People ask me if Lorraine can be that stupid. In my opinion Lorraine is far from stupid, she’s just grossly uninformed sometimes. She is from Iowa after all…
New looks today. Robyn finally gets an overhaul that’s been long over due. I have NEVER liked her hair and have struggled to find a style that is “her” for 2 years. I like the short hair on her. She’ll be much leaner than Lorraine from here on out as well, as that’s what a drummer would look like. Google female drummers… once you get past the porn, they’re all thin chicks that could beat the livin’ snot out of you. My kind of woman…
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“There’s someone in my head but it’s not me…” Classic line from Pink Floyd’s “Brain Damage”. Feel that way once in a while, don’t you? I love “Dark Side of the Moon” (or as we called it in college, “Dark Side of the Sheets” as we’d smoke our pot under our bed sheets to “hide” the smell from the floor supervisor…well, we were stoned…) And really love the behind the scenes documentary on how it was made. Being a recording geek, I love all that detailed stuff of how they spliced a tape loop then used a mic stand as the capstan as it was too long for the player. Cool shit. “Dark Side” is best experienced on headphones… all those voices roaming around in there… and sometimes there’s someone in my head, but it’s not me.
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Discussion (62) ¬
BOOOOOBIEEEES! 😀
You know, if Lorraine ever decides to do a gig whilst wearing her lucky blouse, the term ‘wardrobe malfunction’ is likely to get invented 30 years ahead of time…
(BTW, let’s not forget that Bill Bryson is from Iowa, and he’s *definitely* not stupid!)
I don’t know about folks from Iowa… I mean it sits right on top of Missouri and God knows what goes on in that state! Oh, Lorraine will be meeting up with a certain Starship Captain’s ancestors this year.. stay tooned.
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Lorraine’s blouse was inspired by Mariah Carey’s (gag) outfit from the 2010 Golden Globes (heh, globes indeed…) Lots of tape holding those babies in place, let me tell you!
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/01/18/article-1244083-07E6660B000005DC-16_306x608.jpg
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Yeah, if Lorraine were to relax her back traffic would stop for miles…
“I’m from Iowa. I *work* in outer space.” Ah, one of the greatest lines ever, even though the film itself was suck (it gets points also for Chekov asking the way to the nuclear reactor when the Cold War was still raging, heh).
I really enjoy Bill Bryson’s books. Although, he says he’s only half from Iowa, and half from the UK. “I’m Not From Here Myself”
Well, as TAFKAN knows all too well, I’m not a reader of books (long story) but I just looked up Mr. Bryson (hey, it’s my name just jumbled up!) and it seems he’s bounced back and forth from the USA and England, but in *1977* finished his college degree and moved to England with his new wife. Love when a plan comes together…
And I know why I have not read any of his books… some on are on the English language. I failed miserably at English in school (can’t you tell?) and abhor studying it now. So many rules that conflict… ugh. G-o is pronounced “goh”. D-o is pronounced “doh”? NO! “doo” AAAHHHH!!!! We can’t even pronounce “school” right… (schul?)
Bryson ROCKS. And since you’re not big on reading text on a page, why not try some of his stuff in audiobook form? I’m usually dead set against audiobooks, but in this case I’d recommend it – just the thing to have on your headphones while you’re drawing. Though you might find your ‘pen’ wandering because you’re cracking up laughing so often 🙂
His stuff does sound fun to read. Alas, reading just plain and simple puts me to sleep. No matter what time of day or the subject matter, I’m out in no time once I get reading. Took me forever to read Clarke’s collection of novels. I was well rested, but takes me forever to read something. I seriously considered seeing a doctor about it but I figured I just use it as a sleep aid in my old age (and I about there…)
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Damn, foiled by the comments-thread limit again 🙁 – well, if you see this under *your* reply, I’m handing you a virtual cookie for managing to get through Clarke’s stuff, full stop. Hell’s bells, *I* never managed it – and I say that as someone who fell in love with science fiction as a very young child, plus I read like breathing and normally get through at least 150 pages per hour. But ol’ Arthur, for all that he was a brilliant ideas man, couldn’t write for crap. Dry, dull, boringboringboring. Same for Asimov. For that matter, about the only ‘hard SF’ writer who *wasn’t* boring (before the like of Stephenson and Egan came along) was Niven; his old work still stands up, even the stories that we now know are scientifically inaccurate. Shame he eventually went on the dry – all his sparkling talent was booze-linked, alas 🙂
That’s a fantastic documentary. One of the few non-fiction pieces in my DVD collection.
