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Now Normal Chronicles or: Greetings

05 Tuesday Jan 2021

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Bruce Springsteen, Music, Vagabond Saints Society, Video

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Today is the 48th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Like The Doors from yesterday’s entry, I’ve never been a huge Springsteen fan, but I have grown an appreciation of the last 10 years or so. Five and a half years ago, I was part of the Vagabond Saints Society’s “Because the Night: A Night of Bruce Springsteen” (or something like that). I did four songs, “Because the Night,” “If I Should Fall Behind,” “I’m on Fire” and this one (second in the video). It was fun for me because it’s way out of my wheelhouse and I liked the challenge. I hope you enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Crazy Janey and her mission man were back in the alley tradin’ hands. ‘Long came Wild Billy with his friend G-man all duded up for Saturday night. Well Billy slammed on his coaster brakes and said anybody wanna go on up to Greasy Lake? It’s about a mile down on the dark side of route eighty-eight. I got a bottle of rose so let’s try it. We’ll pick up Hazy Davy and Killer Joe and I’ll take you all out to where the gypsy angels go. They’re built like light.” – “Spirit in the Night” (Springsteen)

Sounds Like Saturday or: Vagabond Saints

19 Saturday Dec 2020

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Salutations™!!

Today, the Vagabond Saints Society released our version of the Band-Aid classic, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” I had the pleasure of singing the Paul Young parts, which, if you know the tune, he started it all off. I figure, too, if you’re going to look the way I do, then you have to rock the Santa Hat, right? Take a moment to help those in need if you can. Find out more by visiting this website. Enjoy!!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid. At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade.” – “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” (Geldof/Ure)

Now Now Normal Chronicles or: Thriller Lust

30 Monday Nov 2020

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Michael Jackson, Music, Pink Floyd, The Plaids, Vagabond Saints Society, Video

Salutations™!!

Third verse same as the first. A week’s worth at once. That’s how I roll these days, I guess. “Today” is the 41st anniversary of my favorite Pink Floyd album, one that people either love or hate. Generally, there’s not a lot of in-between. Of course, I’m talking about The Wall. I love concept albums and this isn’t just a concept album but basically a soundtrack to a film (that didn’t come until later). I wish they’d do that for Operation:Mindcrime.

Also, today is the 38th anniversary of the second-best-selling album of all time, Thriller from Michael Jackson. I did perform the Vincent Price part with The Plaids (funny, both VSS and The Plaids are headed by Doug Davis, yes, THAT Doug Davis). Both albums are very important pop culture icons. I just decided to go with Floyd today.

VSS did The Wall last summer and I wanted so badly to be part of it but I was working the Carolina Cobras game and couldn’t be there. This is what I wanted to sing and chances are, I would have gotten it.

So both are Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“What shall we use to fill the empty spaces where we used to talk? How shall I fill the final places? How should I complete the wall?” – “Empty Spaces” (Waters)

Sounds Like Saturday or: A Little Self-Serving Jazz

14 Saturday Nov 2020

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Music, Queen, Sounds Like Saturday, Vagabond Saints Society, Video

Salutations™!!

Today is the 42nd anniversary of Queen’s Jazz. A couple of years back, the Vagabond Saints society did a full on Queen show. I sang lead on two tunes and in the choir for the rest of the show. Both of the songs I sang lead on came from this album, “Fat Bottomed Girls” and this one. I don’t think I did a very good job, but whatever. Nothing says fun like a fat man dancing like a pixie fairy, right? Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“You say black, I say white. You say bark, I say bite. You say shark, I say, hey, man, Jaws was never my scene and I don’t like Star Wars. You say Rolls, I say Royce. You say God, Give me a choice! You say Lord, I say, Christ! I don’t believe in Peter Pan, Frankenstein, or Superman, all I wanna do is… Bicycle, bicycle, bicycle.” – “Bicycle Race” (Mercury)

Now Normal Chronicles or: This Is Not My Beautiful Wife

08 Thursday Oct 2020

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Crowded House, Music, Talking Heads, Vagabond Saints Society, Video

Salutations™!!

