Gotta say that the "Wow. You Really Like .38 Special" rant on Salon.com is pretty effin' FUNNY.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Sheldon The Wonderhorse
Eating Apples Since 1969

DECEMBER 4, 2009 12:56PM

Wow. You Really Like .38 Special

I have to hand it to you. You, sir, seem to be one of a kind. If not one of a kind, you are certainly part of a dying breed.

You really love .38 Special, don't you?

I was parked next to you yesterday, me in my Ford Crapmobile, you in your oversized Chevy Trucktank. As I pulled up, you were getting ready to pull out, and boy, the .38 Special was just blaring. In fact, you seem to be a fan of all things classic rock. I say that because I noticed your back window was covered with stickers for .38 Special, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Kansas. I was a little surprised, to be honest with you. Not by the fact that you like those bands, just by the fact that there are enough fans out there to justify printing up a batch of stickers.

Look, I'm not making fun of you at all. I believe somewhere in my past, I owned a .38 Special record that I probably still have. I have Lynyrd's greatest hits on CD, and I have to say, they do lend themselves to a BBQ quite well. I mean, if you are going to be standing outside, cooking meat over an open-flame while wearing an ill-fitting tank top and drinking a can of Schlitz out of a beer-cozy, trust me, no one fits the soundtrack better than Lynyrd. A lot of people make fun of "Freebird", but the truth remains, we all know the lyrics and sing along. I am a little disturbed by Kansas, however. Sure, I'll give you "Carry On My Wayward Son" - that's a nice tune, but seriously, no one ever needs to hear "Dust in the Wind" ever again. Seriously. Ever. Again.

Did you know .38 Special has a Christmas album? Look at you, of course you did. I had no idea until I went on to Amazon, and low and behold, there it was. I have to admit, the album cover made me pause for a second:



Yessir, nothing says Happy Holidays like a couple of eyeballs hanging from a ribbon and stuck on a tree.

http://open.salon.com/blog/sheldon_the_wonderhorse/2009/12/04/wow_you_really_like_38_special

[peekaloo]

1. Their music brings to mind an old Steve Martin routine. He's doing a Native American

song/ritual ,complete with ceremonial gestures, "hey ya hey ya hi ya hey ya.......little girrllll".