Oh yeah, lets post it again here... I am SO glad that there was no internet when I was 18-25 years old. You just don't know.

J

sharke


Are there any threads in the coffee house that don't end up hijacked? Subject schmubject!

I blame your question and Karyn's followup.
 
As for the answer (if anyone really cares), it's everything except #9.
 
Note that I did not say I was a Chip 'N Dale dancer, just that I danced there (#1).  A little known fact was that they would open their doors to everyone at 10pm so there were about 30 guys waiting to go in with 300 ladies already in there after watching one of the shows.  So, with that ratio, what do I end up doing?  Going out with one of the waitresses for six months who had come from Colorado to become an actress (and she did, just not in the industry she had hoped for - her name was Juli Ashton #2).  A side-note is that this is where I would hang out with Eddie Van Halen who used to show up in his white Lamborghini with his body guards in a second car behind him.  The last time I saw him there was when Roth showed up and made a complete fool of himself - you could tell there were issues between them (this was in early '85 right before they split ways).
 
#3 My lab partner was Toni Attell, a well known mime and acting coach (who worked with Robin Williams when he started).  She scares me because she's a psychic too which made for some very interesting and completely unexplainable events...
 
#4 I've been on ESPN twice back when they didn't have much to show and would cover dart tournaments.  On one they filmed me because I was warming up with Eric Bristow who was #1 in the World at that time.
 
#5 The above-mentioned Sir Bristow as well as the #1 speed skater in the world (back in 1982) are the two #1's I've beaten in head-to-head events.
 
#6 As detailed elsewhere, I was in the band Foolish Pleasure for all of six weeks with Craig Goldy (of Giuffria and Dio fame - and who grew up a couple blocks away from me in San Diego).  Also in the band was Mike Groves who was the original drummer for Mickey Ratt before they became Ratt (he was one of the drummers that died early in bands I was around - very Spinal Tap like - I went to high school with him...).  We opened for BOC (who were billed then as Soft White Underbelly) on 12/7/1984.  Then Craig went on to Giuffria, Mike to Mickey Ratt and I broke my arm and stopped playing...  One curious thing though:  There's a review comment by a Danny Danziger who went to the show (Hey Danny, got an alias??).
 
#7 My uncle was the chief mechanic on an Indy 500 car in 1965 & 1966.  He put me on his lap in the car and took me for a spin around a private track which, naturally, scared the heck out of my mom.  So, I obviously wasn't driving, but I was behind the wheel!  (And I have driven a NASCAR car around the race track in Fontana California so there.)
 
#8 I was on the cover of an edition of Skater magazine back in the early 80's along with a top skater (as usual I was an "...and also pictured..." entity).  This was in preparation for the '83 PanAm Games in Caracas (that I was declared ineligible for because they said I had taken sponsorship and was no longer an amateur - still pissed about that).  I might even be in a group shot on the cover of Bulls Eye News from the mid-80's as well - can't remember...
 
#10 Yep.  Did a good hijack job, no?  More info about me than you could ever care to know.
 
And, NO, I don't own (and have never owned) an Alembic!!!  (But, then again, who really has, right?)
 

craigb

sharke


Are there any threads in the coffee house that don't end up hijacked? Subject schmubject!

I blame your question and Karyn's followup.
 
As for the answer (if anyone really cares), it's everything except #9.
 
Note that I did not say I was a Chip 'N Dale dancer, just that I danced there (#1).  A little known fact was that they would open their doors to everyone at 10pm so there were about 30 guys waiting to go in with 300 ladies already in there after watching one of the shows.  So, with that ratio, what do I end up doing?  Going out with one of the waitresses for six months who had come from Colorado to become an actress (and she did, just not in the industry she had hoped for - her name was Juli Ashton #2).  A side-note is that this is where I would hang out with Eddie Van Halen who used to show up in his white Lamborghini with his body guards in a second car behind him.  The last time I saw him there was when Roth showed up and made a complete fool of himself - you could tell there were issues between them (this was in early '85 right before they split ways).
 
#3 My lab partner was Toni Attell, a well known mime and acting coach (who worked with Robin Williams when he started).  She scares me because she's a psychic too which made for some very interesting and completely unexplainable events...
 
#4 I've been on ESPN twice back when they didn't have much to show and would cover dart tournaments.  On one they filmed me because I was warming up with Eric Bristow who was #1 in the World at that time.
 
#5 The above-mentioned Sir Bristow as well as the #1 speed skater in the world (back in 1982) are the two #1's I've beaten in head-to-head events.
 
#6 As detailed elsewhere, I was in the band Foolish Pleasure for all of six weeks with Craig Goldy (of Giuffria and Dio fame - and who grew up a couple blocks away from me in San Diego).  Also in the band was Mike Groves who was the original drummer for Mickey Ratt before they became Ratt (he was one of the drummers that died early in bands I was around - very Spinal Tap like - I went to high school with him...).  We opened for BOC (who were billed then as Soft White Underbelly) on 12/7/1984.  Then Craig went on to Giuffria, Mike to Mickey Ratt and I broke my arm and stopped playing...  One curious thing though:  There's a review comment by a Danny Danziger who went to the show (Hey Danny, got an alias??).
 
#7 My uncle was the chief mechanic on an Indy 500 car in 1965 & 1966.  He put me on his lap in the car and took me for a spin around a private track which, naturally, scared the heck out of my mom.  So, I obviously wasn't driving, but I was behind the wheel!  (And I have driven a NASCAR car around the race track in Fontana California so there.)
 
