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posted 03-16-2000 03:38 PM            

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they were really drunk. al had dead stuff in his freezer. we threw a spray paint can on a burning pile of coals on 10th avenue from their apartment window down from what is now broadway books. al posed for a 3m or honeywell ad where they needed a punk rocker.

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posted 05-21-2000 09:55 AM            

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The rumor going around the Misery camp is that Al raises rotweilers in the woods in Wisconsin somewhere (who says "you can't go home again"?). I've also heard that he wears snakeskin cowboy boots and listens to Deep Purple. I can't confirm ANY of this, just what I've picked up from "the scene".

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posted 05-25-2000 12:29 PM            

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City Pages went & visited Al: http://www.citypages.com/databank/19/940/article6776.asp

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posted 05-25-2000 12:32 PM            

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I believe that's Al Shroeter up in Ely and not double hawk AL (the flying punk), who had the two wingy things coming offa the side of his head.

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posted 05-25-2000 05:22 PM            

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So, why is it "Wooden Leg" Hank? I think there were more parts than the said leg.
Should we call you "Flesh Leg" .........?
Are there so many Hanks that you needed to specify which Hank it was?

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posted 05-25-2000 07:30 PM            

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Al was such a dingleberry, little ball of poseur shit that hung from the ass of society. I've seen that clown, he was here not so long ago and is a complete hick shit-kicker who listens to country music and trolls county fairs for young girls and farm animals.

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posted 06-01-2000 10:57 PM            

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The reason we call him "wooden leg Hank" is because he has a fucking wooden leg.

Just since you asked.

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I remember Hank bursting into my room at some gawdawful hour asking for a needle and thread. His hand was wrapped in a towel. I really doubted he was suddenly in the mood to dabble in a little linen repair. He had this habit of breaking bottles over his fake leg, his thigh being covered by a hard shell. Unfortunately his most recent choice of bottle was a Mickey’s Bigmouth, and the squat green bottles really had nothing in the way of a neck. So the entire thing shattered in his hand, which quickly took on a shiny, red tint and was now dripping on my bedroom floor. I took him to the bathroom, where he quickly turned white and went out cold. I gathered the others, MJ or someone pulled round the front in a car, and we grabbed parts of Hank and headed to the front door. I had his legs, and halfway down the stairs, it felt like he was slipping away from me, but he sort of wasn’t. It was very odd...then it was obvious. “Shit! His leg’s coming off!” . We pile him in the back and head off to HCMC, where a bugged-eyed nurse greeted us, staring at this unconscious guy being hauled in, a twisted leg dragging along behind at a grotesque angle. “It’s OK, it’s just his hand. Really! His leg just fell off--I mean, it’s a FAKE leg...!” Hank regained semi-consciousness, and once realizing where he was, immediately began cursing the staff. A former roommate had recently died at HCMC after being misdiagnosed, and he was calling them ‘murderers’ and such. “Errr...maybe now isn’t the best time, Hank...” He was taken away and stitched up. They sent him home with some great painkillers (with which he wasn’t greedy) and the following month he spent sprawled out on the couch, wearing sunglasses and a dreamy smile. He’d give me a couple pills and I’d go out for rides on the back of Dina’s motorbike. Whatta guy!

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posted 07-28-2000 07:22 PM            

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AS I RECALL THAT WASN'T HANK 0N THE C0UCH,
RATHER HIS ALTER EG0..."PERC0DAN MAN"!!!

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posted 07-31-2000 03:30 AM            

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Originally posted by Mitchell:
The reason we call him "wooden leg Hank" is because he has a fucking wooden leg.

Just since you asked.

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I had met Hank a few times thru his step-brothers Todd and Tracy.
I saw him walking in uptown one evening
and noticed that he was limping, I said
"Hi Hank, whats amatter with your leg, stiff?"
unfazed Hank says "Oh its stiff alright,
its also Fake"

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posted 07-31-2000 03:44 AM            

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The reason we call him "wooden leg Hank" is because he has a fucking wooden leg.

