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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

10.12.74 Aerosmith, Bowling Green State University

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Photo: Enoch Wu
Recently unearthed, up close and personal black and white photos from an Aerosmith gig at Memorial Hall on the campus of Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

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photo: Enoch Wu
Just a quick reminder of how much raw, so-ugly-they're-sexy power and charm the toxic twins packed before the egos, drugs, and cheeze-ball horn charts turned them into caricatures of themselves.

photo: Enoch Wu
   
You gotta love that vintage Tri-X Pan film vibe. Dig all the scratches on the negatives. Surf on over to the digital gallery at the BGSU Library Collection to check out the entire set: Make It   

Contributor: Enoch Wu


Sunday, September 2, 2012

Boss Mouse Artisan Cheese: Delicately Aged and All the Rage.

Boss Mouse head cheese and longtime PDGB Northern Michigan Bureau chief gives us the 411 on all things Boss Mouse.
Boss Mouse Cheese from Justin Warnes on Vimeo.
Boss Mouse artisan cheese – made and aged on an historic 1867 centennial farm in Kingsley, Michigan

Monday, August 20, 2012

The Presidential Snacks: Barack Obama Hangs with my Mama

When Barry O and the gang decided to kick start their summer campaign here in mild-mannered Maumee, Ohio, who do you think think the first call went out to? That's right, 'ol toke! and the gang here at the PDGB World Headquarters and Maumee Minibike Hall of Fame. It's no secret that it takes an army of wise deckhands to keep a political juggernaut on course, and when it came time to align Team Obama with respected and influential Rust Belt bon vivants, the crew had but one choice: Pizza Don't Go Bad.

Just a few days before the new, new-dealers heartland swing was scheduled to commence, telephones rang, emails were sent, faxes were, uhh...faxed, and a detail of Secret Service agents swept the area. When the dust settled, the truth became clear: Team Obama was only using toke! to get close to his Mama.

Few people or organizations carry as much clout in the Maumee/Perrysburg region as PDGB, but if anyone is qualified to play host to and have a personal audience with our nations leader, it's toke!'s mom.

Plus we got these awesome official Presidential M&M and Whitman Sampler snack packs.

Friday, July 27, 2012

Are We Not Men? The DEVO Documentary.

We're admittedly late to the party on this, but another aspiring auteur with ties to Toledo has taken to Kickstarter in search of funds to complete his project. Helmed by Former Toledo resident and Ottawa Hills class of 1985 alum Tony Pemberton, Are We Not Men? The Devo Documentary, is a fully authorized in depth look at one of the most provocative bands of all time. Check it:
"Although the band has been notoriously secretive for nearly 4 decades, they have granted us unprecedented full-access to their personal inner-workings and daily lives while on the road, backstage, and at home. The film is now in post-production, and we need your help to meet our goal for Sundance and other festivals."
Fun fact: Tony attended an Adam Ant concert with tokes! wife back in the 80's. If that doesn't vouch for his cred, what then?

Sunday, June 24, 2012

The Legendary Cobo

The Legendary Cobo from Douglas Akers on Vimeo.

Just as the highly anticipated Grande Ballroom doc "Louder Than  Love" has (finally!) started appearing on the film festival circuit, the makers of an equally exciting and long-brewing Motor City-centric project have turned to kickstarter in search of funds to turn their vision into reality. Picking up where the the Grande, Cinderella, Eastown, and other legendary Detroit concert venues left off, Cobo Hall not only supplied the ambiance for live albums from Kiss, Bob Seger, Hank Williams Jr., and more, but also provided the stage for Martin Luther King to recite his "I Had a Dream" speech months before the Washington D.C. version. But that barely scratches the surface of the Cobo story. For complete details, check out the official website here: The Legendary Cobo
Faces, Cobo Hall, September 6, 1976
"We used to make Cobo Hall feel intimate. It has a really good sound in there. That was the epitome of our playing in Detroit; it never got better than that. There was just something magic about that place." IAN MCLAGAN

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Toledo Area Dog "Totally Bummed" About Canceled Van Halen Dates

"It's a bogue sitch," says 'Harry' Harrison, a Golden Retriever from Toledo, Ohio. "Van Halen concerts are one of the few places left where a guy can get his bandanna on without drawing criticism from the  fashion Nazis.  Their music just screams, 'Hey you, it's David Lee and the boys from Van Halen; why don't you put on a bandanna?'

I mean Back in the day, dogs wearing bandannas were the shit! You couldn't swing the partially regurgitated entrails of a small rodent without hitting one of us.

I remember this one time,  ol' toke! and I wore a pair of matching bandannas that were decorated with a bunch of fake paint drips and splotches...man, shit got off the hook that night, let me tell you that much right now; my kicker spot ain't been the same since. Then there was the time at this sweet BBQ just flush with the bitches, where I was wearing a red one around my neck while carrying a frisbee in my mouth and...continued

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Keith Morris, Ian Mackaye, and Henry Rollins: NIPTDWTT (Nothing In Particular To Do With Toledo Thursday) Post.

Although particular Toledoans may find it of interest.
Savalas and Borgnine look pretty much the same, but 
Mel Brooks has really let his hair down

Three guys who can be as wacky as they are rockin'.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Does This Sash Make Me Look Fat?

 

















Random photo snapped at the 2013 North
American International Auto Show(NAIAS)in
Detroit Last Week
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So wait, when did Bibendum get so svelte? This photo is evidence that the following conversion actually took place in an office somewhere:
"Uh, yeah. I've been meaning to bring this up. You know Bibendum? Our century-old, illustrated pneumatic cartoon mascot-The one that's supposed to represent big round inner-tubes? I think he's too fat-it's just not in tune with the message that we want to send. I mean who wants to be represented by a fat person?"
Well Mr. corporate executive, I can think of numerous successful entities currently subscribing to the "girth gives birth to mirth" ethic. Here's one you might've heard of, right off the top of my head: Christmas. Not to mention Bob's Big Boy, FAT Wreck Chords and maybe last but never least, Fat Tony's out on the Vineyard.

The old adage remains true: "Never trust a skinny butcher,  barber or tire salesman."   The lone exception of course, if said butcher, barber or tire salesman's name is always prefaced with the word "skinny." As in, "c'mon  kids, we're all going over to skinny Dave's for haircuts. Then I'm gonna' get a new set of Michelins from skinny Bob at the tire store."  Bonus points if the individual is in fact, obese. But I digress.

I expect this kind of shortsighted nonsense from American companies as they flail desperately at ideas while they fight their way to the bottom. But from the French -the world's premier practitioners of the butter and cigarettes lifestyle- this type of deranged lunacy is inexcusable.

I'll take my Bibendum classic style, thank you: