SOUNDTRACK: JACKYL-“The Lumberjack” (1992).
Does anyone remember this band? Their gimmick was that the lead singer performed a chainsaw solo. As I cut down trees that fell in my yard I kept thinking about this band, although I couldn’t remember any of their songs (which is just as well). I had to Google this one.
It’s a stupid gimmick, but a hard one to forget. My favorite coincidence to this song was when my friend Garry and I went to a party on a New Year’s Eve in like 1999 or so and the party house had a framed gold album of the debut album on the wall. I never found out why.
Oh, and holy cow, they are STILL putting albums out!
Here’s the song in all of its nonsensicality:
Incidentally, if you don’t wear ear coverings when using a chainsaw, your ears will ring for about an hour after cutting down trees.
[EXPERIENCED: October 29, 2012] Hurricane Sandy
I considered live blogging the hurricane. It would have gone like this:
October 29: 1-7PM: Wind picking up, not too much rain.
October 29: 8:15PM: Lights flickered and went out.
November 2: power restored.
November 5: Internet restored.
Gripping, eh?
So, yes, we were largely unscathed by Hurricane Sandy. We lost power, we lost some siding off the house (which I have since put back), we lost two trees. The biggest disaster in our yard was the tree that fell right into my treehouse. I am impressed at my carpentry skills because it survived largely intact–I guess a dozen boys have less impact than a tree. But it was still totalled, especially since one of the trees that supported it was also knocked over.
I spent the last few days with a chainsaw cutting up trees and preparing firewood for the next year (and not shaving).
I will say that being offline for a week was quite relaxing, especially since I didn’t have to follow any election news and I didn’t have online nitwits to annoy me. I became closer to my neighbors and got outdoors a lot.
I’d like to say that this has made a better person who no longer feels compelled to blog about books. But no, it just means that I’m a week behind. Worse things could happen.
Hi Paul – I’m glad you’re safe and sound.
I grew up in Florida, and as a kid, a hurricane was an adventure. That;s what being a kid is, not worrying about all the horrible things that might happen, just finding a day or two of candlelight to be exotic. Of course, Florida was used to them, even back then, so everyone knew what to do. I never thought I’d be dealing with them forty years later in New England.
I was without internet for 12 hours a few weeks ago – overnight, so really only about 5 waking hours – and I was going nuts. Amazing what becomes necessary once we get used to it.
That chainsaw gang is amazing! I’m laughing here – never saw anything like that.