tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post8112440515762068071..comments2023-09-26T07:10:49.169-07:00Comments on Stephen T. McCarthy <i><b>STUFFS</b></i>: MY HOMEMEGALOPOLIS: LOS ANGELES AND ME - Part 6 Of 6Stephen T. McCarthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-50985151467769071232016-10-24T12:24:17.218-07:002016-10-24T12:24:17.218-07:00TOM (aka "James Dean" - Ha!)
I'm re...TOM (aka "James Dean" - Ha!)<br />I'm really pleased that you enjoyed this old, old blog bit of mine so much. I really dug putting it together. It was a fairly time-consuming blog project but it was fun for me, too, revisiting via the Internet all these places I knew so well.<br /><br />Here are a couple more old L.A.-related blog bits that you might also like:<br /><br />http://stephentmccarthysstuffs.blogspot.com/2011/11/motel-money-murder-madness.html<br /><br />http://stephentmccarthysstuffs.blogspot.com/2011/09/rock-n-rolla-or-return-of-warren-zevons.html<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-17799827676694102752016-10-24T09:02:55.671-07:002016-10-24T09:02:55.671-07:00Wow - there is so much I have to do today, yet I s...Wow - there is so much I have to do today, yet I stumbled across this incredible look at L.A. (when I was google'ing for photos of Rhino Records) and just had to read the entire thing (and play some of the videos) from start to finish. I have to wonder what my life in L.A. (1980 to now) would look like if I did something like this... <br /><br />But I know my life, would seem all right, if I could see it on the silver screen. :)<br /><br />Tom<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662756600858176115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-87862149263163844032015-04-23T11:47:10.636-07:002015-04-23T11:47:10.636-07:00JANIE ~
Hey, nice to see ya over here.
Ha! Well,...JANIE ~<br />Hey, nice to see ya over here. <br /><br />Ha! Well, if I was cute once upon a time (thanks!), that was sure some time ago... a way, way back.<br /><br />Now I'm, like, one of those dudes who wear T-shirts that say "Old Guys Rule" because... I'm just another old guy.<br /><br />The one thing that's changed for the better though is that I'm no longer painfully shy. Hard to believe that was once very true and for a long time.<br /><br />Zucky's didn't like us because we'd always go there after a long, late night of drinking, and we are about the rowdiest (and we thought funniest) guys you'd ever see. <br /><br />Zucky's was very popular even at, like, 3 AM, so there was always a wait for tables to open up. Most of the time, Zucky's would kick us out even BEFORE we had acquired a table. Those were some fun (and loud) times.<br /><br />Yeah, I remember that story during the Rodney King Riots. I still have a newspaper clipping of another story about two brothers: one brother was out looting stores while his sibling was out helping people put out fires and get medical attention, etc. Two totally different types of characters raised under the same roof. Amazing.<br /><br />Thanks for coming by here, Janie!<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-51801001086810727412015-04-23T10:39:27.556-07:002015-04-23T10:39:27.556-07:00I forgot to say that I love the Whole Foods rap.
