Must be wednesday must be another top ten a coming but first.
Two weeks before St Louis and the next bargain hunt. I know a certain somebody can't wait for that.
21
straight days of no rain. Not complaining here but I have some
squawking from the weatherfucks on the newscast. Too bad we didn't get
this type of weather in August. Funny thing about September weather is
that while it gets warm in the afternoon, once the sun sets everything
cools down. And of course the damn AC in the printing room is about 60
degrees. Time to start wearing long sleeves.
Poor Duwayne
Schminkey. He turned 51 Monday and has to deal with one of his bratty
kids. I read about it in Facebook. Sometimes when I think that I
missed out on the good times of having children, I'll see some 3 year
old act up or hear about Austin Schminkey act up and be glad that I made
the right decision and just said no. I know if Austin had my parents,
he wouldn't have his fucking cellphone or computer or anything you
plugged into the wall, he'd be banished to an empty room. Damn kids
today think they own the world when their parents buy them everything
and give em a cellphone. My folks would have said either you save up
and make the monthly payments or you go without. None of this Kids
gotta have it shit. And then our neighbor across the street Kevin's son
who knocked somebody up and now take care of that baby while Jr fucks
around on a skateboard and neither him and his GF have a job. You gotta
feel sorry about the poor baby, he's gonna be as smart as he'll ever be
when he pops out just before the doctor whacks it in the ass and it's
downhill. I'm all for children, IF you can afford them, IF you can give
it guideance, IF you have a stable family, IF you have patience up the
wazoo and IF you don't want to sleep eight straight hours anymore in
your life. Perhaps I could have made a great father but then again Ruth
Mund thought I was a bad influence on kids when I was watching them at
the day care center and I never forgot that. Or forgiven her for being
such a bitch in the time that I volunteered at St. Wincenlisus (i can't
spell it sue me) 30 years ago. Oh well Ruthie, I did my job, too bad
you didn't do yours.
And Phil Collins has announced that he's
quitting drumming forever due a condiction that playing a certain style
has damaged his vertibate. Such a shame really, Phil really was a great
drummer in his own right. Sure sucks getting old ya know?
And
BTW, the 17th is former Paraphernalia Guitar God Doug Bonesteel's
birthday. There's a 50 percent off Depends coupon with your name on it
too bro.
The Top Ten Of The Week.
1. Don't Pass Me By-The
Georgia Satellites 1987 Goddam I love these guys and hooray for them
to cover Ringo's version off the white album from The Beatles.
Everybody likes a good boogie tune and the Satellites provide it with
gusto. Nothing against what they play on the radio but the good stuff
never seems to get played or gets overplayed. Never the twain meets on
that one.
2. Metropolis-The Church 1990 You know I completely
forgot about this song till I played The Best Of The Church and this
song came out of nowhere. I think it reached number one on the
alternative chart in 1990 but I never hear it on the radio anymore.
Maybe mix 96.5 plays it on occasion but shit when I do listen to Mix
96.5 they're playing forgettible overplayed crap.
3. When My
Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again-Elvis Presley 1956 I guess in my old
age, I'm returning more to the music that I grew up with and in our
family that included lots of Elvis music. I wouldn't say that Elvis was
the BEST of all time but in 1956 he made two albums of high quality
rock and blues. This is from his second album, titled Elvis to which
you can get for five bucks at Wally World. Still recommended to you
young folk who wants to know what is real rock. Unfortunly, once Elvis
went into the Army, he never quite made the rock and blues albums like
the first two. And fucking Clambake killed him more than anything else.
4.
Shout Bamalama-Eddie Hinton 1978 Now Margaret from The Brains calls
this album Very Extremely Dangerous the best soul album of 1970s and I
don't question her on that. Barry Beckett (RIP) produced this and the
Swampers back Eddie up but the problem was that this album came out in
the dead of the disco era and it didn't chart. In fact I didn't know
anything bout this cd till I found a copy at Goodwill for three bucks.
Amazon copies have fetched it up to 50 bucks a copy. However, Reel
Music, a minor speciality label has reissued this album this week so you
won't have to pay an extraordinary price for it. Margaret made me a
copy originally but I think somebody at work copped it and never
returned it.
5. She Is Love-Parachute 2009 This week's new tune
from a band that sounds like a cross between Matchbox 20 and Maroon 5
and that band that made Breakfast At Tiffany's. And if I can't remember
that band that made Breakfast At Tiffany's then I know I won't remember
these guys 10 years from now, or five, or next week.
6.
Something Good (Is Gonna Happen To You)-Carla Thomas 1967 The Queen of
Memphis Soul, Carla Thomas is the daughter of the late great Rufus
Thomas and made a few albums for Stax/Atlantic back in the mid to late
60s. From The Queen Alone, a cd that I found at Goodwill Sunday along
with Eddie Hilton and The Beach Boys, Robyn Hitchcock, Steve Forbert and
The Shazam. Guess they must have known I was coming eh?
7. It
Wasn't Me-Chuck Berry 1966 From Fresh Berries the third album that I
ever bought. It was later day Chuck Berry and it didn't sell very well
and it really isn't all that great, in fact Chuck didn't alter the music
all that much. My Mustang Ford and Ain't That Just Like A Woman is the
same damn song. But you probably don't know what I'm talking about
since you haven't heard neither one of those songs. It Wasn't Me did
appear on Rock and Roll Rarities when MCA was reissuing Chess albums
back in the late 80s. Chuck redid it on the 1979 Atco album Rockit.
This song was the highlight of Fresh Berries. Later issued along with
Chuck Berry In London on a CD from Beat Goes On Records from the UK.
8.
Jayne-The Townedgers 1991 From Diamonds In The Skies their comeback
album of 1991, thanks in part to Greg Nutter who lit a fire under Mr.
Smith's ass and got him going. 18 years later (can you believe that) it
still sounds fine although it was based on a riff by Martin Briley's
Salt In My Tears and yes they gave him credit for that. The Townedgers
give credit where its due unlike Kanye West.
9. Healter
Skelter-The Beatles 1968 This may have been the most heaviest song that
Paul McCartney has ever written. Might be even heavy metal if you
think about it. It's about a roller coaster ride but some dumbass named
Charles Manson misunderstood that and turned it into something it
wasn't.
10. Too Long In The Wasteland-James McMurtry And The
Heartless Bastards 2004 From his live album, McMurtry is the voice of
this generation and decade. When the dust clears from this lost decade,
the theme song will be We Can't Make It Here Anymore. And James does
bring up a valid point on Socialized Medicene to which I think they call
it Medicare?!? And we got fucking yayhoos like Chuck Grassley battling
the government over health care while he gets kickbacks from the drug
manufacturers and the hospitals and such. He used to care about us
about 20 years ago but I think he's been watching too much FOX news and
hanging with Dick Cheney. Maybe someday this government will return to a
democracy envisioned by our forefathers but the way things are going, I
doubt it. Fuck Grassley, another senile senator that should have been
put out to pasture.
Like bratty kids and worthless politicans, just say no.
