Just Remember

To every one who does not think the assasination of Bhotto (sp?) is not serious. Just remember in 1914 the assasination of a minor Royal family member sparked WW1. And nobody back then had nukes.

To Mr. Bob Doran

Mr. Doran,

You have called me a coward. Here is your quote from your "secret" blog.
"I hope you all have read the reviews on my blog. Expectedly, "Annie" and Castguy Michna did not accept my invitation to meet with me....and it looks like Michna again posted anonymously on the blog....such a coward."

In the first place I did not "again posted anonymously on the blog". That, Sir is an outright lie.

In the second place, I had several good reasons not to meet with you at the Kiltie open house.
You do not deserve an explaination but I will give you one none the less.
That Saturday I spent the morning judging at the Black Belt testing at the martial arts school I attend. Immediately after the testing I attended the instructor appreaciation dinner for said school.
Sunday was commited to family pre-holiday activities.
So you see, even if I had wanted to meet you I did not have the time.
Perhaps we shall meet some time this summer.
We'll make it a surprise.

MIddle aged men and cheap whores????

What is it that makes middle aged men throw away everything and everyone in their lives for some sleazy broad? You know that round heeled piece of meat will be on her way to greener pastures as as soon as she has depleated your bank account. Is it really worth destroying your relationship with your children? Do you think you're going to just waltz back into their lives aftyer the whore has given you the gate?
You are going to be a lonely, hollow man some day and frankly, you have it coming.

Sunday Weather

Cold rain all day Sunday. Probably kept the crowds down at local craft sales.

Crandon, WI

While this hardly made a ripple on national news it was and is a big story in Wisconsin. A twenty year old man (yes you are a man at twenty) goes to a party at three in the morning and kills 6 people. By the way, he was a deputy sheriff and part time city cop. It was some sort of homecoming party. OK, it is a tragic event but what no one will ask except me is this.
One of the victims was a fourteen year old girl. What the hell is a fourteen year old girl doing at a party with 18-20 year old men and women at 3 in the morning???????? Sounds similar to the "all age is all good" drum corps mantra your hear spouted on DCP and other places.

Kudos to the Packers

They are 3-0 and next week start inter-division games against Minnisota.

But last week they showed real class. Brett Farve tied Dan Marino's all time touchdown pass record of 420. The Pack was knocking on the door again on the one yard line. It would have been an easy dink pass to break the record but the Pack ran it in. Brett will break the record (probably next week-sorry Annie) and he will do it with a pass worthy of him and the last great Packer QB Bart Starr.

New Scottish mascot?

Guard Recruit?

Re-enactors

It seems you can't go to a festival anymore without finding re-enactors, mostly Civil War and Revolutionary War units. I have nothing against the concept of re-enactors. I love history. BUT.
Since when did General Washington drive around in an electric scooter?
Since when did the Colonial soldier have an I-Pod?
Since when is it alright to treat the public like they were intruders in your private party?

If you want to play soldier then research a character, get in that character and stay that way while you are in the public eye.
Don't say it can't be done, I've seen it and witnessed it first hand.

Like many other pursuits, it's all about commitment or lack there of.

Favorite season

Forget spring, it's cold and wet. Forget summer, it's hot and humid. Winter goes without saying. But fall, the weather is cool, air is crisp, colors are wonderful. It's my favorite season. Going to hit a lot of Rails-to-Trails bike trails in the next two months. Hope to get to Elroy-Sparta, Sugar River and Wild Goose at least. I think it's the best way to see the fall colors.

A fond fairwell

to the passing of "my pictures" blog. While some may rejoice at it's removal, others will miss it. So to those now rejoicing, you have won nothing. Others have mearly moved on with their lives. They have out grown your meager activity.

Spinmeister JC

I believe that's what you call it when you try to turn shit into caviar.

Shit or get off the pot.

Ok guys and gals, you got your collective asses handed to you in Rochester. Even usually politically correct posters on DCP are talking openly about your flaws. Before another lackluster season is contemplated you better sit down and make some hard choices. Do you want to be an Alumni corp fostering a Junior? (Your first mission statement) or would you like to be a bunch of midlife crisis weekend warriors,( do nothing), or would you like to be competitive? If so, dump everyone who cannot or will not commit to serious rehearsal and physical conditioning, drop down to class A if needed. Believe me, the spectators would rather see and hear 15 good horns than 30 half asses ones. Same goes for percussion and guard. Perhaps nowhere else than guard, physical attributes are most important. Who wants to see 250 pounders attemping to prance around in leotards. Talk about an appetite killer.

Nelson Muntz voice "ON"

Ha! Ha !

He's Baaaaack!

GOD I LOVE THE THURSDAY BEFORE DCA FINALS!!!!!!!--------------------
Jeff ReamJetta Owner,Westshoremen 89-96, 1996 DCA World Champions, Bucs drum staff 00, Shore alumni 02-, Mechanicsburg HS, Proud husband of Christine Ream as of 4/24/04. I love you my princess.RIP Sean Holton. We miss you and we love youNarration sucks, This I Believe

save some more jerks

Now the Feds are talking about ways to help morgage holders hurt by the sub-prime loan shit. Well maybe if Joe and Jane Shithead hadn't thought they needed a 5000 sq. foot house fully furnished with brand new designer shit when they earn 30K a year they wouldn't be in a pickle now.
Save your sympathy for someone who needs it.

Labor Day

As legions of drum corps fans flock to Rochester NY, well maybe not legions, we all hope not too many busses and equipment trucks break down on I-90. Hope none of the corps need GE enough to have anyone drop dead on the field.

Brits?

The British really need to get a life. Mourning Diana after ten years. She had one job in life, producing an heir to the throne. She did that and not much else. Put her score card up against people like Mother Theresa or Eleanor Roosevelt, see who wins.

2 years, still bitchin

For God' s sake, it's been two years you lazy, fat assed New Orleans bastards. Over 100 BILLION dollars has been spent and you fools still grip that Bush isn't doing enough. Piss off, you sloths! It's more than time to clean up your own filth.

A new champion

I have decided the "danielray" is the new champion IDIOT on DCP for his post asking if rifles (granted, the wood 2x4's nowdays are not really rifles) should be banned from drum corps. He bases his opinion on the comments of his girl friend and some corporate lawyer.
What a jackass.
SOme kid is going to go Columbine in a school because he sees drum corp members spin rifles in a drill?

Three suggestions to "danielray"
1 Get a life
2 Get a job
3 Get your ass off DCP

I've been noticed!

This was posted on Jim and Terri's blog along with a lot of other garbage.
kimberly
Date Posted:Jul 25, 07 - 3:36 PM
IP Address:63.17.146.203
Message:I visited the hate blogs of drumcorpsmama and ren and stimpy...holy crap, they are ugly...oh yeah, and castguy also.I have met some of the people they are wailing on: JC, BD, WR........these are great guys with no agenda except for a love of what they do.......and I know castguy has never even met these folks...but he brags about being his own man....I guess he is as long as he follows Ren and Stimpy's lead.......talk about phonies...whew

kimberly, just who the f**k do you think you are? Don't try to tell the world who I know and who I do not.
I do not know you unless you are the kimberly that took a thriving business and ran it into the ground in four years to the point where there were mass resignations of staff and the business closed. Is that you, kimberly?

And to cindy. I had the utmost respect for your dad and what he accomplished. I sent you a post when he died offering condolences. I have never said one negative word about you. Thanks for the knife in the back.

As for bob, consider the source, no further comment needed.

Brass man goes astray?

Yes this post is really by me, the brass loving, Sousa worshipping, drum corp nut.
Yesterday on PBS I watched a concert taped at Radio City Music Hall. The orchestra was lead by Andre Rieu, a Dutch (I believe) violinist. That man can really work an audience. His guest artists were the Harlem Gospel Choir.
Even with the pledge breaks I really enjoyed that show.
I understand he is coming to Chicago next April. Seats are not cheap, $125.00 for main floor, but I am seriously thinking of going.

No King in my book.

That overweight, drug addicted, no talent bum has been dead for thirty years now and still the idiots flock to a schrine in TN. God should smack that place and every Elvis impersonator with a big lightning bolt.

Who needs a desert?

Wife is on tour in Springfield Ill for a week. Talked to her yesterday. It was 107 degrees. Yikes!

Skum knows no bounds

In Milwaukee a guy douses his girlfriend with gas and sets her on fire. He is caught after robbing a bank. He is scum, a dirt bag, and a reason we never should have given up the death penalty. You expect thing like that from low life shitbags.

Then in Napeville Il. (sorry Terri) a woman douses herself and her two small children with gas and commits murder/suicide. That one is incomprehendable.

Dog shows

SO they are having a big dog show down by the lake this weekend and my daughter is up from Ohio with her dogs. If you think drum corp people are strange, take in a dog show. Talk about snooty, territorial jerks. My brother in law, a veteran, has an artificial leg, one lung and a transplanted heart. He walks with a cane. We were walking to the show ring where my daughter was and some fat assed bitch in a blue outfit starts bitching at us that he was freaking out her dog. I must say, that is one of the only times I have ever seen my wife get in someones face. Lesson to asshole bitches everywhere; you don't get between a mother and her kids or her crippled big brother.

The season winds down

The drum corp season is winding down and it's a good thing too. Any longer and DCP would be overwhelmed with people bitching about housing problems, slotting positions and general screw jobs.

We even have the likes of Gold Bond, ScribeToo, and HDIC chiming in on DCI housing issues. Please, worry about your own issues, leave junior corps for juniors. You guys make sure all your clowns are under the same tent in Rochester.

Nice name!

From the Gremantown WI newspaper;
"Property owner Bozo Buzdum said.....battle with village to allow adult entertainment.....nude dancing."
Terri and Annie will get a kick out of this.

"All Age" computer

Specially designed for "all age" webmasters and reviewers

I-65 vx I-55

Hey "scribetoo" (from that handle I take it you claim to be some kind of writer) stop bashing the drive from Chicago to Indy as boring. You obviously never drove I-55 or I-57 in your own state. As far as not finding a motel cause of the Brickyard 400, don't you check on what's going on in an area? As much as I like drum corp, I know Nascar draws many times the crowds and MONEY to an area.
Maybe you should try to find a motel between Milwaukee and Green Bay during EAA week.

I love a parade

Spent the day at Milwaukee's Germanfest yesterday. Always good for people watching. They had a parade through the grounds with several local bands and assorted people in costume. Now I have been in and seen a lot of parades in my time but yesterday I saw a first. A marching violin group playing "The Marine Corp Hymn".
As alway the food was great and the beer cold.
LOML thought the highlight was the weiner dog costume competition and races.

Yah

I wish

I was born about thirty years too late. Last night I watched the "Benny Goodman Story" again. I just love the music of that era. Guys like Gene Krupa on drums, Harry James and Ziggi Elmond on trumpet, Lionel Hampton on Vipes and of course Benny on Clarinet. It just doesn't get any better than that. You can keep your electric guitars, keyboards and 27,000 watt amplifiers blaring "rock".

In your face!

Today I start the 41st year of my marriage. SO--- Up YOURS to all the parents, teachers, councelors and "religious" people who told us we were being stupid and it would never work. By the way, that baby that you said we should at best give up for adoption and worst just "get rid of" is a doctor and biomedical engineer and well on her way to becoming one of the preeminent spinal surgeons in the land.

Got to check a map.

Since when is Wilmot Wi the home show for the Racine Scouts?
Glad to see Racine can still support it's oldest drum corp in it's 80th anniversary year.
Guess SC Johnson didn't think it was important.

Really

Don't need to read the obit section of the newspaper anymore. Just go to DCP. Another one bit the dust in the DCA section.

Ya Know

Some how I think the world will go on without Harry Potter.

Let me make this clear.

To some people in particular (you know who you are) and everyone in general.

I and I alone decide what my opinions are concerning drum corps and the people involved.
I will be the one who decides where and what I will post.
I will decide who my friends are.
So, if the only time you fee that I am worthy of your attention is to bitch about my opinions, KISS MY ASS!

Kismet?

This past weekend found myself and LOML traveling the northeast part of Wisconsin. The stretch of state highway 42 between Manitowoc and Two Rivers has to be one of the prettiest Lake Michigan shore routes anywhere. Saturday we ended up in the tiny town of Norman on highway G south of Kewanee. For anyone who likes the B&B scene, this little place, the Norman General Store & Bed and Breakfast is a must. We made some new friends and possibly some future bookings for "First Impressions"

Is this the face of a pompous ass?

This guy drops more names than a rabbit drops turds. He writes about as well as they smell. Try this quote - this is really what drum corps is about?

