Hello again everybody. One of the most boring periods of the entire sports calendar is over (the All-Star Break) and it was extremely nice to have baseball back on television last night. It seemed that some of the behind the scenes people at Comcast Sportsnet were still enjoying their break during the top of the 1st inning of the Cubs vs. Nationals game. Did you notice? Len and Bob's talkback button was stuck, so half of the time Bob was talking you could hear Len talking to his producers about stuff, and at one point Bob let out this loud cough into the talkback which of course you could hear plain as day. Being in radio, I enjoyed this very much. Kasper and Brenly are one of the most smooth and flawless broadcast teams in all of sports, so it was kind of funny to see the train derail a bit. Man, I really think that they are good though. When you listen to a lot of broadcasters in other towns, it makes you realize how lucky we are. Huge fan of Len and Bob.
I was at a birthday gathering the other night at a bar in the suburbs. It was with a bunch of my girlfriend's friends, some I knew, most I did not. It was a decent time, I just kind of sat back and observed while sipping my usual. During my intense observation, I noticed that out of the twelve people that were there, eight of them had VISIBLE tattoos. 66.7%. I obviously didn't ask the other four if they had any tattoos themselves, but conservatively I'll figure that at least one of them had a tattoo that wasn't visible. So now we're at 75% of this little gathering having ink under their skin. Now this wasn't a Hell's Angels convention, and it wasn't an NBA roster either. (An NBA roster would have been 11 out of 12 minimum). This was a group of young professionals/students in their mid to late 20's out celebrating a birthday on a weeknight. Now don't get me wrong, I'm no prude. When I was 15 and just starting to get into playing music, I would tell anyone that would listen that as soon as I turned 18 I was getting a bunch of tattoos. In the many years that have followed, I still think about getting tattoos probably more than the average person does (of NON-tattoo'd skin). For whatever reason I've never pulled the trigger on this, but it all got me thinking. When did NOT having tattoos become MORE rebellious than having them? If everyone in my generation is getting tattoos, then they are no longer the cool outsider thing to do. Tattoos used to be reserved for bikers/rockers/sailors, etc., but now the entire "tattoo scene" has been hijacked by young professionals/athletes/stay at home moms:)/nuns, and secretaries. There are even something like five different tattoo based reality TV shows right now!
What's next? Since tattoos and piercings and hair dye are no longer "out of the norm," what are the ACTUAL outsiders going to come up with? How about skin bleaching? Wait, we've done that before. I've got an idea, how about suspending your body in mid air with meat hooks through your back and just hanging there? No, I saw that on "Real Sex" back in '97. I suppose that there is one thing we could do...We could actually THINK as outsiders. You know, be ORIGINAL. Outside of the box. Have a UNIQUE personality. Stand out with your BRAIN and your HEART, not just your outer appearance. Now THAT would be "out of the norm"...
No, that would never stick would it.
It's been a fun week rapping with you, I've enjoyed it very much. I'll be back on Monday so tell a friend. Be sure to hit me up on facebook or in the comments section of this blog. Right now I'm listening to "Welcome to the Working Week" by Elvis Costello, "My Aim is True," 1977. Drinks of Choice: A&W during the day, Tullamore Dew on ice by night. Let's please take 3 0f 4 at Washington.
Peace the F.
Webby
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