By SteveS (68.41.246.202) on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 09:16 pm:

I hate to bring this up but...

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/15/arts/music/15FUGS.html

Some music never dies. Some infections don't either.

By Sue (205.188.209.109) on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 10:15 pm:

One of the Fugs is older than my parents!?!!!

Was this always so? My whole world view is shattered.

Can't go see Marvin Gaye. Can't see the classic Tempts. The Beatles will never reunite, but ...the Fugs carry on.

By LTLFTC (12.210.76.205) on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 10:38 pm:

Who says there are no role models anymore ? Long (er) Live the Fugs !!

SteveK

By Stressed about NOTHING (205.188.209.109) on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 10:50 pm:

As some used say about them old pesty Fugs, I don't know them, and, I don't like 'kem so "fuggit".

By LTLFTC (12.210.76.205) on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 11:16 pm:

Tuli's 80 ! Just goes to show the health benefits of clean pharmaceuticals and plenty o' rest . Whoa, it's time for me to face East, put my hand over my heart, and sing
"Slum goddess from the lower East Side
Slum goddess gonna make her my bride ".......

Steve the K

By Larry (68.164.129.66) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 02:45 am:

I know this question should be on its own thread, but, how would YOU cast the movie?
Bob Denver in the "Tuli Kupferberg Story",
or Tuli Kupferberg in "The Bob Denver Story"?

By musicchef (68.104.25.189) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 03:46 am:

http://www.thefugs.com/history3.html

Tossed off Atlantic
Meanwhile we finished our album for Atlantic Records. We were excited. We had quest appearances by Beat heroes Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso singing on our world class rendition, with Jake Jacobs on sitar, of the Hare Krishna chant.
Atlantic president Jerry Wexler had an idea for the cover shot-- we went to Joel Brodsky's studio-- took pictures. The Village Voice somehow obtained a copy of the cover idea, and our idea for a title, The Fugs Eat It. And ran it.
There was a meeting at Atlantic Records with the owners. We played the album for them. At the end, one of them said, "Good production job, Ed."
A couple of days after the meeting with Atlantic officials, Jerry Wexler called me at home on Avenue A and said they were not going to release the album and we were off the label.
It was a brief, stunning call. It looked like the Fugs career among major labels was over.
Three of the tunes from "Thrown off Atlantic" ("Carpe Diem," "Wide, Wide River," and "Nameless Voices Crying for Kindness") we have included on this compact disk.

Of course "PoPsie" was there when they signed the "BIG" contract at Atlantic. They must have been really special if they got Ahmet Etergun AND Jerry Wexler there to sign them personally.

Ah, to be a fly on the wall at that meeting

Da Chef



www.popsiephotos.com

NP: Golden Filth by the Fugs

By Jim G (12.47.224.12) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 08:00 am:

I was told the Fugs sang back-up on two of Bobby Goldsboro's biggest hits.

By douglasm (68.113.13.31) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 08:19 am:

The upshot of this is that i'll be humming "Boobs A Lot" around work all day. Just goes to show you the power of coffee.....
....and lemon pie.

By B. Foster (209.219.207.3) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 09:02 am:

"It was the whole Happening movement," Mr. Sanders said. "You could get a storefront and a couple of naked people and a tank full of Jell-O and call it art and charge admission."

Mr. Kupferberg responded, "We charged admission?"

By LTLFTC (12.210.76.205) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 09:36 am:

Musicchef;
You are truly 'da man' ! A photo for any occasion - ol' Wexler's got that ' I dunno ' look on his face. Ahmet's thinking " Hmm...storefront...naked people...Jello...CHARGING ADMISSION...what a potential COUP - all bases covered !!! "

SteveK

By B. Foster (209.219.207.3) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 10:09 am:

...anybody else notice the resemblance between Jerry Wexler and Sir Graves Ghastly?

By mc5rules (148.61.97.30) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 10:25 am:

Those guys are two of my favorite Americans...

By Sue (63.85.105.20) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 10:29 am:

Of course Jerry Wexler/Ghastly was double-dipping, flying into Detroit to introduce horror movies on Channel 2 when he wasn't producing Atlantic superstars ...