"No sex in drum corps?
Another drum corps suggestion: No sex during Thanksgiving. That way folks like CorpsVets Exec. Dir. Dave Stollberg won't be delayed making the DCA Championships like last year while wife Tammi stays in the hospital. (Tammi is back in CorpsVets' guard for aught seven.)...or Willet won't have to miss like he did during the '06 DCA Championships."

If he drove a Jetta we could call him Jeffy2.

castguy in labor

I now know what it feels like to have a baby. After writhing on the bathroom floor for an hout in a cold sweat I went to the ER yesterday and was informed I was passing a kidney stone. They did some tests and said I had a 60-70% chance of passing it on my own so they doped me up and sent me home. We shall see if a 4mm stone makes it's way through a 1mm ureter.
Nice fourth!

Drum Corp free weekend

Not one thought of drum corp this past weekend. Just gardening, bike riding and a car show including my second Lions Club chicken barbarque of the summer. Yum.

Your favorite Bozo as a child

Enter name here____________________________

Just posted by "sdhundt" on soundmachine,
OH MY GOD !!! I almost fell through the kitchen floor and into the cave below my basement when I saw the Madison Scouts scores. What has become of this corps ?? 27, Bridgeman, Kilties, Suncoast, Velvet Knights, Sky, .....................AND THE many, many, many more, YOU KNOW THE NAMES. Well make a little room, the once proud Madison Scouts are next. Don't tell me it's for the kids either. I put up $$$ to support the Madison Scouts, and so do many, many other people who put up a lot more than I do. But we expect some results. I don't need to see a DCI champion, but I along with many other $$$ supporters want to see a corps that can compete with the VERY FEW other DIV. 1 corps. This has become a train reck. SCOTT STEWART, WHERE ARE YOU ??? PLEASE PLUG THE HOLES IN THIS SINKING CORPS !!!!!! OR HAS THE TITANIC ALREADY SUNK, AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW IT. I think I hear TAPS in the distance, or maybe it's just the birds waiking in this fine morning. WELL WE WILL ALL SEE IN 60 days. OH, regarding the new UNIFORMS. Well I just threw up in my mouth !!! This train has recked and now is falling off a cliff into a bottom-less sea !!! I have never been so down on any corps in my life !!!

Well Mr or Mrs (you don't say which) sdhundt, get a life. Show me anything or anyone that could maintain the top spot continuously with out some down time. Drum Corps can't do it, Sports teams can't do it, governments can't do it.

Madison is putting out a very respectable show this year. They may not make the finals, BFD. Those kids are working hard and learning life lessons. That is what is important.

I would dearly love to see Madison, Troopers & Blue Stars in the finals, but will it happen? I doubt it. But I will still see their shows and support them even if I don't care for Madison guard unis or Blue Stars unis.

Game Face

I waited a long time to see this sight again.

Take that bozo

I found it very interesting that when the Racine Scouts were thanking other corps for honoring their 80th anniversary they did not mention the Kilties.

Ramblings on "Kiltie Klassic"

First off, the newspaper gets the date of the show wrong, I wonder how many people will show up tonight to an empty stadium?
The bleachers were not done so we sat looking into the sun for the first two units.
When they only charge two bucks for a brat you shouldn't expect to much and I was right. Even the mustard was runny.
The crowd seemed quite elderly, another sign the young in Racine have no interest in drum corps.

I am not going to list scores, it's pointless, there were only six units in 3 catergories, not much for the ticket price.

First off, Kiltie brass group (7) to play Bach for all former members, my thought; "If that's the best you got, it's going to be a long night"
Kiltie lead sop playing "Star Spangled Banner" started in wrong key, restarted after 3-4 notes.

Racine Scouts - Painfully small 7-9 horns. They tried hard and their guard was the best section of the corp.

Capitol Sound - Drum line was very clean considering their age and it's still early in the season. I liked their show, uniforms were pretty generic.

Troopers - Biggest ovations of the night from the crowd incluuding yours truly. If I only agree with LC on one thing it's this corp is for real. They may not win DCI this year or next but if they can keep it together, they will be contenders. I would not be surprised to see them in the final 12. PS Crowd went apesh*t for the sunburst. One equipment failure when a snare fell from it's carrier but player recovered within 3 bars. Crowd cheered his efforts.
Drum Major Mark Crimm easily wins best of show.

Pioneer - Guard uniforms were cute. Show lacked punch. Too Irish yet the guard only did about three steps of an Irish jig? As a Div 2 corp they would be near the top, as a Div 1, sorry, not this year.

Madison Scouts - Guard did some fantastic spins, timing their catches well to the music but those uniforms!!!!!! NOT. Percussion section was nice and tight, lead snare in good control of the section. Horn line was coming along, they try some pretty neat stuff, mello playing while being carried flat on his back, horn line spread around entire circumfrence of the field. These kids are not getting the scores they deserve. They have nothing to be ashamed of.

Kilties - Smaller than I expected. I counted 29 horns, 10 guard. I hope all those elderly parents of junior Kilts weren't too disappointed. Fraked solos by El Guapo and Little Jarosz. I do like the fact they still use an honor guard. The mello section was quite young, they should be marching with the Chrome Domes. That was the worst arraingment of Syne I have ever heard. Looked like HDIC was going to have a stroke when he tried (not to well) to hit the high note at the end.

No finale, just call out the DM's for scores. By then stands had emptied out.

My placings

Madison
Troopers
Pioneer
Capitol Sound
Kiltiies
Racine Scouts

Why?

Can the city od San Fransico rebuilt a collapsed freeway interchange in a month but Racine can't put up new erector set bleachers in a year?

a little gift

Stopped by to watch the Troopers practice today but before that I stopped at O&H Danish Bakery and bought enough kringle to give the whole corp a little taste of Racine for desert tonight. The woman working in the chuck wagon lives almost 2000 miles from here but she knew exactly what they were. I was amazed. I told her they were in memory of my friend Bill Adamski who played baritone with me in the scouts before he went on to the Troopers in 68. Bill went into the Marine corp later and played under Col Truman Crawford in the USMC Drum and Bugle corp before his life was cut short by a traffic accident.

a picture is......

worth more than the opinion of most DCP posters.

musical weekend

Last night LOML and I went to the beautiful Schauer Center in Hartford WI to see Lynn Marie and the Boxhounds along with CopperBox. Great, lively show, a hard to describe mixture of rock, country and polka rythmns. The venue is neat also, made from an old canning factory downtown. The designers did a great job retaining the look of the old brick and wood beamed factory while opening it up large enough for a 650 seat theater.

