The College Crowd Digs Me

"I gotta take me on a permanent vacation." --> Aerosmith <-- Take a two week trip and you feel like you've done something.   Samuel Pickwick and his wealthy cronies decide to skedaddle outta the city for a two year romp exploring the English countryside. Now that's what you call a vacaysh ! Charles Dickens ' first novel finds him weaving a humorous tale of misunderstandings and happenstances that follow likable Pickwick and his goodnik buddies wherever they travel.  In the process, Dickens brings to the forefront many social issues that would be more famously explored in his later novels. At over 800 pgs, "The Pickwick Papers" (1836) is not for the faint of heart.   Dickens occasionally stretches sentences like he's pulling apart a Slinky.  And the slangular dialect of the period can take a bit of warming up to. But once you catch on to the rhythm of the word-flow... (and you will) ...it's a pretty dang entertaining r...

" Sights and sounds of the people goin' 'round Everybody's in step with the season." --> Gordon Lightfoot <-- When it comes to Gordon Lightfoot albums...I mostly cherry-pick the branches rather than take the whole tree. But what I've grabbed from this Canadian troubadour's catalog are absolutely killer and not to be missed. Lightfoot has always reminded me of Jimmy Buffet...(without the tray of empty margarita glasses piling up around his table, of course.) That's not meant to be a bad thing...just that Gordie generally keeps it a wee-bit more serious. His folk rock presence was most heavily felt in the 70's ...thanks to his first and only #1 album in the States... "Sundown" (1974) . Songs like "Carefree Highway" and the title track are daily radio staples and have remained timeless. Lost Gem:--> "Circle Of Steel" ......is a haunting portrait of a Xmas season for families of the welfare variety. ...

" ...comics are just about the only real performance artists left on this planet. " --> Romie Lee <-- HORSE HEAD MEETS ROMIE LEE Chef Extraordinaire Cabbie To The Stars Stand-Up Comedian @sexyfatfunny ( "Twitter is my metaphorical stage. Facebook is for the gays and low cholesterol is for pussies." - Romie Lee ) HORSE HEAD: Tell me about an older album/CD you think has been forgotten or underrated. A song. ROMIE LEE: Before I answer your question, I'd like to get something off my chest. I have a real disdain for the people who go ape shit supporting local cover bands...but won't give the time of day supporting the local comedians working some original stuff. It's frustrating. Comedians can't hit the stage performing the best of Kinison or covering Carlin's greatest hits. You either bring your own stuff on stage...or you don't get a stage. I don't mean to soapbox...but comics are just ab...

Favorite Song Lyrics: The ones that linger around your head...(for whatever reason) long after the song' s been put away. FAVORITE BOB SEGER LYRICS - Pt 1 "I used her, she used me but neither one cared We were getting our share." - ("Night Moves") "He's always willing to be second-best A perfect lodger, a perfect guest." - ("Beautiful Loser") "Jody girl, Jody girl Spend your time today Watchin' clocks spin the hours away." - ("Jody Girl" ) " I could go east, I could go west It was all up to me to decide." - ("Roll Me Away") "I remember standing on the corner at midnight trying to get my courage up." - ("Main Street") "Most times you can't hear 'em talk, other times you can." - ("Turn The Page") "Sometimes at night I see their faces I feel the traces they've left...

"Y ou'll wipe off that graveyard grin, cause your time is gonna come." --> Willie Nile <-- When Willie Nile hit the music scene, critics were penciling in his name atop the short, but seemingly endless, "The Next Dylan" list ad nauseum. An Excalibur no one really wants and no one's ever owned. Neverthless, Willie Nile has been court and sparks with most critics since releasing his self-titled debut in 1980. He brings songs that play straight and unforced. Rocking with rumble one minute; Cool-burning the next. Like city bruises and small victories...Nile owns the words he sings. We feel it and own them as well. Lost Gem:--> "The Black Parade" ...is a deliciously spiteful reminder to whom it may concern..."What goes around, comes around." Have you heard this gem? Hand me down my walking cane. Tune up my New Orleans drum. They're gonna call my name when the morning comes. I wanna lead. Please let me lead ...

In grade school... Horse Head wanted to be an astronaut. He wanted the mad-skills of eating an entire slice of pizza in a single chomp ala Ninja Donatello. And he also wanted to randomly "bounce through time...putting things right that once went wrong" ...like Sam Beckett (and his friend, Al) in the early '90s sci-fi TV series, Quantum Leap . So when Horse Head discovered Innovation Comics published a Quantum Leap series (1991 -1993) ... he nearly "leaped" his pants. Each comic was a complete story and almost like watching an episode...minus the commercials. The run was short...(13 issues + 1 special edition)...but they're pretty good, lightweight fare and still a fairly easy series to complete. The Horse Head Five ... Issue #1 Sam leaps into a female high school English teacher. Issue #2 Sam leaps into a prison inmate on death row. Issue #5 Sam leaps into a reporter during a UFO scare. Issue #6 Sam becomes a teenage...

" I repeat myself when under stress. I repeat myself when under stress. I repeat myself when under stress." --> King Crimson <-- Seven years had passed since the legendary prog-floggers... King Crimson released a studio album. It was 1981. A different climate. And most thought the band was long-gone, boned, and buried. However...nobody informed guitar genius, Robert Fripp , Bill Bruford (drums) Adrian Belew (guitar/vocals) or Tony Levin (bass). "Discipiline" (1981) is a stunning must-own album filled with thrilling maneuvers...both powerful and innovative. And it still sounds amazingly fresh. Robert Fripp, Tony Levin, Bill Bruford, Adrian Belew Fripp spins one guitar web after another...but loosens the reins enough for the others to take their trip. And Belew , Bruford , and Levin sound inspired and dangerous. Lots of noise. No notes wasted. L ost Gem:--> " Indiscipline" ...has all the unnerving ramblings of a psychotic lone...