Friday, October 21, 2016

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR!

Johnny loves pointing out irony. Even when it's his own fail as part of that self-deprecation folks say is good when one tells stories. Johnny went to see this band, Graham Parker and the Rumour touring behind their surprise hit album Squeezing Out Sparks at the Flint IMA Arena with a gal Johnny was really into and whom he wanted to be his girlfriend. If Johnny was going to be the young punk he thought he was, being all cool holding Kelly's hand and cuddling in the seats, that ended but quickly in matching 'Beat Oxford' t-shirts when Journey came onstage. It's hard to get excited about this song, 'Local Girls' with it's very anti local girl stance with a local girl on your arm in matching shirts waiting for goddamned Journey to come on.

Oh, and Johnny's dad insisted on driving that night because though Johnny was just a sophomore and had a permit and Kelly had her license being one year older and said she'd drive but no dice. Johnny's dad still insisted. Bzzzzzzt. That gets no girls. Goodbye Kelly, hello heartache.

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