Tonight a major change of pace as I hit my first DCI show of the season at Horlick Field in Racine. Looking forward to seeing the Troopers and Madison Scouts.

Sat or Sun I may drop in on Polish Fest in Milwaukee.

I am going to hell

Vatican issues 10 commandments for drivers.
I violate most of them.

The "Drivers' Ten Commandments," as listed by the document, are:
1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible toward others.

First scores are in

From the Highland games.

Kilties 55.03
Cicadas 73.37

Fathers Day observations

3 out of 4 aint bad

Overheard over the back fence.
neighbor#1 "I see you are having guests today"
neighbor#2 "Yes, his parents are coming over"
neighbor#1 "that's why I live soo far away, don't have to deal with that family crap"
"and my father is dead"
neighbor#2 "your lucky"

Gee why don't I even care to learn my neighbors names?

Not your fathers polka music

My favorite "Pokla" music. This girl and her band really turns an accordian on it's ear. You should check out her website.

http://www.lynnmarie.net/

Leann YES Paris NO

Hours upon nauseating hours of press has covered rich slut Paris Hilton's jail fiasco. Meanwhile has anyone heard anything about LeAnn Rimes?
Read this!

PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — Iraq veteran Peter Reid has gotten a boost from LeAnn Rimes.
A 2004 mortar attack in Iraq's Anbar province left Reid, a Navy Seabee, partially paralyzed, blind in one eye and dependent on a motorized wheelchair. He also suffered a brain injury, and bits of shrapnel remain in his head and body.
Reid hadn't left his Palm Bay house for months because it took two people to lift him into and out of his van.
Now he's looking forward to shopping trips with his wife, Michele, because of a gift from Rimes.
Last week in Nashville, the 24-year-old country singer handed Reid the keys to a new wheelchair-accessible van.
Chevrolet, the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes and Rimes, a supporter of the veterans group, teamed up to present the van to Reid.
"She's wonderful," Reid said of Rimes after returning Monday to Florida. "She walked up to me like I was part of her family. She said, 'Pete, come with me. I have something for you.' I went out and there was the van. It was quite a surprise."
The Chevrolet Uplander is equipped with an automatic door and wheelchair ramp, allowing Reid to maneuver his wheelchair into and out of the van.
While in Nashville, Reid and his wife attended a Rimes concert and her fan-club breakfast.

Flag Day

Remember, today June 14 is flag day. Show your colors. Later today the LOML portraying Eleanor Roosevelt will be doing a free performance at the Veterans Center in Union Grove Wisconsin.

Troopers return

Troopers new black drums and uniforms. I like it.

For the stable

See what happens when I decide granddaughter needs a nice tack box for her horse supplies. I got carried away as usual. This thing stands 33" tall, 25" wide and 16" deep with the doors closed. It has wheels for mobility. Made from baltic birch plywood and maple.

The bad news is I made a duplicate for a dughter to take to dog shows, it's too big to fit in her car.

It's called bugeting

Gas has been high for a long time now fellas. In fact it is lower now than a month ago by almost 30 cents. You should have planned ahead. Sorry all my extra gas money went to junior corps.

Unbelievable

Rich slut Paris Hilton released from jail after 3 days! See if that works for a black, hispanic or average white woman.
As the old saying goes,
It's not who you know
It's who you blow

All Aged = All Flawed

For all you DCA backers.
If your son wrestled for his high school would you let him wrestle with the WWE? If your teenage daughter rode horses would you let her ride in the Preakness? Would you want them to be exposed to the lifestyles, habits and schedule of adults? Then how can you advocate "all age drum corps"?
It seems the only way DCA can survive is to rob the cradle. Why? Because for most people, drum corps is an activity of youth and young adulthood. Most people move on with their lives. True, some remain with the activity for many years but even those people eventually cannot maintain the pace required for a good competitive drum corp. If you want to be in DCA, fine, but return to a minimum age of 21. If DCA can't cut it with that restriction, let it die.

For all to see

How many other Drum Corps can claim immortalization in wood? Chainsaw carving from Racine County Fairgrounds of a Racine Explorer Scout "Chrome Dome"

D-Day

Sixty three years ago thousands of men were crammed on ships facing a very perilous task. The invasion od Europe. Many would not leave the beaches. Remember them, honor them, their ranks are thinning with each passing day.

Why?

Why does a spelling bee of all things get two hours of prime time TV on a major network yet DCI finals are relegated to an obscure cable channel and DCA finals can't even get that?

Had to post this

I recieved this in an e-mail from a friend. I wanted to pass it along to my readers.

Written by a housewife from New Jersey . This is one ticked off lady. "Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started byIslamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001? Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally murdered thatday, in downtown Manhattan , across the Potomac from our nation's capitol and in afield in Pennsylvania? Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die ahorrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they? And I'm supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was "desecrated" when anoverworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet? Well, I don't. I don't careat all. I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents forincinerating all those innocent people on 9/11. I'll care about the Koran when thefanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possessionof which is a crime in Saudi Arabia. I'll care when these thugs tell the worldthey are sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through hisgurgling slashed throat. I'll care when the cowardly so-called "insurgents" inIraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion byhiding in mosques. I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up insearch of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicidebombs. I'll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendmentliberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United StatesConstitution's Bill of Rights. In the meantime, when I hear a story about a bravemarine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don'tcare. When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have beenhumiliated in what amounts to a college-hazing incident, rest assured: I don'tcare. When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to movebecause he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank: I don't care. When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and fed"special" food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holybook is being "mishandled," you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts: Idon't care. And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled "Koran" and othertimes "Quran." Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and - you guessed it - I don't care! If you agree with this viewpoint, pass this on to all your e-mail friends. Sooneror later, it'll get to the people responsible for this ridiculous behavior! If youdon't agree, then by all means hit the delete button. Should you choose thelatter, then please don't complain when more atrocities committed by radicalMuslims happen here in our great country! And may I add: "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in theworld. But, the Marines don't have that problem." -- Ronald Reagan I have another quote that I would like to add, AND I hope you forward all this. "If we ever forget that we're One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation goneunder." Also by Ronald Reagan. One last thought for the day: In case we find ourselves starting to believe all the anti-American sentiment andnegativity, we should rememberEngland's Prime Minister Tony Blair's words during arecent interview. When asked by one of his Parliament members why he believes somuch in America, he said: "A simple way to take measure of a country is to look athow many want in... and how many want out." Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you:
1. Jesus Christ
2. The American G.I.
One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO PASS THIS ON, AS MANY SEEM TO FORGET BOTH OF THEM. AMEN! .

Observations

16 dead deer, 4 dead possums, 1 dead racoon, 1 dead skunk, 1 dead cooler, 3 dead plastic buckets, one dead boat. That was the road kill totals for our trip "up north" this past weekend. Saturdays performance was good, Mondays was exceptional. The pre-show music had them in tears for the "Navy Hymn" and "Taps". Eleanor had them laughing at her jokes and crying talking about her war experiences. Afterwards a woman rolled her wheel chair up and told us she had twelve brothers serving in WWII. All survived the war, Incredible, shows the power of prayer.
In two weeks we hit the road again for Springfield Ill and Mary Todd.

Time to relax

Short work day today then home to load the bikes and head out for the weekend. I don't usually like to travel on holiday weekends but the LOML has two performances booked in Madison and Minocqua so hit the road I must. Sat and Mon will be busy but Sun should be just biking fishing and junking. One note to my readers, Remember the Vets.

Food for thought

Yesterday, about when the Bozo camp was wrapping up I was at a benefit event for a 10 year old girl with cancer. This poor girl may survive and she may not, one thing is for sure, her childhood will never be the same. Meanwhile a bunch of overweight, aging "PeterPans" are trying desperately to hang on to long gone youth.

Two words for them

Grow Up

Travesty!

"We need open borders", "the illegal aliens are the backbone of our service economy" That crap and more is what the bleeding heart liberals would have you accept as fact. Tell that to the widow of the Kenosha county deputy murdered the other night by a illegal alien during a traffic stop. This illegal bastard was stopped in the middle of the night while obviously casing a neighborhood for some type of burglery or home invasion. He shot the cop in the gut and sped off. The cop manage to get to his squad and radio for help before he died. The bastard was caught after s short shoot out. He had multiple aliases and false ID's. In my opinion he should have been "shot while trying to escape".

Heresy in Wisconsin

I know this may upset some people but I for one am sick of Brett Farve. His ego has gotten way to big for his head. First he bitches about the Packers not signing and aging, trouble making reciever in Randy Moss (a guy who hated Green Bay by the way). Now he says he's not going to show up for mini camp.
Just cut the bozo and give Rodgers a chance. Farve's a has been any way.

Memorial Day nears

For many it's just the start of the summer vacation season. For some, it means much more. Stop in a local VA hospital or home and visit with the people whose sacrifices made your vacation possible.

Killing two birds

It is a verified fact that todays kids are more obese than previous generations. It is a fact that fuel costs are escalating. It is a fact that buses polute. Therefore:

Go back to neighborhood schools
Eliminate busing
Save fuel
Save mucho $$$
Kids get needed excercise.

Seems like a no-brainer.

ANother reason I hate clowns and mimes

Party Clown in Court on Sex Charges
Courtny Gerrish & Tom Murray & Mick Trevey
BROOKFIELD - He works as a clown, but what he's accused of isn't funny at all. Ron Schroeder is in jail, accused of sexually assaulting a woman and taking nude pictures of her. He's facing a total of 32 criminal counts including two counts of second-degree sexual assault, 27 counts of capturing an image of nudity, and one count each of illegally accessing computer data, battery and possession of a switchblade. Read the Criminal Complaint - 10 pages Now authorities say Schroeder, 37, may have collected all the evidence that may be used against him in court. He made a preliminary appearance in a courtroom Thursday. "Whenever you have some kind of physical evidence, such as photographs or injuries, that can corroborate what a victim of sexual assault is reporting, that's critical for us," said Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel. "We unfortunately don't have it very frequently." Watch 5/10 Report: Suspect in Court Schroeder is better known as "Silly The Clown," and he's performed at many children's parties. He has a troubled history; something most parents didn't know when they hired him for birthday parties. "I'm guessing most parents don't conduct a Google search on the Internet before they hire a clown for a party," said Schimel. "Maybe they want to do that." One Cudahy mother was disturbed when we told her of Schroeder's recent arrest. "Very shocked," said Renee McElwee. "We had absolutely on idea that anything like that was going on with him." Two years ago McElwee hired Schroeder to be a magician at her twin boys' sixth birthday party. "The kids had a ball, and there were probably 20 kids there that day," she said. "They all played with him. He dressed them up and put makeup on them." Watch 5/9 Report: Reaction from Parents McElwee found Schroeder online at sillytheclown.com. "(There were) lots of comments on the web site about what a great job he did, and we added our own, saying he was really an outstanding performer," she said. What McElwee and other parents didn't know was that Schroeder has a troubled past. He's never been convicted of a serious crime, but Greenfield police considered Schroeder a suspect in the 1991 death of his infant daughter. He was also served with two restraining orders. Now, Schroeder sits in a Waukesha County jail cell. He's charged with sexually assaulting a woman while she was unconscious at his Brookfield home. He's also charged with taking nude photos of her without her consent. For McElwee this news comes with a lesson. "We never thought to look him up ahead of time," she said. "Who knows what we would have found? Hindsight's 20/20." According to the criminal complaint, police seized a computer from Schroeder's home. On it, they reportedly found numerous nude photos of the victim, including pictures of Schroeder sexually assaulting her. TODAY'S TMJ4 has also learned that Greenfield police recommended Schroeder be charged with shaking his infant daughter to death in 1991. The Milwaukee County District Attorney's office reviewed the case several times but could not find enough proof. The most recent time Greenfield Police submitted the case for possible charges, the statute of limitations ran out and the District Attorney's office could not move forward, according to the police department. "The DA's office had reviewed all the facts and basically the statue of limitations had run out. So our case is basically closed at this point," said Greenfield Detective Sergeant Jay Johnson. Schroeder's attorney, Scott Schmidlkofer, did not want to discuss the 1991 case. He did, however, question whether Schroeder's past contact with police played a role in the current charges against Schroeder. "I think when this comes out and in the end, I think everyone will see that maybe this case is being chased a little bit more vigorously than others," said Schmidlkofer.
For more information, visit Newsradio 620 WTMJ-AM.

Hurricane vs tornado

It will be real interesting to see if the Kansas people whine and blame George Bush for the tornadoes that devestated entire towns over the weekend. From what I saw on the news, they just went to work starting the clean up on their own like responsible peopplr will.

