I was putting myself up for ridicule and severe judgment.
After a while, she said "You know, you're different than other guys."
"How's that, granny?"
I was prepared to listen to some heavy duty stuff, then she said "You seem like you got money."
Is it any wonder why I loved & respected her so much?
This is an old newspaper clipping I saved for so many years and it's for Laura who was at the same show.
If you'd seen the worst looking creature ever, in a black leather dress and holding 4 beers , squished up right by the stage it was me!LOL
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Thank you SO much for the Toad's Post. I'm so proud to be from New Haven, and have gotten away with all the punk crap that I did! At Iggy, I'd be the David Bowie pseudo-intellectual punk hiding behind the red cellophaned hair, thinking I was a right bad-ass, when in retrospect, I was really trying very hard to be very cool.
There's actually 2 people here who are "from" New Haven, but they went to posh Amity, are 10 years younger than me, and totally missed the downtown scene (which I really only watched from the very far fringes myself).
I'd love to see some photos from "back in the day" Ron's Place has a FB group...but that was a little before my 15 minutes,
oh and "They Might be Giants" one of my favorite bands EVER!!! great clipping!
You mean Ron's House of Punk, that bright pink building?
Man, that DOES bring BACK MEMORIES.
So you were the quasi-Bowie girl with red cellophaned hair. Good thing we didn't meet. I'm a big time red haired girl lover.
Glad we're no longer strangers, Lauara.
And thank you so much for all your nice words.
j.
Laura,
I'm not familiar with They Might be Giants, but I caught New Havener Michael Boloton a few times.
That was before he kept shortening his name.
I loved that downtown scene before they really cleaned it up.
Oh and Robert Fripp, I've seen him there and just loved it!
Good night.
j.
You are in my thoughts. So sorry to hear about your friend.
I dig your granny! She was WAY cool.
Love you,
SB
When it's snowing, do you have to wear leg warmers? Just asking :-)
Oi Taffeta, come back!
Your Granny looks like a real character, you were lucky to have a gran like her.
Did you ever do crossdressing in childhood, e.g. wearing female clothes in dress-ups, etc? Anna said you take requests so here's one, please tell the story of your crossdressing, right from the start, and say what it is and why you like doing it. If you don't mind.
Sorry for being such a nosey bastard. That leg warmers comment wasn't just me being flippant, I was curious. Women's clothes look better in some ways, but far more uncomfortable in many others. All that exposed flesh. Looks chilly to me!
All the best
Gleds
PS I think I've caught seasonal affective disorder. Yeah I'm depressed. What's new. Just thought I'd give it a funky title ~ SAD, ha!
your granny sounds like a funny woman, J.
i loved my granny, too. so much so i asked her if i could rape her infront of all her other granny pals. but i didn't know what the word meant at the time: i just thought it meant big affectionate hug :(
anyway, x-mas cheer to you and your's dude!
Thank you SB,
for your kind words and for thinking of me.
Yeah, she was really cool.
I love ya too.
Hi Gleds,
I haven't gone anywhere and I will answer your post suggestion, definitely.
Thanks for visiting.
Danny,
that's a funny & cool memory.Wow! Your granny must have done a lot of thinking over that!(lol)
j.
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