It’s House of Pain Week. The house we rented was
affectionately referred to by all who dwelt there as The House of Pain. I have
decided that this week’s tunes (beginning with yesterday’s tune) are all
inspired by my idyllic days living on Woodrow in West Hartford , CT.
The House of Pain MACH I Saga began when I moved with 2
female room-mates: Sue Nash (not my present wife) and Dipshit Michelle (as we
will call her because I can’t remember her last name). Don’t worry, she earned
the nickname. Sue Nash & I suffered through many of her legendary hormone-fueled
rides on the lability roller coaster (re: tantrums) as well as her almost burning
the house down after she attempted to use a Wok without proper approval from
the Army Corps of Engineers. Sue & I finally rid ourselves of her after WE
sanded and repainted the burned up kitchen without Dipshit Michelle who was always
conveniently busy elsewhere. Anyway, my friend Neal moved in and shortly after his
arrival, Sue’s boyfriend (soon to be fiancé) Chris a/k/a “Spud” Reed moved in
with her. This was the classic House of Pain lineup, which lasted about a year.
It sounds weird but it was fantastic, Pherlonic, fur-filled (thanks to Pete
& Emma, Sue’s 2 cats), wild, wacky, wombly and outrageous. We were actually
approached by MTV to be the subject of a reality series but our manager screwed
us out of the deal. We don’t like to talk about it.
Anyway, one of bands whose music immediately transports me
back to those days in the 80’a and that small white, Cape-style house is INXS.
ANYTHING by INXS. INXS (especially the album ‘Kick’ which contained this song)
has always reminded me of early Stones,
especially tunes like: THE LAST TIME, IT’S ALL OVER NOW & GET OFF OF MY
CLOUD. I celebrated my 30th birthday at the Hartford Civic
Center
I know I rambled on a bit, but I hope you’ll forgive me. If
any of you had been there, you’d know why I hold those days in such high
regard.
Stay tuned for The House of Pain Saga – MACH II.
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