Music with some meaning for you.
#121
First concert was The Box Tops at Will Rogers Coliseum. Then Three Dog Night twice in one year. 1969 I believe.
Accidently lucked into a Heart concert while traveling in Richmond, VA, around '79 / '80. Bunch of other smaller acts, back in the day.
The two best concerts I have been to was STYX 4 or 5 years ago and Queen with Adam Lambert.
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#122
Nearly same for me. I had (at the most) four paper routes at one time - not all papers delivered on same day. I had one daily, one (free press) Wednesday evenings, and then two additional different ones for Sunday only. Flipped burgers and poured root beer for the car hops.
#123
#124
As an example. While both the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Daily News were published daily, many customers only subscribed to the Sunday edition of the Tribune and/or the Sunday edition of the Daily News.
Last edited by Vintage Chief; July 1st, 2020 at 10:34 PM.
#125
Well, I guess that's better than not delivering them at all. Where I used to live, we'd get these weeklies that nobody needs to subscribe to. They're supposed to show up on Wednesday. But, would be delivered Thursday and sometimes even Friday, depending. They'd get kids to deliver them and the ones who had wised up would find out that they could cash out for even not delivering them. I'd sometimes find entire bundles just dumped onto vacant property. Since nobody subscribed to them, hardly anybody bothered reporting these bundles. I did, a couple of times, because at the time I was looking for an apartment and the paper had an ad section. I got so mad, one time, that I even cut the straps on a bundle, so that the wind would do the job the delivery boy was contracted to do
#126
My daily newspaper delivery was the Elgin Courier. Wednesdays I also delivered the weekly Free Press, as well as the daily. I delivered the weekly Free Press just as I delivered all the papers. Correctly on the front porch step.
#128
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#132
And hats off to Tom Scholz, the mad MIT music scientist who basically played all the instruments and mixed the Boston debut album in his apartment basement studio.
Never forget on the bus, 1976, a buddy would always bring a new album recently bought to show off. And turn this one over - the spaceships become guitars - amazing!
Never forget on the bus, 1976, a buddy would always bring a new album recently bought to show off. And turn this one over - the spaceships become guitars - amazing!
#133
MOXY!!! WOW, I had totally forgotten those guys! Totally Kool!
#134
Had a buddy with the same type of route one delivered on Wednesday the other on Sunday As I remember at that time the 3 major publications were the Chicago Sun Times, The American and the Chicago daily news, then once a month he had to go collect the funds, he had a big flip ring affair with hand written data, as I recall it would have been easier putting pajama's on a feral cat than collecting money from some of them folks !! also had a friend that had a route like Killian described I think it was called the Penny Saver, he would deliver to a few of the neighbors and the rest of the bundle would find its way into Butterfield Creek !!!
#135
Had a buddy with the same type of route one delivered on Wednesday the other on Sunday As I remember at that time the 3 major publications were the Chicago Sun Times, The American and the Chicago daily news, then once a month he had to go collect the funds, he had a big flip ring affair with hand written data, as I recall it would have been easier putting pajama's on a feral cat than collecting money from some of them folks !! also had a friend that had a route like Killian described I think it was called the Penny Saver, he would deliver to a few of the neighbors and the rest of the bundle would find its way into Butterfield Creek !!!
#136
From the garbage man in me
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#137
Last edited by Vintage Chief; July 3rd, 2020 at 04:10 PM.
#138
Enjoy one of the best car songs ever, wonder if Lou wrote it about his 442 Norm!?
OK so he didn’t write “rev on the red line“ about his ‘67 442, but he tells the backstory while he’s sitting in it!
Check this out - he was racing his 69 nova in Rochester New York in 1971. Again notice what he’s sitting in while relating the story....
I remember cranking Rev on the Redline in my 72 V code 442 as I street raced almost every weekend in 1980/81. Thanks Lou!
OK so he didn’t write “rev on the red line“ about his ‘67 442, but he tells the backstory while he’s sitting in it!
Check this out - he was racing his 69 nova in Rochester New York in 1971. Again notice what he’s sitting in while relating the story....
I remember cranking Rev on the Redline in my 72 V code 442 as I street raced almost every weekend in 1980/81. Thanks Lou!
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#139
#140
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And hats off to Tom Scholz, the mad MIT music scientist who basically played all the instruments and mixed the Boston debut album in his apartment basement studio.
