Summerabbacat

I sense Tyler is going to play a bigger part in this story now @Lee Wilson. I must say I have "cooled" towards Anthony, the violence he and his Uncle and cousins displayed, although "understandable", troubles me, primarily because it seems, to them, it was like water off a duck's back. Fear of one's partner is not healthy, and I am not convinced yet that Pete does not have some residual fear of Anthony remaining. If Pete does add some more "rock chick" songs to The Swarm's repertoire, besides Pat Benatar and Joan Jett, perhaps he could add a gem or two by Heart, although trying to match or even part match Ann Wilson's titanic lung power is a big ask.

Fuck, his name was Logerman, not Bogerman. Loudmouth Logerman it will have to be then.

Unfortunately, I think you are spot on with this assessment @Cane23. I wonder if he will ever get any positive affirmations and improve his self-image?

I thought Bart was too generous with belligerent Bogerman. It was his own fault he missed the wake up calls. One night free accommodation perhaps, but three nights. No way. What a great way to express this @centexhairysub. Daddy dearest does not deserve a moments thought from Bart.

I too could not eat this for breakfast @weinerdog, double yuck. The only thing worse is bacon and eggs. If I even smell that combination cooking I dry retch and have to close all my apartment doors. I cannot stomach anything which smells like or has eggs in it that I can taste e.g. a frittata, but then I don't even like anything vegetarian cooked for breakfast. As I age I find I am becoming more "emotionally challenged" even thinking of eating animals, or seeing anything that resembles what they were before being butchered, and I really don't like sitting at a table where people are consuming them. As for Easter and Christmas when mass-murder occurs, I find it very upsetting and become enraged at times. I too have to wonder about Lucas and whether he genuinely dislikes African Americans. One would be entitled to think so given his free use of the N word, but was it said with any degree of hatred or is he just too lazy to say African American. All my fellow readers think the shit is about to hit the fan, a storm is brewing. I must say I have to agree.

🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆 Way to go James and Jonah. Get it on, bang a gong. Yippee. Great chapter @ChromedOutCortex.

And remember Cheetah, the Hammond sisters. And what about The Ferrets, Ol' 55, Flash & The Pan, Do Re Mi, Real Life and I'm Talking.

And where was the early punk classic by The Saints?

Anything by The Enz , I Got You, deservedly massive and its parent album, True Colours, deservedly massive. Billy Field, now what an interesting oddity he was at the time. Bad Habits and its follow up, You Weren't In Love With Me, deservedly huge hits in @Summerabbacat's eyes. But whatever happened to him? He disappeared as quickly as he arrived. I just Googled him and learned he was from Wagga Wagga. And no JPY or Marcia @Mark Ponyboy Peters. The bulk of the songs were from 1994 onwards it seemed, which probably explains why I did not like many of them. JPY's first foray into "disco" and still my favourite of all his great songs. The lyrics are atrocious and the video strangely amusing.

Clearly Miss Tim's buttplug needs a fresh application of Crisco because she sure is one uptight bitch. As much as I feel deeply sorry for Aaron, Tony behaved in a perfectly rational manner. He had every reason to believe Aaron no longer wanted to stay in touch and had no knowledge of Aaron's parents doing a runner, which in hindsight may not have been such a bad thing, except for Aaron's younger brother. Aaron's life turned to shit, and whilst I don't think he brought even some of it on himself, well not intentionally anyway, he did not help himself. Methinks he was ill-equipped to help himself, and I strongly suspect felt he did not deserve to be helped or to be happy. I am not at all surprised it was Justin who helped him the most, being somewhat of a kindred spirit. Whilst this chapter was profoundly sad @Mark Ponyboy Peters (more bloody tears), it offered some hope I think, hope that the Tony/Aaron relationship may be salvageable.

I forgot to mention Under The Milky Way by The Church as being another song I liked, in fact, I think its a great song. I Touch Myself by the Divinyls was OK, but nowhere near as good as what Chrissy and Mark wrote themselves. What a loss when Chrissy died. She played Judy Garland in The Boy From OZ and she was "frighteningly" good.

"His Dad was going to ring his Mum, which wouldn’t go well. But Toby had sent her an email, just to send her news and some photos. His Dad said he ought to be regular, so he was trying." Send her a bowel sample once a month as evidence of his being "regular". Place it in a sterile plastic bag, and then post it in a padded envelope. In Australia when one reaches the age of 50 every 2, or it might be every 3 years, one receives a bowel testing kit to return a sample to test for bowel cancer. You might think, gross, but it saved the life of one of my friends. She reported a positive sample and was advised to have a colonoscopy immediately and she had early stage bowel cancer. After treatment, cancer free. Deirdre surprised me, pleasantly so, that she listened to Brian for once and placed importance on the needs of her son. Her comment to Brian does suggest she is perhaps taking off her rose-coloured glasses and seeing Jasper for what he truly is. I assume he and his brother-in-law are dealing in cheap, fake "label name" goods, probably made in factories by exploited workers or children, thus encouraging this industry to continue. Purchaser's may or may not know they are being duped, or may not care. The world is full of scum like Jasper. Brian and Gordon seem to be enjoying a "Russ sandwich" on a more frequent basis now. After their nuptials perhaps they should "settle" on making this a semi-regular or even regular occurrence. I do think they should make an effort not to "hide" it from Toby all the time though. He is a smart boy, and his adoration of Mr Russ would I think have him understanding that their three-way relationship, although unconventional, works well for the three of them. Another more than satisfactory chapter. @Gary L, the master of the understatement. The quality of your various works wavers little @Robert Hugill, this story a fine demonstration of just that. Top of the class again.