By LTLFTC (12.210.76.205) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 12:47 pm:

I'd never heard of Ghastly, so I googled away and whaddyaknow, there's a website for him. He DOES resemble Wexler. By the way in the above picture it looks like Jerry's trying to back out of the shot...... Bob Denver could play Tuli (if he could get off that island) , but in the more recent photo, Tuli looks like he could play a more sartorially bizarre George Washington. I'd love to see the current Temptations come out dressed like Tuli, steppin' away....

SteveK

By Sue (63.85.105.20) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 12:52 pm:

The Tempts in madras jackets and shorts? Hmm ...

Didn't you grow up in Detroit, Steve? Sir Graves Ghastly loomed large over our childhoods here ...

By LTLFTC (12.210.76.205) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 12:55 pm:

Nope - Lansing area. Occasionaly, we could pick up Detroit stations in those pre-historic pre-cable days, but I must have missed that guy. I remember Bill Kennedy and (kind of) the Ghoul- but that must have been later, eh?

SK

By musicchef (68.104.25.189) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 02:04 pm:

The fun part is that you guys keep giving me reasons to run to the vault and showing off these pix. Now if I can only get one of the "big dogs" to call me and use these in a book or something...

Da Chef

By Sue (63.85.105.20) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 02:22 pm:

Steve,
No Bill Kennedy and Sir Graves were "contemporaries" although Bill would roll in his grave at the comparison ...Sir Graves was on Channel 2 which I'm sure never made it north of Rochester.

P.S. The Ghoul and Froggy will be appearing at the Dream Cruise ..

By Mark Speck (199.183.76.110) on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 08:33 pm:

THE FUGS ROCK! They always did!!

And the Ghoul and Froggy are FANTASTIC!

And Tuli's 80? Damn, he's older than my Mom!!

Best,

Mark

By Eddie Welk, Champagne Music drinker (205.188.209.109) on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 08:52 pm:

Jesus, Froggy at the Dream Cruise! I used to watch the Ghoul EVERY weekend. And Bill Kennedy, I loved his show!
Maybe we could get STUBASSS to participate! We'd have a really 'wunnerful' show, as my cousin Larry used to say!

By Sue (205.188.209.109) on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 10:06 pm:

Maybe we could get STUBASS to wrestle Froggy at 9 Mile and Woodward?

By B. Foster (68.41.250.190) on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 10:55 pm:

Uh...I heard that Wonder Woman will be in town for the Dream Cruise, overday.

By WONDERFUL BASS MAN (205.188.209.109) on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 10:58 pm:

WONDER WOMAN???...

By Larold P. Thither (68.164.130.144) on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 11:02 pm:

Why does STUBASS get all the love and attention?
I try very hard to post positive, informative opinions on far fewer subjects that capture and hold my passions's's, nonetheless, if he and Froggy mix it up, can I be a tagteam member?

By STUBASSS AGENT (152.163.252.68) on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 11:12 pm:

STUBASS DOESN'T WRESTLE!!!...HE'S A "LOVER"...HIS MAMA WAS...PAPA TOO!!!...

By Latrice L. Leonova (205.188.209.109) on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 11:17 pm:

Froggy's calling you out, STUBASS ...

By STUBASSS DERMATOLOGIST (152.163.252.68) on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 11:24 pm:

STUBASS HEARD THAT ONE CAN GET WARTS BY KISSING FROGS!!!...

By Sue (152.163.252.68) on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 11:49 pm:

Thanks to webmaster Sis, we can see Froggy's latest challenge -- if STUBASS won't wrestle, Froggy will PLAY BASS!!

By Sue (152.163.252.68) on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 11:50 pm:

Oops wouldn't it help if I posted the link:

http://soulconcert.tripod.com/soulmusic/id5.html

By SisDetroit (68.42.209.170) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 12:13 am:

Stubass - where are you??

By B. Foster (68.41.250.190) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 05:30 am:

he's a lover...
mama was...
papa was too...

Thanks for the tanatlizing clues STUBASS. Of course you knew that someone on ERRGGH would figure out that it was actually your lineage that was documented in Ray Steven's errggworthy "I'm My Own Grandpa".

By Eddie Welk, Champagne Music drinker (205.188.209.109) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 08:31 am:

If only my cousin Larry was around, Stubass and Froggy could perform with Larry's band. Duelling basses...or is it basis?