Never forget on the bus, 1976, a buddy would always bring a new album recently bought to show off. And turn this one over - the spaceships become guitars - amazing!
https://youtu.be/pxeYn91bRZs
Never forget on the bus, 1976, a buddy would always bring a new album recently bought to show off. And turn this one over - the spaceships become guitars - amazing!
https://youtu.be/pxeYn91bRZs
#142
Here is the interior of his car. What stands out to suggest it's a simple CS. The 4-4-2 was still an option for only the CS model in 1967 was it not?
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5FcUgU9n4...0/DSCN3801.JPG
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5FcUgU9n4...0/DSCN3801.JPG
#143
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#145
In order to appreciate the nostalgia associated with this song, you need some familiarity with the late 50s and early 60s when TV and film were in large part still being broadcast in black and white. See if your recall the characters referenced.
Last edited by Tri-Carb; July 5th, 2020 at 06:05 AM.
#148
in response to post 135 of this thres
in response to post 135 of this thread, My buddy took a rare family vacation to the Wisconsin Dells one year, I say rare because he was one of 8 children and they didn't get to go often, they had a 65 Chevy wagon and still had to take 2 vehicles !! anyway he talked me into taking that route for about 10 days one summer, he left me his ROUTE BIKE which was a old faded red Columbia GIRLS bike with 1000 ply balloon tires and equipped with this very deep wire basket mounted to the frt. handle bars and saddle bag type rear baskets mounted to both sides of the rear wheels, I would have to go to his house to pick up the bales of both publications (the bailing wire cut the **** out of my fingers when lifting the bales) the frt basket was lined with a heavy canvas bag and the route was so big I had to go back to refill it, the frt basket was for one publication the rears for the other and of course the papers had to be rolled and rubber banded for delivery!! what a pain !! the frt basket was so laden with papers if you turned the wheel to far to the left or right the frt wheel was going to lock and you were going down!! now I was the fat kid in the neighbor hood and not in shape for this. we lived in a hilly neighbor hood and it didn't take me long to figure out to take the hill first despite burning legs and and a steady flow of obscenities that would make a truck driver blush!! and complete the first part of the route down hill !! and of course I had a flat tire on the bike on about the 3rd day of the route.
That may have been the worst 10 days of my life. when he returned he came to my house to pick up his ROUTE BIKE , I was never so glad to see somebody in my life, I think the payment for that 10 days of misery was a Barn Buster burger ,fries and a chocolate shake from the local Red Barn fast food joint, I did mow lawns in the summer and shoveled snow in the winter for $$ no PAPER ROUTE for me !!
That may have been the worst 10 days of my life. when he returned he came to my house to pick up his ROUTE BIKE , I was never so glad to see somebody in my life, I think the payment for that 10 days of misery was a Barn Buster burger ,fries and a chocolate shake from the local Red Barn fast food joint, I did mow lawns in the summer and shoveled snow in the winter for $$ no PAPER ROUTE for me !!
Last edited by solly; July 6th, 2020 at 02:23 PM. Reason: added info
#149
One of my bikes at some point in time had a front basket including my normal two rear wire baskets. Sometimes on the Wednesday route I'd have to stop back home to refill the baskets. Thankfully the subdivision where I grew up was flatter than a pancake so the terrain was quite modest.
#150
Mine has the heavier duty basket in the front, in order to distribute weight more evenly. The basket is stationarilly attached to the frame, so that the steering is less affected, just like the way they put together post office bicycles. In fact, the front bracket was cut down from an original older post office bicycle. When there's a load in it, it's still noticable. But, handling is still within reason, compared to bicycles whose baskets are directly attached to the fork.
The rear attachment was cut off from a moped and bolted on to the seat support. This was done, in order to reduce sprung weight.
Since when I've photographed it, I've painted the front bracket black:
The rear attachment was cut off from a moped and bolted on to the seat support. This was done, in order to reduce sprung weight.
Since when I've photographed it, I've painted the front bracket black:
#151
Mine has the heavier duty basket in the front, in order to distribute weight more evenly. The basket is stationarilly attached to the frame, so that the steering is less affected, just like the way they put together post office bicycles. In fact, the front bracket was cut down from an original older post office bicycle. When there's a load in it, it's still noticable. But, handling is still within reason, compared to bicycles whose baskets are directly attached to the fork.
The rear attachment was cut off from a moped and bolted on to the seat support. This was done, in order to reduce sprung weight.
Since when I've photographed it, I've painted the front bracket black:
The rear attachment was cut off from a moped and bolted on to the seat support. This was done, in order to reduce sprung weight.
Since when I've photographed it, I've painted the front bracket black: