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01-16-2013, 05:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Medford, Wisconsin | | | Great story brother! Thanks for sharing.
As to the Hoff? Looks like he's done well for himself and his family. Shouldn't that always be our first priority?
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01-16-2013, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by P-oddz  That... is an epic... turquoise belly shirt.
Cool story and pictures! | Ah jeez---In the pic I posted in post 8 you'll note that Sortini is ALSO wearing a cheesy blue shirt---  ---maybe that is why his expression is kinda strange. Jack was never known for sartorial sophistication (ahem...as though the rest of us were?)
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01-16-2013, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by bassinplace I haven't read the whole thread, so forgive me if I'm being redundant, but which band on the flyer was yours? I'm pulling for "Balls" (pun intended). | PTARLAK
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01-16-2013, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by MEKer PTARLAK | