Leapers, lepers, lunatics

 hustlers, whores and thieves

Fortune tellers, diplomats and some you won't believe (B. Weir)

of course our Good Friend Bob Weir was talking about the mixed big of carnival mayhem that one could expect to find at this mythical Festival, but he could just as easily been referring to the Circus that is the USA , anti everything; protest movement.....never before have such a large number of self hating losers gathered in the frigid temps, the only thing colder than the Minnesota air is the empty shell casings of their hearts. The truth is they hate law enforcement , it surfaced with Sleepy Floyd and Black Olives Matter and has never gone away..........the only time they manage to shut up is when a fellow demonrat is in office or Law Enforcement is hiding behind barricades killing white female Veterans.....(michael Byrd/Ashli Babbit)...say her name , looosers.

if anyone is looking for some pre super bowl entertainment , give a listen to Natasha Owens song "The Boss" , it is an anti springsteen anthem that is going viral ( whatever that means) on Instagram.....she is a Christian singer with other notable hits as " Trump Won", the "Somali Waltz" ..and..."Climate Change is real...stupid".....may have to see if we can book her for SN 29.

rumor has it that Brian Duffy needs a charriot from the airport directly to PC's next Sunday.....he is determined to finally attend a Sweater Nite.

less than 30 days into his term and it appears from the outside that Zohran is getting tired of being mayor.....he wants to make tiktok viedos and go shopping for clothes instead.......i seriously cannot wait until he sends a social worker to a 911 call, and his little muslim minion gets buthchered by a manchette wielding maniac ( of which NYC has plenty) ......such a simpleton, he deserves everything that is coming his way.

anyway , i am a little crancky this morning.....blame it on the cold.......it's only 42 degrees this morning and we may not even crack 50 today......i can't wait for summer.

STAY SAFE, GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BOXES.

I predict a Seattle domination....their Defense is legit...maybe the first ever shutout.......Hawks 31-7

2+3=beeer

Play for fun and play for keeps, you know they play with fire too
And comes the veil of the night, God knows what they do
World of wonder, watch the temperature climb

Pregame Skate

 the winner by unanimous decision is the Kettle Black as host for the pregame skate at High Noon on Sunday Febrewary 15th......followed by a glorious march to PC's at 1:30......followed by the USA-Germany game at 3:00

Thanks to all who inquired about my well being during the Myrtle Beach snowstorm.....as luck would have it I was in Clearwater Beach for my Great Nephew Matts Ice Hockey tournament.....team went 6-0 and won the Exposure Cup.....Matt is a 3 time Sweater Nite attendee.....

Oogie waits for just another day

 Drags his bones to see the Yankees play

Bones Boy talks and flickers grey
Oh, they slip away ( Bowie)

i certainly can't top David Bowie.....so i won't even try to eulogize Floyd "Uncle Floyd" Vivino. I will just say how funny and different he and his show was. From Patterson NJ and Point Pleasant Beach....he was one of a kind....there are not too many people that have had a song written by Bowie about them and also got a mention in songs by the Ramones......I heard an interview with Floyd after Bowie died and he told the story about meeting him at the bottom Line......and when Floyd asked Bowie how he even heard of his program, Bowie said "John Lennon told me to give it a watch" ........

I personally will always associate the show with the late  Chris Hickey and the wasted afternoons on hallucinogens' watching that show above Elegantes pizza.....we laughed so hard we missed 80 % of the show... and didn't care.

I was in AC years ago , we were having drinks in the Borgata , but were headed that evening to see Jackson Browne at Ceasers......and suddenly a guy walks past.....no entourage.....but he was carrying a banjo case and was wearing a pork pie hat....sure enough he was on the opening act for the Borgata that night.....i was tempted to sell my tickets and go see Uncle Floyd......but i wasn't on mescaline....and cooler heads prevailed........

