tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13022824.post115054781836067217..comments2023-11-02T08:21:30.874-04:00Comments on Heigh-ho: The Best Bar Band in the World.spd rdrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543431460609915876noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13022824.post-1151122200202179432006-06-24T00:10:00.000-04:002006-06-24T00:10:00.000-04:00How funny. We are trying to hire them for Bob's ne...How funny. We are trying to hire them for Bob's next company picnic. Though its not necessarily everyones genre, they're easily accessible. And good! Harder rock, in fact, sometimes foul, but fun.Pookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02016559316557406745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13022824.post-1150806045899081122006-06-20T08:20:00.000-04:002006-06-20T08:20:00.000-04:00I hate when that happens, when you go to a concert...I hate when that happens, when you go to a concert and the band tries to "demo" their new stuff. WTF? Practice somewhere else, boys:) <BR/><BR/>SSJ diod not disappoint. He did mostly old stuff and some songs from his new album ( you can hear full tracks on the SSJ website I linked) although I will say the new stuff is a bit more melancholoy, and the voice a bit more gravelly from years on the road. Not unlike what you might expect from a guy on the wrong side of a groupie:) All was forgiven by the mostly over 40 crowd. <BR/><BR/>I hate BB Kings club though. It's a terrible place to see a concert. The acoustics suck, people are yakking away, ordering food, etc. while you're trying to "get down." He's playing the Stone Pony on July 1 in case you wanna give SSJ another try. I've never been there but it's gotta be better than BB Kings. <BR/><BR/>I know of the Good Rats from Long Island. I never heard them live, they were more hard line rock than I listened to back then (or now) but I bet spd has a story or two to tell about them; when he was a young(er), he was hanging out at Fillmore East before I even knew there was a Fillmore--East or West. Lucky fella.portiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04787293661302431895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13022824.post-1150774424911484552006-06-19T23:33:00.000-04:002006-06-19T23:33:00.000-04:00Portia - I hope it's better than the last time we ...Portia - I hope it's better than the last time we was SSJ (here in Morristown last year). We went to hear all the old stuff, trapped again, talk to me, got the fever, party, all the old SSJ stuff and he ended up doing a pile of shit that left us bored and puzzled. <BR/><BR/>He came around last fall but we didn't catch it. How was it? I hope the show was great for you! <BR/><BR/>BTW: You ever club the Good Rats?Pookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02016559316557406745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13022824.post-1150614088130712282006-06-18T03:01:00.000-04:002006-06-18T03:01:00.000-04:00(from) "Midwest Midnight" by Michael Stanley (stri...(from) "Midwest Midnight" by Michael Stanley (strictly a local phenomenon...in Cleveland)<BR/><BR/>Chasing the fame keeps 'em all in the game<BR/> But money's still the way they keep score<BR/>And nobody told you that you would get older<BR/> strung out like some Avenue whore...<BR/>Waiting release, getting shot through the grease,<BR/> some L.A. madonna's maligned<BR/>And New York's calling just to see if you've heard<BR/> 'bout the great English band<BR/> they just signed....<BR/><BR/>Take me back to...<BR/>Midwest midnight<BR/>Ten thousand watts of holy light<BR/> from my radio so clear...<BR/>Bodies glistening, is anybody listening?<BR/>Does the man still play all the hits that you want to hear.../<BR/><BR/><BR/>Just rememberin', on a hot June night, what it was like, 30 years on...<BR/>(but those days are gone forever, over a long time ago, oh yeah....)<BR/><BR/>-Don BrouhahaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13022824.post-1150577353576222952006-06-17T16:49:00.000-04:002006-06-17T16:49:00.000-04:00Burn the photos...I didn't do it. You never saw me...<EM>Burn the photos...I didn't do it. You never saw me do it. You can't prove anything. Burn all the photos</EM>.<BR/><BR/>"Your Honor, plaintiff's counsel rests, and moves for a directed verdict."