I'm not sure how I feel about this. I'm originally from England where the drinking age is 18, but the driving age is also 18. I think the drinking age being 21 here makes sense since you can drive at 16 in most states right? I'm not sure younger kids really think about drinking and driving so much, and if the drinking age were 18, younger kids could get away with drinking, and a lot more of them would also be driving cars. Am I making sense? Haha.
Posted By: Alicia - Tuesday, August 19th 2008 @ 3:49pm
Chili Beer
I'm still cracking up thinking about the look on everyones faces. I'm also still trying to get the taste out of my mouth. You forgot to mention that the beer has a HOT pepper floating inside the bottle! I brought a bottle to the brewery today, for some of the staff to try, and no one wants to go near it! If you want some good laughs, go to ratebeer.com and read the reviews of Cave Creek Chili Beer. You will laugh for hours. If anyone out there wants to buy the flaming hot beer, it is not available in TN. You can drive to Bowling Green, KY and pick it up at Barren River Beverages off exit 22. I'll have to make things right next time and bring out some of our award winning St Charles Porter. It can put out any fire.
Cheers!
Justin
Posted By: Big Justin - Monday, August 18th 2008 @ 2:29pm
Pool Patrol
Squeegie, Thanks for coming out yesterday. It was a blast.....and I am paying for it right now. I am so glad that pepper beer is gone. I thought I could still smell it this morning when I left for work. I can't remember the name of it, but is there is someone you don't like....get 'em some!
See you next time.......
Posted By: Jeff Eslick - Monday, August 18th 2008 @ 2:10pm
Drunks
Thanks for posting the list! #9 is one of my personal favorites.
Posted By: Ginny - Thursday, August 7th 2008 @ 8:19am
China
Worrisome really. The air quality is crappy...so they worry about it for the Olympics? What about the rest of the time? I hope that the games go well this year. Go America!
It is the weekend!!!!!!! You riding this weekend Squeegie?
Posted By: Floyd - Friday, August 1st 2008 @ 10:22am
talent
Not only are you production/radio guy...a tailor as well!! Crazy!
Posted By: Gin - Wednesday, July 30th 2008 @ 5:25pm
Stuff
Don't ride...looks like fun and freeing though. So many bikes on the road with gas being so high. I hope that car drivers are aware!
Posted By: Gretel - Thursday, July 24th 2008 @ 3:16pm
Brotherhood (sisters, too)
I don't ride anymore. When I did it was during a time of unrest in the country. Civil Rights, Riots, War Protesting... If you rode then, it didn't matter what you rode. You'd throw up your left hand, to show brotherhood. There wasn't any of this "stuck-up or I'm cooler than you" $#!+. If somebody didn't wave back in some form or another, there was a bird alright, but you weren't feedin' it, like you were talking about. You might've been throwin' it. I'm amazed at how "coolness" has turned into "not cool". If you think about it, riding today shows it's own form of brotherhood against the big money machines who price the gasoline. Thats cool in itself. Ride On and keep throwing up that left hand, ya'all !
That oughta' be in a song : ridin' against the big money machines, who price the gasoline, its such a terrible scene,
Posted By: gizzard - Thursday, July 17th 2008 @ 1:05pm
The WAVE
Hey Squeege, I agree with your view on the "wave". I ride a Harley and I wave at any bike. We ALL are "bikers" as far as I am concerned. Some folks on Harley's DO think they are "too cool", and don't wave even at other Harleys. So screw them....I don't care what kind of bike it is, Harley, Metric, or a "scooter"...we all ride for our own reasons and ride what we either like or can afford. With gasoline the way it is, I see more and more bikes on the road. And there are going to be more bikes in the future. We need to get the "car drivers" to pay more attention. Thats why all my lights are on and my exhaust is loud!!! Ride Safe Bro!!!
Posted By: Guitarzan6000 - Wednesday, July 16th 2008 @ 2:58pm
Favorite Beer
The Germans can put out fine tasting beer, no doubt. I'll have to say my favorite comes from the big island of Hawaii, though. Kona Brewery- "Long Board". My everyday favorite comes from America's Oldest Brewery, out of Pottsville, PA.- "Yuengling". Locally ? Dos Perros - Yazoo. (Back in the 60's it was always Ortel's 92.) Funny thing... at last year's Music City Brewer's Fest, it didn't take long until they were 'all' my favorites. What a blast !