...I forgot to say that I love the Whole Foods rap.<br /><br />Love again,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-11237642969916318532015-04-23T10:38:19.206-07:002015-04-23T10:38:19.206-07:00You were pretty cute, once upon a time. I can'...You were pretty cute, once upon a time. I can't imagine why Zucky's didn't like you. I remember reading the story of the family who went to help Reginald Denny. They were all watching the TV together, and they recognized where Denny was. They said, We have to get over there to help that guy.<br /><br />God bless 'em.<br /><br />Moon Unit Zappa kind of sucked.<br /><br />Love,<br />Janie JunebugJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-76914358058713406792015-04-22T14:55:17.745-07:002015-04-22T14:55:17.745-07:00CHERDO, through my obsession with "The Boss&q...CHERDO, through my obsession with "The Boss", my Ma eventually came to like him, too. I even took her to a Springsteen concert once, near downtown L.A. There I was watching Bruce with my Ma (the REAL "boss") sitting right next to me.<br /><br /><i>>>... you were a babe, STMcC.</i><br /><br />No, actually, I'd estimate I was about 23 when those photos were taken.<br />[:-)}<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-84920551083239518212015-04-22T05:52:47.911-07:002015-04-22T05:52:47.911-07:00If you saw "The River" tour, I'm gue...If you saw "The River" tour, I'm guessing it was one of his best - BRUUUUUCCCEEEE!!!<br /><br />I keep forgetting to mention you were a babe, STMcC.<br /><br />BAM. Knowing you, I'm sure you think I don't follow the links. Wrong-o.Cherdohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00264612202714933480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-45162426714827080262011-08-28T11:49:39.265-07:002011-08-28T11:49:39.265-07:00McBOYGAN BROTHER ~
Ha!-Ha! No one other than you a...McBOYGAN BROTHER ~<br />Ha!-Ha! No one other than you and I will understand that "there'll be no next time" quip. I likes it!<br /><br />Wow! I had no idea that San D. was the 8th largest city in the country. That's quite surprising.<br /><br />The few times I've been there, I was left with the impression that it is a clean and classy city. And that is how I've always thought of it - as "classy". <br /><br />True, there are some "classy" establishments in most cities, but I always thought of San D. as classy OVERALL.<br /><br />Ahh, it's good to be a Southern California native, ain't it?<br /><br />"All the salty margaritas in Los Angeles"?<br />I'm gonna drink 'em up!<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-89218976235777865912011-08-27T16:20:36.881-07:002011-08-27T16:20:36.881-07:00HA!
That white rapper dude not only manages to ma...HA!<br /><br />That white rapper dude not only manages to make fun of yuppie Angelinos, but poke hard at the real cRappers, too.<br /><br />AH HA!<br />I stupidly completely MISSED the D-FENS tag. DOH! Uhp! What a maroon.<br /><br />As for Phoenix improving after you leave, I actually think it MAY, although your leaving will have nothing to do with it. I think the city may have reached a low point with daily kidnappings and property values at 30% of five years ago. Perhaps I am wrong and it will get worse. But, we'll just have to gauge it after you move to Reno!<br /><br />San Diego is a very laid-back place compared to LA. It has a small town feel to it, even though it is ranked as the 8th largest city in the U.S. The freeways do not get nearly as congested as LA, either. Everything you'd expect to find in a large city is in SD, but with LA you just have it in spades, and with an unidentifiable unique flavor.<br /><br />And yes, I DO now have my internet back! Although the first time I called them they said they were having problems, the next time I phoned the swine told me it was my fault. I was being subjected to the "Fair Access Policy" for using too much bandwidth! Me? Little old ME?<br /><br />No, in fact what had done it was that my son have the gall to upload 100+ photos to his facebook page from his summer camp. That cut out speed down to less than dialup speed. So, they gave us a "one time break" and lifted the restriction. Next time? "There'll be no next time! This is the last time for me!"<br /><br />Now I can go watch the vids in the earlier sections of Homegalopolis.Sheboyganboy VInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-34392562383858712482011-08-27T14:09:59.331-07:002011-08-27T14:09:59.331-07:00MR. SHEBOYGANBOY SIX ~
