“Someone got a great deal on that”

[Snapolit1]

I wonder if guys on Sam Cooke and Bob Dylan collector chat boards comment about the state of the market for their mementos and artifacts and then other guys call them out on how boring an issue that is and how it's been beaten to death and then for some reason start steering the discussion towards variations in T206 tobacco cards?

Just wondering.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I wonder if guys on Sam Cooke and Bob Dylan collector chat boards comment about the state of the market for their mementos and artifacts and then other guys call them out on how boring an issue that is and how it's been beaten to death and then for some reason start steering the discussion towards variations in T206 tobacco cards?

Just wondering.

I am sure they also sometimes wander off into other things and have a good time together. I am sorry for partaking in the hijacking. Come sing and dance and be merry with us

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I wonder if guys on Sam Cooke and Bob Dylan collector chat boards comment about the state of the market for their mementos and artifacts and then other guys call them out on how boring an issue that is and how it's been beaten to death and then for some reason start steering the discussion towards variations in T206 tobacco cards?

Just wondering.

Totally.

And are you admitting that you wander over to those boards to talk about T206s?

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I wonder if guys on Sam Cooke and Bob Dylan collector chat boards comment about the state of the market for their mementos and artifacts and then other guys call them out on how boring an issue that is and how it's been beaten to death and then for some reason start steering the discussion towards variations in T206 tobacco cards?

Just wondering.

The beauty of great conversation is that you are not building a train track, you are making a quilt. Every person contributes their own little scrap to make the whole. Some parts may seem a bit incongruous, but the final product can be quite amazing when viewed as a whole.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Michael B

The beauty of great conversation is that you are not building a train track, you are making a quilt. Every person contributes their own little scrap to make the whole. Some parts may seem a bit incongruous, but the final product can be quite amazing when viewed as a whole.

Very well said. If someone starting a thread is going to get triggered if it evolves in another direction, just take a poll.

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by Michael B

The beauty of great conversation is that you are not building a train track, you are making a quilt. Every person contributes their own little scrap to make the whole. Some parts may seem a bit incongruous, but the final product can be quite amazing when viewed as a whole.

How much weed do you smoke?

[Yoda]

Mama is in the factory making some shoes.
Daddy is in the alley looking for food.
And I'm in the kitchen with the Babe Ruth blues.

[Peter_Spaeth]

John, it's she ain't got no shoes.

[Yoda]

Peter, I stand corrected. Even though I have heard it a bazillion times, 'Positively 4th Street' still resonates.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Yoda

Peter, I stand corrected. Even though I have heard it a bazillion times, 'Positively 4th Street' still resonates.

John, this is from Tombstone Blues.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

How much weed do you smoke?

If it's helpful, we've got a lot here in Oregon. If memory serves, the state recently reported that we had like a 30-year supply...

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

How much weed do you smoke?

I don't and never have. I think it smells disgusting. I have never done any type of drugs. When I worked as a bouncer in a new wave dance club behind Fenway Park in 1980/81 I was always throwing away vials and the folder paper filled with cocaine.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Michael B

I don't and never have. I think it smells disgusting. I have never done any type of drugs. When I worked as a bouncer in a new wave dance club behind Fenway Park in 1980/81 I was always throwing away vials and the folder paper filled with cocaine.

Spit?

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Spit?

I'm guessing a drug in liquid form that could be carried in a vial.

Not being an expert in such substances, I won't hazard a guess as to which one it might have been.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by raulus

I'm guessing a drug in liquid form that could be carried in a vial.

Not being an expert in such substances, I won't hazard a guess as to which one it might have been.

Spit is the name or former name of a notorious new wave club on Landsdowne Street behind Fenway.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by raulus

I'm guessing a drug in liquid form that could be carried in a vial.

Not being an expert in such substances, I won't hazard a guess as to which one it might have been.

It was powder. People used to carry around these little screw top vials filled with it. Some would have it as a necklace.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Spit?

Yes. I was an original employee. It was an interesting place to work. I remember a few musicians who came in - Frank Zappa, Daryl Hall and Tom Hamilton from Aerosmith. I gave Hamilton a ration for doing lines. He apologized. Dennis Eckersley also came in once. For the new wave fans I also saw some interesting shows there - The Fall, Chelsea, Waitresses, Skatt Brothers, The Neighborhoods and the Modettes. In 1981 they moved the WBCN Rumble from The Rat to Spit. One of the bands I saw was the Young Snakes with lead singer Aimee Mann. This was a few years before 'Til Tuesday.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Michael B

Yes. I was an original employee. It was an interesting place to work. I remember a few musicians who came in - Frank Zappa, Daryl Hall and Tom Hamilton from Aerosmith. I gave Hamilton a ration for doing lines. He apologized. Dennis Eckersley also came in once. For the new wave fans I also saw some interesting shows there - The Fall, Chelsea, Waitresses, Skatt Brothers, The Neighborhoods and the Modettes. In 1981 they moved the WBCN Rumble from The Rat to Spit. One of the bands I saw was the Young Snakes with lead singer Aimee Mann. This was a few years before 'Til Tuesday.

Spit of course had a reputation, but when I went out during law school it was more to "sophisticated" clubs like Maxwell's which was a favorite of Robert Parish among others. I am sure it was incredibly tame compared to Spit.