Posted By: anonymous - Monday, July 14th 2008 @ 8:53pm
Two Things
First, I want "Seasons of Wither" by Aerosmith, played at my funeral and Numero dos, I think you WOULD REMEMBER Ms. Collins, Lady in Waiting...don't you? Unless Melissa was at first, Melvin...who knows.
Posted By: GA - Saturday, July 12th 2008 @ 6:47pm
Funeral
You know, I think Judy Collins' "Who Knows Where The Time Goes?" would make a nice service song, but I don't want tears I want happiness... so I'm gonna' stick back instructions with some money. I want a keg bought and music played & played & played. Two of the songs need to be "Have A Drink On Me", AC/DC and "If 6 Was 9", Hendrix. (Maybe even VooDoo Child... where it says, "meet you in the next world & don't be late") :) How 'bout you, Squeeg ?
Posted By: gizzard - Tuesday, July 8th 2008 @ 8:53pm
Most Popular Songs....at funerals
A friend of mine past away last year. He was one of the old southern rockers. Most would call him a hippie. But i will never forget at his funeral they played two Lynard Skynard songs. ( Simple Man) and ( Free Bird). You would not think of these songs for funerals. Or at least i didn't. But they seemed to fit so well. When i die i would hope my family will choose something that will reflect me as much as these two songs did him RIP RICKY! WE MISS YOU!
Correction. Its 318, instead of 314 curves. I just got a call where he corrected himself and said he straightened about four of the curves out, last time he went thru...
Posted By: anonymous - Monday, July 7th 2008 @ 9:22pm
Tail Of The Dragon
Yep, Thats over around Vonore, TN. I've been through there in a car. Bikers love it. A friend of mine said there are three hundred fourteen curves, in eleven miles. I used to hear my daddy say you had to be careful, you'd meet yourself going around those curves... I'd love to go. I used to ride, but had to sell it and my license is expired, so go enjoy it for me sometime but care for yourself and stay alert.
Posted By: gizzard - Monday, July 7th 2008 @ 8:49pm
Laws
Thanks for the information Squeegie. Sadly, a lot of laws are there to protect us from our own stupidity (well and the stupidity of others).
Posted By: G - Tuesday, July 1st 2008 @ 2:01pm
Celine Dion cover
Holy ****! That was the worst thing I have ever heard! What was going through her mind when she decided to do that?! Jesus!
Posted By: Alex - Friday, June 27th 2008 @ 12:23am
celine
what the hell celine sucks at rock she needs to get on her knees and beg for ACDC's forgiveness and take the highway to hell
Posted By: danny jones - Thursday, June 26th 2008 @ 9:28pm
Celine
That is the worst thing I have ever seen (and heard).
Posted By: Floyd - Wednesday, June 25th 2008 @ 7:57am
MMMPH!
I think I threw up in my mouth too.....thanks Squeegie!!! Unbelievable. Horrible and just WRONG!
Posted By: Sad about Reggie - Tuesday, June 24th 2008 @ 2:17pm
RIP
I love George Carlin and hated to hear the news this morning as well. The only word I can think of...you can't post.
Posted By: GA - Monday, June 23rd 2008 @ 12:29pm
The Roo
Wow, Ginny takes some great shots. It was a blast. B.B.king was also one of the best shows at the festival.
Ginny
Posted By: Ginny - Tuesday, June 17th 2008 @ 8:04am
Grohl and the FOO
I saw them in Nashville also and they were excellent. Good show on Letterman too...
Posted By: Gretel - Wednesday, June 11th 2008 @ 7:36am
Ed and Ed
Sounds to me like, Ed (Van Halen) needs to get Ed McMahon on tour with Van Halen. Either that or give him a loan.
Posted By: Fan - Friday, June 6th 2008 @ 7:34am
Movies
"the Dark Knight"... Batman!!!! Gonna be awesome!!
Posted By: TNA - Friday, May 30th 2008 @ 4:26pm
Landlines
Use the land line to call you when the land line isn't answered...I believe that you have done that as well. I have to have mine for the security system.
Posted By: Me, being G - Wednesday, May 14th 2008 @ 2:16pm
Hee Hee Hee
Senator Stoner! Hee hee hee!!!
