My ear infections have gotten worse instead of better and my doctor has me on antibiotics now. But the dizzy spells and pain returned in force last week and once again sidelined me. I’ll need take a week or so off to let my body recuperate and get back on schedule. Life always tosses shit at you when you least expect it. Luckily, this is not a major set back and I’ll be back in the saddle sooner than later.
The last band I was in covered Bad Company’s “Feel Like Makin’ Love” but our lead singer, when drunk and high, would replace “love” with “lunch” to see if the crowd would notice. Most didn’t, but the word lunch fits just as well as love in the lyrics, so it actually was kinda funny. Hey, we were in our 20s and mostly drunk when we played, so anything went.
“Feel Like Makin’ Lunch” Love it !!!
Sounds like something Bob Rivers would come up with 😉
You know, I think I’d like that version better than the original, I liked his “Grandpa Loved the Rolling Stones” a lot better than the original and the same with a lot of his ‘twisted tunes’.
For a while, I ran a 6 hour classic rock/offbeat comedy show and coming up with things most people hadn’t heard before was a job in itself.
If it hadn’t been for Dan O’day’s ‘O’liners’ and artists like Rivers and the rest, it would have been a lot more work than it was.
Most of the listening audience doesn’t realize how much goes into a program and think you only work 2 or 4 hours a day.
I could come in for a 2 hour show on zero notice and I almost always ‘flew by the seat of my pants’ with very little preplanned except a couple of “how am I going to work this bit in ?” pieces, but you still had to stay on your toes and really know the music.
The last station I was at had the largest record collection in the province, going back some 40 years spread out over three rooms, and that was just the vinyl, CD’s don’t take up near as much space 😉 so it made for some interesting deep dives in search of obscure tracks.
That was where I got an appreciation for the Grateful Dead, all I was really familiar with was ‘Truckin’ and ‘Touch of Grey’ until I spent an afternoon playing every album in the library one after another and haven’t looked back since, I even put a ‘Deadhead’ sticker on the Cadillac I had for a few years 😉
Between the antibiotics and some eardrops, my ear infections usually cleared up within a few days, since taking the OTC ‘allergy pills’ I haven’t had another one.
‘Claritin’ is like $25 for a dozen pills, ‘Costco brand’ is half that for 200 pills…
I can do basic math…no matter what Revenue Canada thinks 😉
Radio shows are a lot of work, especially back in the day when you and I were in broadcasting. Everyone told me I had a voice for radio but I ended up directing TV news and that takes hours to prepare as well.
My current ear infection has run a bit longer because it started off a week before I was scheduled to see my doctor and I just let it ride instead of simply calling my doctor and getting some advice. She started me off on Zyrtec for a week, trying to avoid antibiotics if possible, but my ears just won’t give up. Things are clearing up, but I simply need to rest for a day or two. Getting old sucks. 🙂
I like your comics “in progress” postings as long as we get to see the finished product eventually. Gives insight into your work process.
Page 4 is complete. I’ll have this page ready Friday or Saturday, and then I’ll have a week to catch up with myself plus get well.
Something tells me plan 9 isn’t going to be American Bandstand not just because Dick Clark is being a Dick hahahahaha. They aren’t going to one Soul Train, Solid Gold, MTV, Top of the Pops, Much Music or even local cable nor radio play. Loved Top of the pops BBC America would broadcast it into America showcased pop bands in merry ole England like the Bay Rollers in 1977 even though they are Scottish. But they had the clash, sex pistols and even the spice girls my nieces and I danced to their music the little ones had me trained. Rocky is right to call them pinheads ruining a children’s school dance lost innocence. Well Hilly Kristal could give plan the gig they won’t forget at C.B.G.B and O.M.F.U.G country, blue grass, blues and other music for Uplifting Gourmandisers what a mouthful hence C.B.G.B in the Bowery of New York city. At least it’s not a country near a military air station road house were Billy Bobs and Flyboys throw beer bottles at Bud unless he is turned into Buddet in which case he a sweet little girl. but for poor Jeff punish them for lock of talent and sense. At least they won’t be so hard on Lorraine and Robyn. Hope your ear gets better.
You’re on the right track with C.B.G.B. and New York’s Bowery. My ears are getting better, but still causing issues. I will have to see my doctor again as they’re not clearing up as they should. I’ve had chronic ear problems my entire life and that may be catching up to me.
Not getting radio play means no Rick Dees and the daily top forty sponsored by Hanson energy drink the real deal listen to New York radio stations. Rick Dees was in movies and even had a TV show. On the same vain it’s sad Oliva Newton John died she was on the movie grease, the TV show lets get physical, beautiful and talented she will be missed. It would be cool if you can have one of her songs even from the dreaded movie Xanada.
I do plan on having an Oliva song here soon. She had a string of hits in the ’70s and I’m sure I can work in at some point sooner than later.
Midnight Special !!! They’d fit right in…
Sadly we lost one of the best and most underrated frontmen in Rock and Roll not too long ago 🙁
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50GDTmdxadw
You guys are giving me way too many ideas to add into this story! A lot of webcomic creators draw stuff way in advance, but I like doing it “as we go” so I can incorporate suggestions from readers. Many of you are way more clever than I am.
Demented….the word you’re looking for is ‘demented’…and not in the Dr. Demento kind of way 😉
Who has a big name in showbiz? They almost always cut it so it’ll fit on the marquee…though, as Ginger Grant once said, when she sees her name up in lights she wants as many lights as possible.
I hadn’t really thought about that as a joke, but I will now steal it, so thank you! I’ll have to look at what some really long last names are now. 🙂
Try checking a Greek or Lithuanian phonebook online 😉