Dude.....Just because you're in a wheel chair doesn't mean you can piss anywhere you choose !

Dog Story A guy is driving around the back woods of Tennessee and he sees a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: 'Talking Dog For Sale .' He rings the bell and the owner appears and tells him the dog is in the backyard. The guy goes into the backyard and sees a nice looking Labrador retriever sitting there. 'You talk?' he asks. 'Yep,' the Lab replies. After the guy recovers from the shock of hearing a dog talk, he says 'So, what's your story?' The Lab looks up and says, 'Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so I told the CIA. In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping.' 'I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years running. But the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting any younger so I decided to settle down. I signed up for a job at the airport to do some undercover security, wandering near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded a batch of medals.' 'I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now I'm just retired.' The guy is amazed. He goes back in and asks the owner what he wants for the dog. 'Ten dollars,' the guy says. 'Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?' 'Because he's a liar. He never did any of that shit.

Yes.....Did I get those hairs on the back of your neck standing on edge with that comment ? The only REM video I have is on VHS is from The Monster tour....can't remember the name. I've got plenty of other live stuff from throughout their career. I liked "Around the Sun", but most of their newer stuff just doesn't stay with me that long. I've probably listened to that album twice since the initial rush. That's why I'm in no hurry to buy "Accelerate", though I'm sure I'll pick it up eventually. I also have no desire to see them live ever again.

Well, how long have you been a fan? Mid 80's Do you like all their stuff or just one era? Pretty much everything. Seen them live? What did you think? Yes, twice. Once on the "Monster" Tour, and then the "Up" Tour. I enjoy their studio work much more than live. I still remember "So Fast, So Numb" though. One of my favorites. What's the rarest release that you own? Probably a cd single of "Witchita Lineman". Favorite song? That's tough. Probably "Try Not to Breathe" from Automatic. It oozes Zeppelin to me, and I thought that before I even knew about JPJ's contribution. "All the Way to Reno" is quite agreeable because of the production. Favorite album? That's tough too. I like "Automatic", but not for the songs that are so overplayed. I still enjoy listening to "Up", and "Hi-Fi". The only release I don't have is their latest. Favorite member? None....except I've always thought "the chord king" was a lame guitarist, but I understand that's just me being harsh.

Whew ! That was just a white-knuckled drive in. It was like I was trying to steer a toboggon. Couldn't resist pulling a 360 once I got in the lot.

A very tired nurse walks into a bank, Totally exhausted after an 18-hour shift. Preparing to write a check, She pulls a rectal thermometer out of her purse And tries to write with it. When she realizes her mistake, She looks at the flabbergasted teller And without missing a beat, she says: 'Well, that's great....that's just great.... Some ass hole's got my pen!'

Pizza for Spicoli !

-7 this morning. That's damn crisp.

A perfect goose egg this morning, and we've turned into "funky hat town". All fashion goes to the wind, and the more ridiculious you look, the warmer you probably are. As for myself, I stick with the "Zhivago" look

I saw them in '77 at Cobo Arena. They were backing up J. Gelis, I believe. They may have even been the third band on the bill behind Heart. Don't remember much about it except that it was a very short set. Those spandex jumpsuits made them look like an 80's hair band ahead of their time.

I think I heard "Far Post" enough to last me until the next millenium.

I saw them so many times pre-1980 that I've lost track. They played here more than KISS. The beginning of a tour, the middle, and the end....sometimes 3-4 nights in a row. What else could you do at 16-18 for 5 bucks ? We never sat down....evah ! Those Cobo shows were absolutely nuts. Peter Wolf was a madman. "We got the Detroit demolition here for ya tonite" "Detroit breakdown.....Motor City Shakedown" I still throw this on occasionally....."Surrender.....give up your heart !" One of those albums from my youth I never seemed to give up.

Your problem is solved. It would have been nice to get a bit of a warning.

Hey Brian and Rocky......get a room !

Snow started at 10am today.....right on schedule. I hate when the weatherman is right. There's no one to bitch at. I imagine it's going to start in the Toronto/Buffalo area as we speak. This snow is much more slippery than the last round. This is Bong-Man, your Detroit weatherman signing off for now..... smoke a bowl and forget the cold.

