{"id":24140,"date":"2021-03-11T19:48:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T00:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=24140"},"modified":"2021-03-12T13:12:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T18:12:22","slug":"boring-party-lore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/boring-party-lore\/","title":{"rendered":"Boring Party Lore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Life cereal: Mikey likes it!\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vYEXzx-TINc?feature=oembed&amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We do it all the time:  mention a band at a party, or over a beer, and somebody &#8212; probably you &#8212; will trot out some tired old anecdote involving scandal, madness, debauchery, or cruelty to show that you know what you&#8217;re supposed to know about the artist in question.  Like Mikey dying from drinking a coke after eating Pop Rocks, it may or may not actually be true, but who cares?  It&#8217;s a story everybody knows, so it becomes lingua franca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But let&#8217;s make this a bit more fun, shall we?  Imagine you&#8217;re at a party, and someone says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;What was the name of that band\/artist&#8230; you know, the one&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;followed by a shallow, regurgitated bit of lore, like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; that shoved a freshly caught mackerel into a groupie&#8217;s cooter?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Okay, that one is easy.  But try these on for size.  Or add your own!  But do let us know what band or artist the party bore is jawboning about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>&#8220;&#8230; where the lead singer freaked out on acid and started to believe that dogs were Gods because they were spelled the same, backwards.&#8221; &#8212; ANSWER:  SKY SAXON<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>2.  &#8220;&#8230;. where the guy killed himself by throwing himself in front of an oncoming train.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3.  &#8220;&#8230; where the guy&#8217;s mom made him get electro-shock therapy, after he tried to jump off the roof at a party.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4.  &#8220;&#8230;where the guy used to mainline heroin on stage.&#8221;  HVB FALLS FOR HALF-REMEMBERED ROCK LORE BULLSHIT, AND THOUGHT THE ANSWER WAS LOU REED<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5.  &#8220;&#8230; where the lead singer and guitarist took so many drugs, they paid to have their entire blood supply replaced, just so they&#8217;d survive touring.&#8221; &#8212; ANSWER:  AEROSMITH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6.  &#8220;&#8230; where the lead singer used to come out on stage wearing nothing but a bed sheet with a hole cut in it.  He&#8217;d lift the sheet up while singing, and get blow jobs from the chicks in the audience.  That&#8217;s why the band&#8217;s performances used to be rated X!&#8221; &#8212; ANSWER:  GEORGE CLINTON<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> 7.  &#8220;&#8230;where the guy used to cut himself with broken glass on stage.&#8221; &#8212; ANSWER:  IGGY POP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8.  &#8220;&#8230; where the guy, like, stayed in bed for, like, ten years or something.&#8221; &#8212; ANSWER:  BRIAN WILSON<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9.  &#8220;&#8230;where the lead guitarist used to get panties thrown at him at every show.  He was like a huge sex symbol back in the 70s, but he&#8217;s a nobody now.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10.  &#8220;&#8230; where the guy supposedly had the biggest dick in show business back in the 40s and 50s.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11.  &#8220;&#8230;where the guy got so turned on by the plaster mold the &#8216;plaster casters&#8217; were using to get a model of his wang, that he started fucking it!&#8221; &#8212; ANSWER:  HENDRIX<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I look forward to your responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HVB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We do it all the time: mention a band at a party, or over a beer, and somebody &#8212; probably you &#8212; will trot out some tired old anecdote involving scandal, madness, debauchery, or cruelty to show that you know what you&#8217;re supposed to know about the artist in question. 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