Strange illuminated mannequins (and Harpoon Louies)  

Posted at 3:07 pm in rivercityvibe

I went to Harpos for a liquid lunch. I was astonished to learn that my companions, Benny from ABBA and Dupree McPolish Layabout, were not familiar with the oeuvre of German synthpop trio Alphaville.

Unbelievable, I know.

For a minute, I thought I had dropped through one of those wormholes in the space/time continuum (always happening to me). When this occurs, I find things I take for granted no longer exist (on one memorable occasion, for example, ears vanished from my universe). In this case all was okay. I checked with our accomplished waitress who immediately reeled off a list of Alphaville’s most popular tracks, starting with Forever Young (yes, they wrote it)and finishing with Big in Japan.

It turns out my lunch companions are just crap lunch companions, when it comes to music.

Quite an 80s vibe.

I am not sure what freaks me out more, the Teutonic English (“..izzy ven you’re big in Japan….”) or the fact that the singer looks EXACTLY like philanderer and IVF fan, Jon Gosselin

Written by Joe Bones on August 7th, 2009

Tagged with , , , , ,

2 Responses to 'Strange illuminated mannequins (and Harpoon Louies)'

Subscribe to comments with RSS or TrackBack to 'Strange illuminated mannequins (and Harpoon Louies)'.

  1. What a shit boring blog! Just a re-hash & cut ‘n paste of what others have published. Havent you got anything original?
    Definitely got the stumbleapon thumbs down from me!
    Maybe you should seriously checkout that wormhole you so aptly describe. Either that or dig holes in roads so you could provide heightened entertainment for the masses.
    I just wasted 10 minutes of my life that I will NEVER get back!

    PietSkiet

    26 Aug 09 at 5:12 am

  2. You sound angry.

    You accuse me of “rehash and cut ‘n paste of what others have published”.

    (“cut ‘n paste” LOVE IT!)

    Where, pray? Where is that material?

    If you are cross about something, address it directly. Don’t try and skirt around it with rehash accusations that don’t hold water.

    Because, when you do that, it is you that’s being “shit-boring”. You become a “shit-bore”……

    You do understand that, don’t you?

    Joe Bones

    8 Sep 09 at 9:02 am

Leave a Reply