What a shit week. The weather has sucked, the news has sucked, everything has sucked. It’s August 2nd, and the most interesting reading on the internet is the craigslist posts of free stuff.
I say… that’s not a chickenhawk boy
Want free roosters? Please take them. Someone is giving away two Farfisa organs. The listing says, “Organ sustained some damage to its electronics from a lightning strike on the property. Otherwise the organ was in perfect condition. Comes with bench, manual and schematic. The organ turns on and plays, has a few glitches.” Struck by lightning, eh? I’ll take it. In fact I would take it if I had a place to put it. I’ve already got two organs plus a grand piano in my house. There’s no more room for organs. Reading further into the listing it says that Both of them were struck by lightning in fact.
Rick Wakeman can’t compete.
Next up we have a “1950’s Westinghouse oven roaster with stand which has two shelves for storage. Big enough to roast a 14 pound turkey. Even though it is old it still works.” I had no idea these things even existed. This is what is so cool about living up here. You can pick up a vintage oven roaster that still works. I can’t imagine wanting to roast a 14 pounder, but if I ever did, I could have this.
Plenty room for extra turkeys
Look at this. “Gorgeous black leather sleeper sofa + decorator pillows. Extremely comfortable. 71 inches long; 35 inches wide. FREE!” This thing looks brand new. I just bought a sofa, but I should have waited and I could have had this one for nuffink.
It’s like it’s never been sat on
I have to stop looking now. There are things that I really want, but I shouldn’t be looking at, like this big ass Yamaha speaker. “Big and loud! Free!! Giving it away! Local pickup only.” I’m local and I can pick up!
I can’t take it.
Fuck me, it’s torture. When I went to see my long lost friend Gazza last week, he told me that he had been walking to work and had found a Fender Bandmaster amp in the dumpster. These things fetch three grand or more in the used market. Who is throwing away a fucking Band Master? He said there was nothing really wrong with it, was just very dirty. I have a feeling people don’t care about music much these days. Their ears have been blown out by rap and other noise pollution.
They don’t even know what good music is, it’s just noise. Who would want to be involved it it? There’s no skill required other than being able to string rhyming words together. Speaking of Big and Loud. That’s almost the title of a 1977 Kingsmen album which featured a lot of great songs. The album was called Big and Live, but it is big and loud too. The Kingsmen’s unofficial name was “The Ton of Fun”, they were all so fat. Friday’s musical offering is that very album.
The record company managed to print Peter Ellis, the artist’s painting, back to front. He wasn’t happy
Slaughtermen fans will recognize a few of these tunes. It’s a really nice pristine version. I have the physical album, but I think I’m gonna download this and play it in the car. The first time I heard Big and Live, “When I Wake Up to Sleep No More”, was one of the tracks that impressed me most. I spent the next six months trying to sing like Johnny Parrack does into the stratosphere. It beats the hell out of anything in the top ten today. “Lemme hear ya say amen!”
Happy Friday