There was a stand at EL CHOPO (a Mexico City rock/metal/punk flea market) that was selling really sweet replica WARRIORS vests. I didnt’ buy one, but I took photos. I’ll have to see if they’re still on my phone.
And, yeah, Luther is awesome . . . “COME OUT AND PLAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!”
(Later to be rehashed for Twisted Sister’s album and title track of the same name)
[reply][reply][reply]but be careful not to order that pizza in territory belonging to the Warriors, Turnbull A.C.'s or Baseball Furies. Or that gang run by the guy who knocks three bottles together on his hand while cruising around in his graffiti’d hearse.
This is easily the best reference/comment I have read here in some time. Well done.[/reply]
That gang was The Rogues and the guy knocking the bottles together was Luther…haha I know that film by heart…[/reply]
And don’t forget the Gramercy Riffs; as led by Miles Davis in his ‘electric’ phase.
Am seriously thinking of putting a line from that one in my sig…so many classics there…e.g. “Well, boppers, I guess all we can do is play you a song…”
Hands-down the best movie ever made in which the majority of the ‘gang members’ look like male models.[/reply]
Yeah,but there were also a shitload of real gang members in the scene in the park…Walter Hill said shooting that scene was a nightmare of epic proportions…
Not to belabor the point but Jezebel has already sorted out regional bro distinctions.
http://jezebel.com/the-united-states-of-bros-a-map-and-field-guide-1550563737
Jezebel is one of those mags of the “girls rule, boys drool” androphobic variety, so I won’t hold my breath for them to write about the very present and equally obnoxious female counterpart to the Chicago Bro.
Distinguishing characteristics that I remember for the Chicago…um…‘Sis’?:
uses the word “like” no fewer than 5 times per sentence
residency is pretty much limited to neighborhoods like Printers’ Row and Lincoln Park, yet claims knowledge of “Chicago” as a whole
uses the term “funky” when referring to a spaghetti-strap top at the Gap or an unorthodox salad topping.
wears “funky” Gap spaghetti-strap top to Excalibur club
thinks ‘Irish’ themed pubs and Guiness are “exotic”
seems to still think Jennifer Aniston (and ‘Friends’ cast as a whole) are the pinnacle of evolution
There was a stand at EL CHOPO (a Mexico City rock/metal/punk flea market) that was selling really sweet replica WARRIORS vests. I didnt’ buy one, but I took photos. I’ll have to see if they’re still on my phone.
And, yeah, Luther is awesome . . . “COME OUT AND PLAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!”
(Later to be rehashed for Twisted Sister’s album and title track of the same name)
DUDE,you should have bought one!!!
I need to get a big afro and some tall moccasins before I’m truly worthy of it.
GLORIOUS!!!
I need to get a big afro and some tall moccasins before I’m truly worthy of it.
I don’t know Gunnar, I see you as being more of a ‘Swan’ type. You just need to get the perfect cheekbones and pout going on. Which, as we all know, are features that commanded total respect in New York’s early 1980s gangland.
Also, Gunnar, a warning if you do order a “Bro”-approved pizza on Chicago’s Northside. The Bros claim a few blocks of Wrigleyville as their turf, but be careful not to order that pizza in territory belonging to the Warriors, Turnbull A.C.'s or Baseball Furies. Or that gang run by the guy who knocks three bottles together on his hand while cruising around in his graffiti’d hearse.
Last time I checked there’s quite a distance between Chicago and Coney Island.
The Warriors can make it.
The Warriors can make it.
I don’t know man…it won’t be easy. Somebody might set fire to the super high-speed mag-lev train which connects Chicago to Coney, and they’d have to go on foot right through everyone else’s turf.
But whatever may happen…I can dig it.
Can you count,suckah’s???
[reply]The Warriors can make it.
I don’t know man…it won’t be easy. Somebody might set fire to the super high-speed mag-lev train which connects Chicago to Coney, and they’d have to go on foot right through everyone else’s turf.
But whatever may happen…I can dig it.[/reply]
Then maybe we oughtta worry about who set that goddamn fire…
Really, I always did wonder who that was. Rouges? Riffs? Orphans? Punks (led by the guy on the roller blades)? Electric Eliminators? Moonrunners? Vancortland Rangers?
Can you count,suckah’s???
…there ain’t but 20,000 police in the WHOLE CITY!
The Baseball Furies . . . yeah, they’re fairly identifiable and quite themed out for their name.
The Punks . . . uhhh, I kind of thought they’d all have green mohawks and ripped t-shirts and bondage pants. But, no, they all looked like hillbillies and wore overalls.
Actress Lynne Thigpen as the ever-present DJ in the movie. Also the voice of “Luna” in “Bear In The Big Blue House.”
Ahhh glorious. I love how this thread turned into Warriors territory. They had a festival dedicated to it here out in Coney Island a month ago, supposedly was a huge letdown. I only wanted to go to ask the girl who played Mercy’s phone number [laugh] what can I say, she looks like she might like a train pulled on her…
ALSO
The “bro” type everyone is referencing, my cousin has always called “dubrahs” - the type that is always going “dude!” or “brah!” when referencing their boys. And they usually wear Ed Hardy shit.
[reply]The Baseball Furies . . . yeah, they’re fairly identifiable and quite themed out for their name.
The Punks . . . uhhh, I kind of thought they’d all have green mohawks and ripped t-shirts and bondage pants. But, no, they all looked like hillbillies and
wore overalls.[/repl
And the leader wore roller skates…there is nothing more anti-punk/pro-disco than roller skates…