By medusa (66.73.5.165) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 08:37 am:

Stu,
R U the only son of a gun and that's all U know 2 do, but I know U aint no 'Tramp' hahahahaha
wait a minute R U country,? Did U come from the Georgia woods? Do U need a haircut?
Do U wear continental clothes or stetson hats?
hahahha, I couldn't help that one

By B. Foster (209.219.207.3) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 10:34 am:

We all knew that stubass was acquainted with many famous athletes and entertainers, but I had no idea he was THIS plugged in!

By B. Foster (209.219.207.3) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 10:36 am:

By douglasm (68.113.13.31) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 10:45 am:

I can see it new....
....Stubass and Froggy wrestling at 9 and Woodward in a vat of Como's pizza sauce.......

By B. Foster (209.219.207.3) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 10:46 am:

By STUBASSS PERSONAL TRAINER (205.188.209.109) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 11:46 am:

HEY...NOW THAT TOOK SOME EFFORT...AND EVEN STUBASS TOLD ME TO PASS ALONG THE FACT THAT HE'S IMPRESSED!!!...HE ALSO ASKED ME TO TELL MEDUSA..."WOMAN...YOU GOOFY"!!!...

By STUBASS PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHER (205.188.209.109) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 11:48 am:

PS TO TEDDIE MORROW!!!...SORRY TEDDIE...STUBASS DIDN'T KNOW YOU TURNED INTO A FROG!!!...

By Sue (63.85.105.20) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 11:53 am:

Wow!
Bananas Foster, how did you get a photo of Froggy AND STUBASS??? What kind of bass does Froggy play?

Douglasm, it could be Como's pizza sauce they wrestle in, sure ...they could truck it the four blocks south where Froggy and the Ghoul will be, at the park in Pleasant Ridge.

By STUBASSS BASS TEACHER (205.188.209.109) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 12:07 pm:

QUESTION TO FROGGY!!!...IS IT AS APPARENT AS IT LOOKS THAT YOU USE THE "JAMERSON" ONE FINGER HOOK WHEN PLAYING YOUR BASS???...

By Eddie Welk, Champagne Music drinker (205.188.209.109) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 12:12 pm:

Wow, now if we can just get Froggy to start posting...or could STUBASS be a pseudonym for Froggy??????????

By F. Gremlin (209.219.207.3) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 12:14 pm:

Dear Mr. Stubass,

As you know, I no longer play the bass guitar, and made a rare exception on the night that photo was taken. In my career as a musician, I used 2 finger right hand technique. However, in my current professionm I have become accustomed to using only one.

F. Gremlin, M.D.
Proctologist

By Shashana Love Thither (68.164.130.120) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 12:18 pm:

If STUBASS is Froggy and Banana's Foster is an exotic dessert, then can I tagteam with the dessert guy? Or must the image of STU and Froggy at (the Grammy's?, lucky bastards) suffice as my vicarious attendance at the Dreamcruise.

One last question. What were we talking about?

By George McFricke (68.164.130.120) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 12:23 pm:

Dear F. Gremlin,

For G-d sake, don't tell me your "one" is in the shape of a hook.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!

By Eddie Welk, Loves To Eat Froggy Legs (205.188.209.109) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 12:27 pm:

Why not have the best of both worlds and have FROG/STUB post as "STUFROG" or "FROGSTEW"???

By STUBASSS CHEF (64.12.97.7) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 12:30 pm:

PS TO FROGGY!!!...STUBASS SAYS HE'S QUITE SURPRISED THAT WITH LEGS LIKE THAT...THEY'RE STILL ATTACHED AND NOT DEEP FRIED!!!...

By douglasm (68.113.13.31) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 12:59 pm:

Theme song....
"....A Froggy went a STUing go
Hi ho, said Rolly....."

By Sue (63.85.105.20) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 02:00 pm:

Froggy went a' STUin' and he did ride
A sword and a pistol by his side Uh huh uh huh oh yeah.

Well he rode up to Bananas Foster's door
He knocked so hard that he made it roar\

(Froggy and the Ghoul will appear at Stevenson Park in Pleasant Ridge at dusk on Saturday Aug. 15, to show old '60s TV shows ...including Batman, and the first Beatles appearance on Ed Sullivan. End of Ghoul-related commercial, Froggy made me do it.)

By SisDetroit (68.42.209.170) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 02:07 pm:

B Foster - What a great photo. Great Job!!!

By B. Foster (209.219.207.3) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 02:33 pm:

(Sis - thanks, I couldn't have done it without you!)

