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Nope! No more mint juleps for you! Don't you think you've had enough?!
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My Ma was not really a drinker. Her idea of great booze was pricey Chambord, which she'd have maybe every 8-10 years.
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However, I recall that Ma really liked the song 'Scotch And Soda'. She owned a 45 single of it by... Hmmm.... I'm not sure. The Kingston Trio perhaps? But Ma also liked her some Lou Rawls, so I settled upon his version of the song to do Battle against Tom Waits.
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Please vote in the comment section for the recording you like best, and then, please, check out the other BOTBers BOTBs and drop your two cents worth at their blogs. The list of participants is over there somewheres ~~>>
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I intend to return here on June 22nd with my own vote and the final tally. Until then, may you bless & be blessed!!
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Scotch and soda
Mud in your eye
Baby, do I feel high
Oh me, oh my, do I feel high
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Dry martini
Jigger of gin
Oh, what a spell you've got me in
Oh my, do I feel high
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SCOTCH AND SODA
by Lou Rawls
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All our scribbled love dreams are lost or thrown away
Here amidst the shuffle of an overflowin' day
Our love needs a transfusion, let's shoot it full of wine
Fishin' for a good time starts with throwin' in your line
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NEW COAT OF PAINT
by Tom Waits
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~ STMcC
DogGtor of Alcohology &
King of Inebriation Nation
The Tom Waits song is a good one and well-performed, but against Lou Rawls? I do like Rawls a lot and find his music more listenable than Waits.
ReplyDeleteGive Lou Rawls a vote from me.
Lee
BOIDMAN ~
DeleteMethanx ya for bringing a vote for Lou and a six-pack of Olde English 800 for the community punch bowl! A punch just ain't got no street cred until it contains some OE800. Of course, one would probably need to grow up in Dogtown, like I did, to know details like this.
I'll never forget the time a guy in glasses and a white shirt with a tie, who looked just like William Foster, walked into a dive joint in downtown L.A., sat at the bar and then asked Leroy, the bartender, for a Lucky Lager Light. Leroy scowled and said, "The only beer we serve is OE800. Will that do?" And the nerdy guy said, "Sure! That's my second favorite".
~ Stephen
Another goot one. You should put together a stand up routine. But then again I can see the advantages of sitting.
DeleteHa! Thanks, Boidman!
DeleteYeah, at the age of 65, I prefer to Yuk-It-Up from a sitting position, and with something that's at least 80-proof within easy reach.
~ D'DogG
Scotch and Soda sounds like the exact thing you should be sipping while listening to that song. Classy lounge sold separately. The Tom Waits song is good, even if Tom has such archaic and transphobic standards for men and women ("You wear a dress, baby, I'll wear a tie"). Pshaw!
ReplyDeleteHowever, I've already played Lou's song three times since entering this battle, so that probably tells you my choice.
Now then, I have a more pressing question... have you tried Chambord? What's it like? I tried asking the internet, and of course I either got a bunch of pretentious douchenozzle answers like 'I took my first sip, and it was very vanilla-forward. Following the vanilla were the sweet raspberry notes in the finish. My second sip was similar, except there were additional citrus notes that began to waft up my nose as I sipped. Overall, the mouthfeel is slightly thick – and through this texture, I began to pick out the notes of honey'* or someone on Reddit who said simply, 'This tastes like cough syrup.' Neither of those are helpful.
*as much as I wish I could say I made that up, that's a direct copy and paste from a review website
So, is it overly sweet? Strong? Worth mixing in a drink? Inquiring (alcoholic) minds want to know!
~Chief Julio (always wears the tie)
JULIO ~
DeleteYou always wear a tie? So, I guess you're not the famous Chief Julio who always wears a hula skirt and dances the hula?
I haven't had Chambord since shortly after my Ma went "Home". But I remember it like this:
Look --- It spills out of the bottle into the glass like a drunken blonde falling out of a limousine, and it forms a large, tightly curled head with the height of a 1975 afro. It’s a deep purple color, like a black eye on skid row.
