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

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Blows Against The Empire

Everyone overlooks the one aspect  of alien technology in which they’ve made the most astonishing advances. The faster-than-light travel is impressive, but the amount of information they’re able to glean from an anus is incredible. The only data poking about in someone’s poop-chute that we can get are temperature and relative humidity (very high). Lately, we’ve figured out how to take a peek up there with an itty-bitty camera on the end of a plumber’s snake, but there is only so much to learn from the images.

Those gray bastards, though? SHPLUCK right in your asshole and they know everything about you. Wow.

I wish you’d delete this.

EVERYONE DOES. But, fuck ’em. And buttfuck ’em.

At least recommend a show to make up for your dastardly nature.

I am a dastard.

Yes.

10/18/78 from Winterland! The From Egypt, With Love run was far better than the three shows beneath the Pyramids the previous month, and that’s no surprise: neither of the drummers had a broken arm, and all the junkies could get their junk, and it was a home game. This is a ’78-ish show, skitterish and frazzled and seamful; little bit too fast. Keith is awake for the vast majority of the performance, which is not ’78-ish, but on this wonderfully clear Charlie Miller SBD you can hear various Grateful Deads yelling at each other, sometimes during the songs, and that is very ’78-ish.

Also: Lee Oskar jam.

Lee fucking Oskar jam.

C’mon (Up), Everybody!

Everybody’s favorite fun game: Spot The Fret-Eeze.

OR

Cipollina was the only one from that whole Summer of Love batch that actually looked like a Rock Star.

OR

Lee Oskar’s harmonibelt is not worse than John Popper’s harmonoliers. It’s not better, either.

OR

Precarious?

“Yo.”

Is everyone allowed on stage? There’s all sorts of randos creeping in from the corners.

“Uh-huh.”

Why?

“Modified work stoppage.”

You’re on strike?

“Nope. Just forgetting to do certain parts of the job. Like keeping randos off the stage.”

Why?

“Band and crew aren’t getting along. I don’t even remember the exact reasons. Started at a softball game, and Kidd crashed Mickey’s car, and then Phil liked this chick but Ramrod threw up on her. It’ll be good for us. Relationship’s gotta be re-balanced every now and again.”

Sure. How long until the randos start wandering out and hugging Garcia?

“It’s already happened. Why you think he’s ducking back there by the drum kit?”

Sure.