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

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Someone Steal That Man’s Razor

A reminder: Never wear your boots like that unless OSHA demands that you do so.

A further reminder: “Body Positivity” is a scam invented to sell products–some cheese-covered, some not–to fat people.

A farther reminder: Nick Paumgarten fucking loves mountains. Climbing ’em, sliding down ’em, getting drunk with rich fuckers at the base of ’em: the man’s a catholic slopist.

A father’s reminder: Get your hair cut and tell your mother you love her.

A farmer’s reminder: The Grange meeting is Tuesday night.

A Farnsworth reminder: I INVENTED TEEVEE, YOU UNGRATEFUL BASTARDS!

Bikin’

Hey, Billy. How come you don’t have a bike?

“Probably cuz I’m not a homo.”

I forget how charming you can be.

“It’s an inherently queer activity. Might as well be huffing a hairy pair. I mean, if that’s what you’re into: go for it. But you know me, Ass. I’m a skank man.”

You’ve never explored that side of your sexuality?

“Explored? What am I, Gay Indiana Jones? What do I do, blow that guy who played the war-midget?”

What the fuck’s a war-midget?

“The movie’s got the war-midget and the gay guy and the little hairy fucks. Buncha other assholes with swords. Maybe a dragon. He had a beard, and he fought, and he was a midget. And he was Indiana Jones’ heathen friend.”

John Rhys-Davies. You’re talking about John Rhys-Davies.

“Whatever his name is. I’m not blowing him.”

I have absolutely no idea how the conversation got to this place.

“You wanted to talk about war-midgets.”

We Can All Agree That…

…Mustache Garcia is the worst Garcia. Sweatpants Garcia was the saddest Garcia, and Clean-Shaven Garcia was the most unsettling Garcia, but Mustache Garcia was awful in every way.

…Billy’s beginner’s paunch is adorable.

…No favors are done by Ramrod’s hair. Grow that shit out, Ramrod. You look like one of those naked holy babies in the Sistine Chapel

Bette Davis Eyes, Bill Walton Thighs

“My God, Billy, the geologic stratifications we’re looking at are some of the most spectacular in the world. Scientists from all over come to Colorado to examine these cliffs, and that adds to both humanity’s knowledge and the local economy. It’s a win-win.”

“Look, kids. Rocks.”

“Don’t undersell the wonder here, my rhythmic friend. Within this landscape is the history of our Spaceship Earth. Imagine existing at that scale, encompassing both the ferocious spin which produces the day and also the patience to grow a mountain. That’s too much for our fragile minds; it would be like a GM also playing point guard. Only Earth herself can handle such a range of experience.”

“Fix your shorts, man. I can see your balls.”

“Better?”

“Yeah. Hey, Justy: go get Dad four cans of Coors. Other Kid, go with Justy and also bring me four beers.”

Some Get Lei’d, Some Get Screwed

Hey, Bobby. Whatcha doing?

“Same ol’ shit.”

This one of those VIP gigs?

“Oh, yeah. Amazing how much folks’ll pay to get close enough to smell Don Was.”

What does he smell like?

“Weed and annuities.”

Sure. Hey, Billy.

“Ass! Look at all these suckers!”

They’re fans, Billy.

“Rich dumbfucks is what they are. We’re just gonna play the same songs tonight.”

But they get an experience.

“They sure will. I farted on the canapes.”

Great. Hey, Don Was.

“GRRRRR.”

Are those Yeezys?

“GRRRRR.”

Awesome.

I’ll Buy You A House At Zuma Beach

Statistically, joining a choogly-type band is a poor financial decision. Ninety-nine out of a hundred choogly-type musicians live on their girlfriend’s couch, or in Holly Bowling’s Hat, wherein she lets rooms for itinerant bass players. But that hundredth fucker does nicely for himself.

Billy has purchased himself a little chunk of heaven, and a share of the road outside, too. He’s on a private street with a Jesus Freak screenwriter and a redneck who shoots animals on teevee, and that’s the start of your Hollywood novel right there. Practically writes itself.  Anyway, the house cost five million, but it looks like this..

