JOHN PEEL FESTIVE FIFTY, 1982, DAY 1

May 8th, 2008 · 8 Comments

I’m back with another addition of the John Peel Fabulous Fifty. This time, the year is 1982, a year that for a lot of reasons holds a lot of memories for me. In 1982 I was 18 years old, and graduated from high school. I was able to finally get into the bars in Kent. In Ohio in 1982, at 18 you could buy beer…it was the 3.2 “low” beer, not the regular stuff. Of course, my buddies and I always just paid someone to go get the good stuff for us anyway, but it was still a thrill to but it legally. I remember that low beer had red caps on it, and regular beer had green caps on it, if I remember correctly. It was a grand time.

I also went to Army boot camp in 1982, after I had joined the Ohio National Guard. I went to Fort Knox, and in one summer learned to hate the state of Kentucky. I don’t anymore, of course. But after a summer of hiking up and down Agony and Misery (two infamously brutal, steel, long ass hills) with a steel pot and a gas mask on, you learn to hate it. But I got to shoot tanks, and big ass guns, and I got in the best shape of my life. When I left for boot camp I was 6′ 2″. 169lbs. I came home 3 months later, I was 212 lbs. I was in my prime. 1982 was a hugely great year indeed.

The next few days I am out, attending the graduation of my daughter from college. I am also going to my sister graduation from nursing school, so it’s a huge weekend for me and my family. Oh, and most likely I will run into my daughters mother, whom I haven’t seen in 20 years. Lets just say she is not a fan of mine at all. See you on Monday…enjoy the four days of a great years Festive Fifty!

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Tags: Underground · 80's · Post Punk · Indie Rock

8 responses so far ↓

1 MissParker0106 // May 8, 2008 at 1:59 pm

Enjoy your weekend - we’ll expect an update (especially the part about running into your daughter’s mother) when you get back.
MissParker0106’s last blog post..80’s Music Rules ~ Moving Sucks…
2 mac // May 8, 2008 at 2:40 pm

Hope everything goes smoothly, ie, no friction..
3 Infonistacrat // May 8, 2008 at 3:20 pm

@mac:

well, she is the one I have referred to as having ripped the beating heart from my chest and stomping on it while laughing in 1986. This should be interesting, for sure, but as far as I’m concerned this is all about my daughter, and as much as I would like to show my ex up, I’m taking the high road.
4 Cybasumo // May 8, 2008 at 6:27 pm

i think it will go well…
5 Jeff // May 8, 2008 at 10:51 pm

It freaks me out when I see someone I haven’t seen in 20 years, someone like a classmate or an old neighbor. I can not, in no way, imagine seeing the mother of my daughter after that long. Obviously you all are adults and I’m sure it will go fine but still, it would freak me out. Hope you are cooler than me, judging from your music posts, you probably are. Take care.
6 mac // May 9, 2008 at 3:48 am

Good man, these ideal situations are fine as a daydream, but best left as that, in my experience anyway.

The term “ideal situations” puts me in mind of a song, so may I refer you to a criminally under-rated band called Whipping Boy? Look for Heartworm (album) and We don’t need nobody else (single).
7 Infonistacrat // May 9, 2008 at 7:26 am

@mac:

Whipping Boy…where in the world have I heard that before?!? Now I’m going to have to go out and listen to some of it, because I KNOW I’ve heard them, before some where.
8 Infonistacrat // May 9, 2008 at 7:31 am

@Jeff:

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a bit more freaked out than I’m letting on. I woke up at 5:30 am this morning thinking about this, and it gives me a huge headache. My only saving grace is that by all measures, I have become far more successful, and have aged far more gracefully than she has. That always helps.

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