Purchases you've made for which The Best Show is entirely to thank/blame

[TimmyVonFaulkner]

I'm thinking of adding this to the list

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350470745808

Not entirely because of the Best Show, but I felt that this had to be mentioned.

[Chrissy in MN]

This isn't a purchase (and never will be), but The Best Show is entirely responsible for my knowledge of GG Allin. I was blissfully ignorant of who he was.  After hearing about him so much on the show, curiosity got the best of me.  I really wish I could unlearn this knowledge.

[hardweek]

Not a purchase that Best Show is entirely to thank by any means as there were so many factors, but some credit needs to be given to the Best Show for the patch.

I was wrestling with the idea of quitting in 2009, and hearing Tom talk so plaintively and reasonably about "grown-up time" (and giving Fredericks shit for smoking week after week) helped push me towards quitting. Funny how a virtual stranger can talk sense about something everyone around me had been brow-beating for years!

So, I made a new years resolution 2009/2010. After twenty-two years of heavy smoking (started when I was a young teen), I smoked my last cigarette. Went on the patch for two months, had a severe allergic reaction, went off the patch, and did the rest fists clenched.

Over 18 months later and I still haven't had even a drag. Nothing. Nada. Nyet. Hardest thing I've ever done (which is saying alot), but so worth it.

If you want a little help quitting, listen back to that stretch of shows!

So go Best Show, and go cessation!   

[buffcoat]

Not a purchase that Best Show is entirely to thank by any means as there were so many factors, but some credit needs to be given to the Best Show for the patch.

I was wrestling with the idea of quitting in 2009, and hearing Tom talk so plaintively and reasonably about "grown-up time" (and giving Fredericks shit for smoking week after week) helped push me towards quitting. Funny how a virtual stranger can talk sense about something everyone around me had been brow-beating for years!

So, I made a new years resolution 2009/2010. After twenty-two years of heavy smoking (started when I was a young teen), I smoked my last cigarette. Went on the patch for two months, had a severe allergic reaction, went off the patch, and did the rest fists clenched.

Over 18 months later and I still haven't had even a drag. Nothing. Nada. Nyet. Hardest thing I've ever done (which is saying alot), but so worth it.

If you want a little help quitting, listen back to that stretch of shows!

So go Best Show, and go cessation!   

Thumbs up!

[hardweek]

Thanks!

[mike a]

I gave Led Zeppelin IV another chance after hearing the past couple of weeks' shows.  Upon reconsideration, it turns out that I only like three out of the eight songs ("The Battle of Evermore" - Sandy Denny vocals!! - "Misty Mountain Hop" and "When The Levee Breaks") but what three songs they are!  "Black Dog," "R&R" and "Stairway" are just too painfully reminiscent of high school.

[buffcoat]

I gave Led Zeppelin IV another chance after hearing the past couple of weeks' shows.  Upon reconsideration, it turns out that I only like three out of the eight songs ("The Battle of Evermore" - Sandy Denny vocals!! - "Misty Mountain Hop" and "When The Levee Breaks") but what three songs they are!  "Black Dog," "R&R" and "Stairway" are just too painfully reminiscent of high school.

Too bad they ripped off "When the Levee Breaks"!  I knew I'd heard that riff before - it makes me Ill to think about what Plant and Page did there.

[Chrissy in MN]

I just bought a used vinyl of The Byrds Untitled album.  "Chestnut Mare" has been obsessively running through my head since the show.  I'm sure the album will be fantastic, but I do wish the song would get out of my head.

[cavorting with nudists]

Ulp, I bought an MP3 of "Chestnut Mare," which I haven't owned since before the dawn of digital, but I first had it on the original LP and I remember thinking every other cut on the damned thing was decidedly unfantastic. 

[Chrissy in MN]

I've never been a huge fan of The Byrds, but the vinyl was only $5.  Even if the album is only mediocre, it'll probably be worth the purchase.

[Sploops]

one ticket for mr brooks

[Alex_from_the_woods]

My full time office location this week has been the Panera in Mt Olive, NJ. I've bought many egg and cheese sangwiches.

[threelobed]

it hasn't arrived yet but all of tom's talk about the led zep bio "when giants walked the earth" forced me to order it the other day.  i'm ready to start talking about incantations.

[buffcoat]

On second thought, monsieur, I won't have the red snapper after all.

[JonFromMaplewood]

I blame The Best Show for my purchase of these underperforming Newbridge municipal bonds.