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Thursday, June 14, 2007
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Current mood:  anxious
Category: Music
1985 – Bowling For Soup
"1985" is a song best known for its performance in 2004 by the pop punk band Bowling for Soup. "1985" was originally written and recorded by the band SR-71, led by Mitch Allan.
The song describes a woman, Debbie, who is obsessed with the pop culture of 1985 after her dreams of becoming an actress and celebrity as a twenty-something in the 1980s failed to materialize. (In the SR-71 version, the reason given is "the rubber broke", implying an unplanned pregnancy.) The song deals with themes like growth and maturity, lost dreams and changing pop culture via the passage of time. She has trouble dealing with her life and her teenage children due to her preoccupation with the past. (According to Reddick, the song was originally about 1984, but "1985 rhymes better with "preoccupied".)
Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
"Play That Funky Music" (also known as "Play That Funky Music, White Boy") is an iconic funk song written by Robert Parissi and recorded by the rock band Wild Cherry. The song hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 18, 1976. It was also the basis of a top five U.S. hit for Vanilla Ice in 1990.
The song was inspired by a black audience member who shouted, "Play some funky music, white boy" while they were playing at the 2001 Club. Lead singer Robert Parissi decided they should, and wrote down the phrase on a bar order pad. They later recorded it in Cleveland with a Disco sound. Although the band was concerned about the lyrics, Parissi insisted on keeping them.
Originally, it was planned that the song should be released on the B-side of Wild Cherry's cover of the Commodores' "I Feel Sanctified;" however, when the owners of their record label heard the song, they suggested that the B-side become the A-side. The song sold over 2 million copies, but was Wild Cherry's only hit.
All Right Now – Free
"All Right Now" is a rock single by the English band Free. The song, released in the summer of 1970, hit #1 on the UK rock music charts and #4 on the U.S. charts. "All Right Now" originally appeared on the album Fire And Water, which Free recorded on the Island Records label, formed by Chris Blackwell.
"All Right Now" was a #1 hit in over 20 territories and was recognised by ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) in 1990 for garnering 1,000,000 plus radio plays in the US by late 1989, and in 2000 an Award was given to Paul Rodgers by the British Music Industry when "All Right Now" passed 2,000,000 plus radio plays in the UK.
The song has recently found a home as part of the encore set for Queen + Paul Rodgers. Sandwiched in between "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions", it offers the fans one more chance to sing along. Curiously, one of the engineers during the recordings of "All Right Now" was Roy Thomas Baker, who would later become Queen's producer (he mixed "Killer Queen", "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Don't Stop Me Now" among others).
Good - Better Than Ezra
"Good" was the first single from Better Than Ezra's major-label debut album Deluxe. The song would prove to be one of the biggest alternative rock songs of the year. It reached #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song also charted at #3 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and reached #30 on the Billboard Hot 100.
To date, the song is the only Better Than Ezra song to reach #1 on any chart. Even though the band would remain popular and have other hit singles for more than a decade, "Good" would stay as Ezra's most notable and memorable song.
"Good" is often played at New York Giants games when the Giants make either an extra point or a field goal.
All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
"All Along the Watchtower" is a song written by folk-rock singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, which is notable for the number of times it has been covered by different artists in different genres, most famously, The Jimi Hendrix Experience's harder, more dynamic and electric psychedelic rock version from their Electric Ladyland album.
Released as a single, it was an immediate hit—the only US Top 40 single Hendrix would release in his lifetime.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded the definitive cover version of this song. Hendrix heard the track after being taken to a party by Traffic's Dave Mason. Hendrix, a longtime fan of Dylan's work, commented he would love to cover the track. Due to Noel Redding's absence over the tension created by Hendrix in the studio during the recording of Electric Ladyland, Hendrix played the bass himself with a righthand, shortscale Fender Mustang bass guitar.
Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
"Gimme Some Lovin'" is a song written by Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis and Muff Winwood, and originally performed by the Spencer Davis Group. The song was originally a hit in 1967, when Steve Winwood, lead singer of the Spencer Davis Group at the time, was only 19 years old.
Stacy's Mom
"Stacy's Mom" is a hit single by American band Fountains of Wayne, released in 2003 and taken from their album Welcome Interstate Managers.
"Stacy's Mom" is about a boy's adolescent fantasies about a female friend's mother. The boy spends time with the friend in an attempt to get closer to her mother in a reversal of the Lolita story and a nod to the MILF concept. The part in the video in which Stacy, the friend of the boy, is laying out in the sun with red heart-shaped sunglasses is also possibly a reference to Lolita.
