A's Musical Daily Driver
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Oct 14 - Current, 2026
Oct 14, 2026​​​
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For Eric & Chuck
"What Do You Want Me to Do?" - From: "Sunshine Rock"
"Taking Everything" - From: "Last Dog & Pony Show"
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These two are for my very dear friends Eric & Chuck. I miss the hell out of these guys. Memphis has become a hell for me. It was great when I moved here. It's a shithole now. I'm miserable here and I can't wait to get out. I'm thinking about going back home to the Northeast. Eric and Chuck are two of the main reasons. Fuck this town and fuck all the lunatics here.
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Anyway, I wrote a bit about Bob a few days ago in a Sugar post so I'm not going to do that again here. Suffice it to say that he's been a musical hero of mine for 36 years now. One of the things that Eric, Chuck & I share is a passion for music, particularly the heavy stuff. Bob certainly qualifies. It seems like I always have a show story on here so I might as well share another one here. This was one of those surprise miracles. At this point I'd never had a chance to see Bob live and I doubted I ever would. It was a dream of mine.
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I was in Atlanta in '99 a day after the "Last Dog & Pony Show" record dropped. I raced to the record shop and picked it up as soon as I could. Loved it from the first listen. The next day Lee and I were driving through Little Five Points and were passing the Variety Playhouse which is a venue in that area of town. Emblazoned on the marquee was "Bob Mould - Friday". That was the following night. I started waving my arms like a drowning man and screamed "Stop the caaaarrrr!!!!". I damn near caused a traffic accident. Lee slammed on the brakes and screamed "Jesus Christ, Parr!!! What the fuck is wrong with you??!!". "Just shut up and wait here!!!". I ran across the street through traffic with reckless abandon and made it to the box office booth out front. Got three tix. Would have robbed them if necessary. Fortunately for all involved, such extreme measures were not required.
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Golden Wonka tickets secured, I tried to convince Lee and Ben to come with me. "No need to pay me, just come along! Believe me guys, your minds will be fucking blown​​​​!!". The fools turned me down. I called Carl & John, two other fantastic friends of mine in Atlanta who'd never heard of Bob before and to their eternal gratitude they took my advice. Needless to say, all our minds were completely blown the following night. Unbelievably, I've seen Bob many times since then and am about to see his old band Sugar in three weeks.
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Eric & Chuck, I really hope you guys dig this stuff. I'm going to make a few more posts over the next few days for you with some stuff I know you'll love and a few more show stories if I can manage them.
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- A
