Gonna be hard to play songs while staring at your fellow naked band mates. Never happened to me… but I imagine there’s plenty of stories to follow in the comments. Bud’s response to Robyn is funny for a couple reasons. One, it is the standard reply I throw back at someone when I’m told to “go to Hell”, and two, Bud has actually been to Hell, so it’s funny and true.
Here’s the NSFW version:
So, a reader simply known as Cap’n Stu was listening to some old ’70s songs and Sugarloaf’s “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” came on and when this line in the lyrics came up:
“Yeah I said could you relate to our quarter track tape. You know the band performs in the nude…”
Well, good ol’ Cap’n Stu thought of Bud and the gang. I’m sure he would have preferred other imagery, but none the less, my comic came to mind. So, thank you for being a reader and for pointing me to a song I had long forgotten about.
As it happens, Google Plus is waaay worse than the others, MASSIVELY more invasive of personal online privacy, and more geared than ANY other internet resource towards sucking the arses of advertisers. I’m not going to get into a huge technical discussion here – all we civilians need to know is that 1) Google as of a couple of days ago now combines personal info from every Google subsidiary (including Gmail, YouTube, G+…) under one umbrella; at least, bad as they used to be, they formerly – officially, of course – kept their areas separate, and 2) Google’s old ‘do no evil’ slogan lost its middle word quite a long time ago; it’s just that the image of clean-nosed underdogs remained and still has false cachet.
Seriously. Anyone, lads and lasses, who buys into the whole ‘We’re making it easier for you to keep track of ALL your internet activities, honestly, that’s all we’re doing!!!’ scam as run by Google, Microsoft and similar is just begging on bended knees and spread arse-cheeks to get reamed by spammers, identity thieves, and oh yes let’s not forget the various Black Hats of government and industry.
Oh, and while we’re on the subject, suggest you change your search engine from Google – who keep records of everything you’ve searched on, and then ‘tailor’ your results to both a set of profiles and a set of advertisers – to DuckDuckGo, who don’t:
http://duckduckgo.com/
And there you lot were, feeling all secure and clever. Muhahahahaha…
Well, you’ll hate me for this, but I don’t care about that. I have nothing *they* want. I have no money, I have no power. I cannot control the price of gasoline. I cannot control who I buy my electricity from (a monopoly if there ever was one). I cannot control the banks. Therefore, I am nothing but a mere pawn to them. Let them know who I Google information for.
To quote Khan… “Let them eat static…” I don’t care.
The choice is personal, and therefore I am not saying this to sway you or others, but for me, it’s just doesn’t matter. You and I can have the rest of this discussion off-line.
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“From hell’s black heart I stab at thee…” 😛
Actually, of course I don’t hate you! But it’s not just about what you might or might not have to lose, it’s also about giving them (as in Them) leave to take away even more. But yes, not a topic for discussing here 🙂
BTW I didn’t have to search for Wrath of Khan quotes because as it happens we watched it two days ago – my first time in manymany years and his first time ever. Damn, it really hasn’t lost its stylishness over time. Still the best Trek movie IMO.
Oh – you said “I cannot control who I buy my electricity from (a monopoly if there ever was one).” ~faints and falls on floor~ Bloody hells, if they tried it here there’d be a rabid march on Parliament House. Or even a comprehensive torching of Canberra. Dude.
“Khan” is just a great film… good pacing, good script and a great way for a classic show like Star Trek to tie in an episode from the original run to the big screen. Yet, people *got* the idea of the film without having to see the original TV show. The same director did Star Trek VI and it’s nearly as good as Khan.
“Them” will get what they want if they want it. It’s like car alarms… they’re totally useless as the real thieves can disable them in mere seconds and STILL get your car. If “They” want something from you, they’ll get it. So that was my point. But people should do what they makes them feel comfortable.
Electricity just about anywhere in America is controlled by a single source. Usually the one who installed the electric lines to begin with. There are “scams” that “allow” the consumer a “choice” in electrical suppliers, but that’s total (absolute total) bullshit. For me, the monopoly is run by Commonwealth Edison and if you ever piss them off (by being late or for God’s sake run out of money due to your wife’s medical bills) they’ll slap so many fees at you your head will spin. Not only do they want a reconnection fee, but they want a CASH deposit of like $400 for a YEAR and THEN you have to pay in CASH every month there after. So, yeah, a monopoly.