Wasn’t it the best? I LOVE crap like that. I can remember trivia like that, but can I remember a meeting with a client today? No. Such is life.
I’m not one to push stuff, but the DVD is over at Amazon. If you loved “Dark Side” you’ll want this DVD.
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Albums-Making-Dark-Side/dp/B0000AOV85/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1264607001&sr=8-2-fkmr1
(I know YOU have it, I’m putting that up for everyone else)
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i have a ‘special’ dvd i whipped up myself with final cut pro a few years back which contains that album along with some ‘footage’ taken from a movie that has a word that rhymes with “bra’s” in it …
i’m pretty much the exact opposite of a floyd fan (well, except for the really early stuff, right before they started devoting every albums’ subject matter to syd barrett and his mania), but i will admit that that album, outside of the early stuff (piper at the gates / saucerful) is probably the best thing those guys ever did.
funny line to draw:
chris thomas, a producer, worked on ‘dsotm’.
johnny rotten of the sex pistols used to wear a pink floyd shirt with the words “I HATE” written above the band logo.
never mind the bollocks was produced in part by … CHRIS THOMAS.
HAR!
and to echo some of the artiste’s words…
BOOOOOBIEEEES! 😀
–dee!
Rhymes with “bra’s”? Oh, man, email me that title as you’ve just puzzle an old man…
Ah, the 6-degrees of Kevin Bacon Pink Floyd style… I like early Floyd as well (hence why “Free Four” is coming up as a title someday) but have to admit that the albums in between “Dark Side” and “The Wall” were pretty much ignored by me. “Wall” is really great, but you have to be in the mood to listen to it (or altered state, a requirement for Floyd). If you listen to the whole album it’s a damn good album despite the band on the verge of breaking up.
Some people hated Floyd in the 70s because “Dark Side” was this HUGE hit and on the charts for like freaking forever… so Rotten’s t-shirt was in style at a certain point due to their popularity.
God bless the woman who’s breasts require so much blood flow that the brain must sacrifice!! *naughty grin*
Nudge, nudge… say no more!
At least she didn’t reach across and commence to wiping at it feverishly. Poor Roger.
I did something very similar once and the recipient was none too pleased… and yes, sex was out of the question at that point in time.
Of course, I don’t have a rack like Lorraine’s (would be odd and fun at the same time) so I can only imagine Roger is kicking himself about now.
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Dude. First you admit to being strangely drawn to the Budette concept…now you want Lorraine-tits…should we be worried about you?
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Hey, what guy hasn’t thought about having nice breasts? We could stay home all day and have tons of fun… to quote Krusty the Clown after discovering his plastic surgeon had not changed his looks but rather given him breast implants laments “Do you hear me complaining about the breasts?” Case closed.
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~laughs~ If you were a dog, I know where your face would be *all the time*… 😀
Mmmmmoooollleeee! MoleyMoleyMoleyMOOLLEE. Mole! Mole!
Drew Brees.
First, I had to Google who Drew Brees is. I am NOT an NFL type of guy, but I get the reference now! Nice…
Okay, but what is that line from? It is bugging the hell out of me. I know it but can’t place the movie/show it’s from. Is it a Jim Carey quote? Damn my old brain…
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The “Mmmmmoooollleeee! MoleyMoleyMoleyMOOLLEE. Mole! Mole!” quote is from Austin Powers 3: Goldmember, when Powers meets the agency’s undercover agent in Dr. Evil’s organisation… He happens to have a huge mole on his face…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEExYuRelbg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvxe04wGmTw
AH! Mike Meyers! Yes! Okay, I saw that movie a couple times, but totally could not remember that line was from that! Thanks, man!
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That’s pretty much sounds like me…I am terribly misinformed.