<BR/><BR/>:)))portiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04787293661302431895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13022824.post-1150575017076700712006-06-17T16:10:00.000-04:002006-06-17T16:10:00.000-04:00Burn the photos. I don't know you. I never heard o...Burn the photos. I don't know you. I never heard of you. I didn't do it. You never saw me do it. You can't prove anything. Burn all the photos.spd rdrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543431460609915876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13022824.post-1150569102575025182006-06-17T14:31:00.000-04:002006-06-17T14:31:00.000-04:00And if you can't, I have some photos that may help...And if you can't, I have some photos that may help....<BR/><BR/>FYI, your permanent record began long before your blog:)portiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04787293661302431895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13022824.post-1150568226949637462006-06-17T14:17:00.000-04:002006-06-17T14:17:00.000-04:00Jeezus, Portia. That old???I've got a lot of good ...Jeezus, Portia. <I>That old???</I><BR/><BR/>I've got a lot of good memories about MFP. Some I can even still remember!spd rdrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543431460609915876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13022824.post-1150566390101245652006-06-17T13:46:00.000-04:002006-06-17T13:46:00.000-04:00You are one up on me, Portia. That's a first:) Oh...<EM>You are one up on me, Portia</EM>. <BR/>That's a first:) <BR/><BR/>Oh, good <EM>get</EM>, spd! I haven't thought of "My Father's Place" since forever. Lots of memories there, huh? Missed the E Street Band but I did catch Buzzy Linhart a couple of times (wasn't that part of the required curriculum for graduating from GC?), and yes, John Sebastian, too:) God, we're old....<BR/><BR/>How old? <A HREF="http://www.mfpclub.com/archive.htm " REL="nofollow">This</A> old. Heh. I can still remember that menu! <BR/><BR/>P.S. Did you see that John Tesh quote in the Right Track Inn story? Ha! Maybe if he had hung out in Roslyn and Freeport more often, I'd be going to see him tonight instead of SSJ.portiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04787293661302431895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13022824.post-1150564295900976372006-06-17T13:11:00.000-04:002006-06-17T13:11:00.000-04:00Now I remember another:I went to a little place ca...Now I remember another:<BR/>I went to a little place called the <A HREF="http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-starring_li_pop,0,1403302.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation" REL="nofollow">"Right Track Inn" </A>in Freeport to see a local rockabilly "revival" band - called themselves "The Stray Cats." <BR/><BR/>In a word: theirshitrocked.spd rdrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543431460609915876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13022824.post-1150563127443910692006-06-17T12:52:00.000-04:002006-06-17T12:52:00.000-04:00You are one up on me, Portia, because I never caug...You are one up on me, Portia, because I never caught Southside Johnny live. I did, however, wear out a couple of cassette tapes of his songs bopping down the highway. And, yes, they got "it" in spades.<BR/><BR/>You know, I'll bet that there are a ton of regional "best bar bands" out there that we don't know about. Remember "NRBQ?" How about "Roomfull of Blues?" I remember popping into beer and gin joints in the Bay Area (a million years ago) and catching "Clover" - whose guitarist split to join the Doobie Bros. and whose lead singer discovered "It's Hip To Be Square." <BR/>And there was another bar band that used to play all the time down at a dive in Rosslyn, NY called "My Father's Place." Called themeselves the "E-Street Band." I wonder what ever happened to them? <BR/><BR/>Anybody got some good local talent they'd like to share?spd rdrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543431460609915876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13022824.post-1150551102356388132006-06-17T09:31:00.000-04:002006-06-17T09:31:00.000-04:00...because I found myself in a dark, smokey dive o...<I>...because I found myself in a dark, smokey dive on the arm of the man with whom I was then feverishly in love </I><BR/><BR/>And here we were thinking it was true confessions time... and it turns out Portia was the author :)<BR/><BR/>Ppppttthhh!<BR/><BR/>Seriously, nice post.Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00083557761155403492noreply@blogger.com