Monday, July 12, 2004
Crazy Coho Kisser!
There have been many remembrances lately in connection to of the 25th anniversary of Disco Demolition Night. Did you know that, as usual with such momentous events in human history, Monz was there? That he was a card-carrying member of the Insane Coho Lips and not just some johnny-come-lately poser? He has no recollection what record he brought except that it came from the now-defunct Laurie's Records (we think today that space is soon to become a Mephisto shoe store). The editors remember watching the game on the old UHF Channel 44, sipping carob flavored milk (at the time it was kinda trendy) and calling up friends to tell them about the mayhem. Our favorite story was that of Mike Veeck, Bill Veeck's kid and the White Sox official in charge of the promotion. Twenty years later a PR guy for the Florida Marlins thought it would be a good idea for him and disco-era icon K.C. (of the Sunshine Band) to shake hands and make-up. No hard feelings, right? Wrong.
>>'They thought it would be hilarious,'' Veeck said. ''But it turned out he'd been waiting 20 years to tell me I'd wrecked his life. We shook hands, and he said, 'Now we have closure.' I kept looking for him to laugh. I said, 'No, all we have here is a theatrical event.'' [KC recalls] "Like I said to him, whether he was just attacking our music, he was attacking people's livelihoods, our families and children. I wasn't really sure what it was about at the time, other than a bunch of rockers who didn't like our brand of music."<<
Well, we know one thing that isn't going to be demolished: Monz' lunch! That's because it's Jewel Tyranny Monday: chicken, ham, sharp cheddar.
There have been many remembrances lately in connection to of the 25th anniversary of Disco Demolition Night. Did you know that, as usual with such momentous events in human history, Monz was there? That he was a card-carrying member of the Insane Coho Lips and not just some johnny-come-lately poser? He has no recollection what record he brought except that it came from the now-defunct Laurie's Records (we think today that space is soon to become a Mephisto shoe store). The editors remember watching the game on the old UHF Channel 44, sipping carob flavored milk (at the time it was kinda trendy) and calling up friends to tell them about the mayhem. Our favorite story was that of Mike Veeck, Bill Veeck's kid and the White Sox official in charge of the promotion. Twenty years later a PR guy for the Florida Marlins thought it would be a good idea for him and disco-era icon K.C. (of the Sunshine Band) to shake hands and make-up. No hard feelings, right? Wrong.
>>'They thought it would be hilarious,'' Veeck said. ''But it turned out he'd been waiting 20 years to tell me I'd wrecked his life. We shook hands, and he said, 'Now we have closure.' I kept looking for him to laugh. I said, 'No, all we have here is a theatrical event.'' [KC recalls] "Like I said to him, whether he was just attacking our music, he was attacking people's livelihoods, our families and children. I wasn't really sure what it was about at the time, other than a bunch of rockers who didn't like our brand of music."<<
Well, we know one thing that isn't going to be demolished: Monz' lunch! That's because it's Jewel Tyranny Monday: chicken, ham, sharp cheddar.
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