Smell --- As you begin the pouring process, your nostrils are caressed by a scent best described as a damp German Shepherd on an Autumn day, wrapped in a moist wool blanket and left for 30 hours in the closed garage. The middle section reminds me of something smelled but not heard, and toward the end of your whiff, the odor softens out into that intoxicating convalescent home aroma of old flesh and ‘Evening In Pasadena’ perfume that excites your nasal cavity.
Taste --- Up front, I noticed heavy notes of Yngwie Malmsteen followed by a hint of chuckberries and Bing cherries, culminating in a trace of Charlie McCarthy woodiness. There’s an astringent undertone of lima bean and things heard but seldom seen. It's unmistakably fermented with a generous portion of Harvey hooch which gives it that bitter-pill-to-swallow front-end bite; but in the middle I detect the tell-tale signs of mashed potatoes and gravy leftovers. It finishes clean but sharp, like a bullwhip to bare buttocks, with a faint lingering aftertaste of “penumbras, formed by emanations" from undigested bits of corn. For a liqueur, it’s a little too balanced with the burnt Sherwood Forest tobacco and notes of leather, but it has a nice, piquant* after-dinner flavor, and you can dance to it. [*Although “it depends on what the meaning of the word ‘piquant’ is.”]
OK, seriously? I remember it tasting like very sweet blackberries (and I love the flavor of blackberries!) It's really just a one-and-done after dinner dessert drink, which you wouldn't want more than about 3.5 ounces of, preferably chilled. One bottle of Chambord would last my Ma a good six weeks or more.
In hindsight, I suspect I would like Chambord best if it were used like a syrup and poured over a couple scoops of vanilla ice cream. That sounds really goot to me! (And I may have to try it one of these days.)
~ D-FensDogG
writing for BoozeAdvocate.com
Now THAT was funny damned writing!! That's what I'm talkin' 'bout when I praise your prose! This blog does not give you enough latitude or readership to become the next Vladimir Nabokov or P.J. O'Roarke or Hunter S. Thompson. (I threw them last two dudes in there because they were funnier than Nabokov.
DeleteNabokov - though an excellent writer - appealed mostly to the Jeff Epstein sort of funny bone.)
I walked out of a Hunter S. Thompson "concert" once because he was SOOOO drunk that he drowned his cleverness and slurred his humor. It was awful! My buddy and I even got our money back, which surprised me!
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SIR SIXY ~
DeleteWoo-Hoo! Thanks, Bruhthuh, you just made my day!
I tried to read 'Lolita' once but didn't finish it because it was just too disturbing. And I know who Hunter S. Thompson is, but have never read any of his work. I have, however, read one or two books by P.J. O'Roarke, and he is definitely funny!
Here's the backstory for that stuffs up there:
There's a website called Beer Advocate, where guys write reviews about brews, suds, and ales. Many of the reviews are so over-the-top ridiculous / pretentious that my friend Bryan, or Julio (Down By The Schoolyard), and I have joked about them. They say things like, "this ale had notes of oak and leather", as if people are familiar with the taste of wood and saddles.
Back in 2011 I wrote a fake, satirical beer analysis, mocking those types of reviews, which appeared on my Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends blog. I put in everything but a kitchen sink (which I probably should have also included). I copied most of it for my reply to Bryan / Julio above, altering a few little details (such as adding the black eye on skid row).
As you know, I often drop all kinds of obscure references into things I write, just for the fun of it, and knowing full well that few readers will pick up on them. (Bits from comedy records by Cheech y Chong and Bill Cosby are some favorites.)
In this one, you probably recognized the Supreme Court bullshit from the Roe v. Wade decision, and that bit of Bill Clintonese. The blonde spilling out of a limousine was a refernce to something in [Link> THIS music video.
Anyway, thanks again, Number Six. I really appreciated that you appreciated my nonsense!