Aren't WE the cat' ass

Posted by Scribtoo (stef) on DCP
To the young man who played the Pie Jesu .. you have a wonderful tone, but you played it very much like it was an exercise. Each note seemed disconnected and I promise you, as a vocalist who has sung it many times, they aren't. I recommend (STRONGLY recommend) finding and listening to a vocal recording of this portion of Faure's "Mass-terpiece" -- I know it is a simple melody but it is so stirring when you hear it in context -- hearing the text will help that -- and you will absolutely have the audience on their knees with that little 20 or 30 seconds of beautiful tone. It's VERY fluid and often the phrase (until the repeat) is sung in one or two breaths.. I don't recommend you do THAT.. but I think you could benefit from hearing that phrase sung.. because IMO you should "sing it" through your horn. Yours could be "the moment" of the year this year.. get what you can out of it.

Listen lady, it's HIS solo to do with as he sees fit. Keep your nose out of it until someone calls you Sarah Brightman.

Paranoia runs rampant

On DCP the Bozos are cracking up. THere are several newer posters on DCP who have been accused of being Terri, Jim, Annie or myself. Don't these "Captain Queegs" realize there is no "duplicate key to the wardroom freezer". In simple words, we all have been banned by the DCP Nazis. There is no POSSIBLE WAY we could slip past their security and rejoin just so we could expose the truth about "all age" drum corp in general and the Bozos in particular.

WHoo

Did you get a load of the size of some of those percussion members on BD3's myspace page? I didn't thinkk there was enough plaid in all of Scotland to cover them.

I could not resist

I don't know if it was caused by reading grannies menus or what but on a recent trip south I could not resist buying a jar of corn cob jelly and sunflower butter.
Hope I don't get the desire to wear a skirt with no underwear and a large red nose.

The last "safe" group to ridicule?

Up until it was concured by Austria-Hungary, Bohemia was an autonomous country. I am of Bohemian ancestry and proud of it. I am sick and tired of the word "Bohemian" being used as an adjective to describe weird, Hippie style people. It's time for all Bohemians to start making a stink about this, just like every other ethnic and racial group has done in the past.

Not in Wisconsin

The good people of Wisconsin showed thay are sick and tired of political campaigns that are nothing more than mud slinging and dirt dredging expeditions. We elected a new Supreme Court judge in a landslide despite of a major Democratic Party negative hate campaign against her. Perhaps if they had fielded a qualified candidate they would have done better.

In the record books

Fresh off their stupendous, come from behind victory against a score of DCI and DCA top rated corps in the World Renowned Milwaukee St Patrick's Parade, the "ALL-AGE" Kilties, fed on grannies great vitales, have rapped up another Kamp. By some accounts they finished the field show and began preparing for their Carnegie Hall concert before the Queen of England. HDIC has procured the services of the new Airbus 380 to fly all 80 horns, fifty percussion and 55 guard members and the "significant others" to New York. More details to follow on DCP.

Nice touch

Noticed driving by the Bozo Roach Motel last night that there was an old rust bucket of a car for sale out front. You know the type, big old boat with the windows cover with writing "good runner" etc, etc.
Really touched of the landscape, fer sure.

For those of you who do not know. This is a cheap, single story ex-Holiday Inn parked on what could be a very attractive setting allong Root River by the Horlick Dam. Of course when Motel management allows people to gut fish on their property it doesn't do much for the atmosphere.

Trucks & Trains

Is it just me or have Semi's taken over the roads? Here in Wisconsin they seem to think no one else is driving. Illinois, Indiana and many other states have lane restrictions on big rigs. ie on a three lane road, trucks are limitied to the right two lanes. In Wisconsin they can run side by side filling all lanes and slowing down the traffic flow. It's high time the DMV puts limits on truck lanes and ENFORCES them. Which brings up another point. You cannot try to tell me it is more effiecient to run hundreds of trucks down the road than it is to run a long freight train. It's time to use the rails rather than the concrete.
There is a big push right now to run a light passenger rail line from Milwaukee to Chicago, perhaps extending the Metra line up from Kenosha.
Just how short is the memory in this country anyway? Up until Jan of 1963 we were part of one of the best and fastest commuter lines anywhere, anytime, The North Shore. It was allowed to die because people would rather drive cars. Now some brainless idiots want to recreate what we once had. How many billions will that cost? How long will it survive? No one seems to want those answers.

From SoundMachine comes this post.
"The M.O.B. camp on March 10th in West Allis, WI was a success with more new members signing on. Kenny Norman worked the brass line on some of his tasty arrangements such as Basin Street Blues, Floatin' Down To Cotton Town, Rockabye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody and the Count Basie/Neil Hefti chart Splanky. This musical program is shaping up to be very exciting and certainly a crowd pleaser. Details on the next camp to follow. All are welcome to stop by and sit in with Chicago's newest all-age drum corps, The Men of Brass."

I may just have to give this group a listen. I haven't heard a corp play "Rockabye" since Madison did it in 66 or 67.

Worried?

"MAC BUMP"

Posted by JC Seymourbutts on DCP. Could it be this are getting desperate?

GUILTY!

That bastard Steven Avery is going away for life.
It's about time.

Pi day WTF?

What a waste of press time. Pi day for all the math geeks out there. My kind of pie is cherry from Lake Geneva Pie Co.

Embarass and insult

That's what a certain "all age" corp did on Sat in Chicago. They embarrassed themselves and insulted the good people who paid for their expenses.
There is NO WAY a so called professional organization should show up not in full uniform and not at full strength. You can not make me believe there is a legitimate excuse to march a parade in jeans. What has your uniform committee been doing all winter?
As far as not even bothering to show up, that just shows a total lack of commitment. Parades serve two purposes, raising funds and public relations. You guys failed on both counts.

review

After an absolutely misserable commute in rush hour Chicago traffic last Friday my wife and I finnaly made it back to good old Wisconsin and we were both hungry. Along I-94 in Kenosha county just north of Hwy fifty is a place called Little Europe. From the outside it didn't look like much but sometime a jewel is to be found hiding. Such is this place. Run by an immigrant from Eastern Europe, the place specializes in Chech, Bohemian, and German type foods. The food and service was great, on a par with much more famous places like Mader's. They had a good selection of imported beers. (i was driving so coffee for me).

I would recommend this place to anyone trveling the interstate.

You bozos driving up from Illinois might want to try it instead of the normal Kiltie Kussine.

Way to go

It seems the Kingsmen Alumni from out on the left coast has it right and others in a more central location have lost or never really had it right.
The Kingsmen Alumni organized and are raising monies for the purpose of resurrecting the Kingsmen as a DCI junior corps. I seem to recall a racine based group that touted they were doing the same thing. I seem to remember donation jars in local stores stating that same thing.
Where is the money?
Where is the junior corp?

