Isn't it...  THAT MAKES IT SO!  GET A LIFE ... and STOP READING ME DAY AN NIGHT... TOILET TRAINEE...   Your BORING...

You're, not your.

It's just like watching a toddler having a tantrum, isn't it ?

I bet Stephen "YOU" and "DOO DOO" would be the first two "DOE DOE'S to post some lame GARBAGE... I WON!!!

You know, I bet The Rockster actually SHOUTS AT THE SCREEN AS HE TYPES THAT. It's all rather sad, isn't it ?

Since Stephen obviously is posting here, through his good buddy Rocky -- Stephen, tell us more about your time working at the Ivar offices.

No, he's not. The Rockster says he's not, and as The Rockster is an author, he must be telling the truth, because The Rockster would never stop to "poetic license".  

"doe doe"... you mean "stoop" to... "doo doo" ... YOU CAN'T EVEN SPELL... and YOU CALL YOURSELF A WRITER?  You're POETRY IN MIKE'S TOILET... YOU BOTH STINK!!!

I rejoice that the art of the witty riposte endures. Oscar would be so proud.

Since Stephen obviously is posting here, through his good buddy Rocky -- Stephen, tell us more about your time working at the Ivar offices.

No, he's not. The Rockster says he's not, and as The Rockster is an author, he must be telling the truth, because The Rockster would never stop to "poetic license". 

[IS]

Praise be, there IS a God !!

Good call.

[I'll buy the book but I won't enjoy it]

I'm going to wait until I've actually read the book before I decide if I'm going to like or hate it.  

sort of like everyone else?

haha.

Not everyone else, evidently:

I'll buy the book but I won't enjoy it. I freaking love music biographies/autobiographies but this one will be hard to stomach. I know its going to read like a 416 page interview without the interviewer. Or maybe Wink will reprise his role in text form?

Nothing like having an open mind...  

Could be the greatest musical autobiography ever... could be a complete load of old rubbish. Until I've read it, I won't know. I suspect, something in between.

To you I'm sure it will be the greatest musical autobiography ever 

We'll compare notes, 'K ? 

OK, so 28 29 then.  

1969
May 2  - University of Oklahoma, Norman OK (trouble getting back from India)

1970
February 26 - Gonzaga University, Spokane WA [2 shows] (hospitalised)
February 27 - Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver BC, Canada [2 shows] (hospitalised)
February 28 - Opera House, Seattle WA [2 shows] (hospitalised)

March 1 - Civic Auditorium, Portland OR [2 shows] (hospitalised)

1983
June 15  - Broome County Veteran’s Memorial Arena, Binghamton NY (strep throat)
June 16 - Civic Center, Erie PA (strep throat)
June 17 - Timber Wolf Amphitheatre, King’s Island OH (strep throat)
June 18 - Blossom Music Center, Cleveland OH (strep throat)
June 19 - Saratoga Springs NY (strep throat)

1985
May  4 - Hi Corbett Field, Tucson AZ (?)
July 26 - Kingswood Music Theater, Toronto ON, Canada (?)

1986
December 17 - Sullivan Arena, Anchorage AK (? - Brian stepped in)

1990
May 28 - Atlanta-Fulton County  Stadium, Atlanta GA [postgame] (in Japan with ESBB)
May 28 - Hoover Stadium, Hoover AL [postgame] (in Japan with ESBB)
May 31 - Timber Wolf Ampitheater, Kings Island OH (in Japan with ESBB)
May 31 - Clipper's Stadium, Columbus OH (in Japan with ESBB)

June 1 - Cardinal Stadium, Louisville KY [postgame] (in Japan with ESBB)
June 2 - Molson Park, Barrie ON, Canada (in Japan with ESBB)
June 2 - Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland OH (in Japan with ESBB)
June 3 - Pilot Field, Buffalo NY (in Japan with ESBB)
June 29 - Canadian Olympic Park, Calgary AB, Canada (?)
June 30 - Evergreen Park, Saskatoon SK, Canada (?)

July 1 - Centennial Park, Grand Falls NL, Canada (?)
July 2 - Montreal QC, Canada (?)

[Friends]

Absolutely fascinating. Friends is a revelation.

... being "VICIOUS"... which is another word for "IMMORAL"...

Actually, it's not. "Vicious" is going round someone's house with your buddy and beating them to a pulp. "Immoral" is sleeping with the wife of the person you're supposed to be guarding.

