Shake Rattle and Roll
Shimmy, Shake Rattle & Roll (without thePole)
Once in awhile during my working tenure out in theVillages, the communities would have musical gatherings like Weddings, Funerals, Birthdays and would invite some rock band from around the YVC Inc!! (Doh!!)region and from across the state to come play for us.
Many is the time I’ve danced like a WhiteMan and many is the time I’ve ended up spraining an ankle as well, eh.
Maybe it was the same thing?
People still don’t believe that it was my Dad in South Dakota that invented Break-Dancing.
I still remember the times he’d stagger home blind-drunk at 0300hrs and would struggle against theCold winter wind walking up to the house-Only to be moved back by the strong winds while his feet were still moving!
He was an old fashioned man too because he always wore a hat of some kind. He’d grab his Fedora or cowboy hat on his head and spin around briskly while grabbing his crotch. Probably due to the fact that he forgot to zip up after using the toilet at theBar downtown.
Dad did everything; Side step hops, breakfalls. I’ll never forget “theWorm” after he fell off the icy porch one day and “crawled” down the side walk trying to get up.
He finally gave up and turned over on his back and did the Martial Arts famous-Scorpion kick, and landed on his feet, then Boot scoot boogied away.
I swear that those Line-Dancing moves ripped off by those HonkyTonk White folks were first stepped out in Dad’s shoes.
Now a days you’ll see Strippers, Showgirls, even belly dancers stealing Dad‘s act.
(Dad got pizza crumbs on his shirt once and with two hands full of pizza and whiskey-didn’t want to put either down to shake off the food so he started shimmying and shaking.)
Strippers?? you ask.
Well. When some girls turn towards their audience of men/or a Man and bend over peeking at them/him upside down and then lewdly squatting and spreading their Nether regions.
*sigh* Oh.. or so I’ve heard!!!! Me?!!! go to a strip club?... how dare you....!
Dad was looking for his car keys one night when he bent over and reached for his back pants pockets, he was quite limber.
I’ll miss him.
Native Alaska may have that old Elder lady and her funny "Mosquito Slap dance", but our Native Reservation in South Dakota had Dad and his hilarious “Cockroach Stomp Dance”
Nobody on earth could make Fried Bread, Chop deer meat, feed the dogs and spank kids-while stomping cockroaches, all in time to the bass drum beat of Native Pow-Wow music like Rocky Lodge, Antler Butte and Black Thunder Cloudlike Dad.
Nobody.God rest his Merry soul.
Anyways.
Let’s see what else is up around theYourVillageCalled!! region. Doh!!
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VillageChick!! Bassist Cassi Bows Out:
The year 2006 kicked off with shocking news when Cassi announced in Nov ‘05 that she was leaving VillageChick!! after playing 4 years with the group.
An article in the April 2005 edition of theVYC Quarterly (Doh!!)suggested that Cassi “had always felt like an Outsider, despite having been born in Alaska.”
Lead Vocalist/Rhythm Guitar JoAnn and 2nd Drummer Dae-ya declined to be interviewed and both girls stomped off down theVillage street in a huff, sobbing and weeping.
After leaving the vaunted all-girl band of musical youths Cassi opted “to work with other peers doing various projects.”
Uh.. Ok.
Rumor has it that the young metal-bassist was cited one too many times by theVPSO for ‘Minor Consuming Alcohol’ and had to commit most of her Winter-time to Community Service. The remaining VillageChick!!’s are mum about who will fill the bass slot void.
Though theVillage Officers had this to say about theBand.
“Kids throughout the area are driving and flying into theVillage left and right.
Already we’ve had to enforce a Noise curfew at 2400hrs” shouted Officer Hard O. Haring-gesturing behind him as the strident clamor of pulsating music pounded the rafters and rattled the steps of theOld Community Hall.
Officer H.O. Haring leaned against the OCH walls and sighed deeply.
“Ever since this commotion started my Kidney Stones quit acting up!!” laughed the Officer. “right there baby... oh yeah, wwhhooooooo!!”
Suddenly the door of theOld Hall opened up and a young girl was unceremoniously tossed out and two more teen girls immediately rushed inside to vie for theCoveted Bassist position.
Bassist Cassi, who co-wrote “Shattered”, “Ice Cold”, and “Scream”, with band-mate & Lead Drummer Vicki and who penned the 2003 state-wide Alaska Fire Season anthem “Everything Burns”, will be missed during her short absence from us.
We look forward to your return to our FM radios, theNewspapers and our hearts,
Not to mention Jail.
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Mean while way out in Western AK, Over Flow’s Lead Guitarist goes AWOL:
Mike “take a” Chance who had replaced founding member Ocean, left the company of Over Flow in late Nov 2005 rather mysteriously.
After skipping out on a scheduled video shoot in Nome for their state-famous
“Above the Storm”. A song speaking out about youth-suicide, he went missing and later turned up in an Alcohol Treatment Camp in North Eastern AK.
The band named themselves Over Flow from the Alaska rivers and streams. As water flows and ices up in the winter and the water behind it just wends around and keeps going.
“It’s our lives mostly“, announced Keyboard/Pianist/Vocals Clayce Stone
“How all of us were caught in the grip of alcohol and drugs and inspite of the setbacks we moved on AND Up.
“Aurora Glow”, “Shadows, Fog and Ice”, “Against the Sea” are notable songs from this 4 strong group of young men.
<em>“Way to go Clayce and Chance!” shouts YVC Inc’s own Chelsea and Samantha.
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You Tell Us
What shakeup or breakup will have the most lasting effect on theYVC Inc (Doh!!) area music?
Voice your opinions by contacting theYVCInc’s Young Voices Hotline
DOH!!