More power to the Kingsmen. I hope they have the integrity to succeed.

bigbluekiltie blues

Seems I ruffled a few feathers on bigbluekiltie over at soundmachine. He thinks I walk in lock step with "Ren & Stimpy"
In a PM he suggested I ask other Bozos about the Ken Norman matter. To be fair I have edited my post on the matter until I have more facts. However I doubt I will use the resources he suggests for my interogation.

Here's a thought

How about these big box home improvement stores not worry about having young girls in frilly blouses at the cash registers and instead stock some wood that is good for something other than a bonfire.

Time to laugh at the weather men

Well the "great white death" didn't materialize as the weather geeks predicted for almost a week. I swear those guys get orgasmic with the possibility of a storm. I saw predictions for as much as 20 inches of snow in Wisconsin. I had maybe 2 or three. Sure it was wet and heavy but hardly the storm of the century.

So as Nelson says on the Simpsons; Ha Ha.

throwing down the gauntlet

OK, let's look at this.
We have a new "all age'" drum corp forming in Chicago, the "Men of Brass"
They are holding a camp at Wisconsin State Fair Park (Milwaukee)
They are doing a jazz show in the style of the late great Col. Truman Crawford.
Their arrainger is non other than former Kiltie great Ken Norman.

I wonder which existing corp is going to suffer the most from this?

In humor there is truth

Taken from DCP

QUOTE(Maedhros @ Feb 22 2007, 08:04 PM)
You speak for your majority, I'll speak for mine. I had a really good reply typed up for this one.. but I figured I would get banned for life from DCP and have to go the trouble of setting up another ID with and different email address, etc. etc.

How true you are Maedhros ,even though I believe you are addressing this comment as sarcasm toward Terri, Annie and myself.

DCP is and will die because anyone with a brain and a differing opinion is excluded. You do know what happens with inbreeding don't you?

April 15 ?

What does April 15 th mean to you? I would bet if that question was asked of adult Americans the answer would be "It's tax day." WRONG!
Shortly after 7:00AM on the morning of April 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln died. He was shot the previous evening and lingered through the night unconscious but alive. How many people know that? Everybody seems to remember Nov 22, 1963 when Kennedy was killed. The media brings it up every year. In the grand scheme, Kennedy was nowhere near the President that Lincoln was. Why does Lincoln's death have to be overshaddowed by the IRS? Whould it be that hard to move the tax deadline to April 30th ?
Come on congress, get off your asses and do it.

No sense of history

This week another piece of history bites the dust. The University of Illinois has scrapped their long time mascot because of lefty whinning. The Chief portrayed a Native American in a respectful way. The very same dancing that brought the wrath of the liberals is praised as "wonderful culture" if performed by Indian dance troups.
The same thing has happened before. Marquette University caved in years ago.
If your mascot is called an "Injun" or a "Redskin" or a "Squaw", you need to change it but there in nothing dishonorable about being called a "Warrior"

Ha Ha

I'm Back.

What's good for the goose.......

It's no secret that myself and others have been banned from DCP for so-called "rules infractions". Well it seems some are not bound by rules. DCP says you are not supposed to constantly use the "quote" feature when responding to posts as it clutters the board. It is a good rule but one the certain people constantly violate when annoucning their various kamps, menus and booze parties.
Why are they not censured?

Pioneer ?

Saw on DCP that Pioneer is having recruiting problems. That is too bad but maybe they should not set their sight so high. Pioneer is a Div 2 caliber corp, always has been, always will. This goes way back to the days when they were two seperate corps. St Pat's Imperials and Mercury Thunderbolts, in to the merger years as The Thing and to the present Pioneer. They just never had the public personna of a top level corps. Impressions are everything.

On the issues of drum corps, I am waiting to see.

Troopers
Madison
Phantom

Could give a shit about

Cadets
Kilties
most of DCA

Banishment, Day one

Day one of my banishment from DCP. Still no explaination. Other than that my day is unchanged. I am working, earning money, planning my evenings activities (TKD and bathroom remodeling). Sorry, you little nazis, you have not ruined my life.

Big F**king Hairy Deal

I have joined the ellite ranks of those banned by DCP. Pardon me for a moment while I wipe away the tears.
The gutless bastards didn't have the balls to send me an e-mail. Well I shall not be silenced. My commentary shall continue here.
Jim, Terri, Annie and I may not agree 100% on what we like and dislike about drum corps but we are 100% united in our stand that you mini dictators cannot tell us what is right.

Mike

Food for thought?

No bozo menu published for this kamp?

How's this for a suggestion?

Cook up some of those carp and salmon they catch in the river by your motel.

Scum and more scum

We in cheddar land have a trial starting monday. Not only do I believe the shit faced bastard is guilty of killling that girl and should be tied between four trucks and torn apart. I think he also was guilty of that rape charge some years ago that was overturned because of some panty wasted Madison college geeks.

On a more local note, two low life trash were just arrested for cruelty to animals. It seems they went off on a vacation and locked their dog in a van in the backyard. Problem was, the animal had no food or water and the temperature was subzero at the time. The poor dog had to be put down. This is one of theose times that I feel the punishment should fit the crime. In other words, lock the bastards, naked in an unheated van with nothing to eat or drink for a week. See how they like it. Oh and do it in International Falls, Minn. Should be cold enough there.

chicken or egg?

With Anna Nicole Smith's death added to the long list of show bix types that have self destructed at a relatively young age one has to ask. Does the life style of Hollywood contribute to these peoples self destruction or is it a character flaw in these people that makes them gravitate toward Hollywood?

My own opinion is the people have a character flaw to begin with but under normal circumstances it could be controlled. Hollywood, however, feeds and nourishes the flaws making them grow and multiply until they take over a persons life and eventually kill them.

Don't wait for my respect, Liz

On DCP the question was, Would you march a 60's style show if you were given the opportunity. One know it all broad from out east posted this.

"as someone who knows her drum corps history and is about to be 40 ~ i am completely uninterested in marching that type of show. even the Bridgemen alumni corps is more modern than that thankfully. --------------------"
Liz Duguay

Well Liz, kiss my nearing sixty year old ass. You are one of those "know it all" types who wouldn't know what the roots of drum corp were if it bit your flabby butt.

