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T J Honeysuckle
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Posted: Jun 20, 2010 8:20 pm | Edited by: T J Honeysuckle
the first week of September.
I think I'm staying at Bruce's place- or maybe in Jack Stands' basement.
Is there going to be anything much happening? Anyone got tips on what I should see/do, other than Graceland and Gus' Fried Chicken?
Also- do you have beer there? Because I will probably need some. Several.
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SAMBEAUX
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Posted: Jun 20, 2010 8:33 pm
If like your fellow countyman, the lead singer of the Ooga Boogas, you enjoy Coors Light, then yes, we have beers. And if like your fellow countryman, the lead singer of the Ooga Boobs's girlfriend, your girlfriend finds this acceptable, then enjoy Bruce and/or Robin's loving embrace.
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T J Honeysuckle
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Posted: Jun 20, 2010 8:35 pm
Coors Light? I was hoping for a Sierra Nevada pale ale.
I'll have to ask my girlfriend about the loving embrace thing- but I think it'll be OK.
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T J Honeysuckle
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Posted: Jun 20, 2010 9:07 pm
It looks like Geelong, but a bit bigger.
I'm gonna have to brush up on place, I think. Good thing I have a copy of "Silence Of The Lambs":
Many works of fiction and literature use Memphis as their setting, giving a diverse portrait of the city, its history, and its citizens. These include The Reivers by William Faulkner (1962), September, September by Shelby Foote (1977), The Old Forest and Other Stories by Peter Taylor (1985), the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor (1986), The Firm (1991) and The Client (1994), both by John Grisham, Memphis Afternoons: a Memoir by James Conaway (1993), "Plague of Dreamers" by Steve Stern (1997) Cassina Gambrel Was Missing by William Watkins (1999), The Guardian by Beecher Smith (1999), "We are Billion-Year-Old Carbon" by Corey Mesler (2005), The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris, and The Architect by James Williamson (2007).
Cultural references
Memphis is the subject of many major pop and country songs, including "The Memphis Blues" by W. C. Handy, "Memphis" by Chuck Berry, "Queen of Memphis" by Confederate Railroad, "Memphis Soul Stew" by King Curtis, "Maybe It Was Memphis" by Pam Tillis, "Graceland" by Paul Simon, "Memphis Train" by Rufus Thomas, "All the Way from Memphis" by Mott the Hoople, "Wrong Side of Memphis" by Trisha Yearwood, "Walking in Memphis" by Marc Cohn, "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" by Bob Dylan and "Memphis Skyline" by Rufus Wainwright.
In addition, Memphis is mentioned in scores of other songs, including "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Honky Tonk Women" by the Rolling Stones, "Life Is a Highway" by Tom Cochrane, "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles, "Cities" by Talking Heads, "Crazed Country Rebel" by Hank Williams III, "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" by U2, and many others.
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bruce
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Posted: Jun 20, 2010 9:35 pm
hey block, can't remember if i gave you my email, check yr messages on m&n
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T J Honeysuckle
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Posted: Jun 20, 2010 10:00 pm
Gotcha.
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eric o
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Posted: Jun 20, 2010 11:42 pm
If you're looking for a Ross Johnson "gig," I'm sure that can be arranged.
Missing the Gonerfest? bummer!
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SAMBEAUX
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Posted: Jun 21, 2010 7:18 am
Some other American ales you might try:
the Yuengling line (cheap, domestic Pennsylvania beer, good for everyday drinking)
the New Belgium line (expensive, domestic Colorado beer, good for polo shirt and top sider-wearing croquet parties; they've got a pale and their "Fat Tire" is everywhere)
the Ghost River line (newish -5-10 yrs, Nashville? beer, the pale is decent, they've got it on draft at Memphis Pizza Cafe)
the Abita line (not anything special just-outside-New Orleans beer, but cheap and ubiquitous inside New Orleans)
Dixie beer (I'm the only person that likes this cheap beer brewed in cypress casks for a piney cleaning detergent flavor)
Also, try a Chelada (by Budweiser), a mix of Budweiser and Clamato packaged in a 16 oz. can (again, I'm the only person that likes these). Murphy's is the only [u]bar[/u] that sells them, the official beer of the Murphy's daytime drunk and best experienced in the light of day at Murphy's.
You'll be in town for Wizzard Sleeve on Sept. 1 at the Poplar Lounge? They are the logical progression of the Lost Sound's blackwave or kinda like the Primitive Calculators but less arty and more thuggy.
Also recommended, a night of crack smokin and cheap American whiskey drinkin with ebaola and misslinda. Good point of advice, begin your conversation by swearing undying love to the Ramones (regardless of your true feelings). Also, other good bands to swear fealty to: Judas Priest, Motorhead, the Cramps. Be prepared for non-sequitors and mood swings. This evening would be wonderfully paired with a long transoceanic flight the following morning.
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SAMBEAUX
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Posted: Jun 21, 2010 7:20 am
Oh yeah, and you know that scene in Pee Wee's Big Adventure where he shouts "The stars at night are big and bright..." That works here too but with the lyrics to Walking In Memphis instead.
