Rich Hardesty – “All My Friends Are Stoners”
Well it is Sunday after all. Last Sunday of September no less, in that lovely precipice between summer and fall. Lots of block parties and festivals, reggae and hippie bands playing back to back in the park, punkers and ravers looking on amused, pondering the similarities between Jerry Garcia’s guitar playing and the meanderings of a ganja soaked mind. Our song for today, fellow music lovers, is one of love, unity, and (allegedly!) 420 active ingredients. Will segue nicely into Peter Tosh’s “Legalize It” or Bob Dylan’s “Everybody Must Get Stoned.” From Fortville, Indiana, I give you Rich Hardestry and his friends, singing.. um.. wait, what was I saying? Oh wow.. the day just got hella wider. I might need to bake some cookies and build a tree castle.
Rich Hardesty
“All My Friends Are Stoners” (mp3)
from “The Comic Musings of Rich Hardesty”
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Arnold Calls Gateway mp3
Ah, the unspeakably funny and cringe-worthy Troggs tape. The gr8est fly on the wall document of a band melting down ever recorded. Often cited as the inspiration behind Spinal Tap, this fairly oozes absurdity and dysfunction. There’s a fine moment, when you hear the guitar player doing his part, and someone shouts “YEAH!” in the talk-back mic, the guitarist continues playing EXACTLY the same part, and the voice comes in again with “NO!” Shortly thereafter there is a sort of cackle, the unmistakable croak of a grown man cracking. Sickly pleasurable. They may not have gotten their number one out of this, but they sure have entertained millions of people with this unintended meme. For the band that did “Wild Thing,” tis an inglorious end. For the advanced class, try the Infamous Troggs Tapes Megamix.
The Infamous Troggs Tapes
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Ryan Adams calls Jim DeRogatis Answering Machine
Ryan Adams now legendary meltdown on Jim DeRogatis‘ answering machine made the rounds back in ‘04 and soon became immortalized on the Interwebs. Utterly hilarious, or unbearable depending on your perspective, this is what happens when an artist gets one too many personal insults from a critic, throws decorum to the wind and fires back. Little could Adams know that his rant would soon be downloaded millions of times and take on a momentum of its own. I happen to like Ryan Adams’ music a lot, but I think I’d be down with this even if I thought it was shite! Little lite humor for your holiday fun =)
