I attempted to post this at work today...and thought that I could but it didn't work
So now I'll give it a try at home (thanks anyway, Brook!)

HI Everyone!
Okay, I’ve been lurking long enough and for some reason
the publish button is actually showing up today (my
Netscape at work usually doesn’t agree with the Blog). My
memories are VERY VERY spotty- mostly due to 1986-1989. A
while back I wanted to log on with a handfull of catty
comments about the Fucking Prudes - decided that was just
too expected and girl-ish of me. I also just HATE to be
negative so I’ll say this about them- for a talentless
group of tasteless wanna-bes they really weren’t Too
terrible. Plus - I don’t think they really took their drinking
seriously and I just could not respect that!

I remember the cock in sock night- Donnie Poole and I
drove Kurt and John Hicks around. I remember we went to
Rosalie and Sandra’s apt on Maple. I think that John or
Kurt had a thing for Sandra because she seemed uptight and
virginal. I don’t remember if we made any other stops. I
do remember driving past Jay Sweeny’s Used Auto Lot and
Kurt deciding that “Jay Sweeny” would be a new term for
his stuff. As in “I’ve got my Jay Sweeny in a sock”
Now there's a phrase that really caught on!

I also barely remember the HRR. I do remember my ear being
pierced. I think I remember early dawn hours and being in
some sort of house with no window panes and some farm animals
hanging around. (looking IN the windows) As I write this I’m thinking I might be
WAY off base. I think that I donated all of this terribly
disgusting greasy ground beef. For some reason my parents
had gone in with someone on a half a cow and it was low
low low quality beef. It was so greasy that when you were
finished patting out burgers your hands looked like they
were dipped in vaseline.

This is all that is on my mind at the moment. I cannot be
held accountable for any misinformation. I love reading
everyone’s stories! More later!

Regarding the Toys for Tots show...you forgot the Marine, present in uniform, who was very vocal is his distaste for all the "long hairs" in the establishment. Also, do you remember the older gentleman with the toboggan? He would sit down at a table with his beer and shout (at seemingly random intervals) "Tell 'em what Mary said!" The broken beer bottles in the men's toilet was a lovely sight to behold.

Plez here. I have gone back and read the last 50 posts to the J.C. blog. I hadn't thought about the Prudes in a long time. I wish they were still around. I remember one night when they sang at the Highlander, and Doug the sound man just kept bugging them by asking lurid questions from his soundboard mic. They sang "Iko Iko," I remember. No offense to anyone else, but they may have been the most legitimately sellable thing ever to come from this place.

Now that I've brought Doug's name up. I heard a rumor recently that he has on tape EVERY show from Highlander. That would include a couple of Southern Culture shows, the Georgia Satellites, and of course all of the local people.

No one has told this Highlander story. In December of 1988, they held one of those toys for tots benefit shows there. It was a very strange combination because first, you've got all the biker guys and their women. Then, add to that the fact that these Harley guys are walking in with Barbie dolls and what not to add to the donations. Then, because it was the Highlander, the acts were like, you know, us and our types, so there was a mix of the bikers and the regular crowd, too. As with all of these stories, it doesn't sound like much now that I write it down, but in my memory, that was a pretty strange event. Good strange, like the flavor of some Indian foods, though.

Ok, that's my post. Haven't done this in a while, don't know if I will soon, but I love the Blog, I really do. That message should be clear.

Spam, that story is one of my favorite introduction tales. My favorite is when the future Mrs. Ric Milhorn met Frankie for the first time. Before he could say anything she looked him square in the eye and shouted "SHUT THE FUCK UP FRANKIE!!"
Truer words are rarely ever spoken.

Kurt, thanks for the kind words about "mother loves me anyway" that too was one of my favorites but difficult to play. I four tracked your version and played all the instruments on it. Electric Middle Earth will be doing that one live on the Studio One Radio program this Sat.Oct.12 @1:00 live. Mike says hi too! I will be sidelined for a few months with shoulder surgery in a few weeks and we are looking for a temporary drummer or bassist so we can continue playing out. I play the drum/bass and sing for those of you who haven't seen us. Jason also can drum/bass equally well, so we have to decide if we need a drummer or bassist.

Isn't Seamus Heaney the guy that wrote the modernized version of "Beowolf"?

And is it a coincidence that the first words spoken by Sean Connery in the role of James Bond were to a Bond girl named "Plenty O'Toole" ("Named after your father perhaps")?

And didn't Andy Boy do a song called "James Bond" in which the singer confesses his sexual attraction for James Bond?

Further, we should note that Sean Connery also made a movie called "Outland"

Berkely Breathed changed the name of his comic strip from "Bloom County" to "Outland"

Andy Boy once changed it's name to "The Acid Cows" and;

The Acid Cows used one of the Characters from Bloom County in one of thier posters ("Go see the Acid Cows, It's real fun")

I suppose we are to beleive that this is all coincidental, or heat lightening, or swamp gas, but it should be becoming clear that....well I'm not actually sure what it all means, but it means something that I'm sure the government does not want us to know!!

Until next time, don't forget to drink only pure rain water!

I sincerely wish I could help Spam, but as of this time I can only confirm that I was in on the planning of the first 3 or 4, I think 3 were held at Dr. Spangler's farm, and the last was a road trip to New Orleans. I made the BBQ sauce, though Roland and Tony usually cooked the ribs. At the first one I played Ralph to a draw in Trivial Pursuit. There was alot of beer, and usually Quarterbacks could be shut down for the weekend when we held one......Anybody up for it again????

Good thing there was beer and potted meat in the fridge or you might not be here today Brian. My fondest memory was that Ralph always had spikes on his shoes. I hated those shoes.