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bruce
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Posted: Jun 21, 2010 8:00 am
first off, sambeaux, if that is you're real name(?), ghost river is bosco's, and b, he will not be here a show on the 1st, but in up state new york bathing in mud alongside other filthy hippy types
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SAMBEAUX
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Posted: Jun 21, 2010 10:23 am
a) I thought the Ghost River was that Yazoo brewery. Don't drink it TJ, Bosco is a child-raping douche!
and b) hippie!
Are they having a Woodstock 2010?
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bruce
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Posted: Jun 21, 2010 10:30 am
As previously announced, Friday 3rd September features these performances as part of our Don't Look Back day:
IGGY & THE STOOGES performing Raw Power
SLEEP performing Holy Mountain
MUDHONEY performing Superfuzz Bigmuff + Early Singles
THE SCIENTISTS performing Blood Red River (first ever U.S. Show)
+ more to be confirmed!
Friday will also feature a Comedy Stage, details of which are to be announced soon.
i think he's a big fan of carrottop, who will, presumably be preforming on the comedy stage alongside yahoo serious
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Jack Stands
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Posted: Jun 21, 2010 10:37 am
I just learned to read. Hand drawn pictures describing my feelings later.
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alita
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Posted: Jun 21, 2010 12:36 pm
clamato chalada= gross gross gross sambeaux!
:)
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Jack Stands
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Posted: Jun 21, 2010 12:59 pm
vi would like to play wherever TJ is found. ONJ covers to follow.
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bruce
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Posted: Jun 21, 2010 1:01 pm
it's gonna be during the week, in on the 6th out on 10th, roughly
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Jack Stands
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Posted: Jun 21, 2010 1:15 pm
What does this mean in Australia? Weekends?
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SAMBEAUX
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Posted: Jun 21, 2010 1:33 pm
Is TJ really the Scientist's merch girl?
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bruce
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Posted: Jun 21, 2010 1:35 pm
no, yahoo's
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SAMBEAUX
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Posted: Jun 21, 2010 4:28 pm
Could he get me a lock of his hair, I want to make a voodoo doll.
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T J Honeysuckle
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Posted: Jun 22, 2010 3:51 am
Is TJ really the Scientist's merch girl?
I wish that were true, on a couple of levels.
Also recommended, a night of crack smokin and cheap American whiskey drinkin with ebaola and misslinda. Good point of advice, begin your conversation by swearing undying love to the Ramones (regardless of your true feelings). Also, other good bands to swear fealty to: Judas Priest, Motorhead, the Cramps. Be prepared for non-sequitors and mood swings.
Excellent. I love crack, whiskey, the Ramones and the Cramps.
If you're looking for a Ross Johnson "gig," I'm sure that can be arranged.
Missing the Gonerfest? bummer!
That's equal parts excellent and a bummer. But the timing couldn't be helped.
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T J Honeysuckle
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Posted: Jul 1, 2010 4:58 am
OK, got the final details.
I arrive around 5.00pm on Monday 6th September, and leave in the afternoon of Friday 10th.
NOT LONG ENOUGH.
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SAMBEAUX
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Posted: Jul 1, 2010 3:11 pm
That's what she said.
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T J Honeysuckle
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Posted: Aug 4, 2010 3:56 pm
I'm there in a month. Woo!
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bruce
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Posted: Aug 4, 2010 4:09 pm
word of warning, it's about 40.5 C right now, hopefully it'll cool a bit before you get here
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Jack Stands
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Posted: Aug 13, 2010 12:25 am
40.5 C
Bruce. Soooooo disapointed.
ARE YOU GUYS HERE YET?
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T J Honeysuckle
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Posted: Aug 20, 2010 8:05 am
No. We lost the map. I think Marcus threw it out when he tidied up the back seat.
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T J Honeysuckle
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Posted: Aug 24, 2010 3:49 am
Just started packing- got a Tote tshirt, Spooky Records tshirt, Old Bar Unicorns tshirt, a toothbrush and some pants. That should be enough, I reckon.
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joseph t
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Posted: Aug 24, 2010 9:54 am
Don't forget socks. It's like Vietnam over here.
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T J Honeysuckle
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Posted: Sep 1, 2010 1:57 am
I just bought new socks today, actually.
See you all next week, I hope.
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T J Honeysuckle
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Posted: Sep 6, 2010 8:18 pm | Edited by: T J Honeysuckle
OK, I'm here, drinking beers with Bruce.
Nice place. Warm.
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Jack Stands
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Posted: Sep 6, 2010 11:49 pm
OK, I'm here, drinking beers with Bruce.
Nice place. Warm.
Beers are warm? Way to go, bruce.
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Scott
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Posted: Sep 7, 2010 7:31 am
Watch out for Bruce. One minute you're having beers with him. The next minute he's trying to stuck a finger up your ass.
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T J Honeysuckle
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Posted: Sep 7, 2010 9:14 am | Edited by: T J Honeysuckle
Where are you, Jack?
Bruce lost your number, give him a call, and let's sort out a meet.
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bruce
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Posted: Sep 7, 2010 9:16 am
jack, thought i had your number, but it didn't make it to my new phone
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T J Honeysuckle
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Posted: Yesterday, 1:56 am
After a great day of wandering round, drinking beer, eating BBQ and meeting friendly locals, I just got kidnapped and taken across the river. Then brought back.
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bruce
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Posted: Yesterday, 7:51 am
kind of a walkabout, but in a car?
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