Archive for November, 2008

Diane Interruptus

November 25, 2008
By Freakmaster
Diane Interruptus

I sat in the rear of my 9th grade science class and I felt safe there because I could survey the entire classroom and dissect the sum of its parts (very scientific of me). It was all about perspective and I could watch interactions between students, interactions between students and the teacher; I had...
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The Pants Strategy

November 18, 2008
By Freakmaster
The Pants Strategy

I worked on it in 6th grade but 7th grade really brought me around to fine tuning a fundamental style choice, one that had its roots in the late ’50′s and still had traction for many of the boys in 1963. Ours was a variation on the greaser look and, while lacking the leather...
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Still Waiting for Godot

November 12, 2008
By Freakmaster
Still Waiting for Godot

I was still in grade school when I started playing Youth Football and my baby sitter had to pick me up from school and trek me over to the practice field every week day during the season and then the blur of practices began and that blur melted into the blur of league games....
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Gigging with ‘Madman’ Miltie

November 5, 2008
By Freakmaster
Gigging with ‘Madman’ Miltie

The first instrument I took up was the drums and began formal lessons when I was 8. My dad (father #2) sort of pushed me in that direction and, in fact, father #1 was a very talented drummer (they both knew each other and sometimes even played in the same bands) so perhaps it...
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