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Vick
07-09-2004, 02:49 AM
A.K.A. the trials of being nearly famous in Baltimore

we start with our drunken hero ......which you may or may not give a flying fuck about .... or my best self centered Grogan imitation in an annoying autobiographically interlude

Getting ready to see LA Guns and Dokken at a local club tonight, call to the club to get show times and much to my dismay LA Guns is OPENING for Dokken :angry: which gives us a flaming hour to get ready and get to the club

Quick shower and a stop for a .5 pint of Dewars. Dressing down due to time (keep hearing at the club "where's the velvet and lace" WTF? it's July and 90 degrees) sporting black pinstripe bondage pants, a Sid and Nancy T shirt with a black Dickies shirt with heart, barbed wired and sword on it

LA Guns is good, original singer Phil Lewis and Drummer Steve Riley and 2 other guys, play a lot of early LA Guns songs. Good time had by one and all

I see some club regulars and pseudo friends and do the glad hand chat drink bullshit

Keep thinking to myself all the hot chicks I would hit on are here with someone (serious redhead with big pouty lips and nice figure with biker guy, club is about 10% biker but they are all cool to me) or the girls that hit on me aren't my type.

I know the truth, I'm 42 and a little too old to be in clubs (hear Chris Rock's bit about the old guy in the club) and a rather nasty foul evil looking sort - think a sexy Professor Snape - it works for some women but not many

Dokken comes on - clue you may be quinky if-
your greatest contributions to Rock are "Breaking the chains" and "You just got lucky" -

Don Dokken is bloated and wearing a bad hairpiece. While standing upstairs I think to myself about asking a bouncer if I throw the trash can over the railing and knock Don Dokken's hairpiece off will they just throw me out or have me arrested

Walking around one of the hottest girls in the club stops and starts trying to chat me up- yes finally!
- ok it obvious she's a dancer (kind of pretty face, really nice augmented breasts and a few tattoos)
But I can't hear a fucking thing she's saying
WHY - because fucking Dokkens playing, finally someone hands me a piece of paper, give her my business card, see her later as she's leaving (Dokken is still playing) and she says she has my card (she's intoxicated by this time and has a "handler" helping her out)
Chances of her calling - less than 1%

A guy and his wife stop me to say hello, they've seen me perform and their kids love me. He asks me to do something so I comply. Turns out his wife has a very attractive friend (looks like Courtney Cox+10 pounds). I do the bottle through body to her (freaks people out because I take the bottle to use off the bar) and some other simple things I'm carrying. He starts going on about how much his oldest son (10) loves me and about how she (Tracy, the CC look a like) has a terrible time with men and she's available and so on

So I chat her up a little, ask her the usual stupid questions (what do you do for fun you know big F, big N, U in the middle)
Turns out she is fairly cool but a high $ kind of girl (asking about restaurants - she knows all the best in Baltimore, enjoys hanging out on a yacht, personal trainer and so on)
I drop the digits on her (I'm a lazy fuck and it's rare that I'll ever call and don't want to piss girls off)
Chance of her calling 10%


So you know being single isn't nearly what it's cracked up to be

and this has been my lengthy annoying autobiographical moment in which our hero makes like Casey at the Bat once again.............

and as we ride off into the sunset ..... Lot of typing nothing being said

Think I wrote this more for me than you but thanks for reading if you made it this far

Almost forgot about the chick in the bondage skirt who I asked what she was wearing under her skirt
Turns out it was little boys shorts - she showed me

JR
07-09-2004, 03:30 AM
I bet Don Dokken supports TGP's.
LA Guns would NEVER support that shit.

SykkBoy
07-09-2004, 04:21 AM
I'm taking my son to see LA Guns and we might stay for Dokken when they play Vegas in August...

I love having this little metalhead son I can take to concerts with me (well, the all ages shows at the House Of Blues that is). We're going to go see WASP next Thursday and might even catch the Static-X show...

My son sees to be "hot women bait". They all love the whole caring father thing.

Funny thing about Don's hairpiece is that he is so adament it's not a hairpiece....
the guys at www.metalsludge.com had a great piece on it, but it's late and I can't find it at the moment....

