Just Let Me Hear Some of that Rock and Roll Music
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Just finished the last episode of The History of Rock and Roll. Its a collection of interviews and clips cut into 10 episodes that I first watched in middle school music class. Funny how I remember things differently from back then. Of course it was taped by my music teacher off of the local PBS station, so I imagine a lot of the scenes with nudity and cursing were cut out back then.
Either way it was interesting and worth the money. I bought it used for $35.
Whitey is acting up again. After I got it back from Pat it was running really well, like when I first drove it. But on the way home from Worcester the other night it just fell apart. Check engine light blinking again, rumbling, hesitating on shifts. It stalled at a few stop lights in Fall River (I ran some of them to keep it going.) I made it to Pat's (thank God) and had to walk home.
Turns out Dad bought Mr. Scott's car the next day. So now his white Buick (Whitey-B I'm calling it) is available. Dad stopped by Pat's today and the prognosis is good. Kind of. The problem is the spark gap in a different cylinder from the original disintegrated lifters. So we'll see. In some ways I'd like to keep Whitey-B because its much more powerful (V6 Buick), its waaaaay bigger, rides a lot nicer, and has lasted longer already then Whitey. But it doesn't have air bags, and I think at the end of the day, that might be the deal breaker. We'll see.
Big Picture:
Term's wrapping up and I have no idea where I'll get a job. A tab bit scary. Finger's crossed.
Just finished the last episode of The History of Rock and Roll. Its a collection of interviews and clips cut into 10 episodes that I first watched in middle school music class. Funny how I remember things differently from back then. Of course it was taped by my music teacher off of the local PBS station, so I imagine a lot of the scenes with nudity and cursing were cut out back then.
Either way it was interesting and worth the money. I bought it used for $35.
Whitey is acting up again. After I got it back from Pat it was running really well, like when I first drove it. But on the way home from Worcester the other night it just fell apart. Check engine light blinking again, rumbling, hesitating on shifts. It stalled at a few stop lights in Fall River (I ran some of them to keep it going.) I made it to Pat's (thank God) and had to walk home.
Turns out Dad bought Mr. Scott's car the next day. So now his white Buick (Whitey-B I'm calling it) is available. Dad stopped by Pat's today and the prognosis is good. Kind of. The problem is the spark gap in a different cylinder from the original disintegrated lifters. So we'll see. In some ways I'd like to keep Whitey-B because its much more powerful (V6 Buick), its waaaaay bigger, rides a lot nicer, and has lasted longer already then Whitey. But it doesn't have air bags, and I think at the end of the day, that might be the deal breaker. We'll see.
Big Picture:
Term's wrapping up and I have no idea where I'll get a job. A tab bit scary. Finger's crossed.