I apologize for changing the subject, but with all the attention that has been focused on Bob Hope dying again, an errggworthy passing has also occurred. Mr. Braunn's transition leaves a much needed void in the world of music.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/30/obituaries/30BRAU.html

By B. Foster (209.219.207.3) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 04:13 pm:

I've been feeling a bit guilty about cropping those photos of froggy and stubass (whose been havinbg a hard day elsewhere on the forum). So, in the interest of historical accuracy, I present the original photo.

By Sue (63.85.105.20) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 04:15 pm:

A welcome void?? "Inna Gada Da Vida" is the only song I can play on the bass ...meaning I could take on Froggy AND Stubass on that song alone.

I mean really, it's not the Bo Diddley riff, but all I had to do was hum it (Inna Gada Da Vida) and a 21 year old said "Oh yeah, that was on the Simpsons..." Something about Bart replacing the church music with "Inna Gada Da Vida" ...almost killing the church organist.

By Sue (63.85.105.20) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 04:17 pm:

The 21-year-old just corrected me. She said she knew "Inna Gadda Da Vida" way before the Simpsons, because it's in the movies a lot, and her dad hums it around the house.

WOW what a photo! That belongs in the Smithsonian!

By STUBASSS AGENT AGAIN (152.163.252.68) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 04:20 pm:

TRUTH CAN NOW BE TOLD...STUBASS REPLACED PETER LAWFORD AS A MEMBER OF THE RAT PACK!!!...FROGGIE REPLACED JOEY BISHOP!!!...

By mc5rules (148.61.97.30) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 04:22 pm:

I'm really sad about Erik Braunn. I love Iron Butterfly -- deeply and without irony. I interviewed Ron Bushy five or six years ago and had a great time.

Oh, and that's a great episode. Couple of cool lines come from there:

"Wait...that sounds like rock and/or roll!" -- Rev. Lovejoy

"Hey Marge, remember when we used to make out to this hymn?" -- Homer Simpson

By john dixon (64.12.97.7) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 07:09 pm:

That photo reminds me of a fascinating little book I just finished called "Mr. S: My Life With Frank Sinatra" by Walter Jacobs, who was ol' Blue Eyes' valet and right-hand man from the early 50's to 1968. Jacobs' elaborates on what we always knew; that Sinatra absolutely hated rock and roll (Motown included). But the errggh connection here is the one song that Jacobs said sent his boss over the edge one time. He particularly hated the Doors "Light My Fire" and one time while they were riding somewhere and Jimbo & crew were on every station Sinatra punched up, he lost it and kicked in the car radio with the heel of his shoe!

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 08:15 pm:

Gee, I have to agree with Frank on that one.

By STUBASS (152.163.252.68) on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 11:27 pm:

COME ON RALPH!!!...YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TOTALLY STONED...CRANKED UP THE TRACK TO "LMF"...LAID BACK...GOT THAT POUNDING BASS PULSATING AT THE BASE OF YOUR SKULL???...I THINK I KNOW YOU BETTER THAN THAT!!!...JOHN!!!...WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BOOK ON ANOTHER THREAD THIS WEEK...AND WHILE I HAVE ONLY READ EXCERPTS...IT SOUNDS LIKE AN INTERESTING STORY!!!...STUBASS

By douglasm (68.113.13.31) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 09:05 am:

Let's give Iron Butterfly their props. I'm not by any means comparing the two bands, but immagine what Rock and Roll history might have been like if Led Zep's "Stairway To Heaven" had been their first big hit instead of later in their career.

Oh, and while we're at it, Happy Birthday Gary Lewis. He's 57 today.

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 10:31 am:

My right hand to God Stu....I never could stand anything by Morrison. I certainly wouldn't waste perfectly good weed on him.

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 10:34 am:

PS..What pounding Bass???? You mean Manzerik's Rhodes keyboard???? Stu...Stu...You disappoint me.

By STUBASS (152.163.252.68) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 12:06 pm:

DAMN RALPH...WHEN YOU'RE THAT STONED...A PICCOLO CAN SOUND LIKE A BASS!!!...YOU SURE ABOUT ALL THAT RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND STUFF???...STU

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 12:19 pm:

Stu,
I suppose Ray kind of pounded on the keys of that keyboard bass, so in a sense, the pounding bass. However, couple that with his annoying Farfisa like sounding organ and Morrison's self serving ego and I was ready to settle some scores.
Several years ago when the Doors movie was out, my parents decided to go to the movies one night. They noticed the title The Doors and assumed they were going to see a mystery movie. Boy were they surprised.

