Joe Ditzel Has Some Problems
Life constantly gives us warning signs. I know I have often failed to heed their warning. To my own peril. Here are some warning signs you my encounter as you continue on life’s journey.
Sign on a music store window: “Come in and pick out a drum — then beat it!”
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With my square jaw, ready smile and closet full of perfectly starched Brooks Brothers button-downs, no one believes I was a hard-rocking long-hair as I described in my recent Headbanger column.
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Weird Al performs “Craigslist” channeling Jim Morrison. Features Ray Manzarek on the keys.
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Had a chance to see Wilco at the Wiltern on Thursday. Their music is really rich and layered.
I didn’t know that much about Wilco but remembered when Yankee Hotel Foxtrot came out and got a lot of buzz. I looked it up on Pitchfork and was amazed they garnered a 10 rating.
Now I know why.
“What?” I yelled to the guy behind the counter. “You need an accessory attenuator- it modulates the signal coming out
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I pulled up to the stoplight at the corner of Westwood Ave. and Wilshire Blvd., just south of UCLA. As usual, I had the stereo cranked. A tricked out Honda Accord sitting a half-inch off the ground pulled up next to me, his stereo even louder. I looked over. The sixteen-year-old driver looked at my 4 door sedan, white shirt, tie and glasses. He sort of smiled like he was trying to keep from laughing.
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