[Powderworks] Pete is THE Big Scary Bald Guy
ribman at manthey.com.au
ribman at manthey.com.au
Wed Apr 28 17:24:29 MDT 2004
I know lots of us know Pete's not a fashion-victim ...but here's a quick rant
from an old fart just in case ...
Pete shaved when it WASN'T trendy to do so. Back in (?) '78 bald was
actually really weird. Extremely few people shaved ... it was actually very
threatening ... most notable other shaved bald people were Rose Tattoo's
Angry Anderson (shave-bald and covered in tat's ... ooo scary! ... heh) and
severe movie-type gang members, ie: in either "The Warriors" or "The
Outsiders" can't remember which. The only other bald people were from
complete hair loss or chemo patients. It was NOT a desirable look.
Somewhere about 1990 someone figured that shaving bald was actually a
great alternative to the monk or combover response to male-pattern-
baldness. So suddenly people with failing hairlines hit the razor as a
hiding place. Then people with perfectly good hair formation decided that
it could work for them too. Hey presto ... Right Said Fred.
Now Pete shaved (as I recall one story) as a sign of utter commitment to
the Oils project. It was NOT an attractive look and wasn't intended to be.
In 1981 (I was 17) a 6ft6 scowling bald guy drenched in sweat and
screaming about the CIA and bombs was as fear-inducing as hearing the
grim reaper whisper your name while a great white is circling your surf-
board.
rant rant rant
rob
On 28 Apr 2004 at 18:51, Beth Curran wrote:
From: "Beth Curran" <bcurran at columbus.rr.com>
To: <ribman at manthey.com.au>, <powderworks at cs.colorado.edu>
Subject: RE: [Powderworks] Austrlia IS the Lucky Country
Date sent: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:51:44 -0400
> Wow, TITS at last, after all these cleavage-free years......Rob, you've
> made me a very happy woman today!
>
> And along similar lines, are we not ALL sick of every other big bald
> white man on the face of the Earth being compared to PG? The one about
> the Right Said Fred guys just about killed me. Yeah, I too have
> mistaken oddly unattractive shaved-chested buff poseur men for PG, so
> long as they were bald. And come to think of it, I have a little
> trouble with my 10 year old when summer comes and he requests "a Peter
> Garrett" (translation: he wants me to buzzz-cut his blond hair to about
> 1/8 inch). You can hardly tell them apart.
>
> Sheesh. - Beth
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: powderworks-bounces at cs-lists.cs.colorado.edu
> [mailto:powderworks-bounces at cs-lists.cs.colorado.edu] On Behalf Of
> ribman at manthey.com.au
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 6:20 PM
> To: powderworks at cs.colorado.edu
> Subject: [Powderworks] Austrlia IS the Lucky Country
>
> Oh, sweet earth, am I glad I live in Orstrayleeyah ... a land of wide
> open
> spaces ... wide open enough to contain more than one Oils song !!!!!!
> How many times in the last 5 years on PW have I heard the "HITS we only
> get 'Beds Beds Beds' from T.C.Pits" conversation !!!!!
> Well you TITS (There In The States) are most severely to be pitied.
> HITLC (Here In The Lucky Country) T.C.Pits knows a much broader set of
> songs (sure still only half a dozen maybe - new thread hint: "what do
> Aussie PWs think are the 6 songs that Aussie non-Oils fans know?").
> Rant rant rant ... ... it's been fun ...
> Cheers
> Rob
>
> On 27 Apr 2004 at 13:37, ninas wrote:
>
> From: ninas <ninajill73 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Powderworks] 5 most underrated oils songs - not
> just 5!
> Copies to: Date sent: Tue, 27 Apr 2004
> 13:37:57 -0400
> To: Aliester Crowley <aliestercrowleyy at hotmail.com>,
> <powderworks at cs.colorado.edu>
>
> > i think it's fair to say that in the states, except for 'Beds', the
> entire
> > Oils collection is underrated. and conversely, in the states 'Beds' is
> too
> > overrated.
> >
> > i mean how many times have we all heard - and have had to defend, 'oh,
> you
> > like that band with the bald guy who had that one hit about beds
> burning'.
> > i'm sure we've all found ourselves defending the oils and all of their
> > 'underrated' songs!..."yes, they sang that song, but it's not their
> only hit
> > and they have a 25-year library of incredible songs, blah, blah
> blah!..."
> >
> > nina
> >
> > > From: "Aliester Crowley" <aliestercrowleyy at hotmail.com>
> > > Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:51:25 +0000
> > > To: powderworks at cs.colorado.edu
> > > Subject: [Powderworks] 5 most underrated oils songs: tHE Breath
> album
> > >
> > > Underrated songs: the Breathe album.
> > >
> > >
> > >> If underrated = things I've never heard in concert or TV ...
> > >>
> > >> 1. I'm the Cure
> > >> 2. Armistice Day
> > >> 3. Bushfire
> > >> 4. Return to Sender
> > >> 5. Feeding Frenzy
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: powderworks-bounces at cs-lists.cs.colorado.edu
> > >> [mailto:powderworks-bounces at cs-lists.cs.colorado.edu]On Behalf Of
> > >> Mathias Hermansson
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 4:34 AM
> > >> To: powderworks at cs.colorado.edu
> > >> Subject: RE: [Powderworks] 5 most underrated oils songs
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 1 Somebody's trying to tell me something
> > >> 2 Drums of Heaven
> > >> 3 Now or neverland
> > >> 4 Drop in the ocean
> > >> 5 Sleep
> > >>
> > >>> My 5 in no particular order would be;
> > >>>
> > >>> * One Country
> > >>> * Nothin Lost Nothin Gained
> > >>> * Pictures
> > >>> * In the Valley
> > >>> * Jimmy Sharman's Boxers
> > >>>
> > >>> Of course I think everything they ever did was under-rated and
> > >> under-valued
> > >>> by almost everyone - except we Powderworkers of course!!
> > >>>
> > >>> Cheers.
> > >>> Brett
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>> From: lew roper [mailto:bogan105 at hotmail.com]
> > >>> Sent: Tuesday, 27 April 2004 4:58 PM
> > >>> To: powderworks at cs.colorado.edu
> > >>> Subject: [Powderworks] 5 most underrated oils songs
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> hey ppl,
> > >>>
> > >>> like most of us i have spent the last 3 weeks listening non stop
> to the
> > >>> BOBW
> > >>>
> > >>> dvd and cant help but thinking to myself and asking why many of
> the oils
> > >>> songs dont seem to recieve the praise of others. so im throwing
> it open
> > >> to
> > >>> everyone to name their 5 most unnderrated oils songs.
> > >>>
> > >>> my choices
> > >>>
> > >>> 5. Only the strong
> > >>> 4. brave faces
> > >>> 3. lucky country
> > >>> 2. jimmy sharman's boxers
> > >>> 1. no time for games
> > >>>
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