By Sue (63.85.105.20) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 12:36 pm:

Some things just do not age well, one of them is the Doors and a lot of the hippie-era stuff.

I mean, I can listen to "Inna Gadda Da Vida" and have a good warm feeling, but I'm also half laughing. A lot of the music from that scene calcified quickly in the '70s into cliche ...

Today, what sounds better, "Heard it Through The Grapevine" or "Inna Gadda Da Vida"? No contest. The one is a time capsule, quite dated.

p.s. Ralph I saw the "new" Doors on Jay Leon, and Manzarek seemed to have forgotten a bit of the most famous organ solo in rock ..? He's had a few years to practice it ...

By Larry (68.164.131.27) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 12:36 pm:

Ralph said:
"I certainly wouldn't waste perfectly good weed on him." LOL
I haven't heard it called that for quite a while. The term brings me back to Detroit in the 70's.

Thanks for the memory's.

By Sue (63.85.105.20) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 12:37 pm:

oops I meant Leno ...

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 12:39 pm:

NOW THATS A GOOD ONE RALPH...AS LINKLETTER ONCE SAID..."PARENTS DO THE DARNDEST THINGS"!!!...I STARTED LAUGHING TO MYSELF AS I WENT FOR MY MORNING COFFEE!!!...ABOUT 10-12 YEARS AGO...I WAS MANAGING THE HONDA STORE IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD...AND A FRIEND WHO WORKED THERE...FROM DETROIT (AND I'LL EVEN CALL OUT HER NAME HERE)...LINDA SAYLES...WORKED WITH ME AT THE DEALERSHIP!!!...ONE NIGHT...WE MADE SOME PLANS TO HANG OUT...SO SHE TOOK ME TO A BAR CALLED MR. G'S IN SAUGUS!!!...AFTER DOING THE BAR THING AND LISTENING TO A ROCK BAND SHE WANTED ME TO HEAR...WE DROVE BACK TO HER HOUSE!!!...SITTING IN HER DRIVEWAY...WE DECIDED TO SMOKE A FATTY...BECAUSE SHE FOUND A DOORS GREATEST HITS CASSETTE THAT SOMEONE HAD GIVEN ME ALONG WITH A BOXLOAD OF TAPES SINCE THEY WORKED FOR ONE OF THE RECORD COMPANIES!!!...INSERT THE DOORS...LIGHT MY FIRE (JIM AND US)...AND I HAD THESE HUGE JBL'S IN MY LINCOLN MARK 7!!!...CRANKED IT UP TO THE MAX (THE JBL AND US...AND WE LITERALLY SAT THERE IN SOME SORT OF RELIGIOUS STATE...INTERMITTENTLY FADING AWAY!!!...MUST HAVE BEEN TWO OR THREE HOURS LATER THAT WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD BEEN SITTING THERE LISTENING TO JIMBO AND THE GUYS FOR ALL THIS TIME...BAND STILL CRANKING...INTENSITY TO THE UMTEENTH DEGREE...AND YES...THAT BASS MAKING MY CHEST THROB...DAYLIGHT STARTING TO PEEK OVER THE HORIZEN...AND WE BOTH HAD TO BE AT WORK IN FEW HOURS!!!...I'M GONNA CALL LINDA TODAY...BECAUSE WE BOTH CRACK UP EVERYTIME WE REMIND EACH OTHER OF THAT "ONLY MORRISON COULD SEND THOSE TYUPE OF SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES"...ALMOST "OUT OF BODY" EXPERIENCE!!!...AND I SWEAR...IT WAS ONLY WEED!!!...STU

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 12:44 pm:

Sue,
You are right on the money baby. What's Going On is ageless. It would do Manzerek well to forget the entire solo as far as I'm concerned. As much as it annoyed me I can play the thing in my head practically note for note. I guess he put one over on me.

Larry: What more can I say.......Basically I'm an old Detroit hippie at heart.

By B. Foster (209.219.207.3) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 12:46 pm:

stubass,

Go back and re-read your post. I think you and Linda may have been victims of an alien abduction (which actually explains quite a bit).

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 12:47 pm:

As I said earlier...Stu...Stu....You disappoint me.

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 12:50 pm:

Sorry Sue, wrong title but same thought. Grapevine, What Going....whatever...it all beats Morrison.