…and it sits nestled into the crumbly hills of Malibu. It is in the very Malibuiest part of Malibu, actually.

Point Duma is Malibu’s nipple. It’s where all the Friends live, and the cops drive Kelsey Grammar home, and you can borrow a cup of gluten-free sugar from your neighbor, P!nk. Surely, this all will fall into the sea one day soon, but until then, you can say with complete honesty, “Martin Sheen’s place is right down the street.”

And that, Enthusiasts, is the American Dream.

Two Guys And A Tree

“Thoughts on my Ass! Been a while!”

Hey, Billy.

“My buddy’s hat makes him look like a penis.”

You haven’t changed.

“Too late for that, Ass. And I don’t wanna change. I’m fun.”

No New Year’s Resolutions, then?

“Nah, I make a ton of them. This year, I resolved to get paid even more for doing even less.”

How could you possibly do less?

“You know how I’ve been phoning it in?”

Yeah.

“I just got a new app and I think I can literally phone it in this summer. It’s like FaceTime, but for drumming. I can do the whole tour from my backyard.”

Go to the gigs, Billy.

“It’s a hassle. We should do ’em all like this New Year’s bullshit. I got a 20-minute commute! Make all the Deadheads come here.”

You can’t set up a Dead & Company residency on the Big Island of Hawaii.

“Why not?”

Because tickets would be around a thousand bucks apiece once you throw in the flight and hotel.

“And what’s the problem?”

It’s a lot of money!

“I’m worth it!”

Billy, we’re heading into a recession and D&C is juuuuuuust about selling out the venues it plays now at a tenth the sticker price.

“Fake news.”

Just stay on the horse, man. Don’t rock the boat. Any other resolutions?

“I’m gonna write a spec horror screenplay about a world invaded by demonic smells and every time you leave the house you have to plug up your nose.”

Very timely. What’s it called?

“Stinky Terror.”

Sold.

Seven In 77

Going generally counter-clockwise, but retaining the option to call an audible and double-back or skip around:

  • Is Keith staring Death in the eyes?
  • That’s the only explanation for that expression.
  • And he is about to spill his Fanta.
  • Keith Godchaux loved Fanta.
  • Mrs. Donna Jean, as always, has the best hair; if she were a collie, you would think her owner had been mixing raw eggs in with her kibble.
  • I bet Mrs. Donna Jean had all sorts of rules and schedules and protocols regarding her hair and its upkeep.
  • Shampoo once every this many days, and condition once every that many, and various calibers of comb and brush.
  • Plus assorted scarfs and babushkas for bad hair days.
  • Deadheads over the years have spread vile rumors about Mrs. Donna Jean regarding supposed assignations that were extramarital but intrabandial, and I find this low gossip intolerable and cruel.
  • But she definitely wasn’t banging Phil.
  • That is some rough body language there.
  • The longer you look, the more they hate each other.
  • The hips are the giveaway, but Mrs. Donna Jean’s lean–as if she’s italicizing herself–is the clincher; one will also note Phil’s posture, which can be described only as “surly.”
  • Everyone in the top row is happy not to be in the bottom row, because the bottom row is weird and unfun and Keith might have just pooped himself.
  • OF IMPORTANCE: Each of the non-Billy men in the top row has taken caution in re: getting their dicks punched, and punched hard.
  • Bobby’s elected to go all-in with the knee, while Mickey and Garcia have not only positioned their shoulders in front of Billy’s, relieving him of any leverage, but also have their free hands in dick-adjacent readiness.
  • The non-Billy men have done this unconsciously, by sheer muscle memory, as they have been in a band with Billy for 12 years now.
  • You live, you learn.
  • Speaking of Billy, this–long hair and mustache–was his best look.
  • Coming back from the Hiatus to ’77, I think.
  • He looked like a dog-track habitue.
  • Owned a dozen laundromats on the black side of town, racist as fuck, good tipper, got divorced more than he got married.
  • Had an Airedale terrier named Chico.
  • And finally: Being a Rock Star is a hoot most of the time, but you’re still gonna spend a lot of afternoons in rooms with folding chairs and bare lightbulbs.
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