Merle Haggard: For The Record.

From AOL's Celebrity Quote of the Day: "I'm always working on my new material, but it is hard to do it with any inspiration knowing that you are not going to be played because you don't have a pretty belly button."
--Country legend Merle Haggard

All Mod Cons.

From Guardian News comes The 100 Greatest British Albums. Say hello to All Mods Cons coming in at # 56, "A great cure for homesickness: 13 songs stuffed with class hatred, petty violence, suburban frustration and a very English kind of romance."

Kern County Drunkard Watch.

 

My source tells me that on Saturday night The Kern County Drunkard was at home on the internet. Seems she has kept her word and has not had an ounce of alcohol for approximately 3 months now. However, I hope the Bakersfield economy doesn't collapse as I suspect that there might be some area establishments that are feeling the pinch. What the heck is Waist High going to do without a Kern County Drunkard for her "Kern County Drunkard Watch"? 

Photo courtesy: vrbakersfield.com

One More Mention Of TFF And Then It's Back To Nothing But Booze Talk.

 

Pretend this was posted yesterday: Happy Birthday to Curt Smith who turned 43 on Jun. 24.

Photo: kink.fm

Caesar's Deli "Roma" Sandwich For Lunch Good. 1/2 Bottle Tequila For Dinner Bad.

My new "friend" was merely 9 years old the day I swore off tequila for good.

Aint Love Grand.

The greatest thing about reading Christine Edge's petition to increase child support was not learning that Exene's real first name is Christine, but that she is now a teacher/librarian.

Exene Cervenka: Not Forgotten.

Moving On From All The Tears For Fears Excitement.

Come along on a journey with Waist High as she proceeds to engage in the ultimate work "No-No." Even my 15 year old has advised against it.

Closest Thing To Heaven...

 

What a thrill to hear an acoustic version of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" yesterday as Tears for Fears made a stop in Portland and played the live performance lounge of the KINK 101.9 studios. Per the mouths of Curt and Roland, TFF to begin a tour October 2004. 

Photo: kink.fm

Roland Orzabal. June 22, 2004. Portland Oregon.

 

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Curt Smith. June 22, 2004. Portland Oregon.

 

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Curt Smith & Roland Orzabal. June 22, 2004. Portland Oregon.

 

Photo: kink.fm

As Promised. Waist High Now With Snapshots.

Curt. Roland. Together again. Tuesday. Live. KINK 101.9. Portland Oregon. This 22+ year TFF fan could not be more happy.

Trying To Figure Out This Whole "Post Pictures To Blogger" Thing. That's My Teen Daughter NOT A Porn Star.

This is the individual that says things like, "Make me dinner woman!"

Who Needs A Husband.

Never a real fan of Nirvana, Waist High picked up Love & Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain at the local Fred Meyer last night.

Justice For Kurt.

They're Back. No More Fighting Guys!

Curt and Roland. Together again. Tears for Fears, back together after 10 years, set out on a two week long Radio Tour to begin Jun. 21. First stop KLLC San Francisco, second stop KINK FM PORTLAND OREGON.

Go to tearsforfearsfans.com, and be ready for the official TFF site (tearsforfears.net) to launch Monday, Jun. 24.

Crabs? Need A Vasectomy? Thirsty?

I was getting ready to go take a nap when I read this. Only in Oregon.

Hermiston. Not Just For Meth Freaks.

Congratulations to the hometown of an acquaintance of Waist High. Hermiston Oregon has been declared one of the top Wi-Fi hotspots in our fine nation. When I said to my acquaintance, "Hey, did you hear that Hermiston was just named one of the top 10..." he interjected with "Meth capitols?"

Excuse Me?

If my 15 year old daughter never says to me: "When are you gonna make me dinner woman?" again, it will be too soon.

Hello John Taylor.

DURAN DURAN HAS RECONVENED FOR A NEW ALBUM

"Lead singer Simon LeBon told The Associated Press that the band has almost finished working on the untitled disc, which will be released in the fall on Epic Records. It will mark the first time the original band members - LeBon, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Roger Taylor and Andy Taylor - have recorded an album together since 1983's Seven & the Ragged Tiger." (katu.com)

Attention Fresyes.

The only thing about tilefetish.com that I want to point out is that they refer to Bakersfield as "The New Fresno."

Six Degrees Of Kajagoogoo.

Imagine my surprise when I picked up Bass Guitar Magazine last month because Robert Trujillo was on the cover only to discover: "An Interview with Robert Trujillo" by Nick Beggs, new staff writer for Bass Guitar, and former Kaja bass player.

Robert Trujillo (currently of METALLICA, formerly of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES) to Nick Beggs: "I was influenced by Kajagoogoo and your playing." He also told him, "by the way, when I was in Japan I got a copy of a Kajagoogoo DVD. You were ripping man!"

These Are My Bell Beefer Days.

What happened to the Bell Beefer?

Bakersfield Police Department. Doing Their Part To Make America Safe.

It's good to know my hometown is now safe.

(bakersfield.com) The Bakersfield Police Department cracked down on curfew Wednesday night.