By mc5rules (148.61.97.30) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 01:01 pm:

Hey, Sue, remember that introduction you wrote to the Creem special issue about the Doors in 1981? I just picked that up, and I thought you did a nice job on that. But one thing that struuck me throughout -- the writing that was expended on them was way better than the music merited! I've never been much of a Doors fan, and I become less of one each day.

I have to say, though, re: Iron Butterfly, that "Inna Gadda Da Vida" isn't the best song on that album, and that that album isn't the best one they made in that period. Both "Ball" and "Heavy" are way better. Although I'm probably revealing too much about myself if I'm going to cop to owning those records.

By B. Foster (209.219.207.3) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 01:05 pm:

mc5,

No sweat! The bar for revealing way too much about one's self has been set quite high on the forum (a very brief scroll upward through the thread should prove my point). We can live with the Iron Butterfly revelation.

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 01:13 pm:

It's funny. I see Mike Pinera, formerly of Iron Butterfly, rather often as he is playing with the Classic Rock All Stars. They even do IGDV as part of the show. But in all my conversations with him I have never once discussed Iron Butterfly with him. Another of my not favorite groups I suppose.

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 02:20 pm:

I DON'T KNOW RALPH AND BFOSTER!!!...MAYBE THIS SHIT WAS SO POTENT...THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR WOULDA SOUNDED FUNKY...BUT IT DID HEIGHTEN MY INTEREST IN THE ELUSIVE AND ENIGMATIC JIM MORRISON AND THE DOORS!!!...STU(DON'T YOU LOVE ME THIS WAY)BASS

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 02:38 pm:

Well then, don't bogart that joint my friend...

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 02:42 pm:

SORRY RALPH...IF ONLY I HAD A 300 MILE LONG ARM!!!...STU(EYEBALLS STARTIN TO LOOK LIKE ROADMAPS AND ALL)BASS

By mc5rules (148.61.97.30) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 02:46 pm:

roll another one...just like the other one....you've been holdin' on to it, and I sure would like a hit!

there's another amazing (but slightly errgh-worthy song)

By douglasm (68.113.13.31) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 03:28 pm:

Ah, the Fraternity Of Man.......

mc5rules....
....I have to agree with you on IB's "Ball" LP. "Soul Experience" is really a groovie track.

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 03:52 pm:

Mc5 and Doug,
You dudes are definitely kindred souls.

By SteveS (68.41.250.190) on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 11:37 pm:

Next Generation Martin & Lewis to Perform
By Associated Press

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The first time a Martin and a Lewis got together, they became the most famous comedy act of the post-World War II era, before breaking up in 1956.

Now the sons of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are wondering whether lightning could strike twice.
Ricci Martin and Gary Lewis will perform together for the first time at Buffalo's Italian Heritage Festival in a hastily arranged pairing that both say appealed to them right away.

"I just want to have fun with the whole thing," said Lewis, on tour with his 1960s band the Playboys. "I'm proud of my dad, and I'm sure he's proud of his dad, so why not?"

The two will sing a song together and talk about their fathers after Martin finishes his stage tribute to Dean Martin. Lewis will then take the stage with his band.

Not only will Saturday night's performance be the first time the two perform together, it will be the first time they've ever met. They set up the joint appearance by telephone last week.

By douglasm (68.113.13.31) on Friday, August 01, 2003 - 07:31 am:

Dino, Desi and Gary?

By B. Foster (205.188.209.109) on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 01:41 pm:

I feel very bad about polluting an otherwise fine thread earlier today with a superfluous, frivolous post. However, here at errgggh, superfluous and frivolous would be a significant improvement. Thus, I present the original document that was mistakenly cropped on another thread. Sadly, I lost my notes in a heated game of paper, scissors rock. Although I am not able to precisely match names to faces, I believe that the gentlemen in the photograph are Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Bela Lugosi and George "Gabby" Hayes.

By Sue (63.85.105.20) on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 04:16 pm:

Wow!

By LTLFTC (12.210.76.205) on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 04:25 pm:

Fagen's scarier than Bela

Steve K

By Sue (63.85.105.20) on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 04:39 pm:

Fagen IS Gabby ...

By Eddie Welk, Champagne Music drinker (152.163.252.68) on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 04:53 pm:

It's really amazing to think these guys had a band! I don't remember the guy on the end, was he the bass player?