Posted By: Reilly - Thursday, May 8th 2008 @ 12:37pm
Posted By: GGGGInny - Wednesday, May 7th 2008 @ 5:29pm
Doug
STONER
Posted By: John - Wednesday, May 7th 2008 @ 4:05pm
In Memory of Dan Federeci
Springsteen Fans Unite On Internet, Raise Thousands Of Dollars In Memory Of E Street Band Member Danny Federici
April 22, 2008
BOSTON, MA – Reeling from the tragic news that original Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band member Danny Federici passed away after a three-year battle with Melanoma last Thursday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital in New York, members of the Backstreets.com/Bruce Brunch radio/Internet community decided to channel their sadness into something productive.
The result has been a fund-raiser, which has already seen more than $8000 in contributions and counting.
It might seem peculiar that some rock and roll fans look forward to waking up early Sunday mornings. But over the last three years a growing, worldwide Internet community of Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band fans has been doing just that --- rising early Sunday morning and congregating on the message board of a popular Springsteen fan website, Backstreets.com, to listen to the Bruce Brunch.
As word spread, Springsteen fans ranging from 15 to 65 have joined the ranks of early risers to listen to the local radio broadcast or the simultaneous Internet stream of the two-hour show between 9:00 and 11:00 AM (Eastern) on New Jersey radio station 105.7, The Hawk. The Bruce Brunch was created three years ago and is hosted each week by longtime Springsteen fan and aficionado Tom Cunningham.
In an effort to do something special as a community, a small group of BTX Bruce Brunch regular listeners decided to use last Sunday’s Bruce Brunch as a platform to raise additional money for the Danny Federici Melanoma Fund, which is affiliated with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and dedicated to the research and development of new and effective treatments for Melanoma
Since Saturday night, when details of the fund raiser were first posted on the BTX fan forum at Backstreets.com, more than $8,000 has been raised, with donations still pouring in. BTX Brunch-athon organizers said Tuesday they are "ecstatic over the overwhelming response" and are extending the fund-raiser for two more weeks.
Organizers hope to make a formal presentation of the funds raised along with a list of those who have contributed to representatives from both the Federici family and Sloan-Kettering in early May.
Many of contributors say that while they remain deeply saddened by Federici’s passing, this initiative has helped them begin the healing process with the knowledge they are doing something to honor Danny's life and music while also helping facilitate Melanoma treatment and research.
BTX member and one of the organizers of the fund-raiser, John J. Kelly of Boston said the idea to conduct this "Brunch-athon" was seen as a way to help ease the pain that he observed was being felt by everyone on the website.
"I first saw Danny perform at a Springsteen concert in Syracuse, New York, in 1978,” said Kelly, who was a freshman in college at the time. “Many of us have enjoyed Danny’s unique keyboard and accordion sound for 30 years or more so it’s only natural to feel a huge loss. It’s almost like the shock and sadness of losing a family member.”
Another organizer is Katherine Byrd, of Norfolk, Virginia. Byrd has been working tirelessly, tallying and keeping track of the donations, which have been come in from numerous countries all over the world.
"The E Street Band is why the Backstreets.com and BTX discussion board community exists," Byrd said. "We have raised money many times over the years for various charities.. With our hearts breaking over the untimely passing of one of the band's founding members, I am not surprised that so many BTX members wanted to do something to honor the heart of the E Street Band, Danny Federici."
In all, nearly 300 BTX members have made contributions in amounts ranging from a few dollars to several hundred, according to Byrd.
"I'm usually on-line for two hours every Sunday for the Bruce Brunch but this Sunday I was accepting donations for over 14 hours," Byrd added. "I finally just had to shut off the computer and go to sleep. I woke up the next morning and found another 17 donations waiting for me and I really don't expect them to stop anytime soon. We want to give everyone an opportunity to give what they can before we tally the final amount and write the check."
Many members of Backstreets.com's BTX community have commented on the "outpouring of love and affection" they've witnessed since the announcement of Federici's death. Sunday was no exception. Donations arrived while the Brunch was going on from Springsteen fans of all ages and from all parts of the world, including the United States, Canada, Europe and even Afghanistan, where one BTX member, a woman serving in the Armed Forces who is known as “Captain Nat” joins in the weekly music appreciation.
A third organizer of this fundraising effort, longtime Springsteen fan Susan McDonald of Dennisport, Massachusetts, said she found one contribution particularly moving.