I guess it is either my Southern roots or the fact that I’m just kinda simple, but I’ve always been behind the learning curve on stuff. Naive I guess is the best way to say it. I didn’t know a condom was called a “rubber” until my Freshman year in college… and I’m from the 70s man! Geez…
Anyway, we’re in good company with Lorraine! 🙂
DSOTM… that would have to be one of those “if you could only have 10 recordings…” pieces for me. Still holds the record for longest consecutive time spent on the Billboard charts (over 14 years), and with his production, DSOTM made me an Alan Parsons fan well before he started doing his own stuff with the AP Project. I’ll have to get used to the new Robyn, though. While I agree with you Byron, that some of the best female drummers to come out of, or who started in the 70’s like Sandy West (The Runaways), Denise Dufort (Girlschool), Alice DeBuhr (from your favorite girl band, Fanny), Julie Turner (Rock Goddess), Palmolive (AKA Paloma Romero – The Slits & The Raincoats), Ginger Bianco (my favorite, from Isis, an all-female horn band), as well as later chick drummers like Debbie Peterson (The Bangles), Roxy Petrucci (Vixen), Cindy Blackman (Lenny Kravitz), Demetra Plakas (L7) were pretty lean & mean, I personally liked the more curvaceous & longer haired Robyn. Ah well, I guess if I want curvaceous & longer hair I can always go with Sheila E….
Holy crap! Did you pull that list out of your head or did you look those up? If you have that committed to memory, you just went up two or three notches in my book. Hot damn, man…
Oh, I had the biggest crush on Alice de Buhr from Fanny for the longest time. When she cut her hair I was just like “Wow, man!” as I loved it. THEN I get to actually meet Alice in my own house a couple years back! Hot damn, I was 15 all over again. We’re both old farts now, but what the hell…
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And I was never big on the “hot” stars of TV shows like Jennifer from WKRP or Ginger from Gilligan’s Island. I was all about Bailey (WKRP) and Mary Ann (Gilligan’s). Light the cigarette now baby… Bailey was hot!
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Send me an email and I’ll draw up an “old” Robyn for you to have. 🙂
byron@1977thecomic.com
I had no problem with Robyn’s old cup size, but gotta say I love the new haircut on her. I’ve always had a thing for women with short hair.
Yeah, the new look is definitly a “win.”
I guess I’m in the minority here, but as far as I’m concerned, Robyn is the hotter one by far (especially now – love her new look!).
Speaking of girl drummers, have you heard of Sara, aka “Superkid Drummer”? Although she’s not someone you’d wanna shag (not yet, anyway, unless you’re a perv – she’s 14!), Sara’s got chops from hell. Check this out:
http://ameblo.jp/superkiddrumer
Other, better, Sara links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uEKsYHrYlk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liWGp37npZU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liWGp37npZU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRI_13xVlKw
Yeah – she plays King Crimson, Rush and Zappa. Talk about hyperfocus!
Holy Crap… the kid can play. Hope the music industry doesn’t burn her out like it does everyone else. Great stuff.
Glad you like it! I ran across her videos by accident a year or so ago, and as a vintage Rush fan (who was never able to figure out what the hell Geddy Lee was doing with that bass!), I was floored by Sara’s chops. From what I hear, Neil Pert was likewise impressed. Now that’s an endorsement!
The real peril, as I understand it, to girls like Sara is Japanese society as a whole. During childhood, kids are indulged; once they hit the late teens, though, cultural tradition dictates that they “grow up” and start acting like every other adult. For girls, this means putting away their “childish” interests and becoming good little housewives. As in America and Europe, this expectation (and the number of girls who give in to it) has been changing radically since WWII. Still, a friend of mine who’s lived in Nippon for years says that the number of teenage girls who display incredible talent and ambition yet “wife out” upon adulthood is still depressingly high. The fact that Sara’s manager and promoter is her mother might mitigate this trend in her case – I certainly hope so! Some good music artist needs to sign this kid up ASAP – Sara’s so far beyond the musicians accompanying her in her videos that it’s like watching Jimi Hendrix play with the campus cover band.
