http://humpday.com/spoonman/ From a Big City to a Small Town en-us Nucleus CMS v3.23 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://humpday.com/spoonman//nucleus/nucleus2.gif http://humpday.com/spoonman/ http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=265 The Heartbreak Kid last night. Funny, with a few laugh out loud moments, but was very impressed with the use of an expression I've previously only heard from one source. About 10 years ago, during a poker game - during which any variety of profanity is yelled (the more creative the better) - Filthy started refering to whoever pissed him off as a "sh*t f*ck" (or possible "sh*tf*ck".....I'm not sure if it is one or two words). Since then, those of us gathered at the game have used it on occasion, though not as often as Filthy himself.....BUT I've never heard anyone else use it (and just why didn't such a classy swear like that catch on outside our poker games?!?! It baffles the mind) in person or in the media/film/books...until now. It was spoken a few times during this film. Color me impressed.]]> Big City, Small Town http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=265 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:38:06 -0400 http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=264




*that "take that" wasn't really aimed at anyone specific....just a general shout out in pleasure at having the loonie at such a high.]]> Big City, Small Town http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=264 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:32:15 -0400 http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=263 "SIMON SAYS RELAX"



Clever, eh?]]> Big City, Small Town http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=263 Thu, 4 Oct 2007 13:29:28 -0400 http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=262
Anyways, I promise to start writing again - I just have to wait for something interesting to happen.

I'll leave you with a bit of wisdom(?!?!) as told to me by a normally smart grade 9 student (the kids were telling me (and I can't remember why) about what color they have their bedrooms painted).

Me: "I'd like to paint my bedroom completely black...just like my soul...so that I could get a great sleep and not allow any intruding light in."
Grade 9 student (calmly): "That's what black people have to do."
Me: "HUH!?!?"
Grade 9 student (dead serious): "That way they can cry themselves to sleep at night."

Ya, after I picked my jaw off the ground, I had to leave the room 'cause I was laughing so hard. I have no idea what she meant, or even if we were having the same conversation.....just puzzling.

]]> Big City, Small Town http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=262 Mon, 1 Oct 2007 12:57:55 -0400 http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=261 Big City, Small Town http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=261 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:30:56 -0400 http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=260
Before meeting friends at the Dog yesterday for a quick after work pint, I grabbed a donair at that place next to the Funky Pickle....can't remember the name (i think it's been three different variations of the same place since it opened....quite possibly at one point "King Donair" but I don't remember any elections...though I guess Kings aren't elected so that one pretty much fell flat, eh?). They have three sizes and I ordered the one in the middle and it was still freakin' HUGE! Seriously, it was as big as a NERF football, and not the small, palm-sized one, but the full sized, could-use-it-in-the-NFL one. To get a sense of the scope of this thing, take two ventriloquist dummy heads and stack them on top of each other...now picture them crammed with donair fixin's and sauce and wrapped in a warm, soft pita....PICTURE IT!!!.
Anyways, the things are obscenely gigantic. As I strolled the 15 feet from Donair to Dog, I'm sure a couple of high school girls pointed and giggled...but then again, when do they not point and giggle?

So there you have it. That's it for today. Just thought you'd like to know.

Is anybody still reading this stuff?]]> Big City, Small Town http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=260 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:26:35 -0400 http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=259 Anyways, I pulled up the video for "Romantic Traffic" and I have to say that despite the kinked hair (which actually looks pretty cool), the really really really bad fashion, and the cartoon-like whorish make-up, the girl in the Spoons is a super cutey. Granted, she'd probably be super old now, but then again, so am I, so whatever. If I met her, do you think she'd be impressed with my nickname....you know....spoonman...seeing as how she was in The Spoons....get it?!?

]]> Big City, Small Town http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=259 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:14:29 -0400 http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=258 fake bands that I found rather amusing....I was a HUGE Bloom County fan back in the day...but I think Spinal Tap deserves to be number one. Hey, I like muppets just as much as the next kid, but Nigel and the boys....I mean c'mon. How often to you find yourself throwing an Animal quote into a conversation? BUT I'll bet you recognize "These go to eleven" or "How much more black could it be*" or "What's wrong with bein' sexy?".

Anyways, this brings about my book review for today. Mingering Mike: The Amazing Career of an Imaginary Soul Superstar by Dori Hader. The premise of the book is that Hader finds a box of records created by a soul singer by the name of Mingering Mike - the only problem being that he never heard of Mike. Turns out all the albums - about 50 released in 10 years - are all fake, but elaborately created by the "fake" superstar. The story itself is interesting, but a lot of the homemade album covers (complete with liner notes and song track listing and multi-colored illustrations) are presented throughout which makes for a rather exhausting but rewarding read. The creativity that went into creating this book - though I hesitate to label it just a book since it is more like an elaborate art project - is very impressive. If you dig music and want to try something different from the usual criticisms/studies and biographies, you might want to pick this entity up.



*and the answer is none....none more black.]]> Big City, Small Town http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=258 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:04:36 -0400 http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=257 Freebird, G'n'Rs November Rain and, of course, Layla by Derek & The Dominoes - but for my money, one of the greatest outros has to be Alive by Pearl Jam.....and not just the studio version off of "TEN", but anyone one of the live tracks from any of the one-hundred-and-four-or-so bootlegs they put out.

Yup - I'm pretty bored at work today!!]]> Big City, Small Town http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=257 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:00:06 -0400 http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=256 LED ZEPPELIN!!" in their faces. Oh, they do love that one - it never gets old.

Anyways, I share this tidbit of info with you not because I'm sure you are hungry for a glimpse into my classroom (and all the shenanigans it involves) but because I want you to understand that I really love LedZep. I consider the first four Zeppelin albums to form a holy trinity (plus one) that defines the word "rock". I could go on and on about their greatness...and run into me one night after a few pints and I'm sure I will....but that would take much too long.

To whole point of this is that I just read a bit of gossip that the three remaining members (along with the son of the departed fourth) may reform under the LZ banner and tour in the next year.
You'd think I'd blow the front of my faded jeans out at this news, but I'm actually not all that excited. While I would sell my mother (and your mother, and anyone elses moms) to see the mighty Zeppelin in their day, I just can't get pumped up about this tour, and I know why. After the band split and went their seperate ways, their resulting solo material has left a lot to be desired. While I own all the LZ albums on CD (boxset and individual entities (even the japanese reprints that recreate the original album work) and vinyl, I don't have a single bit of their post-LZ output. No Firm, no Page&Plant, etc. In fact, I find solo Plant to be a bit taxing whenever it comes up on a classic rock station. I guess the passage of time and substandard material has tainted my enthusiasm for this reunion - which wasn't the case when I caught The Who last fall...they still rock. Of course, after having said all this, I'd probably still go see the ol' boys if they make it to Alberta.]]> Big City, Small Town http://humpday.com/spoonman/index.php?itemid=256 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:19:26 -0400