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  1. Posted

    Dear Kulap,

    Positive vibes sent to help in your quest to discover the hows & whys behind your early years. It sounds like the casting net you have thrown in search for answers will yield a rich bounty of family & community. As much as they will be adding to you, you being Kulap, will be adding to them.

    Peace and Success on your trip.

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    A tip to the hat to Howard & Kulap for getting my top 5 running chart on the tooch.

    A little bit of a shock to have the earbuds in at work, and hear my name mentioned. So glad I didn't fuck botch the podcast.

     

    And yes, I wear a shirt when I run.

     

    Howard was wondering about the distances:

    200- 5k runs

    41- 10k

    3- 15k

    4- half marathons

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    Can somebody explain how U2 are viewed in America?

     

    In Britain, they are a punchline. Coldplay and Mumford are punchlines as well but they're seen as empty corporate vessels aimed at people who don't like music. U2 are on another level, Bono in particular is seen as unbelievably egotistical prick. If Coldplay are McDonalds then U2 are Monsanto. I don't think any other musician in history has inspired so much genuine hatred and venom as Bono.

     

    I haven't actually listened yet but I'm assuming they're genuine fans, without irony.

     

    I think in Britain punk was being embraced, and U2 was wheel-sucking there way in to America by looking like part of the new romantics era. Punk had trouble getting a beach head in the US, with police cracking down on venues and zero airplay on MTV. U2 was wearing flouncy shirts, waving surrender flags, and singing of peace.

    U2 wasn't punk enough for europe, too awkward to return to Dublin with a dark desert tan, in essence they sold-out to America . And people don't like a sell-out.

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    This episode was a trip down memory lane, for not only Adam and Scott, but for myself.

    When U2's boy was released, Rolling Stone magazine ran an article saying that it was a great album, and that "I Will Follow" was occupying the college charts. Good enough for me, I was in high school and given the lay of the musical landscape at the time "Boy" was awesome. I recall at the same time a friend had come in to a large amount of purple sticky giggle weed. So much so, that he was anxious to unload at a cheap price. I think I blew off the next two days of school, made a power hitter out of a 2 litre bottle of soda and listened to "Boy" repeatedly.

    October came out with a lot of fanfare from the label, but seemed like B-sides from "Boy" and rushed songs.

    I was in the army, when "War" came out. It was fun introducing guys from my platoon to U2, but the Cold War was in full bloom. The soviet union was in Afghanistan, and we were doing desert training to face them. "War" was a problem, it was a great album at a great time, but only if you were in college trolling for pu$$y. The message on the album was peace, and for me it made me feel bad to be in uniform. (again, you have to take in what was happening in the world, and the musical landscape to appreciate "War.")

    I think Adam and Scottie-too-hottie mentioned "Under a Blood Red Sky," which was the live album at Red Rocks. (MTV also had a live video of that concert) It was a fun album, compared to the studio albums. I think there were a couple nights in the barracks, where we would drink, and listen to the album, if you danced you danced with your buddies in the platoon (it was an infantry division, meaning no women, think of the dance scene in the movie "Platoon") We had a guy in our platoon named Marty, so when U2 played the song "Party Girl" we would sing the lyrics as "MARTY GIRL."

    After that my musical tastes were switching over to the SST label, Husker Du, Black Flag... Unforgettable Fire, never stood a chance, and I was done with U2.

    #I'mOld

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    That reminds me, Howard mentioning that these were songs from his teen years was probably the closest he's ever come (at least intentionally) to dating himself.

     

    Also, while Ku's pronunciation of "Husker" was definitely wrong (she said it like in corn husker), I think Howard's "who-sker" was also wrong, wasn't it? I think it's a U sound like in "push".

     

    I'm glad to hear Howard opening up about his youth, it gives him more to draw from. He can always say that at a young age, he was exposed to new things by an older set of friends/relatives. I'm 50, and he seems like he's substantially younger.

     

    As for Husker Du, I've only ever heard it pronounced as "who-sker." Such a great band. Come to think of it, supposedly I'll be receiving a screener of the Grant Hart documentary "Every Everything" sometime in the next month.

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    Black Flag, The Replacements, Husker Du, and The Minutemen.

    Howard talking about Jethro Tull beating Metallica for the Grammy. Which brought back memories for me because I was in DC that Grammy night, at the (original) 930 Club watching Jane's Addiction who was also nominated for that same Grammy (for the album "Nothing Shocking").

    There I was thinking Howard was just a rap kid, but no, he was also listening to groups on the SST label.

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    Cody, if you are seriously planning on getting a cycle, take the cycle safety course first http://www.ca-msp.org/. Most entry level courses provide the bike.

    When you said "loud pipes save lives," I cringed. It doesn't, it's an excuse people use to buy loud pipes in order bother Howard.

    (40 years experience on motorized 2 wheels)

    And my first post is a stern safety warning... I'll show myself out.

     

     

     

    http://www.pepperjackhymen.com/

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