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This Tom Waits shit has got to stop!!!

push comes to shove, i think, is actually a good tune.
when david lee roth quit the band they went thru several other lead vocalists....does anyone know their names?

robpop wrote on Jun 30^th, 2008 at 6:21pm:

Some Guy wrote on Jun 30^th, 2008 at 3:54pm:

It's all ghood. G!

I called the cops. I told them some guy stole my fish!!!

good, because it makes me dizzy.
good riddance to the large mouth bass. it was a bass....no?

:wtf1

wrote on Jun 30^th, 2008 at 6:43pm:

push comes to shove, i think, is actually a good tune.
when david lee roth quit the band they went thru several other lead vocalists....does anyone know their names?

Sammy Hagar, and the guy from Extreme.

wrote on Jun 30^th, 2008 at 6:45pm:

robpop wrote on Jun 30^th, 2008 at 6:21pm:

Some Guy wrote on Jun 30^th, 2008 at 3:54pm:

It's all ghood. G!

I called the cops. I told them some guy stole my fish!!!

good, because it makes me dizzy.
good riddance to the large mouth bass. it was a bass....no?

:wtf1

Nope, its a trout. Trout fishing in fast water is my hobby.

robpop wrote on Jun 30^th, 2008 at 6:41pm:

This Tom Waits shit has got to stop!!!

rimmage.

I did not know where to post this, since it is early yet to start the football thread, but it looks like Brett Farve is coming back next year.

On the hockey front...It looks like Jagr is coming back to Pittsburgh.

robpop wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2008 at 3:07pm:

And that sauna lovin Sundin is playin my Habs.....When are the Stillers gonna sign even one draft pick?

I could not agree with you more. This season is shaping up to be the worst in years.

I wonder if the Falcons moves will pan out this year- big changes in the ATL.

Some Guy wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2008 at 4:08pm:

I wonder if the Falcons moves will pan out this year- big changes in the ATL.

Falcons have taken a huge step in the right direction. Even more than hiring/firing Dan Reeves. Even more than hiring/firing Michael Vick.

David Lee Roth 4th of July anthem-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2mQpYG2POM

Dude, I was going to post that tomorrow. Aside from seing Van Halen this spring, that solo Roth tour was the last time I saw him. I was a teenager at the time. Man, that was a blast. That song still rocks to this day!!!

Forget about it.

robpop wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2008 at 8:50pm:

Check it, sniff-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JKkfIgIBAc

Great stuff. You just brought back about a thousand memories. I don't even know where to start.

Diamond Dave: Somebody Get Me a Doctor
Van Halen's David Lee Roth was hospitalized last month after apparently experiencing an allergic reaction to nuts while visiting Oakland, Canada. The singer was driving himself to a nearby hospital when he was pulled over by police for speeding, at which time he informed the officers that he was in medical distress. The constables then called an ambulance and stayed with Roth until the vehicle arrived. Watch a video news report about the incident

http://southwesternontario.ctv.ca/news.php?id=2104

Nellcote wrote on Jul 9^th, 2008 at 6:45pm:

Graham Rockingham
The Hamilton Spectator
(Jul 10, 2008)
David Lee Roth lived up to his rock star reputation during his visit to the Brantford area last month.

After being treated in a Brantford hospital for a severe allergic reaction to nuts, the Van Halen singer took two nurses to a nearby bar and performed on stage with St. Catharines-based band Phatstick.

"He came late near the end of the night at about one o'clock with a couple of the nurses from the hospital," said Cheri Welsh, owner of Brantford's Liquid Lounge. "And he actually got up at the end of the night and performed a song with the band that was there."

Welsh said she wasn't there at the time, but met Roth the next night when he returned looking for his cellphone. She chatted with him for about an hour at the bar and smoked a cigarette with him in the parking lot before he left. Welsh said Roth never drank alcohol on either of his visits.

"Once people started to recognize him, he started to get uncomfortable," she said. "He was very eccentric, wearing clothing that you couldn't buy around here -- white shirt, coloured scarves, hat and some kind of alligator white and black shoes that probably cost a couple of thousand dollars."

The rocker's visit to the area hit the news this week when it was learned provincial police caught him driving erratically near the hamlet of Oakland, south of Brantford. The officers discovered Roth was suffering from an allergic reaction to nuts and rushed him to hospital.

Dean Hajas, a local songwriter and record producer, says Roth is an old friend and stayed at his Oakland home for three weeks in May and June. Hajas says he met Roth while working in Los Angeles in 1993.

"Yeah, I gave up the master bedroom for him because I think that's the hospitable thing to do," Hajas said. "He showed up in a navy blue Alfa Romeo car."

