I’m Not a Good Baby Sitter’s Assistant

I went over to my fiend’s house this weekend to play some video games. This poor guy has two daughters, 5 and 3 years old so he’s constantly having to do girlie things with his wife and daughters. Every so often I get a call from him to get some “guy” time in.

This weekend he called me in desperation for “guy” time. He just finished steam cleaning the carpets. Being the good friend I am and knowing I could get my Xbox back I went over to his house. What I found was a stressed person with furniture stacked every where but where it was supposed to be and carpet cleaning equipment laying around. As soon as he got there he offered me a drink and set up the Xbox.

After about a half hour of playing and a few drinks his wife walked through the door. She’s happy he cleaned the carpet but not too happy he didn’t finish the job. The two carpet steamers are in the middle of the door way and he’s got a bunch of computer equipment laying around.

His wife wasn’t happy but he didn’t pick up on this so we continue playing. A half hour later his wife comes to him and says, his oldest daughter wants to have her friend over and she’s going to get her. His wife also said that she has to get out of the house; she doesn’t know where she’s going but she’s got to get out. I’m laughing on the inside because I know she’s really pissed at him and he has no idea.

Before she goes, she says, “you have to watch the girls because they tend to make a mess”. He says sure, ignoring her and pours himself another drink.

About a half hour later one of the girls is sitting on the steps out of sight being quiet. My friend asks her what she’s doing and she says, “I’m working.”

We ignore her because we’re half in the bag on a very important mission in the game. During our break my friend decided to check on the girls. It appears the “work” they were involved in was writing there names by all of the light switches in the house. When they got bored with that they decided to color the house. Yes folks there was red, yellow, and blue marker all over the walls. They decorated the banister going to the basement and continued the artistic collage to the wall and around the the entire basement. It was a great effort by the girls.

I promptly left when it became apparent his wife was going to kill people when she came home. I haven’t talked to him in two days. I hope he’s out of intensive care.

Lux Interior Dies at 62

Many of the GPTRN fans may not know who Lux Interior is; he was the front man for a group called the Cramps. The Cramps were part of the 60’s and 70’s punk rock scene. While they never gained the commercial success of groups such as the Clash or the Jam, they were just as influential. The Cramps were loud and raw. The Cramps took music to new level, or maybe I’m better off saying a different level.

Their influences were blues and rockabilly. Take the rhythm of blues; smash it together with rockabilly guitar and wrap it up with vaudeville antics and you get something close to the Cramps. While on the surface the lyrics seemed simple and almost inane a closer look showed almost too subtle puns.

The Cramps stage image at first glance was pure S&M. However, like all things with the Cramps, there was more to it than what was shown on the surface. Lux Interior often dressed in stiletto heals wearing womens’ lingerie underneath his jacket, was one of the first gender benders of rock. Eventually during the show, Lux discarded all clothing but bikini briefs and his stiletto heals making his climb to the top of the speaker or to a balcony of a small venue that much more memorable. I liken it to a watching a car crash; yes its ugly but some how you couldn’t take your eyes off of it.

Lux Interior was a major influence on the punk scene and continues to be a major influence to GPATRN. Lux, you will be missed.