m/c douchebag

No one ever rocked the leather m/c like the Ramones.

Thanks to this post at Strange Reaction, I got to thinkin' of my original m/c Black Leather Jacket. It was 'round 1983 or so and, being the broke suburban kid I was; I didn't have the cash to buy one. It always amazed me that the so-called gutter punks all had em... probably mommy and daddy bought em for em when they went back to their Connecticut homes.

But I digress. I started going out with this girl who's parents definitely had serious bucks (her dad was a dentist in some Long Island high falutin' town). She was a couple of years younger than me and probably figured it was cool to be dating Mr. College Asshole Nihilistic Punk Rocker. Aside from her proclivity towards supplying me with drugs and payin' my way into stuff, she was pretty cool in other ways. Once time she made me this really cool Suicidal Tendencies shirt (like the one's that were pictured on the original album cover). I actually still have the back of that shirt.

Anyway, we were all also into the Grateful Dead and one day she presents me with this beautiful heavy duty (not some asian knock-off) Schott MC jacket. Only one problem, she had painted this absolutely kick ass Steal Your Face graphic on the entire back of the jacket.
Well, no way was I going to wear THAT to punk shows. It was bad enough I had long hair. I didn't want to spend ALL my time fighting.
Sooo... Mr. Asshole spray-paints the entire back of the jacket back to black and than throws the usual punk stickers de rigeur on the back as well. My girlfriend was crushed. But I was such an inconsiderate douchebag to her in other ways, I guess she chalked it up to my sparkling personality.
This jacket served me well for many years. It also got totally beat to shit, but survived (it was really well made). Than I left it at a friend of mine and he somehow lost it. Thanks for that, D.

In retrospect, I was a complete dickhead for destroying the jacket. And I hope my ex girlfriend found someone to treat her a fuckload better than I ever did. At least HER pain is over. She didn't marry me!

Here's some Kraut. I had a Kraut sticker on the back of my jacket. Were we ever that young????

Bookage:
The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History - Jim Walsh

Toonage:
Rolling Stones - Leather Jacket
Screeching Weasel - Leather Jacket
Guitar Wolf - Motor Cycle Leather Boy
NOFX - 13 Stitches
X - Poor Girl




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Now playing: Black Flag - Jealous Again
via FoxyTunes

I Just Wanna Give You The Creeps

Creep- Selected definitions:
1- to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees.
2-to approach slowly, imperceptibly, or stealthily personal bias occasionally creeps into the account.
3- to advance or develop gradually so as to infringe on or supplant something else
4- a disturbingly eccentric or obnoxious person.
5-an intelligence or counterintelligence agent; spy.
6- the creeps, a sensation of horror, fear, disgust, etc., suggestive of the feeling induced by something crawling over the skin.
7-make one's flesh creep, to be frightening or repellent; cause one to experience uneasiness.

Now, that's a Punk Rock word!

There are an awful lot of really cool songs about creeps in them. So, what can a poor boy do, 'cept to compile a bunch of em and call it BLEEDIN' OUT'S CREEPY COLLECTION!

Toonage:

Bleedin' Out's Got the Creeps (click here for the whole kit and kaboodle)

starring:

Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown (w/ Creepy Crawl intro)
Brandi Carlile - Creep (Radiohead cover)
Bush Tetras - Too Many Creeps
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
Nirvana - Negative Creep (acoustic)
Radiohead - Creep (live 11-27-03 Earl's Court)
Screeching Weasel - She's Giving Me The Creeps
The Creeps - Down At The Nightclub
Social Distortion - (I Just Wanna Give You) The Creeps
The Damned - Creep (You Can't Fool Me)
The Fall - C.R.E.E.P.
Hellacopters - The Creeps (Social Distortion cover)

To Sleep, Perchance To Dream

I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams

to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
~Rene Descartes
"Meditations on First Philosophy"

Having some real sleep related issues as of late. I have always been a very vivid dreamer. But lately, it's been a nite at the frikkin movies everytime I get shut eye. And the dreams are so intense that I'm more tired than ever when I wake up. As an added bonus, I am having trouble differentiating my dream state from reality with regard to my memories. There have been quite a few times where I think back to events and I am sure that things I dreamed about actually happened.
Whether is is stress related or brought on by a significant reduction in my consumption of intoxicants is up for debate.

But that's all my cross to bear, not yours. You benefit from my soporific albatross by getting access to the Bleedin' Out Dream Mix. You got to download the whole thang. While it won't incur slumber, it'll rock ya in yer pyjama's.

