The Noise : Rock Around Boston. – OUR EYES ON YOU: May 2009

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FLOWER POWER

Rita: Look there’s Willie. Go ask him what he
knows about flowers. Is he eating a newspaper? Lolita: Maybe he’s just digesting the news. WILLIE ALEXANDER
(Willie Alexander): I love flowers especially fleur de mal. Once in 1977
on stage at CBGB I ate some flowers that were presented to me… or
was it a newspaper? *** PATRICK YERBY (YerbY): Flowers are basically sex organs.
So if a girl accepts flowers from you, there’s a good chance she will
let you violate her. *** NAT
FREEDBERG (Satanics): If you
throw ’em on a coffin and cover ’em up with dirt, they don’t come
up no more. *** JAMES HOULAHAN (Dogs on Television): I know that they tend
to die and end up in famous rock songs. *** CHERYL
WANNER (Dreamchild): Bien sûr!
As only the truly deranged can tell, I know full well that Sleeping Flowers, Severed, Scream
of Slaughter! Also, here’s
rue for you … but you can wear yours with a difference. *** HENRY SANTORO
(WFNX): I know a lot about flowers: In Newton, there’s a Rosenbloom
on every corner. And doesn’t everyone know how to plant two-lips? *** KIER BYRNES
(Three Day Threshold): Well, on our last European tour, I met a girl
that went by the name of “Rose”; a nickname inspired by the massive
vine of roses tattooed across her back. She claimed to be Hank III’s
guitarist’s “Belgium wife” but had no issue about showing anyone
who was inclined to look, and even touch, her newly installed fake boobs.
*** JON MACEY (Fox Pass/ Urban Caravan): I do understand
that flowers are symbolic of a life process: birth, growth, fulfillment,
and death. And then it starts over and again forever. They are under
the ground in the coldest winter day. We don’t really have to wait
for the flowers, they are going to come and we know it. Wish other things
were that certain and comforting. Flowers is also the title of an excellent (American
only) mid-’60s Stones LP. *** A.J.
WACHTEL (Boston Gets a Grip):
I was voted “most likely to de-flower” at the Jonathan Dayton Regional
High School but it always confused me because I HATED gardening. More
recently, disgraced Rep. Chuck Turner from Roxbury once commented to
me that I was “da prince of de flower” when we munched hot dogs
at Simcos on the hill in Mattapan. I was never afraid of being the only
white guy at Simcos because as Chuck fondly remarked to me often: “the
only reason you ain’t shot is because everyone figures you’re either
muy loco or you’re a musician.” *** SAMMY
MIAMI (Houndstone): Roses are
red, violets are blue, but nothing compares to the May Day dew! I get
up at the crack of dawn every May 1st and roll around in it, it’s
magic! Also, it’ll most likely be my favorite outdoor activity so
far this year. Go ahead, call me crazy. *** MICHAEL
BLOOM (Tim Mungenast &
his Pre-Existing Conditions/ Sgt. Maxwell’s Peace Chorus): I know
that you can keep cut flowers from wilting a little longer by adding
some Sprite to the water. *** KEITH
NELSON (Clatter Clatter): They’re
sex coupons. Lolita: But how much of a coupon discount should
I be giving?