Hopefully he will not get Lost In France, blinded by a Total Eclipse Of Heart, drown in Bette Davis Eyes or become a victim of the Voyeur.

Me too, except for classical, most rap and most heavy metal.

I think he might have listened to quite a few of those Triple J "favourites" albums. It was definitely very macho-rock centric list too, with very few songs by women. I suspect most of the songs were hits in the USA. And nothing by The Seekers who were popular in the 1960's, even had a few hits in the USA, but then I guess they were way too "folky".

The vigilanteism did disturb me, but then I thought of the horrible things humans do to cats and dogs and such violence against those people would not disturb me at all. Pete's worried about his singing voice. Perhaps he will have a voice now like Marianne Faithfull, Bonnie Tyler or Kim Carnes (whom I adore). He can add some of Marianne's classic post-heroin addiction material like this gem to the band's repertoire. I do like much of her material from the 1980's. I am not sure about Pete in the skirt though.

There were six songs I did not know @Mark Ponyboy Peters (and I hated them all), although I was familiar with all the artists bar one. Most of the songs were not my cup of tea and some were absolute shit. Apart from Tame Impala, Kylie, Goanna (a very pleasant surprise they were in there), Icehouse, Yothu Yindi, The Angels and AC/DC, I did not like any of the others much at all. At least the guy chose the right fucking AC/DC song, one sung by Bon and not the git who replaced him, unlike what he chose as INXS and the Divinyls best songs. Fuck off, they did way better songs than the dross he chose, as did Australian Crawl. And so many greats who were not included. Crowded House were included 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮, but Split Enz weren't, WTF? (and anyone who said they could not be included because they were from NZ, well hello members of Crowded House were from NZ as well). And no Mental As Anything, Models, The Dugites, Skyhooks or Renee Geyer (criminal that the latter three were included). Too much pub rock for my liking. Cold Chisel and Jimmy Barnes? You've got to be fucking kidding me. Just as well I am not a self-opinionated SOB or I would have trashed the whole fucking lot. Given the guys "taste" in music, it is a miracle he selected a song by Kylie.

So much to ponder, with unlimited speculation. Are the two attacks linked? Are the perpetrators of both attacks the same individuals or are they thugs who are members of the same gang? I think there has to be a link between the two, it is too much of a coincidence that both attacks would occur simultaneously without some kind of common denominator, and in both cases, the lowest common denominators. I am confident you have something dastardly in mind for the perpetrators @Lee Wilson, so there is no need for me to suggest the perpetrators be "pleasured" with dildos made from cement, or rubber or silicon dildos "lubricated" with box jellyfish or funnel web spider venom, or sounding rods which have been soaked in Roundup, battery acid and bleach. It was not all doom and gloom though, with just the mere mention of Pat Benatar and Joan Jett, bringing great joy. Pat Benatar is my favourite "rock chick" of all time, even more than Joan. I can still recall 16 year old gay boy me, going to a high school dance in drag in early 1980. We slept overnight in the school hall and this girl in my class had this cassette by this new American singer named Pat Benatar and I thought she was "fierce" (Pat, not this girl). I bought her first three albums on vinyl and played them frequently. She even did a decent cover of Wuthering Heights by the incomparable Kate Bush. I still listen to Pat, although the albums are on CD now rather than vinyl. Perhaps you could take a lesson from Pat @Lee Wilson on how to rid this story of the homophobes who perpetrated these crimes against Pete and Anthony. It is hard to believe that such a powerful voice could come out of such a tiny woman.

Like many have commented, I thought you presented the con of the conners, and the aftermath of their effective con, very convincingly @Lee Wilson (or perhaps that is the biggest con of all, LOL). In all seriousness, it was very pleasing to see The Swarm help not only themselves, but the other bands who had been ripped off by the shysters too. I kept thinking, I wonder if this ever happened to The Ramones or Blondie. And the names of the shysters were very amusing. Pete and Anthony's sex life has taken off like wildfire now. Moaning and groaning at 4.30am in orgasmic ecstasy. The perfect "excuse" to post Donna (as if I ever need an excuse). I daresay you won't like this one though @Lee Wilson. It is a @Summerabbacat "anthem".

Well done, I thought this type of music would not appeal to you at all.

Men At Work came along after Little River Band and Air Supply had made it big, and perhaps to some extent they had made it more "palatable" for American radio stations to play new Aussie bands like Men At Work and then INXS as they were by then bankable. As for AC/DC, have they had any hit singles in the USA, or have they primarily been an album seller @weinerdog?

All Out Of Love @weinerdog.

In deference to the chapter title @Lee Wilson, this song is much more @Summerabbacat's "cup of tea", with words and music by the fabulous Chic and vocals by Miss Ross herself, looking absolutely stunning on the cover of her most successful album ever, a Chic written blockbuster.

You will observe from my comment on the next chapter it did. Your characters certainly keep us on our toes @Lee Wilson. One chapter a saint, the next chapter a c#$t or vice versa.

I feel like a complete bastard for having judged RB so harshly after his behaviour in chapter 2, but that feeling won't last for long as I still think what he did was quite despicable. I was surprised by how many of the setlist I know @Lee Wilson, and even more surprised at how many of them I genuinely like (I know 17 of them and genuinely like 9 of them, including More Than A Feeling by Boston, which is so not my usual "cup of tea"). I thought the "odd one out", one of the songs I genuinely like, in fact, I really, really like is Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen. If Pete is able to perform that song with even 1/10th the amount of pizazz that Freddie exhibited then he must be a damn good singer and as "gay as a daffodil" (LOL). The shyster record company plot is brilliant, and I imagine a very common occurrence, although I suspect such behaviour is not exclusive to small independent record companies.