Adam Schlesinger says "Stacy's Mom" was a tribute to The Cars, which explains its intro (identical to "Just What I Needed"). Cars frontman Ric Ocasek thought that the intro was a sample from "Just What I Needed"[2] but the band says they performed it in the studio and just "got it right." Fountains of Wayne had asked Ocasek to be in the video for the song. Schlesinger explains that while Ocasek acknowledges that he "politely declined", he actually just never responded to the request. Schlesinger holds no ill feelings and expresses the highest regard for Ocasek.
Gloria - Van Morrison
"Gloria" is a rock song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and originally recorded by Morrison's band Them in 1964 as the B-side of "Baby Please Don't Go", which reached #10 on the UK charts. It later reached #71 on the U.S. charts in 1966.
The song quickly became a garage rock staple and a rock standard, part of many rock bands' repertoires. It is particularly memorable for its "G-L-O-R-I-A" chorus. It is very easy to play (three-chords) and thus is popular with those learning to play guitar. Humourist Dave Barry joked that, if you drop a guitar down a flight of stairs, it will play "Gloria" on its way to the bottom.
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I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" is a song written and performed by Scottish pop band The Proclaimers. It was released on their 1988 Sunshine on Leith album, and subsequently as a single. It has become one of their most popular songs, reaching the UK top 20 and No. 1 on the Australian ARIA Charts in 1989, plus, five years later, #3 in the Billboard Hot 100. The song has become a live staple at their concerts. The Proclaimers played it at Edinburgh 50,000 - The Final Push, the final concert of Live 8 at Murrayfield Stadium on 6 July 2005, to symbolise the conclusion of The Long Walk To Justice.
The song is popular in Ireland and Scotland, where, at Hampden Park, every time the national football team scores, the song is played and sung along to by Scotland fans. It is the unofficial anthem of Edinburgh's Hibernian F.C., the Proclaimers being fans of the team. Their song "Sunshine On Leith" is also played frequently at Easter Road, Hibernian's home ground.
"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" was featured on the soundtrack to the 1993 film Benny & Joon. As a result the music video features a young Johnny Depp, who starred in the film.
What's Up
"What's Up" is a 1993 single by the band 4 Non Blondes, written by lead singer Linda Perry. The song received considerable radio play; it reached number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and went gold, but peaked higher in Europe, reaching number one in Germany and number two in the United Kingdom. It was included on 4 Non Blondes' album Bigger, Better, Faster, More!.
Wild Thang - The Troggs
"Wild Thing" is a hit song written by New York-born songwriter Chip Taylor and originally recorded by The Wild Ones in 1965 (United Artists 947) (see external link below).
The song is probably best known for its 1966 cover by the English band The Troggs, leading many to assume they are the original artist; however, the Troggs' version is one of several covers.
The song has remained extremely popular ever since The Troggs' hit single, and has been covered again many times — perhaps most notably by Jimi Hendrix, whose performance of the song was featured in the 1968 documentary Monterey Pop. However, Hendrix never recorded the song in the studio. The novelty team of Senator Bobby (Bill Minkin), from the Hardly Worth it Report, recorded a version of "Wild Thing" in the style of Bobby Kennedy, stuttering throughout the song, with the recording person directing him. The British group Fancy recorded a version of the song in 1974. Sam Kinison recorded a hit novelty version in 1988, and a cover by the Los Angeles-based punk band X was used in the 1989 film Major League. Comedian and Sam Kinison Tribute Artist Screamin' Sam performs this novelty version at live events and live on his internet TV show "The Screamin Sam Show". Even The Goodies recorded a version of the song, and performed it on stage during their episode "The Goodies – Almost Live".
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Thursday, March 22, 2007
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Current mood:  nerdy
Louie Louie
An American rock 'n' roll song written by Richard Berry in 1955. It has become a standard in pop and rock, with hundreds of versions recorded by different artists. The song is written in the style of a Jamaican ballad; and tells, in simple verse-chorus form, the first-person story of a Jamaican sailor returning to the island to see his lady love. The singer brags of his "fine little girl" to the Louie of the title, presumably a bartender.
A version by The Kingsmen recorded in 1963 is the best-known recording. The Kingsmen's version was also the subject of an FBI investigation about the supposed but non-existent obscenity of the lyrics, an investigation that ended without prosecution.
867-5309 / Jenny
"867-5309/Jenny" is a song written by Alex Call and Jim Keller and performed by Tommy Tutone which peaked at Number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1982.
