Way back in the '70's before I was old enough to vote for Carter, I liked the "glamrock" genre. Bands like Mott The Hoople, David Bowie, Queen, and even these guys. I was into playing their records on my stereo in my teenaged "boy cave." I could always appreciate a good guitar riff and didn't really care what they looked like. I cared even less about their politics.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
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Way back in the '70's before I was old enough to vote for Carter, I liked the "glamrock" genre. Bands like Mott The Hoople, David Bowie, Queen, and even these guys. I was into playing their records on my stereo in my teenaged "boy cave." I could always appreciate a good guitar riff and didn't really care what they looked like. I cared even less about their politics.
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I support the repeal of the 26th Amendment except for active duty military.
I just got off a Cocoa Puffs binge, bowl after bowl after bowl of crunchy chocolaty goodness. You know what would make Cocoa Puffs better? Malt. Next Cocoa Puffs bing I'm going to sprinkle some on. Then at the end, boom, chocolate malted milk.
Malt is high in maltose and low in sucrose which is table sugar.
The easy part of about sugar chemistry was naming them. You just take the essential root word and affix the suffix "ose" to it. maltose, fructose, dextrose, levulose, sucrose, mannose, galactose, etc. That's off the top of my head. There are hundreds of them. Many of them have the same chemical formula but differ only in the direction that a single hydroxyl limb projects -- up or down, alpha, or beta. Fischer Projections.
Sometime you find someone spilling sugar on the street. Throw him a buck.
Rocktose!
I love that UFO song, but in looking for it, I found that kid who plays it better than the original. I hate kids.
The only UFO song I have is Doctor, Doctor. The reason I remember it is that I used to jam with some unsavory types in high school and they insisted on playing it.
I've been commenting too much this week, because my girl has been out of town. She's due back any minute, so we all win! I'll be around, but I can't type in handcuffs.
UFO was the first famous band I saw live. We used to drive our crazy souped up 60's muscle cars from PA to Youngstown, Ohio where the drinking age was 18. I saw them in a small club before they ever made a record. Summer Times - Fast Times - Good Times.
bagoh20 said...
UFO was the first famous band I saw live.
Humble Pie for me.
The legal drinking age in Wisconsin was likewise 18, but I was 13 at the time of that show. Unlike Troop, I don't remember drinking that young but it commenced shortly afterwards. You learn a few hard lessons early and if you survive you're OK.
I don't believe I've heard this song before until now.
Thanks chickelit
First time that I've heard the song. Didn't finish listening to it. Can't remember what I listened to back then.
All The Young Dudes was a song on a jukebox we would frequent in college. It became an anthem for us, singing every time it played.
In Colorado at the time legal age of drinking was 18 but oddly that was for a swill of low alcohol content, something you probably never heard of because really there is no point in its being -- 3.2 beer.
Special places allowed only this type and so attracted the 18-21 age group specifically. At that age it seemed a good compromise. It's how I came to know Jeff Dell, a deaf guy who elevated my sign to a new plateau by knowing him. He worked at the FED. I wanted to connect. He shrugged his shoulders and told me of a 3.2 bar where he goes to meet his friends on weekends. I joined them. That put me in contact with a dozen deaf kids my age. We palled around beyond the 3.2 bar scene, but I recall this going on the full three years until we all turned 21 at once and all of us could go regular adult clubs. It was a joyous summer for all of us, in this our bildungsroman.
I asked the table of deaf kids why were those few spattering of old guys incongruently hanging around. I noticed them before. The whole table at once laughed. What's so funny? "bird grab" What? "chicken hawk" What's that? Everyone at the table laughs. Somehow this is funny without even trying. "old person follow young" Ugh. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. The whole table laughs again. The dummkopf little kid slow on the uptake is just so funny, those creeps are here FOR YOU.
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