Darker Side of the Neon

Under the bridges, behind the well lit streets was another world that some would, and maybe still will, say were the best of the worst times ever.  For every ringlet and bottle of Neon-Orange-Rage-Mango nailpolish splashing the culture, there was a line of coke and syringe of heroin somewhere behind a bar or darkened club.  Best of the worst times...not everything was a rainbow, yet was....


1988: Jane's Addiction: Jane Says:
"I only know they want me."

I still know a handful people who say Perry Ferrell is God and would beat me senseless (for my own good you see) until I remembered that yes, yes Perry is God! JA fans are no joke, with reason, it's heavy.




"Jane Says" Jane says
I'm done with Sergio
He treats me like a ragdoll
She hides, The television
Says I don't owe him nothing,
But if he comes back again
Tell him to wait right here for me
Or just
Try again tomorrow
I'm gonna kick tomorrow
Gonna kick tomorrow

Jane says
Have you seen my wig around?
I feel naked without it
She knows
They all want her to go
But that's O.K. man
She dont like them anyway 

Jane says
She's goin away to spain
When she gets my money saved
I'm gonna start tomorrow
I'm gonna kick tomorrow
Gonna kick tomorrow

She gets mad, and she starts to cry
She takes a swing but, She cant hit
She don't mean no harm, She just don't know
What else to do about it

Jane goes
To the store at 8:00
She walk up on St. Andrews
She waits, And gets her dinner there
She pulls her dinner from her pocket

Jane says
I've never been in love, I don't know what it is
Only knows if someone wants her
I want them if they want me
I only know they want me



1983:  U2:  Sunday Bloody Sunday:
 One of U2's most overtly political songs, its lyrics describe the horror felt by an observer of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, mainly focusing on the Bloody Sunday incident in Londonderry where British troops shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters and bystanders who were there to rally against internment (imprisonment without trial or evidence).



I have my eye on sociology and civil unrest and have watched CNN news everyday of my life since I was ten years old.  It is likely a great contributor to the reason I squint so much and trust absolutely nothing implicitly that isn't a puppy.  I've never had a sweet face puppy turn into a rabid transforming creature that spat skin dissolving acid on me, so we can go ahead and move puppies to the safe ward of my rationale.  If you want to predict the future, keep an eye on the current version of this sort of thing.  In between the hungry children commercials of course. 


Totally True:                                                                                    

"During the summer of 1985, the city of Los Angeles was panic-stricken by a killer who crept into his victims' homes at night. The Night Stalker, as the press dubbed the murderer, first turned his attention on the men in the house, usually shot any men in the house with a .22 caliber handgun before raping, stabbing, and mutilating his female victims. He cut out one of his victim's eyes, and sometimes carved satanic pentagrams on the bodies before he left.

By August, the Night Stalker has murdered at least a dozen people, and law enforcement officials were desperate to stop him. "

Richard Ramirez, aka The Night Stalker was a serious problem.




He died in prison in June of this year.  




Legit Lingo:                                                                                  

"Gag me with a spoon"
Meaning: To disgust.
Usage: My grandmother just felt me up! Gag me with a spoon!

Again, what the WHAT on these usages.  Who's grandmothers are feeling them up except one actress named Molly Ringwald in 16 Candles.