FANS GONE TOO FAR

Are you one of those people who are always looking for signs that confirm your deep seeded suspicion that this ole world of ours is rapidly going down the crapper? Do you scan the world in search of the harbingers of the soon impending apocalypse? It's getting closer folks. No doubt about it. Ragnorak is coming. How can you miss the signs? Another season of The Simple Life is on the boards. Ashlee Simpson returns to SNL. The NFC North. The hand writing is on the wall people.
The world wide web itself is chock full of warning signs. The ole kulture corner itself may be a signal to some that the end is near, and who am I to disagree with 'em.
But if you really wanna see just how bad it's gettin' then just go visit www.perry-tales.com and see for yerself. A fansight devoted to Mr. Perry and his old band Journey. Look I'm not one to put down folks obsessing about stuff. I mean finding a more obsessed goof than myself about certain gulcheral concerns would be a Herculean task indeed. But hey, Journey? I don't get it. I realize that a lot of people out there probably don't grasp my obsession over things like the Cramps, but come on. The Cramps offer a whole lot to get geeked out about, what in God's name do Journey give?

I really don't want to be putting down this person. I just don't see how anybody could be this devoted to something that is this mundane. Anyway there are some fictional stories here as well as some poetry. One poem asks us to reflect on where we were when we first heard those heaven sent pipes of Mr. Perry. I know I'm a loser because, for the life of me, I can't remember. ( Although I think I probably first heard 'em on tv, on one of those old commercials for K-TELL records. Remember those?)

I only read one of the fiction stories. The Halloween one, where the band seek out the great pumpkin. The writing is pretty much what you would expect, but again, I shouldn't be throwing any stones in this area. So anyway, check it out for a laugh or two, or if you are a true blue Journey fan. I know there's a lot of them around.

And speaking of Halloween, I'm going to visit a friend of mine in a week or two and we are going to check out a haunted site in his town. There are actually several but we'll see how this first one goes. He, like myself fall more on the skeptical side of the fence, but the subject is of a vast interest and we do approach such stuff with an open mind. So be looking for my ghost hunting adventure which I will be sure to post soon after it happens. Hopefully I won't scare the crap out of myself so bad I won't be able to write about it.