GenXer

This was decades ago in college. It was around midnight, and I had just gotten off work. We had to wear a tie to work way back then. So, I was dressed to back up my story. I was doing about 45 in a 30-35. I was headed to taco bell because I needed food badly. Also, I’m type 1 diabetic and I could feel my blood sugar dropping. Red lights behind me. I pull over and get out to walk back to the cop. Again, this was decades ago 1990-ish. I explain my situation to the cop. Diabetic. Blood sugar low. Taco bell. He asks for something to prove I’m a diabetic. I had a card in my wallet so I pull out my wallet and fumble through it. I may have played my situation up a bit by dropping a few things on the ground. Cop tells me to come back to his car. I’m sitting in the front seat and show him my diabetic card. He calls a officer and tells him to buy me a candy bar from a convenience store and drive it over to us. I get a warning and a free snickers. Lesson - If you can somehow trigger a cop’s “to serve and protect” instinct, you might have a good outcome.

There is only one way to handle traffic stops. Approach them with the philosophy that you’ll make it the most pleasant experience the cop will have all day. Smile. Be charming. Be respectful. Thank the cop for doing their job and for pointing out your error. I don’t get pulled over often but I normally just get a warning. In college, one officer even bought me a candy bar. You make it confrontational and only bad things happen.

I saw Joshua Radin on Fri night at kessler. It was like going to a coffee shop. He tells lots of stories between songs and apparently has a very loyal following. He said he doesn’t have a setlist as he “doesn’t want to be beholden to a piece of paper”. He does have a list of songs “so that he can remember songs he’s written”. Entertaining guy. I got Pearl Jam in Ft worth on Fri night. They canceled tonight’s show in Indy due to illness . Hope things turn around because my wife may lose her mind if she misses this show after missing the okc show last year. Later this month, I have Off With Their Heads in deep ellum.

We are merely God’s reality show. The set ups are just getting lazier now. The show is jumping the shark.

Urban dictionary is still a thing, right?

Trump toilet water? It smells like bullshit. 100% bullshit. With a lifetime guarantee.

From the outside you can’t understand it. From the inside you can’t explain it. Also, you’re being very generous using the word “think” when referring to maga.

You don’t seem very cool, crazy and fabulous.

My ex used to watch Beverly Hills 90210 back when watching tv was a thing. She had it on, and I was dumbfounded by this scene. I was all..

I fuckin love that song

I’m a dirty ass sooner from norman. Chainsaw kittens brought it back in the day. I saw tyson perform I’m Waiting solo acoustic at the deli. It was a hypnotic performance. Also, one of the pioneers of the early 90’s trans movement. Recent-ish performance in norman Back in the day

Just getting around to this. Rival Sons opened the show, and the seats were maybe 10% occupied. Made for a lot of echoing so the acoustics were lousy during the RS set. Interpol came on next. I’m not into them but some of the crowd seemed to enjoy them. Their sound is full of two chord rapid strumming. Coupled with the strobe lights of their light show made for a visual and audio assault on my GenX ass. The Pumpkins started their set with two newish tunes that were 80% drums and 20% everything else. I was thinking about an early exit at this point. The third song was an unique Talking Heads cover of Once in a lifetime. My interest was piqued. They them went into a string of songs with a heavy dose of siamese dream and mellon collie. That’s what I came to the show to hear. They played today, tonight tonight, 1979, hummer, cherub rock, disarm, bullet w butterfly wings, zero. I think they perform the songs too drum heavy at times. It’s as if the drummer is compelled to do drum fills at all times. Sometimes less is more. In fact, the crescendo of bullet lost its punch by the constant drum fills leading into it. The weather was glorious. 83 degrees with a light breeze by the end of the show. Corgan and the guitarist made several comments about the heat, and everyone is thinking “you have no idea”. Light show was fantastic and they sounded much much better than when I last saw them in ‘95.

It’s 93 degrees. In Dallas. In Aug. Smashing Pumpkins in a few hours at Starplex. Last time I saw them live was at Starplex in ‘95 at lollapalooza. They were an indistinguishable wall of noise. Swore I’d never see them again. But based on comments here on how they sound now live, I’m going tonight with tempered expectations. Then, I’ve got a 8 AM flight tomorrow for a work trip. Shit, I better go pack.

No one has been brave enough to tell me that jesus/god/santa claus will cure my type 1 diabetes. I suspect my reaction would make it somewhere on the internet.

Did they hand out Naloxone? I saw the Bouncing Souls a couple months ago, and Punk Rock Saves Lives had a table at the show. They were giving out Naxoxone (i think) inhalers. I made a donation and chatted with them for a while. Also, I got the Pumpkins tomorrow night at dos equis in dallas. Should be a very comfortable 105 degrees. Outdoor shows in Aug make me rethink my life decisions. Rival Sons and Interpol opening for them.

This song is what art is supposed to do. It’s making me think. Most songs and artists that dip their toes into politics stay true to one side or the other. My worldview doesn’t align perfectly with one side or the other, and it’s changed over the years. I suspect many people have a similar experience. This song differentiates itself by the artist’s honesty of his worldview. I suspect he knew this when writing the lyrics. A new artist introducing himself to the world knowing he could piss off literally every listener. Honest and brave.

I take it as song expressing the frustration of the modern American experience, or 1970’s American experience, or 1930’s, or the robber baron era, or any era. It’s a great song that aligns with talking points on both sides of the aisle. Brave in today’s environment.

Seconding Steve Perry I’m gonna get roasted for this. I listened exclusively to alternative in the late 80’s / early 90’s. An encyclopedic knowledge of 120 minutes-esque bands. But, at the end of the hair band era came the one hit wonder - Skid Row. I submit Sabastian Bach. I Remember You is a guilty pleasure of mine.

Red Clay Strays showed up in my IG feed this morning. Never heard of them before. Lead singer channeling Stapleton. Devil in my ear seems to be a new song for them. They have a few shows in Texas in the coming months. I’d likely catch their show on McKinney in Sept but it’s the same night as pearl jam in ft worth. They have a show in deep ellum in nov. I’ll likely go to that one.

New member of Big House republicans

A jury of his peers

The freedom to ban books

My copy of Bill was shipped last week.