Snapshot 1979: Jesus Crisis Goes to Funkytown?
So here's today's story... from January 1979.
I hope my mom and brother don't disown me for posting it... lol.
Perhaps a more fitting quotation comes from a 1979 song by Lipps, Inc.
"Won't you take me to Funkytown?"
.....even funnier??? ...i LOVE the song funky town!!!!!!! ...sshhhhh... don't TELL anybody, k?
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Your secret's safe with me - 'cause I have to admit I kinda dig it too.
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Oh. My. God. The Minister may have to put "Funkytown" on the Church's profile.
How he's going to explain it, he doesn't know. But somehow, it belongs there....
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Think of Funkytown as a surreal sort of stopping point between purgatory and heaven. "In my Father's house there are many mansions, some with disco balls and jukeboxes full of one-hit wonders. If it were not so, I would not have told you so. Behold I will come again in the clouds, full of glory, to reclaim all sorts of BeeGees, Donna Summer, KC and the Sunshine Band, and other seventies records." I think I had a dream along those lines many, many years ago. Might make for a Gaudy (as opposed to God-dy?) kingdom, though... lol.
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That song was my "coming out" song! I went to my first gay bar in 1977 and this was a hit.I shook my booty many, many times to it!
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You look far too young for "Funkytown" to be your coming out song! The first time I stepped foot in a gay bar, the biggest song was probably Madonna's "Vogue" - but they were still playing all the old school stuff like "Funkytown," Donna Summer, the Village People, and "It's Raining Men" as well... lol.
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Dude, I'm 50.
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Your pics make you look like you're 35. You must take good care of yourself!
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Thanks!!! Just genetics,. Baby face!
You have one too. You look very young and have great hair. I do too but I have had it buzzed for a couple years and I love it! So damn easy!
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I've had my hair buzzed twice as an adult - entering the Marine Corps and entering prison. Now I get anxious at even the thought of it... ha!
I'm not traumatized by the buzz cuts of others, however.
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i love the buzzing sound of those clippers.
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Does it give you a buzz?
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*laughing* actually, it does buzzzzz me. i love having my hair really short.
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You have officially been disowned, haha. Goodness, I looked downright awful. Mom
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no, you don't look awful, you look great!. you look like someone and it's making me crazy trying to think of who it...
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none of these are who i am trying to think of, but they're all lovely.
http://www.myheritagefiles.com/J/storage/site1/files/34/53/52/345352_056721d90c8084u701er86.JPG
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For some reason, this comment showed up as spam, and I had to manually approve it... lol.
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Thanks, mb! Very flattering lookalikes... even Laura Bush!
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this is weird. for some reason the last 2 comments went into my spam filter.
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The MyHeritage site must be on some spam list.
Curious....
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blasted mc/afee...
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I use Trend Micro's PC-Cillin.
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that sounds so much groovier than mc/afee does.
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or Norton...
which reminds me of Ralph Cramden's sidekick
... though I guess he was groovy in his own odd way.
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he did have that funky little side shuffle dance he did
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His hat might qualify as funky as well.
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he looks like carney folk to me.
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Mom always warned me about those folks! LOL
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The Minister knows who she looks like...the very versatile and talented supporting actor Kathy Baker:
[IMG]http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii264/churchofcrisis/WireImage_2067394.jpg[/IMG]
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I'll have to look her up. When I clicked on your link, I got a message that the photo has been moved or deleted.
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Even though that's one of the most horrible pictures of us (and Mike insisted on making silly faces through the whole session), you, dear Mama, were still beautiful!
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Women with RED hair rule. That is what makes you beautiful.. this coming from another redhead.
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That's cute!
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In a twisted sort of way, I suppose you're right.
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I have a pic of me from the 70's in not just bell-bottoms, but plaid, knit bell-bottoms.
Too horrified to take and get scanned!
Marcia Brady actually had the same pair on the Brady Bunch...God help me.
Too Cute Crisis...Mom looks Great BTW!
Suzette
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That would be COOL!
What's wrong with M. Brady?!?! lol
I think I had a boyhood crush on her sister Jan.
But don't tell anyone.
Thanks, Suzette!
