I find Daniel Johnston unironically entertaining (in small doses).
I find Daniel Johnston unironically entertaining (in small doses).
Yeah, at first awareness of him I initially lumped him in with Wesley Willis or The Kids of Wembley High and such and thought it was just another sad hipster freak show. But after watching a few clips, stories, and interviews with him and listening to a fair sampling of some of his songs I found them to be really emotionally honest and pure and touching. There was something very real and universal and tender about them. I’m not sure if I can say the same about “Suck a Cheetah’s Dick” or “Rock and Roll McDonalds”. Sorry, Wesley.
And I’m even credited for artistic contributions in the LARD liner notes. But I’ve never met him or seen him in person.
I even had a ticket for that same tour that Jay Carton mentioned (Priest, Megadeth, Testament, Motorhead). It was called (at least in the states) MASTERS OF METAL, or METAL MASTERS or something.
The UK got the shaft then, we never got Motorhead, damn it. Honestly, i was so fucking drunk that i wouldn’t even have noticed Motorhead onstage. I saw them once, they were the loudest band i have ever seen. At that show was standing at the bar waiting to be served, again totally hammered, and i felt someone brushing against my wallet pocket. I turned around and saw this little guy with my wallet in his hand, so i grabbed his arm hard and said “Gimme that back you fucker”, the guy looked really scared and said “Ahhhhh, please, no! That’s my wallet!!”. I checked my other pocket, found my wallet and performed the most excruciating apology of all time. Wow, so incredibly embarrassing.
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I checked my other pocket, found my wallet and performed the most excruciating apology of all time. Wow, so incredibly embarrassing.
HAHAHA!!! That’s one of the best drunk stories I’ve heard in a long time.
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I checked my other pocket, found my wallet and performed the most excruciating apology of all time. Wow, so incredibly embarrassing.
HAHAHA!!! That’s one of the best drunk stories I’ve heard in a long time.[/reply]
Man, the guy looked so scared, i immediately felt bad about grabbing him, then then found out i still had my wallet, so i felt extra-shit. I still feel terrible even thinking about it
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I checked my other pocket, found my wallet and performed the most excruciating apology of all time. Wow, so incredibly embarrassing.
HAHAHA!!! That’s one of the best drunk stories I’ve heard in a long time.[/reply]
Man, the guy looked so scared, i immediately felt bad about grabbing him, then then found out i still had my wallet, so i felt extra-shit. I still feel terrible even thinking about it [blush][/reply]
Sort of a similar story . . . I was probably around 16 or 17 years old at the time. My bedroom shared a wall with the entry/ front porch of our old house. I heard some noise/rustling on the porch which woke me up in the very wee hours of the morning (around 4am or so). I didn’t know what was going on but for some (pretty idiotic) reason I felt I needed to check it out. I grabbed my baseball bat and proceeded to go to the front door wearing nothing but my underwear. As I got to the door I could still hear some fool out there muckin’ about and I quickly swung the door open and held the bat half-cocked and ready for action. The poor little milkman saw the horror in front of him and shrunk before my eyes in absolute terror. I too was a bit panicked and didn’t know really how to reconcile my mix of adrenaline, fear, embarrassment, and regret, and just said, “Uhh, sorry” and closed the door.
The poor little milkman saw the horror in front of him and shrunk before my eyes in absolute terror.
The Milkman?!
are you 107 years old? I thought the milkman business stopped in the 1920’s
Does Ridgecrest still have a Milkman?
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grmpysmrf
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Sort of a similar story . . . I was probably around 16 or 17 years old at the time. My bedroom shared a wall with the entry/ front porch of our old house. I heard some noise/rustling on the porch which woke me up in the very wee hours of the morning (around 4am or so). I didn’t know what was going on but for some (pretty idiotic) reason I felt I needed to check it out. I grabbed my baseball bat and proceeded to go to the front door wearing nothing but my underwear. As I got to the door I could still hear some fool out there muckin’ about and I quickly swung the door open and held the bat half-cocked and ready for action. The poor little milkman saw the horror in front of him and shrunk before my eyes in absolute terror. I too was a bit panicked and didn’t know really how to reconcile my mix of adrenaline, fear, embarrassment, and regret, and just said, “Uhh, sorry” and closed the door.