Your statement shows tremendous disrespect for everyone involved in the activity; from the returning WW1 vets who began drum corps thru present day members who have an open mind. Maybe the reason you would not want to march an "old school" show is you do not have the mental and physical disipline to perform in the "tick era"

Real Music

This afternoon I attended a MSO concert of Gershwin music. It brought home the point that there are a lot of people out there who think they are much better than they really are. When you listen to a man like Kevin Cole play the piano solos to Rhapsody in Blue you see first hand the difference between professional musicians and the "weekend warrior" types. When the MSO broke into "Strike up the Band" I immediatly reminised on how well the old junior Kilties played that piece. I shook my head thinking of how lame the "all age" version was.

Nuff said.

Kevin Who? Who cares?

Does anyone really give a shit what Kevin Federline thinks? What jackass add man decided to put him in a commercial? His only claim to fame is porking Brittany Spears.
As for me, I'm goint to a Gershwin concert on Sunday afternoon. I may get back in time for the second half of the Superbowl to see the Bears pound Payton Manning (can't stand him either) into the turf.

Frustration of internet forums

How many forum members does it take to change a lightbulb?It takes 1 forum member to change the light bulb..BUT...It also takes; 1 to post that the light bulb has been changed14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs53 to flame the spell checkers6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"... another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy"109 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb forum about changing light bulbs be stopped111 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post thecorrected URL's3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"6 that flame them for not using the Search feature12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three"4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ44 to ask what is a "FAQ"4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"143 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"16 posts of two forum members that are exclusively talking to each other only about lightbulbs and what they did that weekend24 posts of telling them to take it to PM's1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again

He's Back!

Didn't take long for Mr."I need a life" to resurface on DCP. Hey Jeff, I thought you said you had better things to do? How long was that self imposed retirement anyway, two weeks maybe?
100031 posts, man you are pathetic

I thought so!

I thought they had been awfully quiet after their last kamp.....

"The Kilties will hold their next full corps rehearsal camp on February 10th & 11th!!
Positions are open in all captions (Color guard, Percussion, Brass, Honor Guard, Support staff),"

Now on to other matters - Horlick Field

The field was built during the Great Depression by the CCC and WPA. One of thousands of make work projects across the country.

It hosted a girls professional baseball team, The Racine Belles, during the WW2 years. They used a 10 inch ball.

The field was THE BEST venue for drum corps in the area until the eighties when the city let the park go to hell and the area around it transitioned from lower middle class to slum.

Some of the factories in the area have been torn down, some only partially torn down, some still stand.

Parking in the area is good but not exactly safe at night.

DeMark's bar is just that, a bar that served food primarily to the now non-existent factory workers. I would hardly call it a restraunt. Of course neither is Chubby's, or Rojo's or George's Pub or any of the other bozo bistros.

We love a band boy _NOT

Looks like I'm going to be drawn into a pissing contest with mr fourth bass.
You are and always will be a band boy, just the kind of geek all the real drum corp people used to make fun of.
Anyone who would equate (look the word up dummy) the Lighthouse Brigade with a championship caliber unit must think the WWE Intercontinental Wrestling Belt actually means something.
You attempt to play fourth bass drum in a third rate "all age " corp. That means you are one notch above the worst "musician" in the group. Yah, I'm going to value your opinion - NOT!
Unless you are an alumni of or a director of the Racine Scouts, don't try to tell anyone how they are run. You don't know!

I will be watching you this summer, try not to trip over your own klown feet.

Bears in a blow out

Maybe now we can stop hearing all the whining about that damned hurricane. Get off your lazy asses and clean up your own garbage.

I (used to) love a parade

Something I read and responded to on another blog brought this to mind.

When I was a kid my grandparents took me to the Fourth of July parade. It was the largest in the midwest with well over a hundred and twenty units. Now, while they claim 140 units, I don't go. Why? I'll tell you. Because it is 95% crap.

Years ago we had large manufacturing firms who would sponsor large and elaborate floats. Those firms are gone and so are the floats. Years ago the parade would include over a dozen bands and drum corps and they would play every block or two. Now you get maybe two bands and a crap corp and they play one or twice in the whole parade.

Of course they count as a unit every jackass local and state polititian out hawking for votes plus the assorted beauty (oops can't call it that) talent contest winner. Most are so ugly a coyote caught in a trap would chew off it's own leg to get away.

No body comes to this thing anymore. When I was young the parade would draw over 100,00 people, now I doubt if it's half that but nobody seems to give a shit.

Neither do I, I just gave up.

Nothing from Camp?

Well from my sources the results are.

Numerically smaller

Physically larger

Emotionally less stable

Talent deminished

Cullinary no change

Get a life

On a forum that I read a guy has 100,000 posts. Now he posts a long diatribe stating that he loves this one and that one, tells others who disagree with him to **** off, yada, yada, yada.
Now here is a guy who needs to get a life. Figure it takes an average of five minutes to read a forum and post a reply or to start a new thread, this BOZO wannabe has spent 347 days of his useless life wasted on just this one forum. How many more he posts on, I could not guess.

Tough choice

Hard to root for Da Bears when you are a cheese head however it's even harder to root for that disloyal jerk Holmgren. So all in all I was pleased with the outcome.

My answer to Bill

I have recieved an invitation from "bill" of the Kilties to come to their camp and play bari. I am going to decline this invite for the following reasons.

1. I have not played a brass instrument in many years since a mouth injury impared my "chops".
2. I doubt my knees would stand the strain of a competative drum corps season.
3. I do not have the time required to make the commitment.
4. I do not believe in the "all age" concept.
5. Drum corps today is not what I remember and loved. My time has past, it is not coming back.
6. Who ever heard of a Bohemien wearing a skirt?

Shitty sound

It's just my opinion but the field / marching drums of today sound like shit when compared with the percusion lines of the 60's-70's era. I'm not talking technique here, just the plain old sound of the drum/head/snare combination.

Camp Time, part two

It's just about time for all the "all age" corps to have their second camp/recruiting drive. Within a few weeks we will be deluged with claims of 750 horns, 300 in the pit and a guard from the Russian Ballet! Then in June they hit the field with 20 horns, 8 percussion and a guard that keeps the local Krispy Kreme in business. No wonder no one believes the claims anymore.

Emergency Rooms

What a joke. If they could ever manage to see and actually treat someone in under5 hours it would be a miracle. Too many people walking around doing nothing. And do those idiots know how annoying it is to a sick person to have to listen to the staff laugh and giggle about the latest party and such crap. It's a wonder more people don't go postal in those places.