My band practices in the nave of a new but classically gothic church, surrounded by depictions of the seven holy virtues in glorious stained glass. Oh no, wait. We practice above the office of an RV sales lot in Chilliwack. There’s actually a crusty guy who lives in a trailer on site, and he likes to bug us when we’re coming and going. Last week he tried to sell us a rusty old mic stand that was missing pieces. Merrick expressed interest but then he went into the space so I was left to deal with him. On M’s behalf I suggested ten bucks (rather generous, I thought). He said that was okay, but how about a six pack of beer? Now, I have never bought a six pack of beer in my life, so the next question was pretty natural: how much does a six pack of beer cost? The answer: about ten bucks. He offered to go get it (the beer) right away.
Right on, buddy.
The story gets more boring from there. So instead I’m going to switch gears and regale you all with some recently unearthed amusing memorabilia from my youth.
Tory? Tory?…WTF? Was Toren to hard to say back then? I thought being called Tyler was stupid when I was growing up….how can you get Tay mixed up with Ty ? But Tory…man o man…thats bad = P
“Immature Tomfoolery”, I think you’ve got the new album title.
I bet if you saw the report cards of people like David Bowie, RObin Williams or even Bjork, you’d see the same comments! Ah school days!
And Jeff is right Immature Tomfoolery would make a great title for a new CD or book or something!
Well all called him Tory back then! Even now I’ll occasionally slip back to it.
Not trying…If only they could see you now! Fooltommery!
Oh my god, what can I say, how did that happen?
ps nothing like airing your dirty laundry in public….
I wish I shared Madame Schindelka’s certainty. I really do.
Tory?
I guess you were making a political statement!
It’s funny – Just about every person I know who became an artist, actor, musician or writer had the same report card comments, including myself. “Disruptive, tomfoolery and/or shenanigans, would do very well if he just applied himself, etc. etc.”
Today they give ’em drugs. 🙁