Pepe's Pizza

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Better than Lindsey Lohan's Right Breast

Better than Lindsay Lohan’s right Breast July 2006

I love Ray Davies
and the way he can weave a phrase
with an haunting, unforgettable melody
and turn his songs
into conversational antidotes
that he shares with his fans
He’s not preachy
He relates
He advises.
Like a friend
He’s amazing!
So, after what seemed like a long hiatus
a time during which his band The Kinks
seemed to be removed from serious consideration
as the true architects of modern rock
(The Kinks NEVER get the credit they deserve!)
Ray was back with a solo album
“Other People’s Lives”
An album at first I thought was just familiar
and glad for that
but I soon discovered it was much more
It is a solid effort – some thoughtful and reflective songs,
many with the type of melodies that has been Ray’s trademark.
Ray is perhaps one of a handful
of truly great singer songwriters of the day
(You have got to listen to “Is there Life After Breakfast?"
Ray writes:
“lift yourself out of the doldrums
make yourself a cup of tea
drag your emotions out of the gutter
don’t wallow in self-pity
when you wake up out of a luster
thinking life has passed you by
give yourself a kick in the backside
jump out of bed and punch the sky…”)
So, not expecting Ray to be rightfully hailed
as the returning long-lost poet laureate of the rock genre
I was still hoping he would receive a“Welcome Back” deserving of his accomplishments
He received some good ink
But nothing like he deserved
Cover of the Rolling Stone? Forget it!
(they probably never even had the Kinks on the cover)
Sure, there was a brief story
Every publication acknowledged his return
But none made the occasion as special as his album
And when you think about it –
A great artist under-appreciated and almost ignored -
It’s just all very Kinks-like ...




But, what does any of this have to do with Lindsay Lohan’s breast?
Well, Vanity Fair magazine may have done the biggest disservice to Ray
They provided a few very flattering lines about Ray,
But only saw fit to include a 2-and-a-half-inch by 2-and-a-half-inch photo of Ray
In all, that’s about the same space they gave to Lindsay Lohan’s right breast
On the issue’s cover (not a bad looking breast... but it's no Ray Davies song!)

Klassic Kinks!(God Save the Kinks!)

The Boys

Southside Ed, Megaphone Mike, Kane, Travelin'Matt. The Working Class Heroes Poetry Project!

Jack's Top 20 Movies - Movie Reviews

My Top 20 - In no perpendicular order - By Jack

ARMORED EMU

1. The Big Lebowski (R) Funny as hell. Good lines and
bowling!
2. Donnie Darko (R) Good story. Well made and a
demonic bunny – awesome!
3. Fight Club (R) I can’t talk about it (after all,
that’s the first rule of Fight Club!). Just see the
movie.
4. 25th Hour (R) Dramatically real movie from Spike
Lee underlining the racial tension in New York.
5. Reanimator (R) The zombie’s a guy with a severed
head. High entertainment value.
6. 28 days late (R) British zombie movie with a new
look for zombies - no more mopping around.
7. 300 (R) History will never be this cool: valor,
glory and immortals. It is sick!
8. Grind House (R) Two great movies for the price of
one! And the greatest coming attractions ever!
9. Requiem for a Dream (R) A sad drug movie. I will
never do drugs after seeing this movie
10. Reservoir Dogs (R) One of the greatest crime
movies ever made!
11. Vanishing point (R) Cars, Cars… CARS! I love cars
and twisted endings!
12. Resident evil (1 and 2) (R) Zombies and a cool main
character. The game is good too.
13. Akira (R) Cool bikes/odd story and physic smurfs.
I kid you not.
14. The Chum Scrubber (R) An anti-drug movie with a
good sound track, and suburban satire.
15. Dr. Stranglove (PG) a funny anti war movie by
Kubrick. When he dose funny - its funny!
16. Repo Man (PG-13) Funny with a good sound track and
a car that burns people!
17. V for Vendetta (R) A movie that plays off
political tragedy and terrorism with cool explosions.
18. American History X (R) Hell is other people;
racist people. Remember kids: crime dose not pay!
19. Under World (R) I heart ware wolfs - and these
will rip you apart
20. Departed (R) twist ending and a cool double story
line. (and Jack is back!)

Guilford Harbor

Stop & Shop Paranoia

Stop & Shop Paranoia September 2006

Stop & Shop
Saturday afternoon in Madison
This is the place to be
Isles packed
with carts running the maze
from produce to frozen foods
I’m going through the motions
Some days I’m into the shopping –
the art of finding the deal,
discovering that
the 5 oz.bag of frozen corn
for $2.99
is still a better deal
than the “special”
two boxes of 2.5 oz. Frozen corn
for $4.
But today I’m distracted
as I push my hand
into my pocket
and feel the glass pipe
which reeks of hashish
that I put in there earlier.
For the record,
I don’t smike dope
I haven’t in many
many
many
years.
BUT
While clearing junk
out of our son’s
basement room –
which he hasn’t used in five years-
I came across the pipe
which was stashed in the back
of a closet
tucked
with its unmistakable sweet smell
amongst some old-smelling
folded blankets
on a closet shelf
I slipped the pipe
in my pocket
so his mother or sister
wouldn’t see
and I almost forgot about it
until I got to Stop & Shop.
Now
I had to get rid of it
I worried
that all of a sudden
somehow
it would fall from my pocket.
Or someone
A suburban soccer mom
With a nose like a police dog
Would walk over
as I checked out boxes of noodles
and say,
“Do you smell that?
Something around here reeks like dope!”
But I was interrupted
from my paranoid daydream
“Hello coach Jones,”
said a young, sing-song voice.
“Oh, hello. How are you?”
I asked.
This is all I needed, I thought
to get busted
with a residue-filled hash pipe
in front of a member
of the girl’s soccer team I coach
“What’s that?” my son Jack asked
as he patted down my pockets.
My heart sank
and I jumped back
a foot… or two
“Dad, relax,
I’m just looking for some spare cash.”
Relax!
of course!
Jack pats me down all the time
Relax!
Just looking for some cash.
But when I put my hands in
my pocket
to see if I had a few bucks
my fingers ran across the pipe –
Again
There was sweat on my forehead
even though Stop & Shop
was its usual over-air-conditioned.
I started towards the door
I darted down the cookie
and junk food isle
Maneuvering around oncoming carts
like I’m in a human game of Froggers.
I never slowed down
(which I briefly thought
would be my defense if I got caught –
“Look-
do you think I could
make it down the
cookie and junk food isle
if I smoked this shit?”)
Once outside
I saw a trash can
about 15 yards away –
Right near the bottler return door.
I looked around
- probably suspiciously –
as I walked over
and without slowing my pace
I grabbed the pipe
pulled it from my pocket
and dropped it into the trashcan.
I looked around
one more time
To make sure no one was watching.
I wiped the sweat from my forehead
and eyebrows
and rushed back…
away from the evidence
and into the grocery store.