Rest in peace Floyd Bovino and thanks for the laughs.....it's been a tough stretch for a lot of our childhood friends and icons....i suppose that comes with the territory of turning 60. 

i'll close with 2 quotes....another rarity but well deserved.....2+3=BEEER

the Ramones

Vin Scelsa's on the radio
Ramones are hangin' out in Kokomo

Uncle Floyd shows on the TV
Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, 10cc

and Bowie

Don't forget to keep your head warm
Twinkle twinkle Uncle Floyd
Watching all the world inwar torn
How I wonder where you are
Ohhh-oo
Sailing over Coney Island
Twinkle twinkle Uncle Floyd
We were dumb but you were fun, boy
How I wonder where you are

Picture a bright blue ball

 just spinning, spinning free......

it's dizzying with possibilities ( Weir-Barlow)

now picture a stage if you will....anyone that you like, this is fantasy Island........it's MSG for me.....But the old barn in Hempstead was a good one too......Red Rocks works.......the SPAC........the Greek in LA or any town USA.

The room is spinning....the band is winding down another second set gem.....could be Black Peter or Playin in the Band.....but for me it's Terrapin ......and the music begins to drift....the beat waffles across the floor like a cloud of smoke from something good........the rugs rise before your eyes......the green, purple and pale blue lights behind the band illuminate dramatically,  from your feet to the rafters and then go dark......the band silhouettes are only visible because of the rotunda lights behind the stage and between the sections......dancers twirl in the artificial moonlight and steal the precious brightness.......Brent stands up at the keyboards, and then he's gone..........the locomotive however, rolls on.......still winding down......Jerry turns sideways.....mutters something underneath his breath....looks back at the audience, winks to a few in the front rows and vanishes behind the drums.......the locomotive is sputtering, a few chinks in the armor  , odd sounds and feedback, loud wails and reverberations........and Mr Lesh raises the strap of his massive Bass Guitar above and over his head , he places his weapon of mass destruction  alongside the wall of sound,  and bounces down the stairs.........leaving us with ACE....gone are the short shorts and youthful frame....wild white hair witha stash and beard to match, homage to a hero...his back to the crowd.....eeking out bizarre noises from his guitar as he communicates to his bandmates and 20,000 more.....it's an odd melody, a glimpse into the SPACE that awaits.....but then just as quickly as he emerged and splashed across the sky....the man in the poncho and safari cap is taking a bow....he too is gone.......and we are left with Mickey & Bill the Drummer.......and it's about to get weird......that's the living, breathing dream we are all trapped in this day.

Thanks for everything Bobby........60 glorious years...the funniest guy i never met....i wonder what lies beyond this blue ball......and i hope i'm there to see what they play coming out of Space

And the politicians throwing stones
So the kids, they dance, they shake their bones
'Cause it's all too clear, we're on our own
Singing, "Ashes, ashes all fall down
Ashes, ashes, all fall down"

the best laid plans of mice and men

 

often end up calling in sick and going to the bar for some day drinking.

remember all that jargon about Valhalla and the Norsemen ?   scrap it.

It broke my heart to learn that the Lief was closed for good , just a few hours after the letters were handed over to our carrier pigeons ( SC finest) .....to many memories of the Lief to rush a eulogy....i will take time and gather my thoughts and put something out soon.......but for now.

we're going bank to Hanks Place...i mean Imbiberie Pub....I mean Musketeers ......no, no, no.....PC's bar and grille....the Mahogany that Mike Dooney made famous....the home of Brenden Murph's Skidder awards.....( 2x winner for Skid incident) and with the passing of Schnitzel and the Liev , perhaps the lone watering hole North of Bay Ridge Parkway on 5th......sad days.

stay tuned for the pregame skate announcement.......possibly the Bean Post.....possibly Salty....possibly an early BBQ at Jimmy Hollands House....feel free to cast a vote as i no longer have my finger on the pulse of 11209 watering holes and Sunday morning bartenders........but in any event, Sweater Nite 28 is a GO for Sunday February 15th.......2:00 at PC's........USA-Germany at 3:00.....possible live set by the unplugged Ramblers of Mac & JC.........and one square pie for the foodies.....and as much ICE as you like.