The lyrics imply that 867-5309 was the real phone number of a girl named Jenny, which was acquired from a men's room wall under the legend, "For a good time, call...". The song caused a fad of people dialing 867-5309 (which was then a valid phone number in dozens of area codes) and asking for "Jenny".
Throughout the song, the singer sings about the mysterious Jenny and how happy she makes him. It is more or less implied that the men's room graffiti featuring her name and number mentioned that she was an "easy lay," and that this is the reason for the singer's interest
Brandy
A 1972 pop song written by Elliot Lurie and recorded by his band Looking Glass on their debut album Looking Glass. The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, remaining in the top position for just one week.
The lyrics tell of Brandy, a barmaid in a port town. She wins the admiration of many of the sailors, and the love of one of them, but none of them is willing to abandon their first love, the sea.
The song was covered by the band Red Hot Chili Peppers on their 2004 album Live in Hyde Park, and has also been recorded by Kenny Chesney.
New York Groove
A song written by Russ Ballard and performed by Ace Frehley on his self titled record in 1978 (originally recorded by Hello in 1975, and a top ten hit in the United Kingdom and Germany in that version).
Frehley, like the other then-current members of Kiss, recorded and released a solo album. Released as a single, it made it to #13 on the American Billboard Hot 100 that year, by far the highest charting single from any of the Kiss members' solo albums. "New York Groove" became a staple of his Frehley's Comet live shows during the 1980s and again during the Reunion Tour when he rejoined Kiss in 1996.
Sex and Candy
The first single released by Marcy Playground from their self titled debut album Marcy Playground. It was released in 1997. "Sex and Candy" was a large hit in 1998, spending a then-record fifteen weeks at number one on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart. After the success of "Sex and Candy" Marcy Playground was written off by most people as a one-hit wonder.
Tainted Love
a song composed by Ed Cobb, formerly of The Four Preps. It was originally recorded in 1964 by Gloria Jones and became a popular song on the Northern Soul scene. It attained worldwide fame after it was covered in 1981 by Soft Cell. It has since been covered by numerous other groups.
A long time fan of this northern soul classic, Soft Cell elected to release a cover of it as their third single in July 1981. Produced by Mike Thorne the track was recorded in a day and a half with the run through vocal being used on the released version. Buoyed by the then dominant synthpop sound of the time and a memorable performance on Top of the Pops it rapidly reached number one in the UK singles chart, eventually repeating the feat in 17 territories. The following year it charted in the US eventually reaching number 8 in a record breaking 43 week chart run.
Can't Find My Way Home
Performed by an English blues supergroup which consisted of Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, Cream), Ginger Baker (Graham Bond Organisation, Cream), Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis Group, Traffic) and Ric Grech (Family). The group only released one album, Blind Faith, in August 1969.
Upon its release, Blind Faith topped Billboard's charts at the No. #1 spot for Pop Album in both America and the United Kingdom, and peaked at #40 on the Black Albums chart — an impressive feat for a British rock quartet.
The release of the album provoked controversy because the cover featured a topless pubescent girl, holding in her hands a silver space ship (which some perceived as phallic). The U.S. record company issued it with an alternative cover which showed a photograph of the band on the front. (The source of this "space ship" was a chrome-plated hood ornament from a mid-1950s Chevrolet.)
Soul Man
A song that became a hit single twice. Written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, the first version was the Sam & Dave version that went to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts in the autumn of 1967. Secondly, the Blues Brothers version was first performed on an episode of Saturday Night Live in late-November of 1978, and would soon be released as a single, reaching the top twenty in March, 1979.
In 2004, the song was once again performed, this time by comedy duo Drake Bell and Josh Peck on their sitcom Drake & Josh in the episode "Blues Brothers". The song appeared on the show's soundtrack, released in 2005.
This song is often played by Ted Nugent live.
Secret Agent Man
A song written by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri. The most famous recording of the song was made by Johnny Rivers for the opening titles of the American broadcast of the British spy series Danger Man, which aired in the US as Secret Agent from 1964 to 1966. In an unusual situation, due to the format of the series, the show's original British theme song, an instrumental entitled "High Wire" was actually retained as it was played over the episode credits following the "Secret Agent Man" titles.
In 1979, the song was covered by Devo on the Duty Now for the Future album with a jerky, heavily modified arrangement and significantly altered lyrics (sung by the near-monotone voice of Bob Mothersbaugh). It was a favorite of Devo fans, entering the setlist in 1977 and remaining until 1980 (and returned to the band's setlist in 2006). A Spanish version, "Hombre Secreto", recorded by The Plugz, features on the soundtrack to the film Repo Man. "Secret Agent Man" was also covered by Bruce Willis on his album "Return of Bruno". The song opened with the sounds of a car door being opened and closed, footsteps, and a single gunshot. The original Johnny Rivers version of the song was used in the film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery as a nod to Danger Man.
