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DROppINGS
LONG AWAITED RECORDINGS NOW IN PRODUCTION...
Hopefully the springtime will produce hatch of BlueHawk recordings. It looks like there's a lot of eggs in the nest.
RUSSO REMEMBERS CYMBALS 12 GIGS IN A ROW...
And what a memorable night that was. Someone bluntly stated "The best I've ever heard him"...PP and the General agreed: Maybe we should remove a few tom-toms !! His punishment is worldwide humiliation for 12 gigs...(Completed)
PP SURVIVES DART ASSAULT AT NINA'S...
Some wuss-geek (#%@!!) found the darts and started whippin them at the board. One hit a metallic lamp, ric-o-shayed off a neon sign and whizzed by poor PP's head, landing at his feet. Never missing a note the saavy guitarist stared the geek down and kicked the ill-fated projectile behind the drum-kit never to be seen again...Fearing for his life the geek left before the set ended...
MONEY FALLS FROM SKY****HAWKS RECOVER IN MID-AIR
With lightning' speed The BlueHawks reacted to snatch $40 while still in mid air at a recent gig. Apparently a drunken Turkish guy, intent on dancing with himself and wasting his money, crashed the stage area and rained crisp one dollar bills over the heads of the quartet. The confetti like display was reminiscent of a ticker-tape parade reserved for conquering heroes.
WEST NILE SCARE
Attracted by the high pitch of the harp, two mosquitoes attempted to infect Russo during the 1st set on Staten Island Saturday night. With the precision of a Samurai Warrior he clobbered the pests with his 5A Vic Firth nylon tipped sticks. Upon careful inspection at the first break only wings and juice were visible.
NOT IN THE STARS
So PP asked one fellow at a recent gig what he does for a livin'. "I'm the local astrologer" he replied and I bet your a Leo??? "Uh uh nope" the bluesman answered. Peices? Nope. Taurus? Nope. Scorpio???......(pause).
Look! I'm a Sagittarius and a Sigilian so I guess that makes me a Sagi-Sigi? SAGITTARIUS, he remarked! I bet you were born on Dec. 5th? Nope. 6th?.........(pause)..."Don't you ever get tired of being wrong" PP said? "How do you make any money? Here's a tip: First try guessin' somebody's weight at a carnival.... Then without warning PP turned the table on the stranger and declared: "Now let me tell you what I see in the future???.........Your buying me a beer".
THE GENERAL RETIRES
After a long and dedicated carreer General Ernst has retired from show business. His ability to lug all the equiptment, control the sound board and keep the bottom will be greatly missed. An honest man and a good friend.
LOW END OF THE NEST
The Fender Bass is now being pumped by Loose Bruce Callari, veteran of the Jersey Blues scene. Loose Bruce likes to sing high and lay low. His ability to stay in the pocket and show up on time is unusual. Bruce has a nice selection of hats.
PP ON BROADWAY
Showing no fear of retribution PPJr made his debut as a self styled Broadway critic. Here is an excerp from his review of the show Riverdance. "I wonder who figured this shit out! They want me to believe that all tapdancing started along some riverbank in deepest Ireland. Appearantly the dreaded Popcorn Virus, which only attacks white people, making them jump straight up and down, was present in the water. It then mutated and spread to Spain, Russia and the slave ships of Africa which is how it was introduced to America. Then, miraculously it became Jazz... "What a Crock!" Oh Yeah.. The fiddle player was good.
NEW GUY...
Little Walter specialist "HarryTheHarp" is now blowin' for the BlueHawks. PP recently commented: "for such a little guy he's got a big sound... and hell, he dosen't take up much room". Come on out and buy him a beer... he dosen't seem to be too choo-see... Harry stands up when he plays and knows how to read a map..
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THE HISTORICAL ORIGIN OF "THE FINGER"
This is not meant to be crude. It is strictly for your edification and enjoyment. Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger, it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore be incapable of fighting in the future.
This famous weapon was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew." Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, "See, we can still pluck yew! PLUCK YEW!"
Over the years, some 'folk etymologies' have grown up around this symbolic gesture. Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say (like "pleasant mother pheasant plucker", which is who you had to go to for the feathers used on the arrows for the longbow), the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative 'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute are mistakenly thought to have something to do with an intimate encounter. It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird."
History repeats it's self - Once again the appropriate message to the French!!!!
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