sittin’ around readin’ books about UFOs. NBA hoops. 80s hardcore (SST, Dischord, Touch n Go). Coltrane, Miles (Electric). Prog. Memphis soul. Philip K. Dick.
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It’s come to this. The CorleOates family is packing up shop & moving. Unlike the Coreleone’s, I am not moving from my Long Island compound to scenic Lake Tahoe, but from Twitter to Bluesky. I will hang around for a bit to try & catch everyone else also making the move, but to
everyone sticking it out over here, it’s been a stone groove. My japery can be found at @blackwolfjohnoates.bsky.social
& @blackwolf_john_oates on instagram.
Oh, I will be here to finish out the BrewPool, but that’s it.
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Card #263: Rob Affuso
Another Skid Row, another blank back of card. What really happened here? Did Skid Row collectively steal Brockum’a girlfriend & kick sand in Brockum’s face? Did Brockum choose to leave Skid Row’s cards blank in some passive aggressive revenge gambit (1/4)
DaVinci Dave Megadeth. The Rob Affusos of the world suffer because Brockum is either lazy or passive aggressive.
Rob lists, among his influences, Neil Peart & Phil Rudd. The only way 2 drummers could be more different is if he listed Buddy Rich & Meg White. Maybe (3/4)
Card #200: Bret Michaels
“Bret Michaels has become one of rock’s most familiar faces as he’s led Poison up the charts to success. At first his flowing blonde looks, sexy stage moves, & pouting lips concealed his diverse musical talents. But as Poison’s albums proceeded to (1/7)
Forcing me to imagine Bret’s “flesh & blood” being…oh god…manipulated (shudder). Oh, fuck me…the pumping…
No. I can’t do this. I can’t. I’m done. You win Bret Poison. You fucking win. Get pumped. Get your insulin. Get your cat dragged in. (6/7)
Card #114: Pete McClanahan
“Pete McClanahan is a man of many talents. Aside from his bass duties in the hard rock band Warrior Soul, Pete is an accomplished photographer. In fact, many of his photos grace the cover of the band’s debut LP, Last Decade Dead Century. He calls (1/7)
series of Sega CD games. There were only 3 titles made (INXS, Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch, & Kris Kross), & with the quality on display here, I have to think that Warrior Soul was in line for the 4th.
Can’t argue with The Who & Sabbath. Could do a lot worse than learning (6/7)