Poor Matteau keeps checking and rechecking his spelling and Grammar.....He knows Prof O'Mara is reading the Blog this week.....

Slainte

2+3=BEEER

Oh where have you been my blue eyed son ?

 Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?

I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I’ve walked and I’ve crawled on six crooked highways
I’ve stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
I’ve been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
I’ve been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
And it’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, and it’s a hard
And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall  ( Dylan)

just some observations from the land of 10,000 lakes: (can't shat about Minneosta without quoting Hibbings favorite son)

If Tampon Tim and the frugal mayor cared about their citizens and were trying to protect them and their right to peaceful protest, they would certainly deploy local Police at the very least. The local Police could provide a buffer between the Moms on their way to daycare or the doctor and the SS storm troopers that are kidnapping citizens off the street........but instead we see video after video of the paid Soros agitators and ICE squaring off face to face....... kudos to Greg Gutfeld for pointing out that the Police are nowhere to be seen in MN....unlike during BLM and anti-Israel protests when the NYPD were positioned between the protestors and their intended target.....in Minnesota ICS is on their own....why ?  because the demonrats want desperately for another useful idiot to get killed...it helps their case....they want desperately fo these riots to extend throughout the summer , right up to election day.......its the only plan they have for the country....and since the bulk of our country is dumber than most Tik Tok influencers, it will probably work.

I thought Trump was going after the worst first ?  well if you are paying attention, the major problems are occurring in the Sanctuary Cities.....where the local police, public schools, jails and hospitals are not allowed to cooperate with ICE. If Rikers Island was cooperating and calling ICE when they had an illegal alien in their custody, well then you would not have ICE on Bayridge parkway or the 18th ave subway station playing wak-a-mole.

we have seen every imaginable angle of the shooting...even helicopters....except 1 ( Thanks to our Sweater Nite member Mike H for pointing out on FB) we have not seen the footage that lesbo #2 was filming.....the stolen valor gal who claimed to be a disabled Vet ( LIE) while she goaded the ICE agents and told them to "come at us Big boy" .....if that footage supported their claims, Snorah O'Donell would have aired it 24/7 on CBS.....but alas it has never been released, and was probably intentionally destroyed .

lastly, remember that poor woman they dragged out her car.....the one who was just going to her doctors appointment , as that tweezer head Jessica Tarlov insisted; well it turns out she is a career protestor...a social justice activist just like Goodie 2 shoes..... her name is Aliyah Rahman.....I wonder if she is related to the disgraced/disbarred Bayridge lawyer that fire bombed a squad car for sleepy floyd...her name was Usroof Rahman..........

2+3=BEEER

And I’ll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it
Then I’ll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin’
But I’ll know my song well before I start singin’

Sgt Pepper

 well....it was 20 years ago today that a little doggie in Monmouth County said " I'm mad as hell and I can't take it anymore" and thus this Blog was born........it quickly soared to the top of the canine blog charts and even gave Fox News and the NY Post a run for the money, folks near and far turned away from the mainstream media and began reading the Blog for all the hard hitting news that's fit to print....no topic too controversial , no gossip to ripe for repeating, no imaginary tales too far fetched to create....on some days after hitting the ENTER button on a particularly "hot political take or a Bizarre story to share" , i would wait patiently for the phone to ring.......and Dano never dissapointed......no hello or other formality.....as soon as i answered he would jump right in ........."i'm on the Blog, have you been drinking already " ??   lol.....i sure do miss him......in his absence the comment sections has taken on a life of it's own......our lost Sailor ALVAREZ has been know to weigh in and even some chinese hackers......it sure has been interesting.......Cheeres , Slainte'........hopefully Matteau has another 20 years in those paws.