~ D-FensDogG
As did your mom, I like Lou Rawls. I like him here too but I also appreciate the nice piano work in the Waits song. Howsumever... you know what I think of Waits, either V.1 or V.2. Not a favorite singer by any means.
ReplyDeleteSixgun McItchyfinger
SIR SIX-A-LOT ~
DeleteYes, this is the V.1 Tom Waits. It's the opening track of his second LP, and he's singing here in his God-given "natural" voice. He didn't begin putting on that fake guttural voice of V.2 until his third LP.
And me, I genuinely like Tom's V.1 sound. That's where we got greats like 'Ol' 55', 'Lonely', 'Ice Cream Man', 'Little Trip To Heaven (On The Wings Of Your Love)', 'San Diego Serenade', 'Shiver Me Timbers', 'Diamonds On My Windshield', 'Fumblin' With The Blues', and 'Drunk On The Moon'.
However... if one doesn't even like Tom's *real* voice, then there's no hope for Tom.
I think perhaps it's a San Diego thang. Tom was born in San Diego, and maybe a person would need to be born there -- or just up the coast from there -- in order to really dig what Waits does. You fellas from Utah probably jus' cain't git it. ;^D
~ D-FensDogG
Come on, now! Your jesting is going to confuse your readers. They will now believe I am from Utah instead of San Diego. And they really WILL care where I am from AND whether a "San Diego thang" exists... which it doesn't. Because if it did, then every single person from there would love him and he would have had a multi platinum recorded every time.
DeleteBut you are correct that with me there is not much hope for Tom. It seems like I voted for him in one or two battles... how could I not have with so many opportunities. Usually, though, the other guy is gonna get the vote, ex-specially when it has a good voice like Lou singin' it!
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GOL! Yeah, I remember you voted for Tom Waits not too long ago, when his competitor in the BOTB contest was... Tom Waits. :^D
DeleteTruth be told, Waits spent some of his early years in San Diego, but was actually born in Pomona. I altered that because, to my mind, Pomona is the kind of place where people go to die, not to be born.
"Where were you born?"
"I was born in Pomona".
"Where's that?"
"Well, essentially, it's between West Covina and Upland".
My approach to Tom Waits (particularly the V.2 model, beginning with his third LP) is somewhat similar to my approach to Bob Dylan. These are far from being the best voices out there, but the songs are so extraordinary that I'm willing to tolerate the vocal presentations.
There are so many Tom Waits songs that I would absolutely love if only he had sung them in his "natural" gritty voice, without all that fake, sometimes incomprehensible growling. Still, the lyrics cut deep into me. Such as...
I'll take the spokes from your wheelchair
And a magpie's wings
And I'll tie 'em to your shoulders
And your feet
I'll steal a hacksaw from my dad
Cut the braces off your legs
And we'll bury them tonight
Out in the cornfield
Just put a church key in your pocket
We'll hop that freight train in the hall
We'll slide all the way down the drain
To New Orleans in the Fall
Alas! If only he had sung those words with the voice that God gave him.
~ D'DogG
And Stephen,
ReplyDeleteSorry for the hiatus, I been had forgot. Now I remember and respect your Ma! Wasn't it Her that recommended we bring an extra key with us on the Show No Emotion In A BIG Way Tour? And wasn't I the feckin eejit who got mad at ya for listening to your Ma when I did indeed lose the key? Misdirected anger fer sure. Well your Ma is a genius I tell ya and not too bad of a Fortune Teller either.
Now back to the batlle. You know I do like the Lou Rawls song more than I thought I would but Tom Waits gets my vote. But you already knew that, didn't you?
JW and have a bitchin summer,
Pooooooooh!
...And, Pooh, That's Not All!...
DeleteNo worries, muh Bruhthuh. But... I thought you were traipsing all over Europe again. Had I known that you were still in helL.A., dodging Molotov cocktails every night, I would have texted or E'ed a BOTB reminder to ya. You missed some goot mint juleps but... they ain't the same without bourbon whiskey no how, anyway, what for, I don't know!
