 3rd grade).

Thanks for the recommendation – you've tipped me off to some good music in the past so I'll check those guys out.

@avclub-f08b7ac8aa30a2a9ab34394e200e1a71:disqus Are we human or am I demon?

Can't argue with Mark Lanegan…. there are other singers whose music I like better, but if we're just talking about voice, Lanegan's my favourite too (for instance, I'd rather listen to Dinosaur Jr, but I'm never gonna claim J Mascis is a better singer than… well… anybody.)

Wikipedia tells me it aired in '86, so I would have been 10 as well.