The Connor Chronicles Volume LI

Ok, it’s been a while. This being busy crap stinks. I’m really sending this because I have several announcements. However, we shall slip in a little comedy (ok attempt at comedy) first.

Gotta love those first warm days of the year. Especially in mid-town.
Temps go up & the clothes come off! It’s a beautiful world. I have a question though.

Why do women get ticked off if you walk up take a look and say “Hey, nice rack!”? Whats so wrong with that? I mean if I said “Hey, great smile!” or “Hey, you have beautiful eyes!”, I’d be considered a sweet guy (or a loser with a really bad line….insert your own Danny’s hair line joke here).

But god forbid we take notice of the fact that you are wearing a belly shirt with the neck cut out so you have enough cleavage to plant corn!

Hell, there are women with 3 kids in their 40’s walking around with some kind of super high-tech wonder bra that would make Sir Isaac Newton rethink his laws of gravity!

Throw in the low cut jeans (padded @ss mind you) with the top of your thong showing. No, you don’t want us to notice that. Please! Who do you think you are kidding? Not to mention the jeans are so tight that if we look from the right eye level we can see our buddies waving to us from the other side of you…..and that’s with your legs together!

We’re men…we like T&A. It’s what we do. It’s nature. You put a beer in front of us we drink it. You put a game on, we watch it. You walk past with your cans bouncing around we look! That’s how you know god is a man.
T!ts!!! He gave you 2 of them….hell, we would have been happy with one.
Let’s face it our attention span isn’t that great anyway!

And stop the “Do you believe he looked at me!” crap. Your not fooling anyone. Let’s face it, jeans that tight are not comfortable. A rubber band ripping at your @ss isn’t comfortable. You want us to look, we look, it makes the world go around.

Now put on the edible undies, the French made outfit & grab me a cold one!

Ok, I promise a more extensive & maybe even funny Chronicles next time.
Hey, theres always my next trip to LA! Or even the cruise. How long before Face loses her camera? Or Rob loses a child. Or Jen loses me. Or god forbid, I lose a beer!

Please read below, if not The review of The Who, the announcements of upcoming events.

As always, until next time, stay safe.

Later,
Dan
Ok, I have to take a moment to review the 2 new Who songs. Also, note that after The Who comments there is information on some very important upcoming events. Here we go.

First, let’s look at Real Good Looking Boy. People have tried to understand this song based on the title or the opening bars and are all totally wrong.
Those who look at the title say “Why is Pet writing about good looking boys”. To them I say, get over your phobias. The ones who listen to the first few bars (which are also the notes to the chorus of Evlis Presleys Fools Rush In) think it’s a tribute to Elvis. This is close, but is not correct. Upon listening to the song a few times I came away thinking that it Pete writing about himself. About seeing Elvis on TV as a youngster and wanting to be a star like him. I wasn’t dead on, but I was very close. The song is from a Novella that Pete is working on called “The Boy Who Heard Music”. The song is about 2 different people. It is about Pete & Roger.
It is about Pete seeing Elvis on TV and wanting to be a star & thinking he could be a good looking boy too. However, as you listen to the lyrics you hear how Pete’s mother told him he was ugly. However, the other boy Roger does grow to be the good looking boy & they become starts together.

The second song “Old Red Wine” is written for the late John Entwhistle.
John had a think for expensive Red Wine. The song chronicles the night of John’s death (hooker & all) and his vices in life. It was written in a single setting in Pete’s hotel room right here in NYC when Pete was in town to see his brother Simon perform, shortly after John’s death.

As far as musical reviews. The songs are more like The Who than there last
2 albums (with the exception of the single track Another Tricky Day from Face Dances). In Real Good Looking Boy you have some classic Who trade marks. From the powerful chords that open the song to the break where the chorus from Fools Rush in is sung. The Who have routinely in their better material dropped segments of other songs into tracks. Examples are Pure & Easy at the end of The Song is Over or Take Me To The Pilot in the middle of their tribute to Elton John’s Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting.

The bass lines are standard, but what would you expect without John.
Ironically it’s a different bassist on each track. Pino was out on tour with Simon & Garfunkel so Greg Lake sat it on the Real Good Looking Boy.
Pino played for Old Red Wine.

Pete’s lyrics are solid in both cases. And the music is definitely better than I had expected. However, I had very low expectations coming into this.
He seems to have found a passion for writing again. I have seen a video clip of them doing Real Good Looking Boy live. During the performance Pete hits two terribly wrong chords…..and that just shocked me.

Roger’s voice was way above where I expected. The man after all is now over 60 years old. To still sing the music of The Who is a tribute to his commitment to his role with the band.

In short, listen to the songs. Listen to them a few times. I guarantee you will find yourself singing the chorus to yourself.

Ok, onto some very important upcoming events.

Tomorrow, Saturday May 8th. The 2nd Annual Tommy Ashton Basketball tournament. The tourney starts @ 9am and will run till about 6ish. There is an after party scheduled at the CW Post from 7-11 or there abouts. $30 includes beer, food and good times. All proceeds to the Jim Nasium fund to replace the floor at the parish center.

Saturday May 15th. Eternal Sounds DJ’s at KC Moores. Cold beer crappy music & probably a chance to hear the 2 new Who songs…ya think?

Saturday June 12th. This one is very important! Al Fuentes and Jerry Reilly (and if you don’t know Al & Jerry, lets just say they deservesyour respect and appreciation) are having their first fund raiser for The Patriots Group. This is a non profit organization with NO paid employees whose sole purpose is to assist first responders while promoting patriotism.
The event is being held at the KofC on Queens Blvd. $55 gets you an open bar, hot food & good time. Eternal Sounds will be there as well. I would really like to get several tables for this event to help Al & Jerry get off to a good start. Please contact me if you are interested in going.

Sunday May 16th & Monday May 17th. Chris Santangelo’s next show is on these
2 nights. These are always enjoyable nights. Here is the information.

the Deena Levy Theatre Studio presents
LOVE CRACKED ME OPEN
-an evening of scenes with a theme-

Chris Santangelo appearing in "References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot"

Dates: Sunday May 16th & Monday May 17th
Time: 8pm
Place: The Producers Club (Grand Theatre)
358 West 44th Street b/t 8th & 9th Avenue
Admission: $20
Reservations: 212-561-0135

Please call for reservations.

Saturday June 26th. We are holding a Texas Hold’em tournament at the Parish Center to raise money for the Jim Naisum fund. $100 entry fee. 50% of entry fees will be paid out to winners. The other 50% will go to the fund.
Beer will be sold. You must pre-register & pay if you want to participate.
Start time will be 2pm and expects to run for 5 hours.

"My karma tells me, You've been screwed again! If you let them do it to ya, you've got yourself to blame! It's you who feels the pain! It's you who takes the shame!"