9.11.04
So it's not like hair bands were EVER popular, but I have to confess: there's nothing like being on a long drive and rocking out to some Def Leppard.Seriously, anyone who's ever had to drive up and down the 5 freeway from SF to LA as much as I have the past ten years knows that the cd collection gets old. Even the classics that you would think are good for every and any road trip occasion (e.g. - Sasha and Digweed's "Global Underground 005," Nightmares on Wax's "Smoker's Delight", Kruder and Dorfmeister's "Session's", Dave Matthew's "Under the Table and Dreaming," Bob Marley's "Legend") start to get boring/uninteresting after the cajillionth time driving on the 5 to San Francisco. I think it just has to do with the fact that you don't want to listen to the same albums on the same road trip every...time...you...make...the...drive. It's depressing.
So your music tastes start to...well, wander. First you broaden your horizons by popping in a little Beastie Boys, "Check your Head", then you eventually mosey into some Madonna (any album), until you're just so tired of your entire CD collection that you find yourself secretly burning the entire collection of Debbie Gibson in the middle of the night before your trip up to SF. (Of course, you label it something else, duh.)
But I'm confessing: Nothing, not even the best O-town CD, can compare with Brett Michael's vocals on "Unskinny Bop" or Skid Row's "18 and Life" when you're alone in the car, jacked on coffee and stuck behind a Werner 18-wheeler carrying avocados or something. There's something about hearing Warrant, Saigon Kick, Mr. Big, Lita Ford, Winger and Sheriff that makes me want to throw on vans, spandex and hairspray and just drive drive drive all night.
1.11.04
You can lead a tweaker to reality, but you can't stop them from spinning.I have a question...When did crystal meth start becoming a "party drug" in Los Angeles? Just curious, but I always thought that things like "glass", "tweek", "speed" and "blow" were snuggly fitted into the "dirty" and "retarded" category, while club drugs (ie - the ones that are not addictive) were less of a big deal. Was I wrong? Have I been living a martini-only life for so long that I have lost touch with the idea of "tripping"? What kind of "trip" does meth provide other than an expensive one to the betty ford clinic??? Have some of us perhaps exhausted all of our exploratory drug options and resorted to meth use because well, it was the last one on our list? (besides heroin, which as you know is fun for the whole family.)
Just in case you are wondering if YOU might have a problem using this "recreational" drug (since when is meth recreational?), here's a good guide to print out and keep in your pocketbooks.
You MIGHT have a problem with meth if:
- you've been up since Wednesday (it's Sunday afternoon.)
- you don't realize you have extreme body odor because your nose is numb and you can't smell yourself. (you KNOW who you are...)
- you scrubbed your entire kitchen floor twice...with a q-tip.
- you fantasize that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory would be better if it was Charlie and the Meth Factory
- you stayed up all night creating "Recently-Paroled Barbie" complete with miniature 9mm handgun
- it's 3am, you've removed the passenger seat of your automobile and you're crouched down in that space
holding a tire iron because "you know, just in case."
- you OWN a pipe that's NOT for weed.
- the 0's, 9's, and 6's in your ATM card are filled with power right now.
- you pay for your groceries with rolled up 20's
Want to debate it? Email me and we'll go a few rounds.
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