"There is a 15-year-old Springsteen fan named Sarah who donated her entire weekly allowance in memory of Danny," McDonald said. "I just couldn't believe that someone that age would make that kind of sacrifice. I was so touched that she would do that, and it kind of summed up for me the caring nature of the Brunch crowd, and the diversity of ‘E Street Nation.’ What unites us is our love of Bruce's music and our need to celebrate Danny's life and music."
Organizers say they would like to continue to raise as much money as possible over the next two weeks and are encouraging all Springsteen fans to help out by going to: http://www.backstreets.com/btx/viewtopic.php?t=88430
Posted By: RuthinNashville - Wednesday, April 23rd 2008 @ 12:45am
Bad ass
I am jealous. That sounds like the rush of the century. I get off on that kind of sensation!!!!!! Man, chock that one up to a possible once in a lifetime. COOL!
Posted By: Ginny - Thursday, April 3rd 2008 @ 12:59pm
cool
Nice feature to the page Squeege! When are you puking??????
Posted By: Ginny - Tuesday, April 1st 2008 @ 12:05pm
This is cool!
I'm glad I can leave comments now... I just can't think of anything at the moment... ROCK ON!
Posted By: Big Bad Bond - Monday, March 31st 2008 @ 2:53pm
© 2008
Cheers!
Justin
Thanks for coming out yesterday. It was a blast.....and I am paying for it right now. I am so glad that pepper beer is gone. I thought I could still smell it this morning when I left for work. I can't remember the name of it, but is there is someone you don't like....get 'em some!
See you next time.......
Not only are you production/radio guy...a tailor as well!! Crazy!
I don't ride anymore. When I did it was during a time of unrest in the country. Civil Rights, Riots, War Protesting...
If you rode then, it didn't matter what you rode. You'd throw up your left hand, to show brotherhood. There wasn't any of this "stuck-up or I'm cooler than you" $#!+. If somebody didn't wave back in some form or another, there was a bird alright, but you weren't feedin' it, like you were talking about. You might've been throwin' it. I'm amazed at how "coolness" has turned into "not cool". If you think about it, riding today shows it's own form of brotherhood against the big money machines who price the gasoline. Thats cool in itself. Ride On and keep throwing up that left hand, ya'all !
That oughta' be in a song :
ridin' against the big money machines,
who price the gasoline,
its such a terrible scene,
The Germans can put out fine tasting beer, no doubt. I'll have to say my favorite comes from the big island of Hawaii, though. Kona Brewery- "Long Board". My everyday favorite comes from America's Oldest Brewery, out of Pottsville, PA.- "Yuengling". Locally ? Dos Perros - Yazoo. (Back in the 60's it was always Ortel's 92.) Funny thing... at last year's Music City Brewer's Fest, it didn't take long until they were 'all' my favorites. What a blast !
You know, I think Judy Collins' "Who Knows Where The Time Goes?" would make a nice service song, but I don't want tears I want happiness... so I'm gonna' stick back instructions with some money. I want a keg bought and music played & played & played. Two of the songs need to be "Have A Drink On Me", AC/DC and "If 6 Was 9", Hendrix. (Maybe even VooDoo Child... where it says, "meet you in the next world & don't be late") :) How 'bout you, Squeeg ?
Correction. Its 318, instead of 314 curves. I just got a call where he corrected himself and said he straightened about four of the curves out, last time he went thru...
Yep, Thats over around Vonore, TN. I've been through there in a car. Bikers love it. A friend of mine said there are three hundred fourteen curves, in eleven miles. I used to hear my daddy say you had to be careful, you'd meet yourself going around those curves... I'd love to go. I used to ride, but had to sell it and my license is expired, so go enjoy it for me sometime but care for yourself and stay alert.
Thanks for the information Squeegie. Sadly, a lot of laws are there to protect us from our own stupidity (well and the stupidity of others).
Ginny
I saw them in Nashville also and they were excellent. Good show on Letterman too...
"the Dark Knight"... Batman!!!! Gonna be awesome!!
Use the land line to call you when the land line isn't answered...I believe that you have done that as well. I have to have mine for the security system.
Hee hee hee!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 22, 2008
BOSTON, MA – Reeling from the tragic news that original Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band member Danny Federici passed away after a three-year battle with Melanoma last Thursday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital in New York, members of the Backstreets.com/Bruce Brunch radio/Internet community decided to channel their sadness into something productive.
The result has been a fund-raiser, which has already seen more than $8000 in contributions and counting.
