Musings on the Most Ridiculous Band I Can't Stop Listening To

Author: Thoughts On The Dead (Page 51 of 1031)

Four? Loco!

Precarious?

“Yo.”

How you holding up?

“This corona shit’s for pussies. Back in ’82, we had something going around called groupie pox.”

That sounds terrible.

“Contracting it was fun.”

Sure. Small question about the microphones on Bobby’s speaker cabinet.

“Okay.”

Why four?

“There’s not four. Look careful. There’s five.”

Why?

“Weir had been complaining about wanting a fuller sound. So we did that to shut him up. I think only one mic is actually plugged in.”

Placebo mics?

“Essentially.”

Always something new with this band.

“Never boring, though. Except when we’d play Indianapolis. That was always boring.”

What Are We Seizing Next, Comrade?

THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION

Well, yeah, duh. Of course we seize the fucking means of production. That’s the first chapter of the book.

GOLF COURSES

The People must seize control of the land golf courses now occupy, and then seize the golfers themselves, and shake them furiously until they realize the error of their ways. We’re gonna need some real strong comrades to properly shake the golfers, though: those fuckers can be built solid. The People will also seize the carts and have fun races and maybe do some doughnuts.

EVERY DAD’S BASEMENT

Man-caves, rumpus rooms, half-assed bars, and home gyms used solely for the purpose of masturbation will also be repatriated to the State to be used by the Ruling Committee to hang out and hide from their families.

YOUTUBE

Don’t ask me how; I’m not the tech guy. We’ll get ‘er done. Maybe there’s an app? Or we could do a hack. Get a kid to do a hack. I’ve seen it on N.C.I.S. Not that tough. Clicketyclicketyclick I’m in! Easy peasy. Obviously once we’ve seized YouTube, we would execute the counter-revolutionaries and degenerates. Not all the counter-revolutionaries, though. Some of them we don’t have to murder, as they can be re-educated. Degenerates all get executed. Once a degenerate, always a degenerate; you can’t unscrew that lightbulb. Also, someone remind the Ruling Committee to formally define the term “degenerate” between now and when we seize YouTube. Up ’til now, we’ve been working with a “Know one when we see one” system of classification, and that isn’t sustainable. We need a degeneracy rubric; maybe something like the Apgar Score.

CHEF BOYARDEE’S FACTORY

Spaghetti-O’s belong to the People. Marx proved this fact.

YOUR WIFE’S TITS

Your wife’s tits also belong to the People. Just be cool, comrade.

LAKE PLACID

The whole fuckin’ town, Johnny Earl? From the bobsled track to the high school to that ladies’ spa where they shave the Olympic rings into your bush? You couldn’t seize a salad, Johnny Earl. You don’t even understand that was a pun, cuz you got vomit in your skull. Who you takin’ with you? I know you’re takin’ the Gobbler Twins, cuz they’re already jerkin’ each other off in our bedroom. Why you bring those freaks here, Johnny Earl? They ain’t natural in their treatment of each other! An’ who the fuck is Pretty Albert Cookies and why is he demandin’ I grill him up a cheese? This is my home, Johnny Earl! Don’t go plannin’ no communist overthrow of no scenic Upstate New York town with your heathen buddies in my home!

This is generally where I come in.

Y’know what? Maybe we’ll seize you, too. Seize you and redistribute you.

Explain how that would work.

No.

Write something good or don’t bother people.

No.

 

 

Who Should Drink Bleach?

  • You, ya nutsucking fuckmump.
  • Your spouse, fourth choice that they were.
  • Your kids, disappointments all.
  • Your mother, who was and continues to be a hoo-er.
  • Your father, who beat you too much or not enough.
  • Your brother and all his fucking money.
  • Your sister, who gives it up to those graffiti boys.
  • Your pets, who will not be taught.
  • All the new people doing the Muppets’ voices, because those aren’t the fucking Muppets’ voices.
  • Anyone who gives a shit about the NFL draft.
  • The entire NFL.
  • Surviving members of the AFL.
  • Anyone who has disagreed with me on Twitter, even mildly.
  • You, again, just to be sure.

