T-Shirt Etiquette

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That is what I get for farting around on Prongs at work. Re-read, that is what he meant. I haven’t experienced what he is talking about either but that sounds way more realistic than attendants dressed up all nice. [:)]

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Where the hell does Dave Grohl buy his gas? Beverly Hills, Century City? I’ve never seen a gas station with attendants dressed to the nines, ready for the Oscars. I doubt there is any place in the actual city of Los Angeles that doesn’t have attendants dressed like bums. He would’ve fit right in.

Dave sounded like a primadonna jackass in that story (and I’m usually pretty fond of the dude), trying desperately to still claim his dirty rock and roll street cred and force his “I’m just a regular guy” attitude. . . though we are all too painfully aware of the fact that the dude is a multi-millionaire and living the life that multi-millionaires do (and should).

LA is generally one of the most casual places you can ever be in. Even rich people typically dress like slobs for the most part. Unless you’re eating at some stick-up-the-ass hoity toity $500/plate spot in Bel Air or something there is not really anywhere that you can’t get by with t-shirt and jeans.

And yeah, he was probably (because he probably lives and shops there) in one of the richest most stuck-up areas of the region. His neighbors are all going to be plastic surgeons, investment bankers, super rich movie stars, and so forth . . . and he’s going to talk smack about them for dressing nice. What a jackass.

It was Sunday. He probably was there when there happened to be a couple cars of people on their way to or from church (most churches are also VERY casual too, I should note), but felt the need to fabricate some lame ass backstory behind it.

What a NON-STORY. They didn’t call him a bum, they didn’t deny him service, they didn’t do anything. Literally NOTHING happened in his story and that’s his great anecdote to support his hatred of LA. What a douche.

Los Angeles is great…tons of live music to pick from, good weather, surfing-skiing-hiking-whatever-the-fuck within an hour drive, and I find people here to be nicer and more tolerable than what I deal with in other states. Fucking expensive though.

People here are generally easy going and friendly. There is the “hipster” (I still don’t quite even know what that means) element and the place was founded on superficiality, but overall they’re fine people (as I say pretty much about any place).

The amenities are really what make it great, though. As Prototype noted . . . the weather is always great, you can go surfing in the morning and then drive to the mountains and ski on the same day. All the major bands come through, and there’s plenty of smaller stuff going on as well. And within minutes you can have authentic cuisine from any country you can find on a map.

Gunnar, what if someone is wearing a Beiber t-shirt or something? What is the etiquette there?

There’s no special etiquette in my book. I don’t care if they like Bieber. If they’re polite and friendly to me, I’m the same. I’m gonna assume they’re okay peeps until they give me a reason to want to smash their teeth on a curb.

I’ve never understood the elitist metalhead or punk mentality. Dudes, we like music that perhaps 1% of the country actually likes. That means 99% of the country likes something different. If you’re gonna wage war on that or brand them all as a-holes or something, you’re kind of banging your head against a brick wall. What are you gonna do? Stop pop music? Magically get all the teenagers to listen to Slayer? Even if you do want them to check out something new, that goal is certainly not going to be achieved by being a prick.

I don’t talk music with most people. The people I’m usually around aren’t into what I’m into. That’s why things like T-shirt etiquette are so important to me. If I happen to see a dude wearing a Twisted Sister shirt, that should be a magical moment. It’s like living in Zimbabwe for 40 years amongst the JubJub tribe and having to speak some African click language your whole life and one day an English-speaking American walks through camp ready to share a pack of beef jerky and a case of Budweiser . . . you’re not going to celebrate?

Anyway, I’m probably babbling again. I don’t have this us against them mentality when it comes to music or culture, but I do think, as Peligro said, that METAL is a BROTHERHOOD and that homies should support each other whenever . . . even if that just means giving a nod or high-five when appropriate.

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but overall they’re fine people

…good Americans, but they’re content to sit back, maybe watch a little Mork & Mindy on Channel 57, maybe kick back a cool Coors 16-bouncer. They’re good fine people, Stuart. But they don’t know what the queers are doing to the soil.

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I like you, Davelybob! You’re not like the other folk in this trailer park!

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This guy gets mad props for t shirt awesomeness.

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Totally! And I’d like to know where I can get the same shirt!

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I think it actually comes with the cap’n sewn onto the shoulder.
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