Hajas said Roth's visit was a fairly quiet one, although he did visit the surrounding towns of Simcoe, Waterford and Port Dover. Police are trying to figure out how he got nuts in his mouth.

David Lee Roth's groin is in my face. The lead singer of Van Halen is wearing snakeskin (and skin-tight) pants that probably shouldn't be worn by anybody, never mind a 54-year-old, and right now we're being treated to a groin-shot displayed on the massive TV screens either side of the stage.

It was in1608 that French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City, and 400 years to the day, Van Halen are here to help the locals celebrate with free concert. The band's connection seems tenuous, though I guess 400 years is close to the combined age of the members.

Tens of thousands of Quebecois and tourists have turned out at the city's major parkland, the Plains of Abraham for the gig. Tonight, there seem to be plenty of middle-aged men in the crowd enjoying a nostalgia trip, while the rest of us groan our way through the seemingly endless guitar and drum solos, waiting for Panama and Jump (the latter closes the set).

Quebec may be a small city by global standards, with 622,000 residents, but it is celebrating in a big way. The city has a summer festival every year, but with this year's anniversary, the city has pulled out all stops to deliver a celebration to remember. Immediately after Van Halen's performance, the St Lawrence River explodes in what's is reportedly the biggest fireworks display in Canadian history.

And while Van Halen's free gig might be considered lame by anyone under the age of, say, 45, two nights later the coolness pendulum swings the other way when Canada's own so-hot-right-now alterno-pop star Fiest performs. The city is also buzzing with the news that Paul McCartney has been confirmed for a free concert on July 20.

Of course, with 95 per cent of the local population speaking French as a first language, there are plenty of French-speaking acts too, though most of these are playing in the lower profile afternoon slots.

Quebec's celebrations have undergone years of Olympics-style preparation, with the first events kicking off last New Year's Eve. The uglier parts of the city's waterfront have been transformed, with a temporary display of emphemeral gardens created combining art and horticulture. The city's enormous grain silo , something of an eyesore in the Old Port, has undergone the most extraordinary change of all.

Local director and playwright Robert Lepage has transformed the still-working mill into the world's largest projection screen - 600 metres in length, with 27 separate projectors working together to create an extraordinary animated journey through the city's history. The call from visitors is that it should become a permanent attraction, though the likelihood is it will close as scheduled on August 24.

The celebrations have not been without controversy. Critics attacked the opening events at the start of the year as childish, while the Prime Minister Stephen Harper upset Quebec separatists by suggesting the anniversary commemorates the founding not only of Quebec, but of Canada itself (even though Canada, as a country, wasn't founded by the British until 1863).

Controversy aside, the Quebecois are making the most of the year, and any visitors to the grand old town are likely to find plenty worth celebrating, even if they're not fans of aging rockers.

Donnie Iris snubbed my fire departments 100th aniversary celebration. We booked a polka band for tonight. It's my nieghbor's band, he is going into the polka hall of fame this fall. Polka is huge here. Huge, I tell you.

I don't think this will bring JB back either.

robpop wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 1:31pm:

Donnie Iris snubbed my fire departments 100th aniversary celebration.

Sheetz wouldn't give him the day off?

Fuckers.

Hey, the guy can make a mean hoagie, and grab yinz a pack of Newports faster than you can say "Ah Leah".

robpop wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 1:42pm:

Hey, the guy can make a mean hoagie, and grab yinz a pack of Newports faster than you can say "Ah Leah".

Nice to see he landed on his feet after that Eggs N'at debacle.

Poor bastard couldn't make a dippy egg to save his life...

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 1:50pm:

robpop wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 1:42pm:

Hey, the guy can make a mean hoagie, and grab yinz a pack of Newports faster than you can say "Ah Leah".

Nice to see he landed on his feet after that Eggs N'at debacle.

Poor bastard couldn't make a dippy egg to save his life...

A-Game postin'

robpop wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 3:13pm:

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 1:50pm:

robpop wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 1:42pm:

Hey, the guy can make a mean hoagie, and grab yinz a pack of Newports faster than you can say "Ah Leah".

Nice to see he landed on his feet after that Eggs N'at debacle.

Poor bastard couldn't make a dippy egg to save his life...

A-Game postin'

not likely to stick.

Some Guy wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 3:41pm:

robpop wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 3:13pm:

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 1:50pm:

robpop wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 1:42pm:

Hey, the guy can make a mean hoagie, and grab yinz a pack of Newports faster than you can say "Ah Leah".

Nice to see he landed on his feet after that Eggs N'at debacle.

Poor bastard couldn't make a dippy egg to save his life...

A-Game postin'

not likely to stick.

Obscure regional references lost on Some Guy.