Real Wild Child
A song written by Johnny Greenan, Johnny O'Keefe, and Dave Owens. O'Keefe was the first to perform it. In 1958, the song was released as a single by Jerry Ivan Allison, member of The Crickets, using the name Ivan. Retitled "Real Wild Child," the song became a moderate hit for him, peaking at number sixty-eight on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song was revived in 1986 when Iggy Pop included a version on his album Blah Blah Blah. Titled "Real Wild Child (Wild One)," this version became a top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart in December 1986. It also charted on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number twenty-seven.
Other artists to record this song include Jerry Lee Lewis, Everlife, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Marshall Crenshaw, Brian Setzer, and Wakefield.
House Of The Rising Sun
Like many classic folk ballads, the authorship of "The House of the Rising Sun", sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues", is dubious. Folklorist Alan Lomax, author of the seminal 1941 songbook Our Singing Country, wrote that the melody was taken from a traditional English ballad and the lyrics written by a pair of Kentuckians named Georgia Turner and Bert Martin. Other scholars have proposed different explanations, although Lomax's is generally considered most plausible. The phrase "House of the Rising Sun" is a euphemism for a brothel, but it is not known whether or not the house described in the lyrics was an actual or fictitious place.
The oldest known existing recording is by Clarence Ashley and Gwen Foster and was released in 1934. Roy Acuff, who recorded the song commercially on November 3, 1938, may have learned this number from such neighboring Smoky Mountain artists as versatile entertainer Clarence Ashley or the Callahan Brothers, an influential duet team of the '30s and '40s.
Various places in New Orleans, Louisiana have been proposed as the inspiration for the song, with varying plausibility. Only two candidates have historical documentation as using the name "Rising Sun"; both having listings in old period city directories. The first was a small short-lived hotel on Conti Street in the French Quarter in the 1820s. An excavation and document search in early 2005 found evidence supporting this claim, including an advertisement with language that may have euphemistically indicated prostitution. The second was a late 19th century "Rising Sun Hall" on the riverfront of the uptown Carrollton neighborhood, which seems to have been a building owned and used for meetings of a Social Aid & Pleasure Club, commonly rented out for dances and functions. Definite links to gambling or prostitution, if any, are undocumented for either of these buildings, neither of which still exists.
It is possible that the "House of the Rising Sun" is a metaphor for either the slave pens of the plantation, the plantation house, or the plantation itself, which were the subjects and themes of many traditional blues songs. Dave van Ronk claimed in his autobiography that he had seen pictures of the old New Orleans Prison for Women, the entrance to which was decorated with a rising sun design. He considered this proof that the House of the Rising Sun had been a nickname for the prison.
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Thursday, February 08, 2007
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Besides the fact that they actually let me play they are a great bunch of guys and funny as hell.
Email Thread carried over 2 days
Singer: It seems I will be doing very little singing tomorrow. I have a touch of laryngitis that is left over from a cold. I thought it might be gone by now, but it's still hanging on. I can sing an octave lower on some of the stuff at least to have vocal accompaniment.
Lead Guitarist: At least you have your good looks to rely on. Nothing's more important to a lead singer than that, right? Maybe you should stop laughing at dumb ass comments made by your band mates.
Lead Guiarist: Example d-a comment to ignore - I got my head caught in a vice last night, but you don't hear me complaining.
Drummer: Who got you out of the vice, or is the vice still attached to your head?
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007
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Name That Band Café
Daily Specials From Big Hand's Fridge
February 8, 2007
Brandy ~ $12
Carbon burns fatty duck chin.
Stuck In The Middle With You ~ $9
Big bowl flower immerses pig's living bowel.
Drift Away ~ $7
Wood flower picks sea cucumber hoof.
Right Place, Wrong Time ~ $4
Red date silk tube-shaped container steams forest frog.
867-5309/Jenny ~ $15
Sour bamboo shoot steams fish mouth.
Whip It ~ $5
The man fruit braises slippery meat.
Green Onions ~ $2
Fragrant spring onion explodes cow son.
We're Not Gonna Take It ~ $8
Burn the spring chicken.
Baker Street ~ $10
The bargain item, stanza day off forgive to do not sell at a discount.
Stacy's Mom ~ $13
Strange flavor of inside treasure.