HA! Yeah, my Ma's advice saved us from sitting outside all night in the pouring rain, with the Devil's Tower looming over us, and we with nut'n to sustain ourselves but a bunch of beer. No whiskey, no rum, no gin, and no tequila... (thank God!)
ELWOOD: ... "I'm sure you're making a mistake about all that beer and no whiskey - but it's your two weeks".
That was such a weird night, with those strange dudes singing some spooky song while the Devil's Tower was peering over our shoulders. Then they summon up that storm from out of nowhere, and immediately scram, leaving us locked out of your car.
Thankfully, my Ma had been paying attention to Saint Whatchootalkinbout Willis, the patron saint of keys locked in a motor vehicle.
Thanks for bringing some sugar-free, calorie-free, and alcohol-free Road Soda for the community punch bowl! I loves ya, mang. (John Wayne! John Wayne!)
See You In September!
~ D-FensDogG
I'm going with Tom Waits. There's just something I like more with his version. My mom was not a drinker u less it was 1/2 glass of wine. My dad, would take shots of Whiskey, straight up from a shot glass. He never mixed it with soda. Today, kids have mixed drinks but they call them all martinis. Dumb, as the cosmo is not a martini, it's a mixed drink. Putting chocolate in with whatever, is not a martini...lol
ReplyDeleteBIRGIT ~
DeleteGreat alkies drink alike! ;^)
Many thanks for bringing a 100-proof Old School comment for the BOTB punch bowl.
My Pa drank like my Ma didn't; and my Pa was Old School. I don't mean like Stodgy Old School; I'm talkin' Super-Cool Old School, ya know? Like, Dean Martin Old School Cool! And that's where I get it from. This style I have isn't just born in a vacuum, ya know? There's genetics 'n' shit that play a part or two!
And when my Dear Ol' Pa went to that Perfect Lounge In The Sky, the only thing he left for me in his will was the 1969 'Official Liquor Buyers' Guide' by Jack Lewis. It's not that he didn't love me. He most DEFINITELY *did* love me. But... that book was the only thing he owned, and so that's what he willed to me.
Don't cry for me, my friend Birgit. Because that book has been invaluable in my journey through [Link> "this rotten world".
I cringe every time I walk into a watering hole and order a martini and the dopey bartender says, "Do you want gin or vodka?"
That's when I quote to them directly out of the Jack Lewis book that my Dear Ol' Pa left for me in his will:
"There is no such thing as a vodka martini. In order for it to be a martini, it must be made with gin. ...so [one is] really not getting a martini when [they] order a vodka martini - it is a misnomer."
~ Official Liquor Buyers' Guide (1969)
Chapter 9 - GIN; page 93
Birgit... great comment! I loved it! If we ever find ourselves in the same dive at the same time, all of the martinis are on me! (But you gotta pay for the Yellow Cab later... if Yellow Cabs are still a thing.)
~ D-FensDogG
VOTE = TOM WAITS
ReplyDeleteSheesh, Esteebie! You sure know how to make it hard on us voters. Even now I am fighting this one out in my head. I like both of these!! I only finally tipped toward Tom cuz it was a shade bluesier. This is a really good one, yo. ~Ed.
HOLA, EDUARDO ~
DeleteYou'll be pleased as spiked punch to know that I guessed your "bote" wrong this time. I wasn't confident about it, but I figured you'd go with the soulful dude with the better voice.
I like it when I get things wrong, because it convinces me that I am still me, and haven't been replaced by a body snatcher from outer space!
It's so peculiar how BOTB often goes. So many times one artist comes out of the chute like gangbusters (e.g., Lou Rawls with the first 3 consecutive votes) and then starts to fade (e.g., Tom Waits with the next 4 consecutive votes). BOTB is a strange duck!