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I had met Hank a few times thru his step-bothers Tracy and Todd, cool guy.
Awile later, I see him walking in Uptown,
in the evening and I notice that he is limping. I say to him "Hi Hank, whats wrong with your leg, Stiff?" compleatly unfazed he replies "yes, and its fake"

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posted 07-31-2000 07:07 AM            

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mitchell:
[B]The reason we call him "wooden leg Hank" is because he has a fucking wooden leg.

Just since you asked.

I thought you were a professional. That's the funniest reply you can come up with?

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posted 10-23-2000 12:35 AM            

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Just saw Hank last night. He's bartending at Little Grumpy's over Northeast. Told us a great story about bowling, he does pretty well unless he kicks back too hard and his leg flies off...
Al Long (aka Double Hawk Al) is married to a chick named Monica, great girl, and they live out in Hugo, and they DO raise dogs, although I'm not sure if they're ALL rottweilers. He's pretty much a redneck, but if you mention ABBA, he freaks out until you play some and he can sing along until he calms down...

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posted 10-23-2000 12:37 AM            

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Yeah, he's a professional, and he can get paid like 10, 20 bucks a night (on a good night!) in Iowa or Montana to be funny, so why should he waste his talents here?

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mitchell:
[B]The reason we call him "wooden leg Hank" is because he has a fucking wooden leg.

Just since you asked.

I thought you were a professional. That's the funniest reply you can come up with?

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posted 10-23-2000 01:09 AM            

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Saw Hank at the dreaded Triple Rock on Tues, always great to see him, he's doing well.
I'll always remember the first time I met him, outside McCreadys for the Seven Seconds, Iron Fist, Alta Vista show('85?)
[Alta Vista showed up really late and got the opening slot, pretty lame]. Hank was sitting outside sticking a hunting knife into his leg repeatedly, pretty shocking if you don't know that it's a fake leg. I thought that was about the most "punk" thing I'd ever seen.

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tim ian darren i shall now be known as peg leg hank or mr peg leg hank to some of you an rememer wildfire only needs ONE!! ALL MY LOVE PEGLEG

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posted 10-29-2000 11:56 PM            

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"She ran calling wildfire!" Hey Henry, good to see ya found your way here. I still say I'll take you in a hopping or any other race you choose. Let's get together sometime and go steal Dan Turnlin's Huber Bock.

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posted 10-30-2000 09:32 AM            

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Good lord! He made it! Welcome to the 21st century, Mr Peg Leg! Nice to have you here. You didn't return my call, ya bastard! But that aside, ian's idea sounds good.

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posted 11-01-2000 11:41 PM            

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Hey, PegLeg! 'Bout damn time you showed up here! Although now we might feel the need to start editing some of our comments so we don't hurt your feelings - NOT! Let's get together for bowling and beer sometime soon (talk to Ian)!

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YO DANGERMOOSE- SORRY, CALL. COCKTAIL PARTY, FORMAL, SAT 11/18/00. LOVEPEGLEG

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Hank,
I'm sorry that I missed seeing you and Dan when I was in Mpls.Write to me when you can and tell me everything.
Jack.

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posted 09-21-2001 11:36 PM            

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Al was such a dingleberry, little ball of poseur shit that hung from the ass of society. I've seen that clown, he was here not so long ago and is a complete hick shit-kicker who listens to country music and trolls county fairs for young girls and farm animals.

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Quite a career for a "poseur'. Star/Trib punk rock poster boy, frontman for Misery and Nausea. Whether you or I or anyone else likes it or not he and the people around him (especially the Misery and Nausea crowds) had more influence on punk in this and other cities than any of us "TRUE" punks (note heavy sarcastic emphasis on TRUE) could ever hope to have. So he decided he'd rather become a redneck and raise dogs rather than hang out with us on the TCPunk page. What a cad!!!!!

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By the way has anyone seen Julie Frommes lately? Tell her to get in touch with me, please.

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By the way has anyone seen Julie Frommes lately? Tell her to get in touch with me, please.

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I saw her at the Triple Rock at a punk rock reception. If you can't find her there I'll bet you can find someone who knows her. Joe Lyon is tending bar there, so at least visit and give him your big tip, er I mean a big tip.

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posted 07-17-2002 10:29 PM            

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I remember Julie hanging out at the Comicbook City back in the day. She was the first girl I ever met with so many roach clips....