In an effort to clean up the streets of Bakersfield, the BPD deployed one half of their force Wednesday night to catch mischievous teens out past the 10 p.m. curfew. The officers said they would focus on several Bakersfield hangouts.

Police get frequent calls for loitering at The Marketplace, THE TACO BELL ON MING AVENUE, and the fast-food parking lots at White Lane and Gosford Road.

"That is messed up!" said 14-year-old Christina Sparks, a new freshman at Liberty High School. "There's no where else in Bakersfield," she said. "Cause Bakersfield's stupid."

Hey Christina, we need to talk. Sounds like you might need a tutorial from Waist High. I have a manual I could send you. It's called, Bakersfield and All it's Nooks and Crannies: Where and How to Have Fun in a Town That's Mainly Dirt.

I don't think hanging out in the parking lots of fast food places on White Lane is really taking advantage of all that Bakersfield has to offer.

Chapter one in the manual: "Where to Go if You Wanna Loiter and Drink Without Too Much BPD Harassment."
Chapter two is simply: "How My Former Spouse Claims He and His Buddy Are Two of the Original Founders of the Whole 'Let's Party in a Dirt Field' Idea."
Chapter three: "How to Get Drunk on $5.00 a Night."
Chapter four: "Why Garces High and West High Football Players Should Never Party Together."
Chapter five: "Kroll Park Sump: The Ultimate Hangout."
Chapter six: "Fail Safe Techniques For Drinking More on a Full Stomach: Blowing Chunks 101."
Chapter seven: "Why Robbing a Beer Truck Might Now Land You in the Penitentiary."
Chapter eight: "Cutting School to Drink: Where to Go in the Light of Day."

And finally, Chapter nine: "Where and What to Eat if You are Drunk: Staying Away From Der Weiner Schnitzel."

As Crooked As It Gets.

I loved Ronald Reagan with all my heart, but did it bother anyone else that his casket was crooked when viewed from the camera at the top of the rotunda?

Schooled By A 15 Year Old.

Waist High loves her teenaged daughter. To prove it: tonight after cooking two Stouffer's French Bread Pepperoni Pizzas, I took the one with the least pepperoni.

Emancipate This!

For a time at my 15 year old daughter's high school, the 'cool' thing to do was get on anti-depressants. Now, the latest cool thing to do is get emancipated. Of course, my daughter wants to do it. I told her that it seemed like when I was a teen that the only kids that got emancipated were named Tammy and that girls who do yoga are not usually good candidates for emancipation.

Upon coming to terms with the fact that I would not support the whole emancipation thing, she closes the conversation by saying, "Fine. I'll just be emancipated in my own head then!"

Puppet. Attorney. Drink. We Love Guy Smiley!

Nothing but good news for Deborah Mardenfeld. A victim of the World Trade Center Attacks who spent over one year in the hospital, Ms. Mardenfeld was "awarded 8.6 million by the September 11 Victims Compensation Fund," as "reported by the New York Law Journal on Thursday." (AP via The Oregonian)

My cat Bernie here says that he really would like to someday meet her attorney: "Guy Smiley, the lawyer who represented her for free, said the award was 'hard money for her.'"

For those of you who are considering knocking a few back tonight, have a Guy Smiley for me:

Guy Smiley
In an old fashioned glass full of ice add:
3/4 oz. (21 ml.) Amaretto
3/4 oz. (21 ml.) Southern Comfort
3/4 oz. (21 ml.) Bourbon Whiskey
Decorate with 1/2 slice of lemon and a pick

Bad Influence Makes Public Service Fun Again.

It has been said by more than one person that the youthful Waist High was at times a bad influence. True.

Keep in mind that had she not been a bad influence, she would not have grown up to name her blog page after the nickname of her high school, and she most certainly would not have become the valuable public asset that she has become. Who else would keep America apprised of such things as Bakersfield Biscuits?

For those of you in NYC, you can find your Bakersfield Biscuits at most Wal Mart SuperCenters.

Creepy Abandoned Mental Hospital Update.

The city of Wilsonville Oregon has approved $71 million dollars in funding for Villebois, a sprawling urban village to be completed on the city's edge. Over one half of Villebois, with 2,400 housing units and 35,000 square feet of retail space planned, will be built on the site of the creepy abandoned Dammasch State Mental Hospital, where along with the Oregon State Mental Hospital in Salem, parts of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest were filmed.

Costa Pacific Homes, through Villebois LLC, purchased the 198 acre hospital grounds from the state of Oregon in March.

The abandoned hospital was for a time used for purposes not unlike how Bakersfield teens in the early 1980s used The Dredge, The Couch, or The Place. To party.

Go rowdy teens!

Burglarizing. Beats Working For A Living.

(bakersfield.com) Convict Lists Robber as Job Experience

"Frank Lene Ramos of Bakersfield hasn't had a regular job in years, since he has spent most of that time in prison. So when he was arrested this week and asked his occupation during booking, he gave the only regular work he has had --armed robber."

Go Frank Lene Ramos. Aim high.