~ D-FensDuckK--- er... DogG
I agree. BOTB really is a strange duck. Tough to predict. I reckon that is part of its appeal, eh?
DeleteYes, definitely. If not for all of the surprises, I would have grown bored with it and quit a lotsa years ago.
DeleteIt keeps me guessing, and gives me an opportunity to unchain my weirdness and let it roam where it will.
~ D-FensDogG
As a rye drinker, I don't like scotch at all - tastes like medicine! 😝😆 (And no soda either - just rocks, please.) The songs, on the other hand, are both good. That's probably the best Tom Waits vocal I've heard! And the vibe is coolness personified. Then there's the sax and Lou Rawls. You drive a hard battle! 😃 After listening a few more times, I'm sticking with Tom Waits on this one. 😎
ReplyDeleteP.S. Sadly, your brilliant comment on my Colonoscopy post disappeared when my website crashed. I had to restore it from an earlier backup and it was just gone... I tried to copy all comments before the restoration, but that one didn't take. (The repIies are there, though.) I don't suppose you have a copy of it somewhere so I can add it back in, or maybe you could come back and say it again? The clinical rape line was priceless! 👌
DEBBIE D'DOGLADY ~
DeleteI have never liked scotch, either. What's odd is that, according to the common perception of it, I really should like scotch a great deal. I love anything that is smoke-flavored -- chesses, pastas, porters, etc. In fact, it's not at all uncommon for me to add some drops of liquid smoke to food I prepare, and even to glasses of tomato juice, whiskey and beer.
Everybody says that scotch has a "smoky" flavor. Not to me it doesn't. Not at all! I suspect everyone except for me was born with defective taste buds. To me, scotch tastes exactly like... a missed opportunity to have ordered bourbon instead!
Tom definitely has his E-Ticket 'Beat Poet In A Blues Lounge' character in full swing with this song. Have you ever heard his 3rd album, 'Nighthawks At The Diner'? It was recorded live in a small studio setting, and that's where he first began using that "Louis Armstrong on steroids" voice, which I am not a fan of. BUT!... that's an album illustrating that Tom is a genius wordsmith. Just the 'Opening Intro' & 'Emotional Weather Report' are enough to prove it. And then there's 'Warm Beer And Cold Women'. (Fun Fact: Some woman wrote a review for this album many years ago at Amazon, and she mentioned Tom's 'Beer / Women' song, and it was her review that inspired me to start writing my own reviews online.)
I thanks you very much for bringing some rye and no scotch for the BOTB punch bowl!
Ha! I dig that you dug my colonoscopy comment! No, I don't have a copy of the comment that I left on your blog. However, despite a soused brain, a porous memory, and a laminated liver, I thinks I can recreate a reasonable "Take two". I'll give it a shot (after I give myself one, followed by a beer chaser ;^)
~ Stephen
Not sure if I dare say this in public, but Lou Rawls never appealed to me all that much. Everybody I know seems to love him, but his voice never really tickled my ears all that much. However, I really did like this particular song. It seems a bit more upbeat than what I am used to from Lou, maybe that's why I like it. His bedroom vocals are not present here. The Tom Waits song is stellar! The piano is really great and his vocals are top tier (you know, for Tom Waits). Tom get my vote in this battle! I enjoyed both songs very much though.
ReplyDeleteYou described the taste of Chambord in one of your replies and from what I remember, you hit it right on the nose. Someone gave me a bottle a long time ago, I tried it once and it sat in the cupboard until I decided I needed the space for something else. Not a fan myself. Scotch is not great either, meh. Whisky and rum, now you are talkin'!
COUNTESS ~
Delete~~>>... "Not sure if I dare say this in public, but Lou Rawls never appealed to me all that much"
Not to worry. I have said far more controversial things on my blogs over the years. (There are good reasons I use a secret identity. I'd be in big trouble if anyone ever discovered that I'm really Dr. Anthony Fauc-- er... well, I've said too much.)