Once in awhile during my working tenure out in theVillages, the communities would have musical gatherings like Weddings, Funerals, Birthdays and would invite some rock band from around the YVC Inc!! (Doh!!)region and from across the state to come play for us.
Many is the time I’ve danced like a WhiteMan and many is the time I’ve ended up spraining an ankle as well, eh.
Maybe it was the same thing?
People still don’t believe that it was my Dad in South Dakota that invented Break-Dancing.
I still remember the times he’d stagger home blind-drunk at 0300hrs and would struggle against theCold winter wind walking up to the house-Only to be moved back by the strong winds while his feet were still moving!
He was an old fashioned man too because he always wore a hat of some kind. He’d grab his Fedora or cowboy hat on his head and spin around briskly while grabbing his crotch. Probably due to the fact that he forgot to zip up after using the toilet at theBar downtown.
Dad did everything; Side step hops, breakfalls. I’ll never forget “theWorm” after he fell off the icy porch one day and “crawled” down the side walk trying to get up.
He finally gave up and turned over on his back and did the Martial Arts famous-Scorpion kick, and landed on his feet, then Boot scoot boogied away.
I swear that those Line-Dancing moves ripped off by those HonkyTonk White folks were first stepped out in Dad’s shoes.
Now a days you’ll see Strippers, Showgirls, even belly dancers stealing Dad‘s act.
(Dad got pizza crumbs on his shirt once and with two hands full of pizza and whiskey-didn’t want to put either down to shake off the food so he started shimmying and shaking.)
Strippers?? you ask.
Well. When some girls turn towards their audience of men/or a Man and bend over peeking at them/him upside down and then lewdly squatting and spreading their Nether regions.
*sigh* Oh.. or so I’ve heard!!!! Me?!!! go to a strip club?... how dare you....!
Dad was looking for his car keys one night when he bent over and reached for his back pants pockets, he was quite limber.
I’ll miss him.
Native Alaska may have that old Elder lady and her funny "Mosquito Slap dance", but our Native Reservation in South Dakota had Dad and his hilarious “Cockroach Stomp Dance”
Nobody on earth could make Fried Bread, Chop deer meat, feed the dogs and spank kids-while stomping cockroaches, all in time to the bass drum beat of Native Pow-Wow music like Rocky Lodge, Antler Butte and Black Thunder Cloudlike Dad.
Nobody.God rest his Merry soul.
Anyways.
Let’s see what else is up around theYourVillageCalled!! region. Doh!!
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VillageChick!! Bassist Cassi Bows Out:
The year 2006 kicked off with shocking news when Cassi announced in Nov ‘05 that she was leaving VillageChick!! after playing 4 years with the group.
An article in the April 2005 edition of theVYC Quarterly (Doh!!)suggested that Cassi “had always felt like an Outsider, despite having been born in Alaska.”
Lead Vocalist/Rhythm Guitar JoAnn and 2nd Drummer Dae-ya declined to be interviewed and both girls stomped off down theVillage street in a huff, sobbing and weeping.
After leaving the vaunted all-girl band of musical youths Cassi opted “to work with other peers doing various projects.”
Uh.. Ok.
Rumor has it that the young metal-bassist was cited one too many times by theVPSO for ‘Minor Consuming Alcohol’ and had to commit most of her Winter-time to Community Service. The remaining VillageChick!!’s are mum about who will fill the bass slot void.
Though theVillage Officers had this to say about theBand.
“Kids throughout the area are driving and flying into theVillage left and right.
Already we’ve had to enforce a Noise curfew at 2400hrs” shouted Officer Hard O. Haring-gesturing behind him as the strident clamor of pulsating music pounded the rafters and rattled the steps of theOld Community Hall.
Officer H.O. Haring leaned against the OCH walls and sighed deeply.
“Ever since this commotion started my Kidney Stones quit acting up!!” laughed the Officer. “right there baby... oh yeah, wwhhooooooo!!”
Suddenly the door of theOld Hall opened up and a young girl was unceremoniously tossed out and two more teen girls immediately rushed inside to vie for theCoveted Bassist position.
Bassist Cassi, who co-wrote “Shattered”, “Ice Cold”, and “Scream”, with band-mate & Lead Drummer Vicki and who penned the 2003 state-wide Alaska Fire Season anthem “Everything Burns”, will be missed during her short absence from us.
We look forward to your return to our FM radios, theNewspapers and our hearts,
Not to mention Jail.
+++++
Mean while way out in Western AK, Over Flow’s Lead Guitarist goes AWOL:
Mike “take a” Chance who had replaced founding member Ocean, left the company of Over Flow in late Nov 2005 rather mysteriously.
After skipping out on a scheduled video shoot in Nome for their state-famous
“Above the Storm”. A song speaking out about youth-suicide, he went missing and later turned up in an Alcohol Treatment Camp in North Eastern AK.
The band named themselves Over Flow from the Alaska rivers and streams. As water flows and ices up in the winter and the water behind it just wends around and keeps going.
“It’s our lives mostly“, announced Keyboard/Pianist/Vocals Clayce Stone
“How all of us were caught in the grip of alcohol and drugs and inspite of the setbacks we moved on AND Up.
“Aurora Glow”, “Shadows, Fog and Ice”, “Against the Sea” are notable songs from this 4 strong group of young men.
<em>“Way to go Clayce and Chance!” shouts YVC Inc’s own Chelsea and Samantha.
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You Tell Us
What shakeup or breakup will have the most lasting effect on theYVC Inc (Doh!!) area music?
Voice your opinions by contacting theYVCInc’s Young Voices Hotline
DOH!!
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