Acting Crazy

Currently I am enrolled in the Colorado Shakespeare Festival's acting camp. This includes a lot of weird warm-ups, weird fellow campers, and the occasional hissy fit from A.R.J. One of the good things, however, is our Self Portraits.
Tomorrow we will be giving the class a four-minute presentation on something meaningful to us. Hmm, can we guess what I'll be talking about?
Hello, class, my name is Ms. Ritchie. Welcome to Punk Studies 101. Today we will be covering the early days, from 1967-1979. We begin with the Velvet Underground.

Sunday Morning

It's monday morning, actually, but because "Sunday Morning" is such a good song...
It's by the Velvet Underground, a New York band sponsored by Andy Warhol in the late sixties. It was composed of Lou Reed, a singer, John Cale, a violist, Sterling Morrison, guitar, and Mo Tucker, drums. When Warhol decided that Lou was a terrible frontman and Sterling just stood there looking awkward and tall, he brought in Nico, a German ex-model to sing for the band. Truth be told I don't much care for her voice, so the compilation I have is a mix of songs from the first album, The Velvet Underground and Nico (Peel Slowly and See), and the third, The Velvet Underground. It's a pretty good mix.
Jasper's List of VU Classics:
Heroin
Venus in Furs
Sunday Morning
There She Goes Again
What Goes On
Anyway, they are an awesome band so enjoy!
Cheers, Jasper

AAAAAAAH!!!

Well, people, you are now reading the blog of the proud purchaser of three Killers tickets. I say purchaser becos I haven't actually earned mine yet, (they cost $33.50), and our lawn isn't growing fast enough for me to pay up. Still, this is certainly a momentuous occasion in my pitiful little world.
Not that I'm one of those screamingly hysterical Killers fans who has a "Mr. Brightside" ringtone and a crush on Brendan Flowers. I'm attending this concert because a) it's a great opportunity to have fun with friends, b) Franz Ferdinand isn't coming to RedRocks in the forseeable future, and c) all the other bands I like died or broke up before I was born or shortly thereafter. Anyway it oughtta be fun.
Cheers,
Jasper

Explanations, Mate

For those of you who may have been confused about the title of my blog or its address, I offer the following explanation.
"Long Time Jerk" is a Clash B-side from 1982 that begins with the spoken line "Gonna scrape the trouble off my boots!" It is a great song and it struck me as a good blog title because it pretty much describes my life philosophy.
Hold up, some of you may not know about the Clash, huh? They are an early British punk band, formed in London, 1976. Their more famous songs include "Rock the Casbah," "Should I Stay or Should I Go?," "London Calling," and "White Riot." They are absolutely my favorite band, so expect to hear a lot about them.
Ta ta for now, (becos abbreviations are for losers),
Jasper

HEY!!!

Welcome, people, to the extremely random mind of Jasper Ritchie. Many thanks to my friends and so forth who are currently reading this blog and (hopefully) leaving comments if they can. Also thanks to Snowy (www.worldgonmad.blogspot.com) who set this up for me. Cheers, all.
In this blog you will find music reviews, British slang, and random observations on the world at large. Good luck understanding it!
Peace, love, and Rock'N'Roll,
Jasper