And they wonder why we don’t have alternative fuels and sources for power? The “monopolies” of the utility companies and oil companies won’t let it happen and “we the people” just let them.
Sorry, I’m ranting, but “we” never had power or control, so to try and get it back is almost useless. Except move to a farm and go totally off the grid, which then kinda fucks using the internet for digital distribution of my comics… oh, the pain.
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Oh. Nearly forgot in the heat of rantage: AWESOME COMIC TODAY!!! 🙂
You bet it’s awesome! I made it!
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OH YEAH, while it maybe a bit akward, you can’t say it was good while it lasted ? 😀
Ah, but good for who?
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Yeah, I don’t think I’d be able to play at all. Out of awkwardness I’d be using my instrument too much to cover my, um…er…instrument; all the while trying to get at the right angle to see what the lady’s had to offer. By the end of the night there could be two outcomes, we’d all be oh so comfortable together or we’d just have to take a vow to never speak of this gig again. I’m thinking the later. 🙂
Well, I’ve been in a few “public” situations where the group I was with got naked… always alcohol induced to say the least… and yeah, the next day most of us really couldn’t look at each other the same after that.
But, it was fun at that moment and that’s what counts. 🙂
For me, my bass guitar hung low enough to provide “coverage” as a band I was in did a promo picture with our pants off (we all had our briefs on for the photo session) and we all used our… heh… instruments to cover our “instruments”. Still, having to play that way would be nuts.
We’ll have to ask the Chili Peppers what it’s like to play with nothing on by sweat socks covering Mr. Happy. Now that would be weird.
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Bah! Can’t get to the members only section again! Is it me?
Cant see how to ask for my password either! D’oh!
I really am getting too old for this sh*t you know? 🙁
Good comic again this week, can’t wait to see how it pans out! And when I say “Pans out” I’m talking to the camera operator, of course! 😉
Email me Bob: byron@1977thecomic.com And I’ll get you squared away.
Thanks mate! 😀 Us oldies gotta stick together eh? 😉
Got that right!
Let’s just hope it’s not cold today…
Cold… the naked man’s arch enemy…
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…but not a womans! [wink]
Something in her eyes makes me want to lose myself…
Thanks, man!
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Alcohol induced nudity and rock and roll! i can never go back to that country club, i got banned. 🙂
Captain on the bridge…
Welcome to the party, man! And there’s been a few places I can’t go back to as well. But it sure was worth it (mostly)…
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If I had do do this of a Klondike bar, Then Consider it done 5 times over….. One: For the love of chocolate, and Two: for the excuse to steal clothes. I enjoy a game of keep away when the odds are against me.
And before I forget, I joined the member’s area ^w^
Ah, Klondike bars… yes, that would be good enough reason to get naked for me. But, back in the day it didn’t even take that to get me naked as a Jaybird… so, there’s that…
And thank you for joining and supporting the comic, you all do not know how much it means to have this kind of support, especially during these hard times! So thank you very much!
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No prob. I’ll see if I can try becomming a regular donor, seeing as the blood banks aren’t giving me enough points for exclusivity. Don’t worry though, my blood won’t be on the cash….Too many wuestions.
They could Doug Clark and his Hot Nuts an act in the early 1960s for the frat party circuit. Mentioned in the book Rock and Roll an unruly history chapter church of the sonic guitar (the only church worth going to) page 217. They charged a regular fee for the regular show they charged more if only in jock straps and even more naked. Anyway I used them in my story Susan the Frat mom.The daughters of the confederacy southern frat moms who don’t like young mini skirted who ride Curtiss Wright motor bikes frat moms even though they are in the north east plan on hiring them photograph the act and get that Susan expelled. They find themselves at the kegger posing with the naked band. They are forced to promise not to show the photo or they will be expelled and divorced. They go to the dean office to retract their complaint are offered hot peanuts and pecans while each are nursing a hang over say no thank you. The dean says strange I thought southern women liked peanuts and pecans.