Reasons you will hate me

Its like they couldn't make it so they sent their dads instead

I'm not sure whether to be heartbroken or nostalgic, anon. Perhaps a little of both.



p.s. I am so fucking glad my dad is not putting out hip hop records and wearing low-rider trousers.

Before you get all 'they're ageing badly' on us, in 1995 Mike D was 30 and at his physical peak.

10 years on, not looking so flash. See where I'm going here?

(Although I am aware that you will forever resemble Betty Page in a bikini crouching on a beach.)

No more chairlift at the Royal Melbourne Show. They removed it during the rennovations.

Memories...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61525492@N00/196709697/

NO GROVERJONES I DON'T SEE WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER.

At least you are dealing with this now. God help us if in 20 years time we are forking out $500 to see a post-blood transfusion MCA being wheeled onto stage at Rod Laver to bust out Get It Together, like some people I know*.


* I'm never sure how to politely deal with these people when they excitedly say they just saw The Stones or whatever. I just think "why"? I know it's rude but I can't help my expression from practically screaming "how many great records could you have bought instead of that one ticket?".

Ms Fits,

I was similarly disturbed to note this:

http://www.madisonhousepublicity.com/downloads/dino.downloads/dinojr.photo.jpg

and this:

http://www.madisonhousepublicity.com/downloads/dino.downloads/dinojr.2005.berg.jpg

I know Dinosaur Jr never the hotness, but there's something about being able to "feel the pain of everyone" in their reformation that's more about arthritis than angst.

i think you're being a bit hard on xanana. after all, he's pretty saucy for an old freedom fighter. AND he made it through/headed up a revolution. what did the b-boys do that was so exhausting? oh sure, they TALKED about freeing tibet but did they DO anything about it?

They had some concerts, young lady.


That's right, concerts.

precisely why i didn't go to the buzzcocks, despite your assurance they were great. for geezers.

i reckon rock is about the erratic feeling of 'power without grace' that characterises youth, end of. it's sad but true. musicianship can age gracefully, but that nebulous animal, sexual *performance* quality of an act with a tenuous grip on its own influence and charisma? so few can mantain it, especially if successful - the comforts yielded through battles won naturally and understandably blunt the edge of the hunger to prove (if not re-invent) one's-self.

i concede there are exceptions, obviously. warren ellis will still rock when he's 60. if he makes it. his ilk are few.

This is why it's now entirely acceptable to sit through a Beastie Boys concert wearing a pair of hush-puppies and with a blankie over the knee, enjoying the contents of a nice tweed patterned thermos.

By the way, Deniz Tek is old and cool. He was in Radio Birdman, he's an emergency physician and Iceman in Top Gun is named after Tek's callsign.

It's about 4.00pm and in my apartment in Melb right now the sun beams into my study and interrupts my serious writing time... so what better to do than blog away.
Ms Fitz, Beastie Bys are now a sad looking bunch, you’ve kinda ruined the romance of it all for me. Was I the only one here doing robot-type dancing when those boys were BIG in the 90’s?
I was thinking about the mortality of band members the other day, after a trivia night (Royston in Richmond every wed!). A question came up where we had to name some of the great musos who died at 27. As a 27 year old myself, a depressing thought! Anyway, includes Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix… if anyone’s interested: http://www.deadat27.com/phenomena.php
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no really.......... what happened to Mike D?? i got all up close to him at festival hall last year and all i could think was 'whats wrong with his face??'

OMG! I didn't realsie they were getting on - this is bad news, it means i am :-I

Try not to think of it like that, miss natalie. BLOGGERS NEVER DIE WE ARE LIKE METALLICA.

as maybe the geezer-est codger that visits here, may i say this:

it's called TIME and IT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE.

you can't fight it, give in, etc.

I agree MG. Not that tripe about you being the oldest codger.

I'll leave it to your discretion as to which Beastie I mean, but... I'd still hit it.

fisty, unfortunately we all grow older... some gracefully, some less so. And groverjones has a bit of a point - they ain't young no more!

It could be worse... I'm wondering if it will be another decade before the next Radio Birdman disc comes out.

A supplementary question for you to answer on Friday: Are you going to the High St Northcote Music Festival on Sunday?

P.S. A form guide can be found on pages 18 and 19 of this week's Melbourne Times or at www.highvibes.com.au.

They are not the people I chased around a Melbourne hotel in 1996! I remember fantasising about getting all freaky with MCA in the elevator. *shudders*

you do realise that they're all over 40...??

and have been making music and living the rock-and-roll lifestyle for over 20 years??

that's take it's toll on three jewish men from Manhatten and Brooklyn i'd say

intergalactic planetary.

planetary intergalactic.

Can we see before/after pics for you, too?




You know, just for reference.

Fucking hysterical. Yeah, cripes I'm getting old too. My carnival mirror keeps telling me I'm the hotness tho. Anyway, here via Steph's page.

Whatevs. Did you see these guys at Festy last year? They had their shit t'gethaa. BBoys still rock my socks off even if they looks funny.