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The above photos are a sampling from the Mpls Star and Tribune, Dec. 28, 1986 issue of Sunday Magazine.
Photos and text by Donna Terek.

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too cool, dyer. thanks... ratboy, wow- haven't seen him in forever. i hear he's married, and, well, rat-man now...

and dangermouse, weren't you wearing the same outfit at the triple rock last tuesday?

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Rat Boy (seriously people call him Rat Man sometimes now) lives in Austin Texas and has a kid. I think he's more into rockabilly than punk now. He visits relatives in MN now and then and stays with the guys in Misery. He was one of my first friends when I moved up here in 88.

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Around 1982-3 I worked at Two Plus Two jewelry in Ridgedale and pierced ears. Julie and her friend Shelley used to come in to say "hi" and I think I pierced her a couple of times. This was before she transformed into a punk. She was more of a metal chick then. Cool stuff, Dave.

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God, the picture of the asshole with the cast brings back a lot of bad memories. People used to do shit like that all the time! I suspect that todays baggy pants punks don't have to deal with that crap nearly as often as we did. Man, it still pisses me off to remember the countless incedents of harassment and physical attack. Grrr.

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Yeah, it was like that every day after school. There would be a shouted insult, a thrown beer bottle. Your pulse would start to race. Squealing tires, doors flying open, a quick decision to run or fight. Big grit dudes battling scrawny high school punks with bats and tire irons. That shit sucked. What pissed me off the most was we'd fight these jocks, grits and gangsters all week, then go to shows on the weekends and have to fight skinheads. You just couldn't win. One part of the 80's I don't want to dwell on.

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Like Felix says: today's Vikings sure have gotten soft! I made my ex walk all over downtown Wurzburg with me in search of an elusive crimping iron. Imagine the looks of consternation on the faces of the beauty supply clerks..."Einer Crimpeisen!?! Was ist den das?"
Grrr. Nowhere to buy hair dye in my environs, I stuck with black burgundy or a combo and for brights, they had a kind of hair mascara on the market overseas. Holy shit any jackass can go to places like Extreme Noise (for those in the know), or even Hot Topics (for the unwashed), and plunk down their allowances to purchase the identifying accoutrements of a lifestyle. Crazy.
I'll bet in this day and age, you don't have to wrap a spiked belt around your wrist in order to safely traverse the halls of a high school.
And then the way kids mix up their subcultures really throws me. I knew punks, mods, new wavers, skins, psychobillies, poppers (german new romantics?), psuedogoths and teds over in Germany in the very early 80s. I know technically we weren't supposed to but we had the commom ground of all loving drinking beer and riding motorcycles, and that was reason enough to hang out together. Where was Bob's 20 years ago? We all hung out together on the most part but my other friends didn't quite understand my personal affinity with the skins on 2 accounts: for one, they were kind of assholes (but that never stopped me, did it? ) and secondly they weren't fond of Americans. Anyhow, we hung out together and all did our respective things. I'll admit that through the years I have blended many of these early influences but I'd like to think with flair and aplomb. So yes in some senses I am a purist but then again, not really.
Andre said it best on a bus ride a couple years ago, when a kid boarded with elephant pants, hairwraps and spiky bangs, a dog collar, and boots. He remarked, "I'm so glad I came of age in the 80s."
Couldn't agree more.
Did I just sound like an asshole in this post? Oh well. At least kids like Guernica's and Missy Bigbritches let us know kids are keeping the dream alive, without even being forced into it by their parents.
And by the way, I am happy to see new faces, it's amazing. The list is thousands long. (even TCpunk is at 1005!) I do like the younkers just fine as a whole and welcome them. I just think they are facing a very different reality than what we experienced in some ways, but then again, we are at war after all. Oh fuck it, I'll resort to a trite cliche: the more things change the more things stay the same.
I'm just slightly envious of the awesome fashion options, the further interconnectedness of the global punk scene afforded by the internet and the fact that so much groundwork had already been laid. But then again it becomes a postmodern dillema of every band name being already taken, every riff recalling another, and so forth...

I am editing this cos it was typed in a hurry, hence unclear! Okay it's still a little rambling and circular...but the grammar is improved!

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