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Tapes

On October 3, 2005

Submitted by Jason B.:

Lately I have been going through a bunch of boxes filled with old cassette tapes and VHS videos that have been collecting dust for years. In the process I came across a few cassette tape treasures in music history:

The Digital Underground, “The Humpty Dance” on cassingle (you know a single song on a cassette which sold for like 75 cents at Sam Goody)
Scary Halloween Noises Sound Effects Tape
The Soundtrack to Moonraker (which I think was a bond film)
The Sounds of Summer Storms from Honeymoon Island (one hour of lightening and thunder recordings)
El Debarge, the one with “Who’s Johnny” on it

The one gem that I found was a tape that actually got me into quite a bit of trouble with my Madre. When I was 13 or 14 a friend made me a copy of 2 Live Crew’s, “As Nasty As They Want To Be” on tape. Apparently I was listening to it on the family stereo in the living room and forgot to remove the tape. A few days later I found the cassette on my nightstand in my bedroom with the following inscribed.

Sadly, after the tape was found I was no longer able to sing along with The Crew’s “Me So Horny” as it was replaced with “Me So Grounded.”

Interpretation

By Kate

On August 26, 2005

In rock

Last night I had a dream — and not a MLK, Jr. kind of dream. I was at a Steely Dan concert with my BF only we weren’t sitting together. We were at the Riverbend concert venue in Cincinnati, but I was in a balcony, which they don’t have. I was squished in at the end of the balcony front row next to some Port-a-Potties that were crammed in next to the wall and there was no rail in front of us, so it was very treacherous music-listening.

So after a while I lost my balance and accidentally pushed a Port-a-Potty over the edge of the balcony to the ground below. I don’t think anyone was hurt. Then I pushed another Port-a-Potty. And the another, only with the third one a girl fell too and I don’t know what happened to her but I hope she didn’t die because can you imagine falling to your death on top of a Port-a-Potty?

So then I was scared, obviously, because I didn’t want to fall with any Port-a-Potties. So I got the freaks who were sitting by be to help me climb out of my dangerous seat and I made my way out of the concert place. That’s when I ran into my BF and for some reason I was very upset that he wasn’t the one who helped me out of my seat.

That’s the dream. What does it all mean? I should point out that I am sick right now. So maybe it just means that I am delusional? After all, I don’t even like Steely Dan.

Hootie

By Kate

On August 26, 2005

In rock

Submitted by Jason B.:
This image appeared as an ad on Rhapsody music service. Look closely. Ha!

Jimmy Buffet

By Kate

On August 22, 2005

In rock

Jimmy, damn you. Cincinnati gives you an undo amount of money and fandom. So what made you think, “When I start my tour back up, in Cincinnati, I’ll do it on a SUNDAY night”? I know from your vantage point it’s probably hard to see out onto the lawn, but I am assuming that you are able to see all of the flesh (from the men in bikini tops and grass skirts… mmm, hot) and I am pretty sure you can make out the people dressed as sharks. (Bet you couldn’t see all the duct tape they used to make those costumes though…)

Right now in Cincinnati there are more than 20,000 people who are really frustrated with you right now. Like me, those poor people are hunkered over their desks at work trying to focus. (As in everything in my line of vision is blurry right now. Is the room spinning?)

Ticketmaster

By Kate

On August 4, 2005

In rock

ARGH.

I was going to surprise my BF with some last-minute show tickets for next week. So I log into Ticketmaster, devil that they are, and do a search on the show. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that the tickets were only $25 – this is for three acts, mind you, so I think that’s great.

Then I went to the next screen on the devil Ticketmaster’s site.

FULL PRICE TICKETS = US $25.00 x 2
Total Convenience Charge(s) = US $6.75 x 2
Order Processing Charge(s) = US $4.00
Will Call = No Charge
TOTAL CHARGES = US $67.50

All I have to say is: damn. The devil Ticketmaster is going to charge me $6.75 convenience charge per ticket? I hate to break it to them, but buying things online isn’t that convenient anymore – it’s more like the norm now. And they are going to charge me $4 for processing charges? I am PICKING UP MY TCIKETS AT WILL CALL. Seriously, is that very hard to process? I don’t think so.

And so the surprise was a nice idea, I still think. But I am a cheap bastard so I’m not sure it’s going to happen…