On the flipside of this, I remember heading out to see Flogging Molly, who my roommate in LA had gotten me into in the early 2000's, when they were still pretty much a local act, play in Milwaukee. I drug a bunch of friends and family to go see the show, which I promised them would exceed any expectations they might…

It has occurred to me that the better part of my knowledge of political events in this country through the 70's and 80's comes from Doonesbury.

Having come up against him in tournaments, I can also testify that the guy is a killer pinball wizard.

Jeffrey Jones is making a comeback?

That ratio is actually low - you forgot to account for gang rape…

That ratio is actually low - you forgot to account for gang rape…

23, I think…

Having previously seen Splendor and Doom Generation, I brought a Gregg Araki film, Mysterious Skin over for dinner and a DVD night for a third or fourth date. It had just shown up from Netflix, and had a brief blurb suggesting it was a movie about alien abduction.

What kind of asshole do you take me for?

OK, I see the other thread, but for serious, this sounds like Warren Goddamned Zevon to me.

You know, both nights at the music hall were taped and you can download them free from the internet archive. As I recall one night is more trainwreckish than the other, but it's been a while since i listened to those recordings.

I'm thinking that picture is actually pre-'shop, and it's old school photomanipulation, yeah?

I once envisioned a tour where WASP and GWAR would play, in wrestling rings around the country, and play and fight… Buzzsaw Cock vs. Cuttlefish of Cthulhu!

And, of course, The Rape of the Planet of the Apes.

And a week later, it occurs to me that if I was going to call someone out on a stupid comment, I should have used a lot more snark and a lot less "um, excuse me, but that's my stapler"…

mcc: would you ask Tom Petty that question?

shit.. we used to have sword fights in the living room… lotsa blood and beer spilt in that fucking apartment….

Heh, it's funny to think of what's basically a best of as an uneven release… I mean, not that that doesn't happen, but still… A touch ironic, no?

Yeah, what Zach said ;)

"My high-school self fucking loved…"