Today is the 40th anniversary of Talking Heads’ Remain In Light album. I love “Once In a Lifetime” and actually performed it with Vagabond Saints Society a few years back. I wish I could have found a video of that. But, I’m also a fan of Crowded House and just now that the sound is rough because it’s recorded right in front of some speakers and it’s really distorted. And, it takes a little bit for David Byrne to show up. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down. Letting the days go by, water flowing underground. Into the blue again, into the silent water. Under the rocks and stones, there is water underground. Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down. Letting the days go by, water flowing underground. Into the blue again after the money’s gone. Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground.” – “Once in a Lifetime” (Byrne/Eno/Frantz/Harrison/Weymouth)

Now Normal Chronicles or: They Come to Me in My Bed

21 Monday Sep 2020

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Cheap Trick, Heavens Sake, Music, Vagabond Saints Society, Video

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Today is the 41st anniversary of Cheap Trick’s Dream Police album. It’s one of my faves from CT. I’ve done the title track once in Heavens Sake and performed “Voices” with VSS. Lots of cool songs on here. This band does the title track really well. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“I try to sleep. They’re wide awake. They won’t let me alone. They don’t get paid to take vacations or let me alone. They spy on me. I try to hide. They won’t let me alone. They persecute me. They’re the judge and jury all in one.” – “Dream Police” (Nielsen)

Sounds Like Saturday or: Stereo

06 Saturday Jun 2020

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Music, Sounds Like Saturday, The Cars, Vagabond Saints Society, Video

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Today is the 42nd anniversary of the Cars self-titled debut. This album is awesome from front to back. And, for the second time in a few days, you get to see me in action, again, albeit a truncated version. This is one of my faves from this album and from the band. Enjoy!

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Scorp out!

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“It’s so easy to blow up your problems. It’s so easy to play up your breakdown. It’s so easy to fly through a window. It’s so easy to fool with the sound.” – “Moving In Stereo” (Ocasek)

Now Normal Chronicles or: Thursday in the USA

04 Thursday Jun 2020

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Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams, Johnny Cash, Metallica, Motorhead, Music, Paul McCartney, Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Kinks, Vagabond Saints Society, Video

Salutations™!!

Johnny Cash’s  At San Quentin is 51 today. The Kinks’ One For The Road is 40. Motörhead’s Another Perfect Day is 37. Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. is 36 (exactly one month before July 4). Squirrel Nut Zippers’ Hot and Bryan Adams’ 18 til I Die and Metallica’s Load are 24. Paul McCartney’s Memory Almost Full is 13.

So, one of my favorite tunes from the Springsteen album is “I’m on Fire.” I was lucky enough to get to do that one in 2015 when the Vagabond Saints Society did a night of Bruce Springsteen songs. I was one of only a handful of people that got to do tunes. So, in this video, you get to hear me rattle off three of the four songs I did that night, “I’m on Fire,” “Spirit in the Night” and “If I Should Fall Behind.” The fourth was “Because the Night.” I don’t know what happened to that one. And, ignore the wind sound, I’m pretty sure that was either coming through the windows or from the Big Ass Fan. I miss The Garage. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Sometimes it’s like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull, and cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my soul. At night, I wake up with the sheets soakin’ wet and a freight train runnin’ through the middle of my head. Only you can cool my desire. Oh oh oh I’m on fire.” – “I’m on Fire” (Springsteen)

Now Normal Chronicles or: Falling Behind

31 Tuesday Mar 2020

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Bruce Springsteen, Music, Vagabond Saints Society, Video

Salutations™!!