Vick
07-09-2004, 04:34 AM
Originally posted by JR@Jul 9 2004, 02:31 AM
I bet Don Dokken supports TGP's.
LA Guns would NEVER support that shit.
That's obvious :P

Vick
07-09-2004, 04:41 AM
Originally posted by SykkBoy@Jul 9 2004, 03:22 AM
I'm taking my son to see LA Guns and we might stay for Dokken when they play Vegas in August...

I love having this little metalhead son I can take to concerts with me (well, the all ages shows at the House Of Blues that is). We're going to go see WASP next Thursday and might even catch the Static-X show...

My son sees to be "hot women bait". They all love the whole caring father thing.

Funny thing about Don's hairpiece is that he is so adament it's not a hairpiece....
the guys at www.metalsludge.com had a great piece on it, but it's late and I can't find it at the moment....
Trying to imagine taking my son to see LA Guns or W.A.S.P.

By the time he's old enough they'll be playing lounges in Vegas


Oh shit, they are playing the House of Blues in Vegas :blink:

SykkBoy
07-09-2004, 04:54 AM
Originally posted by Vick+Jul 9 2004, 03:42 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Vick @ Jul 9 2004, 03:42 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-SykkBoy@Jul 9 2004, 03:22 AM
I'm taking my son to see LA Guns and we might stay for Dokken when they play Vegas in August...

I love having this little metalhead son I can take to concerts with me (well, the all ages shows at the House Of Blues that is). We're going to go see WASP next Thursday and might even catch the Static-X show...

My son sees to be "hot women bait". They all love the whole caring father thing.

Funny thing about Don's hairpiece is that he is so adament it's not a hairpiece....
the guys at www.metalsludge.com had a great piece on it, but it's late and I can't find it at the moment....
Trying to imagine taking my son to see LA Guns or W.A.S.P.

By the time he's old enough they'll be playing lounges in Vegas


Oh shit, they are playing the House of Blues in Vegas :blink: [/b][/quote]
My youngest wants to go, but I'll probably wait a little more for that ;-)
For my 9 year old, I always make him wear earplugs (I wear them more often now as well, tenitis isn't fun). I'm seeing more guys my age bringing their kids and it's great to see these kids' faces light up. I remember being 9 and my Dad and Aunt took me to see Elton John, left one hell of an impression on me.

All three of my kids are begging me to find out when AC/DC is going to play here again (my daughter loves the story of her mother being pregant with her at an AC/DC concert and my son loves that she was pregnant with him at a Slayer show)

Actually, it seems Vince Neil has become a lounge singer of sorts, hehehe

kath
07-09-2004, 03:21 PM
Originally posted by SykkBoy+Jul 9 2004, 12:55 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (SykkBoy @ Jul 9 2004, 12:55 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by Vick@Jul 9 2004, 03:42 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-SykkBoy@Jul 9 2004, 03:22 AM
I'm taking my son to see LA Guns and we might stay for Dokken when they play Vegas in August...

I love having this little metalhead son I can take to concerts with me (well, the all ages shows at the House Of Blues that is). We're going to go see WASP next Thursday and might even catch the Static-X show...

My son sees to be "hot women bait". They all love the whole caring father thing.

Funny thing about Don's hairpiece is that he is so adament it's not a hairpiece....
the guys at www.metalsludge.com had a great piece on it, but it's late and I can't find it at the moment....
Trying to imagine taking my son to see LA Guns or W.A.S.P.

By the time he's old enough they'll be playing lounges in Vegas


Oh shit, they are playing the House of Blues in Vegas :blink:
My youngest wants to go, but I'll probably wait a little more for that ;-)
For my 9 year old, I always make him wear earplugs (I wear them more often now as well, tenitis isn't fun). I'm seeing more guys my age bringing their kids and it's great to see these kids' faces light up. I remember being 9 and my Dad and Aunt took me to see Elton John, left one hell of an impression on me.