This stops now.

BUT I CRAVE THE DEATH OF OTHERS!

You shouldn’t.

Show me where it says that in the Bible.

On, like, every page. It’s one of the major themes of the book.

Reading is gay.

Gonna be one of those nights, huh?

Oh, yeah.

No Help On The Way

Stay inside.

“Dude, my backyard is the size of a county. And not one of those dinky suckers Back East. Like, a Texas county.”

Is that your dog?

“That is my dog.”

Is he a rescue?

“In a sense.”

What sense?

“In the sense that I rescued him from the breeder for three grand.”

Dude.

“I just couldn’t love a common dog.”

Wow.

CELL PHONE NOISE

You deserve this.

“I can’t help it if I live a moneyed life.”

You absolutely can.

“But I don’t wanna.”

CELL PHONE NOISE

Answer the phone, douche.

“You’re on with John.”

“Hot Dog Dick!”

“Ah, shit.”

“That your lunch?”

“No, that’s my dog.”

“Look delicious.”

“Jesus, that’s offensive. Are you dead yet?”

“Not having good week, Little Potato! Look at hair!”

“Kinda sad.”

“So sad! Surgery go bad. Turns out forbidding education was poor long-term strategy.”

“Yes.”

“Same thing with being a 400 pound chainsmoker. Tough to maintain.”

“Don’t see a lot of 80-year old 400-pound chainsmokers”

“No. Also, sister probably bribe doctors to botch operation.”

“Almost definitely.”

“No look good for Kim Jong-Un. At least I go to Heaven.”

“You think you’re going to Heaven?”

“Father invent Heaven.”

DIAL TONE NOISE EVEN THOUGH PHONES NO LONGER DO THAT

“Dude.”

Yup?

“When he dies, will I have to take phone calls from his ghost?”

Almost definitely.

“Fuck.”

I Guarantee You Did Not See This One Coming

“Good evening, everyone. I’m Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux. I’m here with Gary Lambert, who will not have a speaking part due to the limitations of the dialogue-only format, and the great Jesse Jarnow. Hey, Jesse.”

“Thanks for having me, Dave.”

“David.”

“Sorry.”

“Jesse, we have a great show from 1993 tonight, or at least most of a great show from 1993.”

“Right. The last couple songs were not filmed.”

“Right. Do you know why not?”

“Because the Dead weren’t occasionally bush league. They were fully committed to half-assing it, phoning it in, and declaring their efforts ‘good enough.’ They were big-league bush leaguers.”

“Interesting. Can you share your thoughts on Gary’s shirt?”

“I’d rather not, David.”

“Also interesting.”

SWHUBBLEDUBBLEVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPOP!

“Jesse, are you still there?”

“BOOF ME!”

“Excuse me?”

“SHOVE ME UP YOUR ASS AND BECOME IMMORTAL.”

“Okay, this is just inappropriate.”

“I AM THE UNIVERSAL CLEANSER.”

“Excuse me for a sec.”

“Hey, hoser.”

Me?

“You see any other hosers around here?”

Guess not.

“Shit like this is why you’re not allowed on the pre-show.”

Aw.

“No one to blame but yourself, buddy.”

I know.

More Coronavirus-Related Rolling Stones Songs

  • Gimme Shelter-In-Place.
  • You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Especially If What You Want Is Toilet Paper Or Hand Sanitizer.
  • Ruby Tuesday, Or Maybe Wednesday, Or Possibly Saturday; I Have No Idea What Day It Is.
  • (Between My) Couch & A Hard Place.
  • Sister Hydroxychloroquine.
  • When The Curve Comes Down.
  • Let’s Spend The Next 60-90 Nights Together.
  • (Laid-Off) Factory Girl.
  • Can’t You Hear Me Coughing.
  • Jigsaw Puzzle.
  • I Just Wanna See (Dr. Fauci’s) Face.
  • Ventilator Blues.
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