My Ma owned a Lou Rawls album or two, so I heard him growing up. I thought he had a good voice, but in too many songs, he'd jazz 'em up too much. When I'd hear other singers do that, I'd accuse them of "Rawlsing it up". (Thankfully he doesn't do that much in 'Scotch And Soda', which is one reason I like it and used it in this Battle.)
~~>>... "The Tom Waits song is stellar! ...his vocals are top tier (you know, for Tom Waits).
Guffaw-Out-Loud! (GOL!) I know zactly what you mean! And I greatly thank you for bringing some whiskey and rum to the party! Whiskey and rum, whiskey and rum... something tells me that I'll be remembering tonight tomorrow, in little bits and pieces. [;^D}
~ D-FensDogG
(Did I try to kill their cat?
Did I chase it down the hall?
Well, it MUST have been the whiskey!)
Frank Sinatra was right when he said that Lou Rawls had the smoothest vocal chops ever. I can't listen to Lou and not feel Chicago tugging my sleeve. No question: Lou Rawls....
ReplyDeleteJOHN ~
DeleteI get it. With each year that passes, my sense of nostalgia gets ramped up another 100%. Music and shows that "take me home again" are greatly beloved by me. Thomas Wolfe underestimated the power of the mind when he said, "You Can't Go Home Again".
~ D-FensDogG
Al Bondigas here. I like Lou Rawl’s voice better in this battle, but, I like the feel and tempo better in the Wait’s song. I remember mom telling me when I was a youngster that dad really liked Lou Rawls, so, of course being a little judge, and looking up to pops, It was decided that I liked Lou Rawls too. But I’m gonna have to ( with pain in my heart ) make a rulin’ fer gravel voice Waits. That’s it!! That’s muh rulin’!!
ReplyDeleteJUDGE AL ~
DeleteYou ruled for Tom Waits over Lou Rawls?! Ma and Pa must be turning over in... The Winner's Circle at Turf Paradise!
Well, the rulin' had to be made, and if not you, who? If not now, when?
~ D-FensDogG
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ReplyDeleteBATTLE OF THE BANDS
Results For 2025, June 15th
'SCOTCH AND SODA'
by Lou Rawls
Versus
'NEW COAT OF PAINT'
by Tom Waits
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My sincerest and genuinest thanks to all of you who took the time 'n' trouble to vote in my latest BATTLE OF THE BANDS' Battle Of The Booze!
So, here's the backstory on this one:
'New Coat Of Paint' by Tom Waits has always been one of my very, very favorite songs that mention "Evidence" (in this case, wine), and I had been wanting to use it in BOTBs' BOTB from the very day I conceived of this Booze-themed contest.
Over and over again, I looked through my list of 100++ booze songs, trying to find the right song to use against 'New Coat Of Paint', but I just couldn't find the right pairing.
Ya know, the key to creating a good BOTB installment is in the pairing. It doesn't matter how good or great the songs are if they don't actually match-up well. (Example: I really like Ole Smoky Mango Habanero Whiskey, and also like Ruffles potato chips with La Terra Fina Spinach, Artichoke & Parmesan dip. But I found out that I DON'T like those things *together*. No bueno!)
The PAIRING is the most important aspect of BOTBing. (Also, having good taste in music, like I do, doesn't hurt.)
Well, I put off using 'New Coat Of Paint' until I accidentally stumbled upon Lou Rawls' 'Scotch And Soda' (it wasn't on my 100++ song list until a couple weeks ago). When I heard that, I thought: Ah-HA! Tom waits no longer!
In this Battle, Lou grabbed the first three votes in a row and I thought: Uh-Oh! Have I just made my second mistake in 65 years?! But then Tom grabbed the next 4 votes in a row and I knew that "It's ON!"
I like BOTH songs, but 'New Coat...' got my vote, giving us this outcome:
FINAL TALLY:
Lou Rawls = 4 votes
Tom Waits = 7 votes
Pert-goot contest! I'm glad I waited on Lou to come through.