Louie Louie ~ $14
Steak with block pepper retchup sauce.
I Touch Myself ~ $1
Ginger bumping milk (hot) w/ scorn.
Cumbersome ~ $6
Benumbed hot vegetables fries fuck silk.
New York Groove ~ $3
Salty egg king steams the vegetable sponge.
New Age Girl ~ $11
Sweet and sour bone with garlic strange flavor.
Room for desert? Pick from anything served last time.
Secret Band Headquarters
3977 Clematis Tr.
York, SC 29745
descriptions courtesy actual Chinese restaurant
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Monday, January 15, 2007
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Category: Music
January 25, 2007
Sound Check
Ain't No Sunshine
Smoke From A Distant Fire
Chevy Van
Set List
My Sharona
Sex And Candy
Safety Dance
Blister In The Sun
Radioactive
What I Like About You
I Wish I Had A Girl
Gimme Some Lovin'
Tainted Love
Closing Time
Encore
Black Betty
Fooled Around And Fell In Love
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Friday, December 22, 2006
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December 28, 2006Sound CheckLouie Louie
Closing Time
Set ListBlister In The Sun
867-5309/Jenny
New York Groove
What I Like About You
Drift Away
Ain't No Sunshine
Stuck In The Middle With You
Tainted Love
My Sharona
Smoke From A Distant Fire
EncoreRadioactive
Right Place, Wrong Time
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Friday, December 15, 2006
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Category: Music
Practice went better than I thought it was going to be considering I only felt comfortable with 4 of the 10 songs we had slated to practice. Had a great time, the guys in the bad are just a fun bunch of guys and they make it easy for me to learn my way around the bass. After about 5 hours we actually got through all 10 songs that we had slated and the one that seemed kinda odd actually turned out to be one that could be alot of fun in a gig. Here was our Practice Set List for last night Closing Time
Cumbersome
Fooled Around And Fell In Love
I Wish I Had A Girl
I Touch Myself
New Age Girl
Radioactive
Stacy's Mom
Right Place, Wrong Time
Louie Louie
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006
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Category: Music
let's see. It's been over 20 years since I held a bass guitar. and I not even claiming to have known how to play one to begin with. I have had piano lessons and played trumpet in middle school but that was even longer than 20 years ago.
at any rate, where I work there are lots of muscians and for a few months I have been going over to a friends house during lunch playing bass with him while he played acoustic guitar. It has been a blast and I actually picked up a few tunes. Or IT guy has been playing Bass for as long as I have not and he started showing me some music therory and started me on the scales.
Well, about 3-4 weeks ago, they guy I have been playing with at lunch had one of his old bandmates call him and got him started back in a new cover band. They didn't have a bass player. I was recommended and made it through my first practice with them.
It went suprisingly well, at least for a couple of songs. Hopefully our next practice will go better. I've been practicing hard on a few of the songs and out of the 10 we have set for thursday I should do ok on about half of them.
if I make it through this practice I'll start keeping more of a journal on this little adventure and the songs we are covering, etc
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Wednesday, November 01, 2006
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Category: Art and Photography
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Friday, April 21, 2006
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 Every great band suffers internal struggles. Whether it Keith v Mick, John v Paul or Jesus v Jones, it seems impossible for bands to avoid infighting and ego battles. So it came as no surprise when "Little" Tim Loomis left the New York-based MiniKiss. But when the band's founder and frontman, 4-foot, 4-inch Joey Fatale, heard that the 4-foot Loomis had started Tiny Kiss, it was like a declaration of war. Loomis says Fatale was "jealous that I was getting all the chicks. So I left to start my own band called Tiny KISS. It's not even the same as his band, because mine is three little people and one fat chick, and he's just four little people." According to Loomis, Fatale showed up at Tiny Kiss' Valentine's Day gig at the Hard Rock in Vegas. He says his former bandmate was looking for a fight. Jeff Beacher, the show's host, says Fatale "tried to sneak in saying he was Tiny Kiss" and got the boot from security. In an interview with the New York Post Loomis said "[Fatale] came out here [to Las Vegas] and tried to cause trouble, so I had him 86'd from the Hard Rock. The impression I got was that he was looking for a fight. He'd been threatening me over the phone." Fatale told the Los Angeles Time that the story is ridiculous. "This whole thing about me going to the Hard Rock with my gang -- that didn't happen. What happened was, I went there because somebody told me [Tiny Kiss was] doing the show that night.... Nobody escorted me out of there. I went there by myself to approach them as a gentleman, " he said.
External Links: MINI KISS
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