Toonage:

1. Roy Orbison - In Dreams
2. Aerosmith - Dream On (live 4-15-07)
3. The Barracudas - I Saw My Death In A Dream Last Nite
4. Black Sabbath - Tomorrow's Dream (live 1973)
5. Bob Dylan - All I Have To Do Is Dream
6. Cheap Trick - Dream Police
7. David Bowie - Moonage Daydream (demo)
8. Gang Of Four - We Live As We Dream Alone
9. Go Go Gorillas - It Was A Nightmare
10. The Hookers - Runaway Nightmare
11. Hot Tuna - Serpent Of Dreams
12. Husker Du - Reoccurring Dreams
13. Jawbox - Airwaves Dream (Buzzcocks Cover)
14. Mamas And The Papas - California Dreamin' (live Monterey 1968)
15. Pink Floyd - Julia Dream (live 8-11-1968)
16. Screeching Weasel - You'll Be In My Dreams Tonight
17. The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Nite
18. The Jam - Dream Time (live 1980)
19. The Jam - Dreams Of Children (live 1980)
20. The Stepmothers - Where Is The Dream
21. Weezer - I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams
22. Yo La Tengo - Dreaming (Blondie Cover)

Coked, drunk & stupid is no way to go though life

Anyone remember there's an illegal war going on? Anyone remember an administration full of criminals? I guess not. The media finds the tale of addict actresses more compelling.

The tale of Lindsay Lohan gets more pathetic.
I will say this... if I was a 20 year old movie star; with unlimited funds and carte blanche, I'd probably be dead. And most of you would be too. How many times have YOU put yourself in a self destructive situation?

Hell, when I was in my college years I almost cashed in a bunch of times and I was broke most of the time. Luckily, after a few calls too close for comfort (and some a little too recent), I have realized that there is no glory in croaking at an early age. Or, for that matter, going to prison.

I would like to think, however, if I had the money that Hollywood's dumbest has; that I would have hired a freakin' driver to take me around!

Toonage:
Rolling Stones - Stupid Girl
Screeching Weasel - Stupid Girl
Funcadelic - Super Stupid
AC/DC - Have A Drink On Me
Husker Du - Whatcha Drinkin?
Johnny Cash - Cocaine Blues

I Wanna Be Stereotyped

So, this past weekend, a friend of mine asked me if I was heading to the Siren Fest out in Brooklyn (Coney Island, to be exact). My answer was no... because I wasn't going to hassle with two hours of traffic and parking nightmares just to see a bunch of bands that for the most part I have already seen or had little interest in. Even worse, the prospect of being in a hot, sweaty, crowded maelstrom surrounded by annoying hipsters made my skin crawl.

My friend then responded that I was a suburban #$%&* (or words to that effect).

Well, I spent the weekend in my pool; listening to music I wanted to hear and drinking good beer. When that got too overwhelming; I sat in my backyard, lounging about, listening to music I wanted to hear and drinking good beer.

And instead of eating tepid, fried crap; I grilled good crap. And drank good beer.

So, maybe I am gettin' old. Maybe I am gettin' lazy. So what?

Toonage:
White And Lazy - The Replacements
Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
Suburban Home - The Descendents
Rockin' The Suburbs - Ben Folds & William Shatner
Hey Suburbia - Screeching Weasel
Suburbia - Adrenalin O.D.

Children of the Ramones

The Ramones basically invented what has come to be accepted as Punk Rock. That’s a given. They were the tree by which all of the other branches grew from.

Here are some bands that prove the apples don't fall far from the tree. These are bands that emulate the Ramones extremely closely in style, sound and lyrics. In fact, if you close your eyes…

Screeching Weasel – Fanzine writer Ben Weasel & John Jughead started Screeching Weasel in 1986, after seeing a Ramones concert in Chicago. A lot of latter day Punk bands (including Green Day & Blink-182) have cited Screeching Weasel as influences. Weasel’s whiny vocals and the musical adherence to the one-two-three-four musical groove of the Ramones make Screeching Weasel come off as the Ramones’ snotty little brothers.

The Riverdales – Ben Weasel formed The Riverdales in the mid 90’s during a break from Screeching Weasel. More of the same. Even poppier and more Ramonsier! In other words…Great!

The Queers- Joe King (ie Joe Queer) started up The Queers in New Hampshire back in 1982. They’ve had a revolving roster of at least 25 members over the years (including members of Screeching Weasel. Still touring, check em out!

Methadones- Formed by Danny Vapid of Screeching Weasel, The Methadones stray a little from the direct Ramones sound and incorporate more of a diverse and harder sound. You can even hear traces of bands like Husker Du in their chorus’ and strong structure.

The Huntingtons –

Hailing from Maryland/Delaware, and actually releasing a cover version of a Ramones album and calling it Rocket To Ramonia, the Huntingtons (Cliffy Huntington: Guitar/Vocals, Mikey Huntington: Vocals/Bass, Mikee Huntington: Drums ) showed these guys were on it. When you call another album File Under Ramones, there’s no misinterpretation. The Huntingtons also were used as Joey Ramone's backing band a couple of times in NYC.



Toonage:
Screeching Weasel – Jeanie’s Got A Problem With Her Uterus

Screeching Weasel – Cool Kids
The Methadones – I’m About To Crack
The Methadones – Stuck In My Head
The Riverdales – Getaway

The Riverdales – Party At The Beach

The Huntingtons – Jackie Is An Athiest

The Huntingtons – No Pool Party

The Queers – She’s A Cretin

The Queers – If You Only Had A Brain

Buy The Queers Music

Buy Screeching Weasel Music

Buy Methadones Music

Buy Huntingtons Music

Buy The Riverdales Music