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Wow, wow...wu..uh..ow. Mesmerizing! I smell a Milli Vinilli here...c'mon, dance moves like that and mystical vocal stylizing too? I was deep in the punk rock scene when this came out and missed it. I am now forever changed. Its has its own Wiki??? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funkytown
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LOL... I was 12 at the time and led a somewhat sheltered existence - so I didn't even hear of punk until after that, as amazing as it seems (even to me). In 1980, my cousin Debbie gave me the Clash's London Calling, and I began to discover (as Paul Harvey would say) "the rest of the story."
I don't want to traumatize you any further... lol... but the song also has its own interactive website: www.funkytown.com.
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From haiku to funky town all in one day?
1979? I traveled from Portugal, to Spain, Italy, Greece and Israel that spring. Do you have baby pictures also? What's the next blog?
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Think of the cuckoo from my last blog as a foreshadowing of this one... lol.
I do have baby pictures... all in good time.
And I have no idea what the next blog will be.
I have a few in partially-complete states, but I haven't had sufficient time/interest or been in the right mood to finish them:
The rest of my Bill Clinton rally photos and video
Tibetan nuns
The WTF Art Identification challenge results
Spotlight on guitarist and songwriter Steve Earle
How Al Gore can STILL be the Democratic nominee in 2008
Scenes from our visit to James Garfield's home in Mentor last week
My MySpace friend Don interviewed me (I need to answer his questions)
I'll probably tackle one of those on the next rainy day... or as soon as tonight.
Or something else may come up in the meantime.
I've also been seriously considering focusing on poetry for the rest of this April, since it IS National poetry Month. Kerouac, Ferlinghetti, and a video of me reading either my own or my favorite poetry are all possibilities in the forefront of my mind.
Sometimes I have no idea what I'm going to do until I do it....
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Wow. The poignancy of photographs. We can time travel.
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Ain't that the truth?
For some reason, I'm reminded of that Rocky Horror Picture Show song: "Let's do the time warp again...."
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Oh funky funky funky. <--- like that word haha. And the photo is adorable. And you still look the same. WELL, cept in an older body haha. Ok I have been funky enough.. KUDO'S mom.. You are beautiful!
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lol... thanks, Shyloh!
In a related sidenote: the Olan Mills studio where that photograph was taken was also the site of my second real job, as a telephone portrait package salesman for a couple of weeks in early 1985 (at the age of 18). I was a terrible salesman, however - and Mom was the only person who made a purchase from me.
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oh my. Your Mom looks like Laura Bush! *wincing from being slapped by your Mom* But beautiful, nonetheless.
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I'm in a blue funk over this funky blog and want to debunky this funky funk. Cute kid, long time no see, Mamma is cute too. So were we all in 1979. How cute then and why? So what about then? Who are you NOW. Too many pics of family album that shows what the baby has turned into. lol
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You must have been a beautiful baby cause baby look at you now!! Ego centric, love me love my picture. Wow
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LOL... thanks, Adriane!
Before I'd seen these lookalikes, if you'd have asked me which First Lady dear Mom (in the above photo) resembled, I would have said Rosalyn Carter. What do you think?
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that's it! whew!
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This comment is to Ginny. You are really a beautiful mom. I know that and I love you too. We both understand this whole blog, don't we? The truth will make all of us free. Love ya, Elena
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The Minister thinks she looks like the versatile and talented supporting actor Kathy Baker:
[IMG]http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii264/churchofcrisis/WireImage_2067394.jpg[/IMG]
Your mom has a great smile!
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Hmmm... what is The Minister doing wrong? I have a great photo of Kathy Baker...
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you cannot post pictures yourself on this blog, only the url's. john can take the url and turn it into a picture, because, of course, he's john.
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LOL... I could, but the URL says the photo's been deleted.
Here's how it might work for you: Click and drag to highlight a photo on the internet. Hold down the ctrl button and hit C to copy. Then go to the comment you're writing and press ctrl-V to paste the image into the comment. his might work, though the HTML code does not.
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i've just tried this and keep getting test, no matter what i do. i've downloaded and uploaded, viewed the image, whatever. every time i get text that would not be a picture.
however, perhaps this image might work as a link?
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/thursdays_blogs/kathybaker.jpg
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By George, that works!
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hey john? my name isn't george...
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Surely you jest...
Oh wait, it's not Shirley either.
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i jest often, but never as shirley
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Thank you! Susannah... or MB...
That was the very photo that The Minister was trying to send...! Will remember your directions for photo-sending, and will try again in the future. Blessings!
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