Again, I thank EACH & EVERY ONE OF YOU who visited and voted.
Next month marks the 12th year anniversary of BOTB ([Link> Thanks, FAE!!!), and I have a special Battle planned for July 1st. After that, I will be taking a good stretch of time off from BOTB. Therefore, I greatly hope that you will all visit 'n' vote again in my July 1st finale (...for awhile, anyway).
TTFN and WP&Z.
~ STMcC
DogGtor of Alcohology &
King of Inebriation Nation
That's not a bad outcome I'd say. Either recording would have been worthy of a win.
DeleteI'll be taking off BOTB for the rest of the summer, but I will have one more Battle on July 1. See you then!
Lee
Hooah!
DeleteYup, it was a good battle!
DeleteWhy the time off? Taking a trip somewhere? Retirement just too taxing? Let us know when to come back and start looking for battles again.
Six
LEE ~
Delete>>... "That's not a bad outcome I'd say."
And I'd say, "You're not wrong", when you'd say that.
>>... "I'll be taking off BOTB for the rest of the summer, but I will have one more Battle on July 1. See you then!"
Yes, indeed, Lee, you will see me then! And after that, we'll have a BITCHIN' SUMMER, riding waves, picking up chicks on the beach and... and... taking 3 or 4 naps before dinner, and 3 or 4 naps after dinner, while we impatiently await ("Where the helck have you been??!!") bedtime.
Old Age Roc--- er... Slumbers!.
~ D-FensDogG
>>... "Hooah!"
DeleteHermano Eduardo, you are a man of few word, but I couldn't agree with you more! Well sed, Ed!!
~ D-FensDogG
SIR SIX-A-GUN ~
Delete>>..."Let us know when to come back and start looking for battles again."
Will do!...
Come back on July 1st, as I will have a very unique Battle presented for your disgust. Ha! Yes, Bruhthuh, I can dern-near promise unequivocally that you will dislike BOTH of the songs in my July 1st Battle. How come that? Because... I love them. (Needest thou any further proof?)
I'm just yankin' yer chain, my friend! Truth be told, you only dislike 78.87% of the songs I love (and vice versa), so there is some (slim, slim, very slim) chance that you will like one of my two final BOTB songs.
Sure, we may disagree about music 87.78% of the time (it just went up over the last 1.52 minutes) but let us not forget that we still agree on non-musical subjects at least - AT LEAST! - 56.07% of the time!
In all seriousness, Six, you have unequivocally been my biggest blog supporter since the beginning (2008), and I very sincerely appreciate that! Why am I taking some time off from BOTB? There are several reasons, but one of them is that I want to spend more time on my first love, Jean Gonzalez. Uh... Uhp! I'm an idiot! I meant, READING -- which is my first love.
Right now, I am only 33 pages away from reading for the second time 'DIVINE CONTACT - DISCOVERY OF THE ORIGINAL NEW TESTAMENT' by David Bauscher. Then I want to read for a second time 'JUDAISM'S STRANGE GODS' by Michael Hoffman.
After that, I want to read for the FIRST time 'THE IODINE CRISIS' by Lynne Farrow (strongly recommended to me by Judge Al Bondigas). And then 'TRUTH IS A LONELY WARRIOR' and '13 PIECES OF THE JIGSAW' by James Perloff, one of my earliest (April, 1994) teachers of *authentic* truth.
And, somewhere in-between all of that reading, I want to write an E-Ticket Memorial for FAE. She more than deserves it!
Of course, that's assuming that there's still enough time left for The Very Great U.S.A., which any Holy Spirit-taught person knows unequivocally is Babylon the Great, commonly known as the Whore of Babylon.
Oops! Did I just take all the fun out of this comment section? I hates it when I do that!
Sir Sixy, I shall return... on July 1st.
Be there or be...
greatly missed!
~ Stephen
("Unequivocally" known as... D-FensDogG)