It might seem peculiar that some rock and roll fans look forward to waking up early Sunday mornings. But over the last three years a growing, worldwide Internet community of Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band fans has been doing just that --- rising early Sunday morning and congregating on the message board of a popular Springsteen fan website, Backstreets.com, to listen to the Bruce Brunch.
As word spread, Springsteen fans ranging from 15 to 65 have joined the ranks of early risers to listen to the local radio broadcast or the simultaneous Internet stream of the two-hour show between 9:00 and 11:00 AM (Eastern) on New Jersey radio station 105.7, The Hawk. The Bruce Brunch was created three years ago and is hosted each week by longtime Springsteen fan and aficionado Tom Cunningham.
In an effort to do something special as a community, a small group of BTX Bruce Brunch regular listeners decided to use last Sunday’s Bruce Brunch as a platform to raise additional money for the Danny Federici Melanoma Fund, which is affiliated with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and dedicated to the research and development of new and effective treatments for Melanoma
Since Saturday night, when details of the fund raiser were first posted on the BTX fan forum at Backstreets.com, more than $8,000 has been raised, with donations still pouring in. BTX Brunch-athon organizers said Tuesday they are "ecstatic over the overwhelming response" and are extending the fund-raiser for two more weeks.
Organizers hope to make a formal presentation of the funds raised along with a list of those who have contributed to representatives from both the Federici family and Sloan-Kettering in early May.
Many of contributors say that while they remain deeply saddened by Federici’s passing, this initiative has helped them begin the healing process with the knowledge they are doing something to honor Danny's life and music while also helping facilitate Melanoma treatment and research.
BTX member and one of the organizers of the fund-raiser, John J. Kelly of Boston said the idea to conduct this "Brunch-athon" was seen as a way to help ease the pain that he observed was being felt by everyone on the website.
"I first saw Danny perform at a Springsteen concert in Syracuse, New York, in 1978,” said Kelly, who was a freshman in college at the time. “Many of us have enjoyed Danny’s unique keyboard and accordion sound for 30 years or more so it’s only natural to feel a huge loss. It’s almost like the shock and sadness of losing a family member.”
Another organizer is Katherine Byrd, of Norfolk, Virginia. Byrd has been working tirelessly, tallying and keeping track of the donations, which have been come in from numerous countries all over the world.
"The E Street Band is why the Backstreets.com and BTX discussion board community exists," Byrd said. "We have raised money many times over the years for various charities.. With our hearts breaking over the untimely passing of one of the band's founding members, I am not surprised that so many BTX members wanted to do something to honor the heart of the E Street Band, Danny Federici."
In all, nearly 300 BTX members have made contributions in amounts ranging from a few dollars to several hundred, according to Byrd.
"I'm usually on-line for two hours every Sunday for the Bruce Brunch but this Sunday I was accepting donations for over 14 hours," Byrd added. "I finally just had to shut off the computer and go to sleep. I woke up the next morning and found another 17 donations waiting for me and I really don't expect them to stop anytime soon. We want to give everyone an opportunity to give what they can before we tally the final amount and write the check."
Many members of Backstreets.com's BTX community have commented on the "outpouring of love and affection" they've witnessed since the announcement of Federici's death. Sunday was no exception. Donations arrived while the Brunch was going on from Springsteen fans of all ages and from all parts of the world, including the United States, Canada, Europe and even Afghanistan, where one BTX member, a woman serving in the Armed Forces who is known as “Captain Nat” joins in the weekly music appreciation.
A third organizer of this fundraising effort, longtime Springsteen fan Susan McDonald of Dennisport, Massachusetts, said she found one contribution particularly moving.
"There is a 15-year-old Springsteen fan named Sarah who donated her entire weekly allowance in memory of Danny," McDonald said. "I just couldn't believe that someone that age would make that kind of sacrifice. I was so touched that she would do that, and it kind of summed up for me the caring nature of the Brunch crowd, and the diversity of ‘E Street Nation.’ What unites us is our love of Bruce's music and our need to celebrate Danny's life and music."
Organizers say they would like to continue to raise as much money as possible over the next two weeks and are encouraging all Springsteen fans to help out by going to: http://www.backstreets.com/btx/viewtopic.php?t=88430
For more information about the Danny Federici Melanoma Fund you can visit their web site at: www.thedannyfedericimelanomafund.com.