Today, March 31, is the 28th anniversary of the combo of Bruce Springsteen’s Human Touch and Lucky Town. I don’t know why he released two albums at the same time, but I don’t know why Guns N Roses did it either. Money maybe? I don’t know. But, while Human Touch was the better seller and better acclaimed of the two, my favorite song from this era of Bruce is this one, which I wish I had a copy of me doing it when the Vagabond Saints Society did it a few years back. I don’t have a copy so, I’ll play this version which is pretty cool because Bruce sings a little and then lets most of the E Street Band have a turn. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“We said we’d walk together, baby come what may. That come the twilight, should we lose our way. If as we’re walking a hand should slip free, I’ll wait for you. And should I fall behind, wait for me.” – “If I Should Fall Behind” (Springsteen)

Spinning Sunday or: The Haul 11/2/19

03 Sunday Nov 2019

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Cheap Trick, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Daniel Butner, Discogs, Music, Nine Inch Nails, Parke Puterbaugh, Procol Harum, R.E.M., Records, Rolling Stone, The Kinks, The Less Desirables, Underdog Records, Vagabond Saints Society

Salutations™!!

In addition to The BCPF’s and my usual Saturday routine, we had to go by Lowe’s to pick out stuff for the renovation project from the “Flood of 2019.” But, we had fun doing that. We also got to go to our happy place which is Underdog Records. We picked up some good stuff and got to talk with Jonathan, so that’s always a plus. Here’s what we got:

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  • R.E.M. – Monster — I have talked a lot about the Vagabond Saints Society in the past. The first show I ever performed with them was the “REM – The Later Years” show around 2007 or so. I had two songs with VSS on that show and one was on this album, “Crush with Eyeliner.” I liked that song then and I like it now. The rest of the album is okay, but it’s one that The BCPF never had on any medium, so yay, us! 2xLP with an entire remix album, so it’s like two-in-one. New.
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty – Chronicle – The 20 Greatest Hits — This is #59 on the RS list and yes, it is a compilation album. I didn’t listen through it because I didn’t listen to “greatest hits” albums after the Merle Haggard and Loretta Lynn ones. Whew! But, this has a lot of great CCR on it and it was in a weird green vinyl, so I picked it up after it sitting in the bin for a while. 2xLP. New.
  • Cheap Trick – One On One — Cheap Trick’s sixth studio album and the first one to feature Jon Brandt after Tom Petersson left the band. It looks like Brandt only played bass on a few songs and that Rick Nielsen played on most of it. So, there must have been a transition period before Brandt showed up and when they started recording. This album isn’t my fave from them but it has some good stuff: “If You Want My Love,” “She’s Tight,” “I Want You,” and more. VG+.
  • Procol Harum – The Best Of Procol Harum — Jonathan at Underdog has told me many, many times of his love for Procol Harum. This is a greatest hits compilation and I’m looking forward to what they call “hits.” We’re all familiar with “White Shade of Pale” and possibly moderately aware of “Conquistador” but the rest, I’m interested in. VG++.
  • The Kinks – Give The People What They Want — The 18th album from The Kinks, this was in their “Early 80s” phase. I think it was a good time for them. It wasn’t British Invasion popularity or even feel (duh!) but I think, still, it was good. The singles on this album were “Better Things,” “Destroyer” and “Predictable.” VG++.
  • The Kinks – State Of Confusion — The 19th (yep, the follow up to the previous entry) released from The Kinks. The best-known song from this album (and pretty much any Kinks album since the 60s in the US, at least) is “Come Dancing.” Missing from this LP version but on the cassette version was a song called “Long Distance.” Turns out that my friend Parke Puterbaugh, who was a critic for Rolling Stone magazine commented, “there’s no excuse for omitting [‘Long Distance’ from the LP version of State of Confusion]”. I need to find it on streaming or something. VG++.

The haul was somewhat light this week but we filled in some listening time with some Nine Inch Nails records that my pal Daniel Butner let us borrow. I’m trying to absorb some of it and a lot of it I like, but a lot of it, I still don’t get, but it’s growing on me. Underdog Records celebrated its anniversary this past Friday and that’s always a great time/thing to celebrate. They have a few new pieces of used equipment if you’d like to get your listening stations updated! Listen to each new episode of The Less Desirables to hear the TLD/UR special of the week. Use Discogs to keep track of your music collection.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“I know you. I know you’ve seen her. She’s a sad tomato. She’s three miles of bad road. Walking down the street. Will I never meet her? She’s a real woman-child. 
Oh, my kiss breath turpentine.” – “Crush With Eyeliner” (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe)

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