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John Hall may be the only example of rock musician turned anti-nuclear power activist turned politician turned Member of the House Of Representatives, an office he held in N.Y. from 2007-2011. Yup, while major rock stars were shooting scag and fucking up their lives and getting paid to whine about it, John Hall got involved and made things better for people. And, amazingly, kept on making music.
Antecedently FoamFeatured© in the popular long-running series Who's In My Box?, Hall stirred up enough interest to warrant some kind of overview. Turns out his discography is large enough to tile over Lake Huron, including a bunch of A.O.R. albums that I would have skimmed over like plutonium back when I was a vinyl junkie.
Here's the swell Kangaroo album.
That first solo album, Action (correctly tagged this time).
And a couple of Orleans albums that address the timeless issue of go with the shirts, or not? I'd say with, every time.
John - if you're reading this - and the probability of that is a tad north of 100% - we hope you're staying alive and well, and thanks for being a stand-up guy. And putting your shirt back on.
So now I'm trying to imagine an alternate universe in which my
ReplyDeleteyounger self could have asked, "Should I maybe drop these last
few dollars on 'Waking and Dreaming,' or should I just head out
to the Screamers gig instead?" On the other hand, I've still never
heard that Kangaroo album.
To qualify for this luxury four-disc set, simply answer the following question:
ReplyDeleteWhat gets wetter as it dries?
You want that again? Okay -
What gets wetter as it dries?
Um, a towel?
ReplyDeleteWell, yes, that is of course correct ... but there's something I have to ask you before you claim your Wonderful Prize - just a formality! - did you Google the answer?
DeleteNo, and in thunder! Lookit (you, too, Anonymous): the question mark
Deletealone might evidence the brain-racking agony that I went through,
certainly for a bit, in trying to determine whether or not "dries"
was intransitive. Kangaroo?
yes, I agree -- Crab Devil's mental and emotional struggle with this paradoxical riddle of the ages, and therefore the authenticity of his answer as the product of his own prodigious intellect, is quite evident in his use of punctuation. The questioning of his moral integrity has been extremely unjust and I feel he is owed a link for the public shaming (by insinuation) he has endured. I for one will not be sharing his link for the reason attested to below but I feel it's important to stand up to the lynch mob who would cast aspersions on one's character when one has clearly demonstrated the originality of their thought.
DeleteWell said, MrDave! I rest my carapace in vindication.
DeleteAlso, MrDave, it might just happen (on accident, like)
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no-one's looking . . .
Is it Cody's matte of pubic hair?
ReplyDeleteY'know, us guys get a bad rap fer bein' layabouts an' bums wit' nuttin' but broads on our minds. We should be t'ankful of guys like JJWombat fer showin' da woil' we is sensitive an' matoor adults, dat we gots gentility out th' ass!
DeleteMy apologies for the last comment, I had just woken up - been having vivid dreams lately
ReplyDeleteMrs. Pmac just peered over my shoulder and danced away while shreaking hilariously......
ReplyDeleteI've only just stopped visualizing Mrs Pmac as Lemmy when he roadied for Hawkwind.
Deletelol. I'm not blind, mind you. She's actually pretty easy on the eyes. Now, since she married me, that tells you all you need to know about the state of her vision.
DeleteJohn Hall left Orleans after that album with no shirts. I haven't heard the Kangaroo album so I'm eagerly anticipating a link. Unless you've hidden it somewhere...
ReplyDeleteI'll post the link just as soon as Crabdevil assures me he didn't Google the winning answer (a "towel"). If he can give me his word, I'll put the link under his comment. If he says he Googled the answer, I'll throw the question open to the rest of the Four Or Five Guys©.
DeleteThere has to be a system here. Rules, regulations. Otherwise it would be chaos. But too rigid a structure, a lack of inflexibility, and criticism could reasonably be leveled. I'm not an unreasonable man. If Crabdevil doesn't respond before I wake up the middle of the tropical night, I'll rule his answer, right though it be, null and void.
After dropping his "towel", Crab Devil appears to have scurried off sideways and burrowed into the wet sands of the FMF Island, flushed scarlet with shame, to duck your legitimate questions about the use of Google, leaving it up to the rest of the Four Or Five Guys© to come up with an alternative solution, which may not even exist, so that the much sought-after link would remain cruelly hidden.
DeleteSo, Crab Devil, would you please take some responsibility for your deeds and deny Farquhar's question!
John looks "baked" in his congressional photo.
ReplyDeleteBe that as it may.
I bought "Action" In 1970 while I was getting my undergraduate degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. John was the opening act at a concert I attended, but I can't remember who headlined.
Art school in 1970 was like that.......
Dude! I was at Art School in '70 too! Learned swell artistic-type skills, such as making a skeleton key for the pinball machines and turning the wheel inside to "blank" so we could play all day for nuthin' ... and ... uh ... that was about it.
DeleteGuys!!! I was learnin' art in 1970 too!!! We called it "kindergarten" back then which I guess is German for "art school."
DeleteThat last Orleans album cover pretty much voids anything and everything Mr. Hall may have accomplished before or after I'm sorry to say. Decisions have consequences!
Ha Ha Ha.
DeleteWere they all auditioning for a Lola Montez film?
ReplyDeleteI live about an hour from her old house.
DeleteGood old John Hall! Gotta respect a guy who's heart is in the right place, has integrity and actually goes into ACTION. Having said that...this used to get a lot of play on early MTV, and I used to laugh myself sick over the hackneyed lyrics and John's amazingly exaggerated 'rock & roll' movements. Enjoy!
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/7muHNKd4YLM
There is actually a worse album cover than Orleans' "Walking and Dreaming".
ReplyDeleteGoogle Herbie Mann's "Push Push"
Mild diversion here, but John Kerry was in a surf band (the Electras) while in college. Later of course, becoming Secretary of State.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't exactly the same thing, but Senator Robert Byrd (he of
Deletethe checkered ideological career) was an avid fiddler who in 1978
recorded an album with members of the Country Gentlemen.
Say Hey, Farq,
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering if the answer could maybe be "A towel"? I was getting ready to google the answer, when it suddenly hit me like a wet fist..... "A towel"!
I await your reply most urgently,
obey-gravity
ReplyDeleteI very much regret, in pressing Crabdevil for his bonafides, giving the impression he was anything less than the perfect gentleman, incapable of deceit or prevarication. But it has been bruited about in some quarters (namely, the High Security wing at Tennessee State Prison) that he is, in fact, a "dirty lyin' nogood fink", so I was moved to give him the opportunity to re-establish what is as far as I'm concerned a stainless and well-merited reputation.
That fink-link in full:
HAHAHA HA LOL
Why, thankee muchly (but NOT those sore-losing scoundrels
ReplyDeleteback there at TSP).
Many thanks for the link Mr. Throckmorton. We all knew it was a towel.
ReplyDeleteHe forget through in the towel, not that anyone reads this dreck (tip of the hat to Mad Dept.) after the links are posted.
ReplyDelete"Threw in the towel" is very good.
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