[kj] And Now for SOMETHING Completely the Same: Butthole Surfers

[Karen Weil]

Well, THAT first sentence got our attention! ; )  Tell that man to get a 
life.

Happiness,

Karen
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Subject: [kj] And Now for SOMETHING Completely the Same: Butthole Surfers



>

> Egad the man next to me is watching pussy sucking video so time to send 

> this over I guess...

>

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> Butthole Surfers came back from the dead with both drummers and a New York 

> school of rock kids to help 'em teach 'em what to think down in Florida. 

> There were rumours that Gibby didn't have his shit together but I didn't 

> give a damn. Was I gonna pass up the chance to experience one of the 

> greatest mindfuckin' rock rides this side of Tau Ceti? Hell no! Ford 

> Prefect got the entry for Earth in "The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" 

> upgraded from "Harmless" to "Mostly Harmless" after going to a Butthole 

> Surfers gig. Not a lot of people know that, because I just made it up.

>

> So my freind from Preston who has not yet confessed to actually being from 

> Betelgeuse (probably because he isn't) was asking me before the Manchester 

> gig if I thought they'd play the John Peel Festive Fifty maxi-mega-hit 

> that closes out that crazy "Locust Abortion Technicican" album and whaddya 

> know? They only went and played it first. I don't think Gibby hollered on 

> that one in Manchester but by the time they hit London Forum he'd got 

> looser and loopier.

>

> It was damn fine to pay witness to the full on film backdrop as I'd only 

> seen 'em twice before at the Reading festival where they interrupted the 

> intellectual book readings to let us all know about booze, tobacco, dope, 

> pussy, guns... Even better was the tribal heaviness of the double drummer 

> pummel, as Theresa had left the band by the first time I got to see 'em 

> between "Hairway to Steven" and "Widowermaker."

>

> Gibby made some passing comment about Morrissey because he was in 

> Manchester, to witch I heckled "Magazine!" Synchronously, I ran into John 

> Robb of Gold Blade outside the venue afterwards and he informed me that 

> Magazine had reformed. I wasn't sure if he was pulling my leg but it seems 

> to be true. Magnificent! He also opined that the second half of the gig 

> was great but the first half was like a lot of sane people trying to 

> remember how to be mad. We always disagree about something and I enjoyed 

> the whole thing, even Gibby aborting "Florida" when he forgot that Sidney 

> Poitier was a blind man and LBJ a Soviet Jew.

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