 There is something intrinsically "COWARDLY" about smearing someone from afar, ie; at a remove and from behind a keyboard!

Like you do. 

Has there ever been a concert that Mike wasn't able to perform at? They've done over 5,000 shows, I imagine he'd maybe get sick or something at least once.

Well over 6,000 actually, and he's missed something like 25. They're all noted at 10452.

Oh Mike Mike... the cover of the book is just. Ah...

Brian's isn't much better

Nice photo, but it's... what... nine years old ?

[I'll buy the book but I won't enjoy it]

I'm going to wait until I've actually read the book before I decide if I'm going to like or hate it.  

sort of like everyone else?

haha.

Not everyone else, evidently:

I'll buy the book but I won't enjoy it. I freaking love music biographies/autobiographies but this one will be hard to stomach. I know its going to read like a 416 page interview without the interviewer. Or maybe Wink will reprise his role in text form?

Nothing like having an open mind...  

Could be the greatest musical autobiography ever... could be a complete load of old rubbish. Until I've read it, I won't know. I suspect, something in between.

It's a radical approach, but I'm going to wait until I've actually read the book before I decide if I'm going to like or hate it. 

Interesting month in prospect - Mike's book due 9/13, Brian's on 10/11. And both before the Rockster's magnum opus. Truly, an embarrassment of riches.

I'd love to see Alan's book, but I'm never going to live long enough. None of us are.

Good morning America with Joan lunden from December 1980 is a real train wreck!!

Hi Ian - I remember seeing that GMA segment, when it aired and getting the feeling that Dennis really needed help.  In 1980 Dennis still looked pretty healthy.

The way it was set up was that it aired between 7 - 9 am Eastern Standard time, in New York, and the cutaway was in Los Angeles which was three hours behind.  So they would have been in that studio at maybe 4 am or earlier in their time zone.  So, if Dennis was on an all-nighter, he had not slept.  

My biggest problem was and is that it was apparent Dennis was not in any shape to be interviewed by Joan Lunden, who was just starting out as an anchor on GMA, and that they didn't re-focus the camera on the other side of the couch where Al and Mike were, and "get Dennis out of Dodge" and discretely remove him from the interview. There was concert footage.  It was left to Carl, whom Dennis was attempting to use as a pillow and instead discretely and more professionally handling that bi-coastal interview.  They could have directed the interview and the camera to Al on the other side of the couch and walked Dennis off-camera.  

That interview imploding, gave a tabloid presentation of the band.  Shame on ABC. Someone was in trouble and they chose to focus on misery instead of the music.
  
It looks worse than it was because of the lack of discretion on the part of the network and speaks more to them rather than the band, with a band member in the middle of an addiction struggle. And, who took advantage of that struggle in an unprofessional manner, no better than the worse tabloid.  It still makes me angry.
 
JMHO.  

Not seen it for a good few years, but as I recall, Brian gave one of his very finest deer-in-the-headlights performances too. Neither of them should have been there.

Trying to recall something I once read, regarding why Grillo's office was called The Vault and had such a door... I'm recalling that the building was a store for furs, or something like that, and Grillo's room really was a vault.

July 5th, 1981, Long Beach. Caught with their pants down on national TV.

Dude's also claiming Brian wrote the "backing track" too. His source ? "It's my educated guess..." - well sh*t, who am I to argue with such cast-iron proof. ?

Never seen this title associated with Brian in all my time as a BB fan. What's the source for his involvement  ?

The BB are a good example of the old saying that it's never good to mix business and family. They had way too much of that in the late 70s and that created a lot of these problems.

Also from fall 1961 to April 1964.

Recorded  before 1993.

My utter loathing for "Barbara-f******-Ann" is well known in these circles, and eclipsed only by my hatred of that twat Morrissey.

OK H I may sound pedantic to you but its not for the sake of it.

In these kinds of discussions I've seen it repeated over and over again that logs aren't 100% reliable.  Someone could be booked but dropped out of the arrangement - I'm not saying that happened here but its an obvious thing that could happen, no mystery.

I stand to be corrected, but I've always assumed the AFM contracts were drawn up after the session (or possibly during), not before. Thus, if you're on the sheet, chances are you were there.

A Russian lecturing me on English comprehension. Hilarious.

A trailer is composed of short sections of the movie it's promoting (usually the very best parts), ergo you are watching part of the film.