Some Guy wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 3:41pm:

robpop wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 3:13pm:

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 1:50pm:

robpop wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 1:42pm:

Hey, the guy can make a mean hoagie, and grab yinz a pack of Newports faster than you can say "Ah Leah".

Nice to see he landed on his feet after that Eggs N'at debacle.

Poor bastard couldn't make a dippy egg to save his life...

A-Game postin'

not likely to stick.

Sadly those days are looong gone, Some Guy.

That same ass is now swaddled in Depends.

I don't see Jesus coming back anytime soon.

robpop wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 4:09pm:

I don't see Jesus coming back anytime soon.

Dude's old.

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jul 10^th, 2008 at 4:04pm:

Sadly those days are looong gone, Some Guy.

That same ass is now swaddled in Depends.

and then depression set in...

Nellcote wrote on Jul 9^th, 2008 at 6:45pm:

peanut m&m's?

Thanks for posting that pic.

Didn't know that the Bucs replaced Gorzo with one of the Hanson Brothers...

I'm out. Hansen bros were the first thing that came to my mind also.

Polka TIme

Nellcote wrote on Jul 9^th, 2008 at 6:45pm:

The phoney David Lee Roth.

It's a story that circulated around the world: Rock star David Lee Roth saved by two OPP officers after suffering a severe allergic reaction to nuts while driving on a country road near Brantford.

This newspaper even had a followup to the original wire service story about how the Van Halen singer, dressed in flashy rock-star duds, strutted into a Brantford bar with two nurses after spending the evening in Brantford General Hospital. Only problem: It's not true.

The two officers and a lot of other people in the area appear to be victims of a charming imposter.

And the rock star himself issued a statement last night, saying, "I was in Canada only from July first through the fourth for a performance at the Quebec City Summer Festival. I had no encounters or incidents with the police.

"The only thing I'm allergic to is criticism. -- Love, Dave."

His personal publicist, Elaine Schock said, "I don't even understand where (the account) came from. David doesn't drive himself. He has a driver. And he doesn't dress flashy unless he's onstage."

This, of course, came as a bit of a shock to the two OPP officers who entered the name "David Lee Roth" into their report of the May 23 incident and later described his flashy dress to CTV news.

The officers weren't the only ones fooled. Club patrons, hospital employees, hair stylists, music producers and performers all thought they had spent some quality time with Diamond Dave.

"I'm actually trying to figure out what's going on here, myself," said OPP Constable Larry Plummer.

"I've been researching ... I'm finding it hard to believe. The first thing we're going to have to do is identify who this person might be."

Later in the day, Plummer confirmed it couldn't have been Roth whom the two young officers saved.

"On May 23, the day this was supposed to have happened, Roth was performing at Madison Square Garden with Van Halen," he said.

Plummer said the officers never asked for identification when they stopped the Mystery Dave's rented car for erratic driving near Oakland, a hamlet south of Brantford.

"They were too concerned with helping a man who was in medical distress," Plummer added. Police, however, continue to investigate the identity of the mystery man.

After being treated in hospital, Mystery Dave took two nurses to the nearby Liquid Lounge, where he got up and performed with a local band. He even had his picture taken with at least one of them.

Liquid Lounge owner Cheri Welsh was drawn in by the flashy scarves and alligator shoes.

"I can't understand his motives," she said yesterday. "It's not like he was getting free drinks or anything. He was putting money on the table."

Even Phatstick -- the St. Catharines band that jammed out Van Halen's Ice Cream Man with him at the bar -- was impressed.

"We weren't totally convinced at first because so many people come to shows saying they are someone famous or related to a star," said drummer Joe Lavergne. "But in Dave's case, he did pretty well."

The Mystery Dave also went to the U Are Beautiful salon in Cambridge several times for tanning treatments, hair cuts and dye jobs.

"He always paid in cash," said Lesley, who asked that her last name not be used. "He even bought gift certificates."

Lesley said the salon gave him one free treatment when he said he was going on MuchMusic. He gave them a private concert in the salon. Lesley said they were initially suspicious because of a gap in the man's teeth, but he explained he always wore a cap when he went onstage.

And Dean Hajas, a local songwriter and recording engineer, said he's still certain the man who stayed at his house for three weeks is the real David Lee Roth.

"He just phoned me out of the blue and asked if he could come over and do some work," Hajas said. "He's got some of my music ... I talked to him on his cellphone yesterday and he said his publicist would be issuing a press release (today) to clear this mess up."

Roth's publicist admits the bizarre story has helped her keep her client's name in the news.

"And it's not like it's bad press, it's just odd press," Schock said, adding: "He doesn't stay in places like this. Dave is a Four Seasons kind of a guy."

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