#8 I was on the cover of an edition of Skater magazine back in the early 80's along with a top skater (as usual I was an "...and also pictured..." entity).  This was in preparation for the '83 PanAm Games in Caracas (that I was declared ineligible for because they said I had taken sponsorship and was no longer an amateur - still pissed about that).  I might even be in a group shot on the cover of Bulls Eye News from the mid-80's as well - can't remember...
 
#10 Yep.  Did a good hijack job, no?  More info about me than you could ever care to know.
 
And, NO, I don't own (and have never owned) an Alembic!!!  (But, then again, who really has, right?)
 

Props on Eric Bristow and Craig Goldy. Although I confess I had a raging hatred of him for a while as a teen, mainly because he replaced Vivian Campbell in Dio and I thought Campbell was thoroughly awesome. But, I saw Goldy play with Dio in '87 or so in Newcastle Upon Tyne, and I was thoroughly impressed. During his solo, a giant mechanical spider was lowered down from the ceiling and attacked him. So Goldy spun around - while still playing mind you - and shot the spider with lasers that came from the headstock of his guitar. I think I had some kind of heavy metal orgasm at that point. 

craigb

sharke


Are there any threads in the coffee house that don't end up hijacked? Subject schmubject!

I blame your question and Karyn's followup.
 
As for the answer (if anyone really cares), it's everything except #9.
 
Note that I did not say I was a Chip 'N Dale dancer, just that I danced there (#1).  A little known fact was that they would open their doors to everyone at 10pm so there were about 30 guys waiting to go in with 300 ladies already in there after watching one of the shows.  So, with that ratio, what do I end up doing?  Going out with one of the waitresses for six months who had come from Colorado to become an actress (and she did, just not in the industry she had hoped for - her name was Juli Ashton #2).  A side-note is that this is where I would hang out with Eddie Van Halen who used to show up in his white Lamborghini with his body guards in a second car behind him.  The last time I saw him there was when Roth showed up and made a complete fool of himself - you could tell there were issues between them (this was in early '85 right before they split ways).
 
#3 My lab partner was Toni Attell, a well known mime and acting coach (who worked with Robin Williams when he started).  She scares me because she's a psychic too which made for some very interesting and completely unexplainable events...
 
#4 I've been on ESPN twice back when they didn't have much to show and would cover dart tournaments.  On one they filmed me because I was warming up with Eric Bristow who was #1 in the World at that time.
 
#5 The above-mentioned Sir Bristow as well as the #1 speed skater in the world (back in 1982) are the two #1's I've beaten in head-to-head events.
 
#6 As detailed elsewhere, I was in the band Foolish Pleasure for all of six weeks with Craig Goldy (of Giuffria and Dio fame - and who grew up a couple blocks away from me in San Diego).  Also in the band was Mike Groves who was the original drummer for Mickey Ratt before they became Ratt (he was one of the drummers that died early in bands I was around - very Spinal Tap like - I went to high school with him...).  We opened for BOC (who were billed then as Soft White Underbelly) on 12/7/1984.  Then Craig went on to Giuffria, Mike to Mickey Ratt and I broke my arm and stopped playing...  One curious thing though:  There's a review comment by a Danny Danziger who went to the show (Hey Danny, got an alias??).
 
#7 My uncle was the chief mechanic on an Indy 500 car in 1965 & 1966.  He put me on his lap in the car and took me for a spin around a private track which, naturally, scared the heck out of my mom.  So, I obviously wasn't driving, but I was behind the wheel!  (And I have driven a NASCAR car around the race track in Fontana California so there.)
 
#8 I was on the cover of an edition of Skater magazine back in the early 80's along with a top skater (as usual I was an "...and also pictured..." entity).  This was in preparation for the '83 PanAm Games in Caracas (that I was declared ineligible for because they said I had taken sponsorship and was no longer an amateur - still pissed about that).  I might even be in a group shot on the cover of Bulls Eye News from the mid-80's as well - can't remember...
 
#10 Yep.  Did a good hijack job, no?  More info about me than you could ever care to know.
 
And, NO, I don't own (and have never owned) an Alembic!!!  (But, then again, who really has, right?)
 

Craig, you've lead such a sheltered life.  

Well, most of my "best moments" were always more of the "and also there for some reason" types...  Oh well.

Breaking my arm changed my whole musical path from live player to geek at a computer since, with the nerve damage, I couldn't play a guitar for a LONG time.  When I started to get the bug again a couple years later is when I bought a dead MIDI keyboard, a General MIDI soundcard and... Cakewalk v1.0!   The rest, as they say, is history.  (Boring history, but history none-the-less!)

Glad it lead you to CH.  

I had a minor brush with infamy.  Back in 1989 or so, I took a trip to Australia.  I was on line to board the flight at LAX when everything stopped for a few minutes.  First class had already boarded.  Eventually, several guys in FBI jackets and a couple in suits escorted a man off the plane.  We found out that it was Charles Keating of the Savings and Loan scandal.  

Jan brushed with Charles Keating?

Kinky.

Ha ha. I like that story sharke! must go have a look for that infamous guitar tab now...

craigb: you're  a modern day Austin Powers- well played sir!

backwoods


Ha ha. I like that story sharke! must go have a look for that infamous guitar tab now...

craigb: you're  a modern day Austin Powers- well played sir!

With a little creative writing you can make the trivial sounds so much better than the reality.

Nice Craig.....I'm impressed......especially with the speed skating and darts achievements......I know there must've been a lot of time, dedication, blood, sweat, and tears that had to be put into it.

Why was EVH hanging out at Chip n' Dales?