~raises hand~ Dissenting opinion here, as usual…
No. Nope. I think maybe you lot are being taken in by the fact that she’s a tiny delicate-looking Nihon-let. Unfortunately, her drumming is tiny and delicate too. There’s very little grace in her arm/stick movements, and she hits with minimal force, and her timing is patchy – only a very little bit, but enough to be disconcerting to my ears – *I* certainly wouldn’t hire her if she auditioned as a drummer for me.
OTOH, there’s another link in the sidebar of that last page Satyrblade linked to, and THERE you’ll find a young drummer in Sara’s age group who can deliver. As in DELIVER. Says there she’s called Caitlin; from the sound of her voice, she’s USA or Canadian; and she’s playing a live drum solo with power, precision, sensitivity, and one whole lotta musicality. I’d hire *her* in a heartbeat! Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irJssBgtwK4&feature=fvw
I’m with you. I think Robyn’s new look finally moves her up to the hot rock chick status she deserves. I mean, Lorraine’s nice to look at, but man, a gal like Robyn would have been my pick back in the day.
It’s about time I got her right. 🙂
And I’ve seen my share of young girls who looked WAY past their teenage years. In college I use to ask, in a round about way, how old girls were that I’d just met as once at a party I found myself wrapped around this really hot, but WAY too young girl (16). Luckily, no laws were broken that I know of…
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*sighs* I have a hot friend who’s distinctly interested in me. Said interest is mutual, and my partner and I have what’s referred to on Facebook as a “complicated” relationship. No problem, right? I wish. Said hot friend is 22 – slightly older than my partner’s eldest daughter. I turn 45 this year. Gee, I don’t feel like an old geezer, but… arg!
Man, I was 45 and had this really great looking (and very talented) young lady working for me. She went to Las Vegas with me for a big tradeshow (NAB). So anyway, the last night there, we’re out with a bunch of folks and the beers are flowing. She gets the idea of getting into the hotel hot tub and I’m asked to join in. Now, nothing sexual was implied, but the fact that *I* was the same age as her *father* made me cringe. She was hot and I would not have minded sitting in a hot tub with her and friends, but the “old man” in me kept saying “Bad idea, Byron, bad idea…”
So, I went back to my room, did my laundry and watched the hookers walk up and down the hallways. Ah, Las Vegas.
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I went on a blind date with someone who explained the Maastrich treaty to me.All night.Luckily he kept me supplied with Jack Daniels and Newcastle Brown,Unluckily,I puked for about 6 hours when I got home.
So I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that sex was out of the question for about 6 hours?
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Yes, booze makes bad dates go a lot better. I had a dinner date with this one woman who was SO annoying I actually left her at the restaurant with the bill. I never saw her again (duh) and that was THE only time I ever did anything like that. Man, she was annoying as hell and I’m EXTREMELY tolerant.
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I must be the odd girl out because I’m a female drummer, but I look more like a Lorraine… minus the black hair and the cartoony bits. Hehe. Thankfully I’m much more well informed. I won’t even get started on Dark Side of The Moon or Pink Floyd or we’ll be here all day and all night. Definitely my favourite band of all time. I have to say I really like the ladies now though. They have their own unique styles that make them great and unique body types really help.
“Cartoony bits…” Hmmm, what ever do yo mean? 🙂
Well informed is good. I’m not always up to par.
Yes, Dark Side is a day/night long subject with me too. So much going on in that album and there’s not a bad second of music on it, which is rare. Ah, 1973 was a great year for rock albums.
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Hehe, don’t mind me, I was just making a silly joke. 🙂 I wish more kids were like me and respected the 70’s for music. Hell my dad’s got a picture of me at 4 listening to his records on headphones.
Man, Byron, do you know how hard it was for me to look away so I could read the speech balloons? You know I can’t multi-task. 😀
LOL! I even have Lorraine pointing to her eyes in the middle panel as I know no one is looking up there. I’m a bit devious at times!
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Uh?
You changed the hairstyles? I didn’t notice! 😉
Nicely done changes, definitely two unique characters now, whereas before they were almost (I said almost) interchangeable bodies.
