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Raspberries

I don't get it. I have two sisters-in-law who are barbers. They've been in the barbering business a long time. There's the one sister with the freeze-dried collie, every attentively lying with head up, eyes unblinking, tracking every move you might make, and mouth slightly open, as if lightly panting so teeth and tongue are visible. And there's Stacey's younger sister, who was the last barber to cut a full head of my hair, oh-so-long ago, who owns an upscale shop in Cleveland's Tower City Center. And they don't get it, either.

Sitting in Danny Boy's this afternoon, I noticed two guys, one with a mullet and one with a comb-over, the quite elaborate swirly type of comb-over that takes a lot of time and hairspray to stay in place. I do not begrudge them their peculiar hairstyles. Whatever statement they're trying to make to the rest of the world is lost on me.

I didn't realize that lunch at Danny Boy's was merely a prelude of things to come because I was headed down to the House of Blues for the sold out reunion of the Raspberries. I never saw so many middle-aged people together in one place as I saw at this concert. The only people under 45 were the kids of the band members. I wasn't a big Raspberries fan back in the day, but Dr. Cyborg thought it would be a good time. And it was. The band had me on the second tune they did, a cover of The Who's "Can't Explain," upon which the band did a great job.

There were far too many comb-overs in the crowd, however. And are men not aware that purple or pink hair would be far better than the dye job in black that looks like a real good excuse for baldness? And worse than that was the rather short, stocky dude over to my left, who played the air drums all night, unconditioned permed gray hair down to the middle of his back with bald pate glistening. I, for one, will have nightmares featuring this guy.

On the railing in the first row of the balcony was a familiar face from the early 70's. G. Gordon Liddy. I never knew he was a Raspberries fan.

Posted by Bill at November 27, 2004 01:05 PM