It's a major......2 inches an hour coming down in Motown.....schools are already closed.

http://www.freep.com/article/20081123/FEAT.../811230307/1030 Book review: John Lennon is a brawling, selfish, spiteful misogynist in Philip Norman's new biography BY GLENN GARVIN • MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS • November 23, 2008 Everybody from Bill Clinton to Fidel Castro loves to remember John Lennon as the dippy Utopian of "Imagine." Less remembered is the Lennon of "Run For Your Life": "Well I'd rather see you dead little girl/Than to be with another man." In Philip Norman's merciless biography, Lennon No. 2 is on full display, and the picture isn't pretty. Spiteful and selfish, miserly and misogynistic, Lennon abused his friends, cheated on his women and quarreled with almost everyone he knew. His politics were phony and his public persona a pose -- the working-class hero never labored a day in his life. (Personal motto: "Death before work.") "John Lennon: The Life" started out as a semi-authorized biography. But when Yoko Ono got a look at an early version of the manuscript, she told Norman he had been "mean to John" and cut him off. Unlike Albert Goldman's vicious "The Lives of John Lennon," this book is no calculated character assassination. Norman admires Lennon's writing and musicianship and even appears to have some personal affection for Lennon. But his reporting butts up against the ruthlessness and self-indulgence with which Lennon conducted his life. Manipulative from childhood, he loved to play the role of a thuggish Teddy Boy, the primitive British gangbangers of the day, but let his burlier friends finish the fights he started. No one was immune from his bullying. He smacked a girlfriend for talking to another man. He once mugged a drunken fan. And Norman even investigates -- inconclusively -- an accusation that the brain hemorrhage that killed original Beatles bass player Stuart Sutcliffe was caused by a beating Lennon administered. Perhaps no one suffered more at Lennon's hands than Cynthia Powell, his first wife. Lennon cheated on Powell with friends, fans, practically any female at hand. Yet when Lennon dumped her for the loony avant-garde artist Ono in 1968, the divorce suit accused Powell of adultery, even though Ono was pregnant with his child. As the Beatles rose from a boozy bar band into the leading cultural export of Great Britain, Lennon maintained a carefully manicured image of puppy-dog rebellion, epitomized by his remark at a concert attended by various members of the royal family: "Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry." If Lennon had survived a mentally ill fan's bullet in 1980, he'd be 68 and perhaps past the age of artifice. Certainly, whether he liked it or not, he would recognize the portrait in these pages.

You mean I missed the second show ?

Steve.....Is there any detailed information about Jimmy's trip to Cairo ?

http://www.freep.com/article/20081116/ENT0...0334/1039/ENT04 Fresh thoughts on new music: Neil Young November 16, 2008 When the not quite 23-year-old Neil Young came to Ann Arbor in the fall of 1968 for two performances at the Canterbury House, he was at a crucial point in his career. After gaining fame as a vocalist and guitarist in the pioneering folk-rock group Buffalo Springfield, he was now a solo artist after drug busts and bickering caused the band to dissolve prematurely. With his first solo album ready to hit stores, Young wanted to test the waters without the benefit of other musicians and see how he came across to a live audience. He chose to perform at a music-friendly venue run by the University of Michigan's Episcopal ministry, the Canterbury House, still thriving to this day on Huron Street but located back then at 330 Maynard Street. Before rapt audiences on Nov. 9 and 10, Young proved he was more than ready to embark on a solo career that would establish him as one of the definitive singer-songwriters of his generation. "Sugar Mountain -- Live at Canterbury House 1968" (**** out of four stars, out Dec. 2 on Reprise) is the latest release in Young's Archives Performance Series and a remarkably moving and intimate affair, captured with just two microphones plugged into a two-track recorder. All you hear is Neil on his acoustic guitar playing deeply personal material before what sounds like all of a hundred or so people at the tiny venue. Imagine him in your living room singing, playing and telling stories and you've basically got the idea. "Sugar Mountain" takes its title from one of the most enduring songs in Young's canon, one he wrote on his 19th birthday. The version included here is the same one found on his essential retrospective "Decade," but otherwise the material on the album has never been heard before. Besides incisive reprises of Buffalo Springfield tracks "Mr. Soul," "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" and "Expecting to Fly," Young also offers up stirring songs from his self-titled, solo debut, including "The Loner," "I've Been Waiting For You" and the epic "Trip to Tulsa." Making "Sugar Mountain" a particular treat are Young's lengthy song introductions, which often expand into hilarious stories about how he got fired from a job at a Toronto bookstore (the culprit: diet pills) and how he came to write "The Old Laughing Lady" (while stranded at a Detroit White Tower restaurant on Livernois outside the old Chessmate club). An essential document from Neil Young at the beginning of his solo career, this release will notably not be a part of his long-awaited 10-disc Blu-ray and DVD archives project that might finally see the light of day next year.

It's "39" on XM. Maybe they switched because of the merger ?

I find the female voice that introduces the inteviews to be very annoying......"PLANT" Seems they lost everyone's solo collection except Plant's also. Soon I'll hear a deep booming voice say, "Robert Plant....A Man among Men"

They were originally advertised as the warm-up band, but I guess that changed.

God bless all of you who struggle every day with any type of mental illness. I know from some folks close to me that it is never an easy cross to bear. In that spirit, could we all please remember to make sure we take our meds before posting in the evening hours ? Thanks in advance.

Glad you enjoyed yourself in Motown. You must have drove 8 hours straight into the I-75 construction zone by The Palace during rush-hour. How was Wilco ?