Now all you’ve got to do is increase Lorraine’s “characters” into a 44DD and we’re det to go! 😉
LOL
DSOTM, I wore out 2 copies of the LP before I transferred my affections to cassettes (recorded many times from the 2nd LP)and now onto CD and MP3. One of, if not, the best albums of all time.
Great Gig still gets all the hackles on my neck up! (And a pretty horrific falsetto “sing along” too!)
Well, my women characters for the most part are pretty interchangeable. I’m in good company as almost ALL of Matt Groening’s characters are interchangeable except for slight body and hair differences. So, I am trying to give each female a body type and more distinctive hairdo (is that how you really spell that?). I’m getting there.
It also helps for me to have character sketches up on my desk for me to reference. I draw them mostly from memory most times and that also leads to making them look similar.
Hey, I’m growing and loving every minute of it!
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Bah, can’t type – won’t type!
I meant “set to go” of course! Damn sausage fingers!
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Byron, thanks for the generous offer to do an “old version” Robyn for me – not necessary as I can always refer back to the archives, but I really appreciate it! If I ever get a home computer though, maybe I’ll take you up on it! I have to admit to looking up Roxy Petrucci & Cindy Blackman – I forgot their names, but remembered the rest. I always was/am a big fan of female drummers, & besides, 25 years in the music biz playing, recording, promoting, retail, radio dj-ing, etc., made me great at music trivia if nothing else!
Satyrblade – the Japanese girl is killer. A little older gal I really like & have seen twice, is a drummer/percussionist clinician for Sabian cymblals & ProMark drumsticks named Dale Anne Brendon. Unfortunately, her clips come nowhere near to comparing her at live performances & clinics, but you can get the gist of the talent. Finally, if anyone else out there is an old burned-out drummer like me, DO NOT go on to YouTube & type in “Mairi G Female Drummer” unless you want to end up burning your kit….
LOL! Ah, don’t burn up your old kit… sell it on eBay!
I know, I see some young bassists who just burn up the neck and wanna go and kick them in the balls for being so good. I can ’cause I’m older and more insured…
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Wasn’t the mushroom cut a big hairstyle in the 70’s. You should try that one on Lorraine..haha
Yep, I have an old 1977 Sears catalog just rip with clothing and hair styles galore in it! Man, did we really wear that shit back then?
Men don’t have ears due to big sideburns and/or longer hair. And wide open shirts exposing your chest hair was all the rage. Ugh.
So, expect a few more 70s style hairdos in the near future!
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Duuuuuuude….. you have the COOLEST, rockin’est comic out there!!! I’ve enjoyed every single strip. The music you pick is awesome, as well!
Totally love Lorraine’s new look! It is nice to have them looking not so similar to each other.
You really do great work! I’m looking forward to the continuation of ‘1977’.
Welcome to the party Tracy! As my drawing improves, so will the characters!
1977 isn’t going anywhere for quite a while… 🙂
Man, the version of “Brain Damage” from that plugin truncates it right at the beginning of “Eclipse”! It came to that sudden stop and I went “AAAAUUUGGH!”
By the way, I’m an OCD- style Floyd fan, that’s why I was so disappointed not to hear “All that you touch…”
By the way, Byron, if you can figure out a way to include “Free Four” from Obscured By Clouds as a title and song clip, that would be just Grooooooooovy Like Graaaaaaaavy.
(Bacon Gravy even)
“Free Four” is on my list to use… I’m just working on how to make it a tltle. It’ll be coming as I love it as much as bacon gravy! Ummm, now I’m hungry…
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Just found your comic yesterday & am now completely caught up… I am loving this thing!
Hey Kat! Welcome to the party! Wow! You read the archives all the way through! Love folks that do that. You’re able to see how the whole thing has arched in story and design over the past two years! Applause for you on doing that!
Stick around, lots more fun to come… 🙂
Yep, read through aaaallll the archives — which I think means I might have a little too much time on my hands. But it was very cool to watch the comic’s progression. 🙂
okay, 60 comments? wow, now that’s one LUCKY blouse.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, comics featuring Lorraine’s breasts seem to do well. I resist doing boob jokes (I really do) but they are popular… so what’s a boy suppose to do?
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