All three of my kids are begging me to find out when AC/DC is going to play here again (my daughter loves the story of her mother being pregant with her at an AC/DC concert and my son loves that she was pregnant with him at a Slayer show)

Actually, it seems Vince Neil has become a lounge singer of sorts, hehehe [/b][/quote]
I swear Sykkboy - you and my hub have so many parallels, it's scary. lol

I was 8 mos pregnant with our first when we saw Ozzy/Anthrax @ SD Sports Arena YEARS ago... hub & son had fun exploring the KISS reunion tours together, collecting memorabilia and then hating Gene all over again when they split - lol It was fun while it lasted.

They got to see Ozzy a few years ago as well and my son loves telling the story about knowing he was going to be a rock star in utero when we attended that concert. In all fairness to the boy he was kicking like mad during Anthrax (like... I wanna get OUT Mom) and had a nice little kicking beat going during Ozzy. The kid's got taste.

:awinky:

Sorry to hear Dokken sucks so bad... and it's sad to see all of the big ones doing Vegas lounge shows and California Indian casinos... depressing as hell... another sign of getting older I guess... *sigh*

:cryin:

Vick
07-09-2004, 03:30 PM
Actually I couldn't take my son to a show like these

Couldn't be a good role model (the hidden sides of daddy Sebastian never needs to know about - nor should)

Interesting about the children and concerts and then the music they like



Think I wrote this nonsense last night because I've been thinking about literature we read and it's effects on us

Last 4 books (all in the last 3 weeks or so)
reread Humphrey Bogart's biography by Sperber and Lax
Smooth and bittersweet, reminds me of a bottle of Scotch a friend brought by a few months back. He also had some excellent chocolate, if you ate a square of the chocolate you could really taste the peat in the scotch
Bogart really spent time at war with the government (congressional hearings and so on), Warner Studio, a few wives and maybe himself
He left a young bride and 2 young children when he died of cancer at home, but there were good times along the way


"Song of Susannah" - latest in the Stephen King "Dark Tower" series
Very good - the last book of the series comes out this fall


reread "The Dirt" - the Autobiography of Motley Crue
a truly vile, evil book. A tale of spoiled brats, their decadence and maybe just maybe growing up, or at least facing the truths
I had to finish it quickly and get out if it's groove so to speak
Some of the stuff Vince Neil when through with his 4 year young daughter dying of cancer I don't know if I could handle and don't think anyone every should have to face


Currently rereading "On Writing" - Stephen King
Very good book about the craft of writing. Couldn't sleep so this cheesy narrative came out last night. Was sort of an exercise in narrative and rewriting and self indulgence

SykkBoy
07-09-2004, 05:31 PM
Originally posted by Vick@Jul 9 2004, 02:31 PM
reread "The Dirt" - the Autobiography of Motley Crue
a truly vile, evil book. A tale of spoiled brats, their decadence and maybe just maybe growing up, or at least facing the truths
I had to finish it quickly and get out if it's groove so to speak
Some of the stuff Vince Neil when through with his 4 year young daughter dying of cancer I don't know if I could handle and don't think anyone every should have to face

What an amazing book...I loved it
I agree on Vince losing Skylar, it brought a tear to my eye. I see some of what he's going through today and have to wonder if I'd head down that path if something that traumatic happened to me...
A book every rock star in training needs to read. When my son is of appropriate age, I'll have to give it to him to read (that and The Real Frank Zappa Book)

Kath, my kids were rocking in the womb too.

I feel much better about my kids going to a high energy show like WASP or Morbid Angel moreso than this cocktease rock we're getting from the likes of Britney Spears. With the kids at concerts, I don't want to turn my son into a mini-me (well, ok, a little, all fathers do that I'm sure ;-)) and I never force him to go. He wants to go and we'll listen to a couple of the artists' CD's and determine if he likes the music enough to go. I'm also cautious to ensure he's wearing earplugs so he doesn't damage his ears (he's also noticed he can still her me talking generally when he wears them and can still hear the music).

When I first bought him his guitar, I had to be careful that I didn't push him into it or get it more so I could live vicariously through him. I've left him alone with his guitar and a couple instructional DVD's and just let him have fun with it and he's been teaching his sister and little brother guitar and by 10, he'll be a better guitar player than I am. I'm about 50% through turning the third bay in my garage into a studio for them to play and have fun. I've picked up odds and ends equipment wise at garage sales and let the kids just play and have fun discovering music. (I don't feel like being Joe Jackson ;-))