Wow, coincidence as one of my coworkers is going to see Robert Plant tonight at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD.
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Wow, coincidence as one of my coworkers is going to see Robert Plant tonight at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD.
I should have qualified my statement a bit.
Although the guy was, and still is, the biggest encyclopedia of music knowledge that I've ever met, he could also be called the biggest b.s.er that I've ever known! However, his lies were usually about something personal that he did or saw, etc, but when it came to music "facts," he was always legit.
So, with that in mind, we can all make our own minds up regarding the Plant/Denny thing. Either way, she fits in in that song like butter. It's a tremendous song with her addition.
Just to dovetail off of my last post, here's a b.s. story that he once told that is, perhaps, his most priceless.
It's been close to 20 years ago, but, here in Waterloo, we had a tri-billing one evening of an Iowa City band, High and Lonesome, a band called Big Sugar, and the headline being Clarence Gatemouth Brown. Keep in mind that I was at the show that evening, as was the subject of this post.
Big Sugar was the second band to play. Either the first or second song into their set, the drummer falls straight forward into his drumkit, and, obviously, the song abruptly ended. After some hustle and bustle and everyone trying to figure out what happened, the band took the mic and said, "Sorry, folks, our show is over." The drummer died instantly of a massive heart attack. (Yes, it was a weird evening!). Verified by snopes, Oct. 6, 1995 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/died-onstage/
Enter our b.s.er about one week later...He was a drummer himself, but Big Sugar didn't know him from the man on the moon. He was telling a group of people about the incident and said that at the moment that the drummer was falling forward, he deliberately caught our b.ser's eye to indicate to him that he will now need to take over the drumming duties for the evening!
All a true story, and I hope you enjoyed, folks.
(Self edit, and a possible bigger b.s. story that he told was one involving what he claimed to see between Elton John and Bernie Taupin backstage. You can all use your own imaginations.
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It's been close to 20 years ago, but, here in Waterloo, we had a tri-billing one evening of an Iowa City band, High and Lonesome, a band called Big Sugar, and the headline being Clarence Gatemouth Brown. Keep in mind that I was at the show that evening, as was the subject of this post.
Big Sugar was the second band to play. Either the first or second song into their set, the drummer falls straight forward into his drumkit, and, obviously, the song abruptly ended. After some hustle and bustle and everyone trying to figure out what happened, the band took the mic and said, "Sorry, folks, our show is over." The drummer died instantly of a massive heart attack. (Yes, it was a weird evening!). Verified by snopes, Oct. 6, 1995 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/died-onstage/
Enter our b.s.er about one week later...He was a drummer himself, but Big Sugar didn't know him from the man on the moon. He was telling a group of people about the incident and said that at the moment that the drummer was falling forward, he deliberately caught our b.ser's eye to indicate to him that he will now need to take over the drumming duties for the evening!
All a true story, and I hope you enjoyed, folks.
(Self edit, and a possible bigger b.s. story that he told was one involving what he claimed to see between Elton John and Bernie Taupin backstage. You can all use your own imaginations.
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Thanks, I updated both of those schedules so it shows up on PSU's schedule now [in WrestleStat].
Any word on Iowa being willing to travel to State College for a non big10 meet between the Hawkeyes and Nit Lions? Or do we must wait several more years for Brands to reciprocate?
Actually my guess on Brands' willingness to reciprocate the trip Penn State made to IC is limited by Brands' belief about whether or not his team has a shot at winning. If Brands has a team he is pretty confident can beat Cael's he will be much more willing to schedule a central PA trip.
So there I am, in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, at about 3 o'clock in the morning, looking for one thousand brown M&Ms to fill a brandy glass, or Ozzy wouldn't go on stage that night. So, Jeff Beck pops his head 'round the door, and mentions there's a little sweets shop on the edge of town. So - we go. And - it's closed. So there's me, and Keith Moon, and David Crosby, breaking into that little sweets shop, eh. Well, instead of a guard dog, they've got this bloody great big Bengal tiger. I managed to take out the tiger with a can of mace, but the shopowner and his son... that's a different story altogether. I had to beat them to death with their own shoes. Nasty business, really. But, sure enough, I got the M&Ms, and Ozzy went on stage and did a great show.
Just to dovetail off of my last post, here's a b.s. story that he once told that is, perhaps, his most priceless.
It's been close to 20 years ago, but, here in Waterloo, we had a tri-billing one evening of an Iowa City band, High and Lonesome, a band called Big Sugar, and the headline being Clarence Gatemouth Brown. Keep in mind that I was at the show that evening, as was the subject of this post.
Big Sugar was the second band to play. Either the first or second song into their set, the drummer falls straight forward into his drumkit, and, obviously, the song abruptly ended. After some hustle and bustle and everyone trying to figure out what happened, the band took the mic and said, "Sorry, folks, our show is over." The drummer died instantly of a massive heart attack. (Yes, it was a weird evening!). Verified by snopes, Oct. 6, 1995 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/died-onstage/
Enter our b.s.er about one week later...He was a drummer himself, but Big Sugar didn't know him from the man on the moon. He was telling a group of people about the incident and said that at the moment that the drummer was falling forward, he deliberately caught our b.ser's eye to indicate to him that he will now need to take over the drumming duties for the evening!
All a true story, and I hope you enjoyed, folks.
(Self edit, and a possible bigger b.s. story that he told was one involving what he claimed to see between Elton John and Bernie Taupin backstage. You can all use your own imaginations.
That was stolen from the actual Keith Moon story (Keith didn't die on stage, but):
^--This guy really knows how to hit where it hurts, doesn't he? I met Cael once, and he told me he's been unable to sleep more than 2 hours a night because of his inability to win the real prize for his teams....
Well. Since the Virginia Duals were the original that J and the NWCA tried to coat-tail to legitimacy (and failed) there is a solid argument to be made that winning the alive and prospering original is much more prestigious than winning numerous titles of the dead and gone knockoff.
^^ Distort context much? (I know, it's Jammen, so the question answers itself.)
Desperation. It would smell like rotten, fetid, decomposed roadkill gopher carcass -- except that smell has long since passed. Now it just smells like sadness.
Trust me: I thought of the Moon incident when I wrote this yesterday.
One irony is that the b.s.er whom I was referring to is also named Scott.
I thought we dropped them because Minnesota was considering dropping it's wrestling program!
Fresno State released their schedule. No PSU . Bako State and Stanford haven't released yet so maybe there's still some hope for a West coast trip...
Fresno does have the Goofers at home. So that should be competitive...
. Bako State and Stanford haven't released yet so maybe there's still some hope for a West coast trip... Fresno does have the Goofers at home. So that should be competitive...
I thought Minny was actually reinstating wrestling this year. We really should schedule them to try and help them along.
Possibly...realistically, if PSU wants to wrestle at Fresno St, at a minimum they need another west coast team to agree to wrestle them to make the trip worthwhile.
If I am the Nevills family, I would just assume to avoid a Nick/Seth vs AJ matchup, probably goes the same for PSU and FSU. Now if they meet a tournament, that can't be avoided.
I doubt that! I don't think PSU ducks anyone!
I do not think the individual Big Ten schools do their own conference scheduling, unless it is like the Iowa/PSU non conference meet a few years ago.