By Sue (63.85.105.20) on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 04:54 pm:

He looks more like a drummer to me, Eddy

By B. Foster (64.12.97.7) on Sunday, August 17, 2003 - 04:56 pm:

This just in!

By STUBASS (206.135.204.254) on Sunday, August 17, 2003 - 05:18 pm:

HEY BFOSTER...ACTUALLY...THOSE MUSICIANS...ATHLETES...AND ENTERTAINERS ARE REALLY ASKING..."WHO THE F*&# IS THIS BFOSTER MORON WHO'S CAPPIN ON OUR BOY STU!!!...YOU SEE...I'M KNOWN...YOU'RE NOT!!!...PEACE AND LOVE...STUBASS

By Eddie Welk, Champagne Music drinker (205.188.209.109) on Sunday, August 17, 2003 - 05:57 pm:

Stu's right, BFoster...my cousin Larry always said that being in the limelight could transform any idiot into a well-known idiot!
And well-known idiots often achieve high political office! Remember Ronnie Reagan?
More deserving well-known people achieve political office too. Just look at Bela Lugosi, who became Governor of Transylvania...or was it Spottsylvania? Pennsylvania?
Actually, Mr Lugosi once appeared on Larry's show as a surprise Halloween guest! It was before Larry got to be really famous and was syndicated. He tried to bite Kathy Lennon's neck, but she had a high collar on, so he went for the most visible part of her anatomy!

By STUBASS (206.135.204.254) on Sunday, August 17, 2003 - 06:31 pm:

THATS RIGHT EDDIE!!!...I ONCE KNOW A GUY NAMED DRACULA!!!...I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS A CELEBRITY...BUT HE SURE LOOKED A LOT LIKE THAT LUGOSI FELLA YOU SPEAK OF!!!...STUBASS

By FKLC (68.164.130.112) on Sunday, August 17, 2003 - 08:00 pm:

Stu,
Keep going man, you've started a limmerick!
I once knew a guy named Dracula.
Whose Townhouse he kept-up immacula.
With shiny blue suits and new car smell snoots,
He bored the forum to Death.


(i'm still workin' on that last line)

By Forshay (216.23.183.8) on Sunday, August 17, 2003 - 08:06 pm:

FKLC,

The last line could be

his zzzzz posts we scraped with a spatula!

By STUBASS (206.135.204.254) on Sunday, August 17, 2003 - 08:08 pm:

NOW FKLC!!!...JEALOUSY WILL GET YOU NOWHERE!!!...STU(SECURE IN MY OWN BODY)BASS

By STUBASS (206.135.204.254) on Sunday, August 17, 2003 - 08:10 pm:

AND FORSHAY!!!...FOR A GUY WHO SLEEPS ON MY POSTS...YOU SURE SEEM TO KNOW A LOT ABOUT THEM!!!...DO I DETECT A "CLOSET" STUBASS FAN HERE!!!...YOU CAN ADMIT IT...AND PERHAPS ANGELHOOD COULD BE IN YOUR FUTURE!!!...STUBASS

By P. LAURIETTE (12.210.76.205) on Sunday, August 17, 2003 - 09:41 pm:

FKLC,
or the last line could be "his posts z'ed me out worse than smackula"

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Sunday, August 17, 2003 - 10:20 pm:

NOW P.LAURIET!!!...YOU MAY BE A SMART A$$...BUT IT DOES APPEAR THAT YOU MAY HAVE SOME TALENT!!!...STU(HONESTLY SPEAKING)BASS

By B. Foster (64.12.97.7) on Monday, August 18, 2003 - 10:39 am:

For those of you who are too busy to read the original Greek transcripts, Errggh Industries presents:

By Ralph (209.240.198.62) on Monday, August 18, 2003 - 11:14 am:

OH boy!!! Does this contain pictures also???

By BFoster for Governess (68.164.130.102) on Monday, August 18, 2003 - 11:43 am:

That BFoster is one of the funniest gals I've ever seen. A true asset to SD. The Lucille Ball of Hypertext! The Chris Rock of Photoshop!

By STUBASS (152.163.252.68) on Monday, August 18, 2003 - 05:57 pm:

NICE BFESTER!!!...COULD I BORROW ONE OF YOUR POCKET PROTECTORS FOR "GEEK" SHOW AND TELL DAY!!!...STU(ONLY BFESTER KNOWS THE *WHY* OF THE STUB)BASS