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Neither Joel, Nor Springsteen

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Hey, Billy.

“Thoughts on my Ass!”

Been a while.

“On my island. I have entered the Billysleep. In between tours, I enter a state of hibernation to muster my fantastic powers.”

Like the Odinsleep?

“Yeah, but without the capes.”

Everyone in Asgard has a cape.

“Chilly there. Capes don’t work in Kauai. Even if they weren’t so sweaty, a monkey’d probably sneak in there.”

Billy, the Hawaiian Islands have no native monkeys.

“Who you gonna believe, jerkoff: Wikipedia or me?”

Good point. Billy, do you have monkeys?

“Maybe.”

Why?

“Won ’em.”

How the hell are they still alive?

“Your guess is as good as mine. Clever little fuckers, too. One’s got a start-up.”

Can we get back to the Billysleep?

“Why not?”

How long has this been going on?

“Always. First tour. This tour. Think being Billy’s easy?”

Kinda?

“Hell, no! Playin’ drums, punchin’ dick, stickin’ my boner in stuff: wears on a man.”

Maybe you could cut down on the last two things, and the first wouldn’t be so taxing.

“What the fuck’s the point of playing the drums if I can’t punch dick and stick my boner in stuff?”

Yeah, okay. Bill?

“Wha?”

Define “stuff.”

“Ladies, obviously.”

Obviously.

“Stranger’s popcorn at the movies.”

We know, yeah.

“ATM machines.”

Really, Billy?

“It was taking too long!”

Sure.

“Vegas shows, I stuck my boner in a California roll and made the pretty guitar kid watch.”

Why?

“Why’d I fuck the sushi, or why’d I make him watch?”

Let’s start with those two, sure.

“Sushi was begging for it.”

Dammit, Billy.

“And, two: I got a long talk about how I’m not allowed to hit him.”

A talk?

“Okay, several, and I had to sign something. Anyway, you know I like hitting my bandmates on occasion.”

Also kicking and choking.

“Yeah, right: guy stuff.”

I’m not even gonna argue with that.

“But this is 2009.”

Nope.

“And you’re not allowed to hit people now.”

You never were, Billy.

“No, no: I was. I was a rock star. Rock stars used to be allowed to hit lots of people.”

Fine.

“And, shit, these guys were adamant, man. I was like ‘What if they need hitting?’ and the guy was like ‘No,’ and then I said ‘What if I’m bored?’ and he said ‘No, not then, either,’ and so I go, ‘ What about throwing a duffel bag full of furious raccoons at people?’ and the guy goes ‘You can’t do that, and we’ve already discussed it with Mickey. There will be no raccoons on this tour whatsoever’ So now: no punching people, Phil’s black, and it’s a raccoon-less tour.”

“So, I figure: I can’t hit him, I’m gonna make him watch me do weird stuff to lunch.”

Who knows what’s right in this world?

“We punch dick in the dark; we do what we can.”

Yeah. Hey, Bruce Hornsby. You like the new look?

“Look of what?”

The site. Thoughts on the Dead.

“The devil you talking about? I am a grown man and I do not have time to be scalliwagging about in chat rooms with perverts.”

Aw.

“I’m a busy man, son. Got nine different bands. No time for foolishness.”

Okay.

Hey, Dolphin Tattoo.

IIIICKKKKK-ICK-ICK ICCCCCCKKK-ICK.

Yeah, sure.

Calving Season

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“Mom? What do you remember before the Last Days?”

“Lots. I was 13 when Allfather Trump ascended to glory and the sky caught fire. What do you want to know?”

“What did rock stars look like?”

“Look at this picture. Do you see these three men?”

“Yes.”

“Rock stars looked like the opposite of this.”

“Oh.”

“The clothes, the hair, the posture, the accordion: whatever these men are doing, rock stars did the other thing.”

“That makes sense. Mom, will there be another mass shooting tonight?”

“You know there’s a mass shooting every night, honey.”

“Right. Praise be to the Allfather.”

“Hallowed be his fame.”

Angels With Dirty Faces, Asses

bruce bobby angels uniformsBilly isn’t in the picture is because he charged the mound during batting practice.

OR

I can’t make out Bobby’s face, but he’s wearing eyeblack. I guarantee you that Bobby is not only wearing eyeblack, but that he needed to be forced to remove it before the show that night.

OR

Those are the very same batting gloves that Mickey wore during the Fare Thee Well shows.

OR

Bruce visited the trainer for a groin pull and the trainer was all, “You’re not actually on the team,” and Bruce was all “RUB MY GROIN, OLD MAN,” and it was awkward.

OR

Bobby is calling his shot. He also did that in the Hostility Suite, and quite frankly his batting average there was much better.

