Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for March 28, 2022
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Transcript:
urban holksong sing-along page 2 the johnny song o, listen to the song of johnny whose ears are big & head is scrawny. johnny: huh? in each ear he wears six rings, great ungainly silver things. johnny: hey in his nose he's also kept 'em, six more rings right through 'is septum. jingle jingle jangle jingle johnny: what? he's noisy as a tombourine, a gamelan or drum machine. johnny: man and he works two jobs i'm certain, jingle jingle johnny: you, man. "tower" clerk and shower curtain.
I was in a Tower Record shop in San Diego when I first heard the band Suicidal Tendencies. I wanted to rip the record from the player and smash it to pieces. It would have been worth spending $7.95 for this to happen.