Hahaha, fucking hell, you’ve got me laughing like mad here, i bet he almost shat himself. I’ll bet the unseen world of the milkman has some seriously dark and unexpected shit going on. I think Abel Ferrara should make a film about milkmen, with either Willem Dafoe or Harvey Keitel in the title role, possibly with Bruce Dern as his “been there, done that” supervisor. Box office gold, guaranteed.
I’ll bet the unseen world of the milkman has some seriously dark and unexpected shit going on. I think Abel Ferrara should make a film about milkmen, with either Willem Dafoe or Harvey Keitel in the title role, possibly with Bruce Dern as his “been there, done that” supervisor. Box office gold, guaranteed.
Steve Buscemi would have to have a roll in this film too. I’m thinking his character is a creepy and lonely little fella who sets his alarm clock at 3am so he can shave and put on his best clothes and then time it every day so he just happens to walk out of his door at the exact moment the milkman arrives. He’s got some BS cover story about coming out to turn on the sprinklers or something, but he really just wants to ambush the milkman every time so he can trap him with conversation. The milkman HATES this part of his job, but it is the very most important event in Buscemi’s life.
[reply]The poor little milkman saw the horror in front of him and shrunk before my eyes in absolute terror.
The Milkman?!
are you 107 years old? I thought the milkman business stopped in the 1920’s
Does Ridgecrest still have a Milkman?
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This was in Orange County. And yeah, NO ONE used a friggin’ milkman in those days (when I was really young there were a fair number of people that used the dairy service, but not in 1990 or whenever this was). I think my mom just liked the old-timey novelty feel of it and the pretty reusable glass bottles that the milk came in. And I used to drink a LOT of milk, so I guess she just figured she wouldn’t have to remember to buy milk at the store for a while.
That’s actually really cool. Does orange county still have this service, do you know?
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grmpysmrf
That’s actually really cool. Does orange county still have this service, do you know?
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I doubt there’s much or any home-service done by dairies anymore as it seems to be rather cost-prohibitive when they can just dump all their product at the grocers instead and not have to make a billion other stops for our whopping $9 weekly order, or whatever it was.
Plus, a fair number of grocery stores have delivery service anyway.
But this is all just speculation . . .
I used to drink a LOT of milk
Is that why you’re so fucking tall?! We had milkmen here in Northern Ireland when i was living at home, before i went to university many years ago. The last contact i had with any milkman action was stealing a couple of bottles of milk from the doorstep of a nursery on my way home after a night out. Not my proudest moment.
Okay, I just spent 20 seconds searching and saw a number of independents in the mid-west and such.
[ul][li]- Nine Inch Nails Self Destruct tour [/li][li]- Failure 1996 touring for Fantastic Planet[/li][li]- Ministry while touring for DSOTS and their 1990 shows [/li][li]- The Jesus and Mary Chain before William turned into a fat Tim Burton. [/li][li]- Skinny Puppy during the Too Dark Park and Last Rites tours
[/li][li]- Marilyn Manson from 1996 - 2001
[/li][li]- The Pixies probably any tour in support of Come On Pilgrim or Surfer Rosa
[/li][li]- My Bloody Valentine… anytime. [/li][li]- Nirvana touring for In Utero[/li][/ul]
I know there’s a shit-ton more but I can’t think of them all right now.
Steve Buscemi would have to have a roll in this film too. I’m thinking his character is a creepy and lonely little fella who sets his alarm clock at 3am so he can shave and put on his best clothes and then time it every day so he just happens to walk out of his door at the exact moment the milkman arrives. He’s got some BS cover story about coming out to turn on the sprinklers or something, but he really just wants to ambush the milkman every time so he can trap him with conversation. The milkman HATES this part of his job, but it is the very most important event in Buscemi’s life.
Oh my god, we have to pitch this to Ferrara, casting is complete, let’s go to Cannes for funding!
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Is that why you’re so fucking tall?![/reply]
Ahahahaha! I don’t know why this is so fucking funny.
Nine Inch Nails Self Destruct tour
Marilyn Manson from 1996 - 2001
I saw NIN on that tour and saw Manson on the Antichrist Superstar tour twice. All amazing. Do i get a gold star or anything for that? Please! I need a gold star!!