First, I’m glad to learn th...MR. SHEBOYGANBOY SIX ~<br />First, I’m glad to learn that your Internet service is working again so you can watch videos.<br /><br />Thanks for the compliment and all the great comments, McBrother.<br /><br />Yeah, that “Whole Foods Parking Lot” rap is great. It makes me laugh out loud too. As I said: Oh, life can be so hard. <br /><br />That dude definitely captured the prissy, “holeistic” side of some Angelenos (the Mrs. Gooches or Trader Joe’s crowd), and put it in a “street level” mode of expression for effect. Funny stuffs! <br /><br />You were more high-tech and scientific about getting concert tickets than we were. We would just go get in line, party all night long and make everyone else around us laugh or miserable. <br /><br /><i>>>…I loved the movie "Falling Down." I've been told I am a nut, but frankly, I didn't think he got out of line until LATE in that movie.</i><br /><br />I can one-up ya: I’m not sure he EVER got out of line. He’s a cinematic hero. And do you make the connection with the way I sign my comments (D-Fens)?<br /><br /><i>>>…And from the comments before me, Arlee mentions that LA improved after you left. I just wanted to proffer that I suspect Phoenix will also probably improve after you leave. Hmmm... do I see a pattern here?</i><br /><br />Laugh it up, Funny Boy! <br /><br /><i>>>…Although I am biased from having grown up in San Diego, I like it better than LA.</i><br /><br />I like San Diego too, and would probably like living there, although I have only a superficial knowledge of the area. I’m sure I would have found it too sedate when I was in my 20s, and probably not with enough diversity to suit me. But now, I’m quite certain I would prefer to live there than in L.A.<br /><br />I think everyone ought to feel partial toward their own hometown. <br /><br />Thanks for coming along on the tour, Bro.<br />(Now you can go back and watch that Girls On The Beach video. Woo-Hoo! :o)<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />‘Loyal American Underground’Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-79941763307015080012011-08-27T11:20:00.868-07:002011-08-27T11:20:00.868-07:00Ok, now this post was awesome! I could write a re...Ok, now this post was awesome! I could write a really long comment about all the shizzle in this one, but I'll try to "keep it real".<br /><br />So, let's start with that "Whole Foods Parking Lot" rap. That made me laugh out loud several times. "This shit is real" he says. "These fools with clipboards are lookin at me like they know me." "Pickin up some cayenne pepper for his master cleanse." The guy is wearing a Clippers hat! This dude and his friends would be funny cats to know.<br /><br />Springsteen. We've discussed this before via email, but there is an excellent chance that even though we didn't know each other until meeting online at the Amazon chat boards a few years ago, you and I were at the same Springsteen concert during that River Tour run. He did four shows, and I was at two of them. I can't remember how I got the tickets, but I didn't wait in a stinking line on a couch to get 'em, though. Most of my friends at the time were more nerdy than musical, so we'd only carry down the card table, folding chairs and battery powered black and white TVs for Star Wars or Indian Jones movie openings. The music tickets I'd have to get for myself, or maybe with one or two of my cooler buddies. My specific memory about those tickets is foggy, but I know many time in those days you could phone in for tickets, and they'd go quickly. Our office had four phone lines, so I would pre-dial the ticket number on all four lines and click thru them rapidly on speed dial 'til I got through, starting just before they officially went on sale. Got some good tickets that way sometimes.<br /><br />I loved the movie "Falling Down." I've been told I am a nut, but frankly, I didn't think he got out of line until LATE in that movie. The image of the arrogant construction worker sitting around doing nothing while raking in $20/hour is one we all have seen with our own eyes.<br /><br />The photo of you "peeing." As John Lovitz would say: "ACTING!"<br /><br />And from the comments before me, Arlee mentions that LA improved after you left. I just wanted to proffer that I suspect Phoenix will also probably improve after you leave. Hmmm... do I see a pattern here?<br /><br />Although I am biased from having grown up in San Diego, I like it better than LA. I will admit that SD does not have the same distinct character as LA, but it does have a character. It is not the worldwide mecca that LA is, drawing movie people, music people, ethnic communities, and just those pulled towards the fable of the "land of opportunity".<br /><br />I very much enjoyed the tottering, drunken, meander down memory lane, McBuddy! These require less work from my feeble brain cells than your Ferret-Faced Fascist Friends stuff(s)! I'll admit that those are more "important", though.Sheboyganboy VInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-22041168080314825402011-08-14T01:02:38.624-07:002011-08-14T01:02:38.624-07:00>>...it was a heckuva lotta fun!