OR

Occasionally when I don’t explicitly acknowledge a good bowl of potato salad, the comment section screams at me, so: there is potato salad, two scoops of it. (There may also be a ballpark frank, but it could just be a shadow.)

OR

End on a sweet note: if the Angels let them keep the uniforms, then both Bobby and Bruce not only still have them, but also know where they are. (Around here somewhere.)

Dulcimer Rain

IMG_2054Bruce Hornsby plays every nerd instrument. Musical device that won’t get you laid? Bruce can wail on that sumbitch.

Uncool instruments Bruce Hornsby plays:

  • Piano. (Piano players are universally dorky. Good people–they’re the only category of player from a rock band you would allow in your home–but all of them play D&D. Jerry Lee Lewis excepted: the Killer ain’t no nerd, boy.)
  • Dulcimer.
  • Zither.
  • Autoharp.
  • Washtub bass.
  • Jug.
  • Human beatbox (If you are not Doug E. Fresh, you do not look cool doing the human beatbox routine.)
  • Keytar.
  • One of those hideous electric violins that looks like you got it out of Pinhead’s sex toy drawer.
  • These monstrosities:
  • Image result for electric violin
  • That was clearly made to shove up a demon’s ass for the purposes of sexual release.
  • Bruce Hornsby cannot play the regular bassoon, but can rock out on the contrabassoon.
  • Ditto the baritone sax.
  • Spoons.
  • Bruce is also adept at certain forms of harmony singing, most notably a capella and barbershop quartet.
  • He has also been known to play the accordion.

The Way It Was, And Perhaps Will Be

bruce hornsby peachHey, Bruce.

“How you doing? Been a while.”

Yeah. Is that Johnny Drama behind you?

“No idea.”

How’d your summer go?

“Aw, you know: had a blast. Was a Grateful Dead for a while, did some festivals with my band, solo show here and there, snuck in a little family time. It was a good summer; over too quick.”

You run into Trey at all?

“No, but I tell you: we’re gonna do some stuff.”

Like what?

“Hire different drummers, first thing.”

Makes sense.

“Rehearse.”

Also a novel idea.

“Not let Phil sing Terrapin.”

Three in a row.

Bruce Hornsby & The Ginge: Aftermath

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“I was looking at that website of yours, Treyvon, and I noticed something about your schedule with your side-band.”

“Phish is not my side-band, and: okay?”

“Got a weekend open at the end of August.”

“Not really. Magnaball is the weekend before that, and then Dick’s is the weekend after, so we’re gonna kick up our heels for a bit, recharge, hang out with the families.”

“You don’t maybe wanna make another thirty million?”

“How many times are we going to have this conversation?”

“Until everyone agrees with me and the wheels have been set in motion for us to earn another thirty million dollars.”

“We’re going to Disney.”

“Stop talking right now. You know I love you, but I don’t like you right now.”

“Aw. Anyway, Phil’s out. Done. If he could have, he would have tossed a match over his shoulder as he left, setting off a massive explosion that he would walk away from in a badass fashion.”

“Eleven million from the webcast. Not the PPV or the movie theaters, and certainly not counting the DVD and CD and Commemorative Book with the Glossy Pictures. Just the webcast.”

“World’s gone mad, Bruce.”

“No argument here.”

“I really don’t think Phil wants to do it.”

“Then you stop by Frankie Fashion’s house on the way to the gig and pick him up.”

“Phish is not the Dead’s bench, man.”

“Why won’t you let the nice people give us their money?”

“Maybe.”

“What the fuck’s a magnaball?”

“It’s a hoot, is what it is.”

“Fine, don’t tell me.”

The Right Way, The Wrong Way, Or The Steinway

spencer July 13, 2015 at 8-55 pmHey, Bruce. Whatcha–

“Dude.”

–doing? Yes?

“Dude.”

Uh-huh?

“I need you to leave me out of whatever it is that this is.”

It’s a semi-fictional prism through which to view the world, specifically–

“Shut the shit up. You are weird and I don’t like having your weirdness on me.”

You played very well in Chi–

“Dude, dude, dude: no. The time for that passed.”

Was it–

“Yeah, it was the cock rings.”

–the cock rings? I thought so, yeah.

“Bruce Hornsby is not a cock ring guy, okay?”

That’s why you were glaring disapprovingly on them!

You see no humor in this.

“I do not, no. I’m a family-kinda guy and I draw a family-kinda crowd and I don’t need to be caught up in your dong-cinching shenanigans.”

You’re right: sorry. I’ll fix it.

“Thank you.”

You did kill it in Chicago.

“Well, thank you. I appreciate it. Had a lot of fun.”

Do you need–

“No.”

–a Benjy? Okay, just asking.

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