And a grea...<i>>>...it was a heckuva lotta fun!</i><br /><br />And a great way to get to know your neighbors and fellow Rock 'N' Roll fanatics. <br /><br />Sleep is SO overrated! <br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-34086337946640162332011-08-12T22:41:08.491-07:002011-08-12T22:41:08.491-07:00We spent two nights in line for my "Darkness&...We spent two nights in line for my "Darkness" tickets....but a couch?<br /><br />Genius!<br /><br />We were fortunate enough to be a half a block from a pizza shop....and they were cool enough to let us all use their head (well we DID buy all our meals from them).<br /><br />That's an experience that the generations before us and after us will never know...and while it sounds insane...okay, maybe it IS insane...it was a heckuva lotta fun!DiscConnectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-64862330055555075582011-08-11T02:14:28.364-07:002011-08-11T02:14:28.364-07:00BOIDMAN ~
>>...The irony about it all is aft...BOIDMAN ~<br /><i>>>...The irony about it all is after you left, Los Angeles started improving...</i><br /><br />Hey, man, I resent that remark!<br /><br /><i>>>...it's hard to beat the weather.</i><br /><br /><b>"Everybody's very happy<br />'Cause the sun is shining all the time.<br />I love L.A.!"</b><br /><br />You got that right, man! Other than probably San Diego, L.A. has the best weather in the U.S. of A. <i>That</i> you can't hardly beat. <br /><br />(But what have you done about the traffic? And you know... <i>you're all "just waiting for The Big One, one tremor at a time. There ain't nobody living there; it's all a state of mind!"</i>)<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-27269719910725911232011-08-11T02:06:06.280-07:002011-08-11T02:06:06.280-07:00AlliAllo ~
>>...I'd LOVE to hear about t...<b>AlliAllo ~</b><br /><i>>>...I'd LOVE to hear about the time you worked for MASH! Next blog project?</i><br /><br />Mmmm...aybe. A definite maybe.<br /><br />Why? How come? What for? <br />Are you a fan of that show?<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-38976072746225849872011-08-10T11:06:38.816-07:002011-08-10T11:06:38.816-07:00Interesting trip back through time and getting to ...Interesting trip back through time and getting to know more about you. The irony about it all is after you left, Los Angeles started improving in many ways--not as much smog, some of the outlying area like Pico Rivera have classed up, and I moved here.<br />It still kind of sucks here and there are some places I'd rather be, but it's hard to beat the weather.<br /><br /><br />Lee<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a>Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-61086081986356658012011-08-10T06:23:27.488-07:002011-08-10T06:23:27.488-07:00I'd LOVE to hear about the time you worked for...I'd LOVE to hear about the time you worked for MASH! Next blog project?Jessica Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10889900730906728317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-39200022522520880102011-08-09T13:30:44.278-07:002011-08-09T13:30:44.278-07:00Thanks, POOHREGARD!
There was one thing I had inte...Thanks, POOHREGARD!<br />There was one thing I had intended to mention about our overnight party while waiting in line for Springsteen tickets, but this monstrosity was so long already that I omitted it. However, there's no reason for me to refrain from mentioning it here in the comment section:<br /><br />One of my most vivid memories from that night at the corner of 4th Street and Colorado, is that you had a small, round scab on your forehead at the time. Undoubtedly a reminder from some alcohol-related accident where you fell down went BOOM!<br /><br />At some point during that night, I took a ballpoint pen and added to that small, round scab on your forehead a set of wings and some small legs, turning your scab into a fly. Ha!<br /><br />Do you remember that? You spent the night with what looked to be a fly resting on your forehead!<br /><br />I don't care what those people at Zucky's thought - we were FUNNY BLOKES! (Or maybe, even at 52, I simply STILL haven't matured yet. <i>"I don't wanna grow up - I'm a Toys-R-Us kid!"</i> <br />:o)<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557564794535751440.post-40938491654798833962011-08-08T22:27:21.644-07:002011-08-08T22:27:21.644-07:00Good stuff you old fart! A nice walk around LA an...Good stuff you old fart! A nice walk around LA and even nicer walk down memory lane. <br />JW, <br />PoohLyle Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537339981004713970noreply@blogger.com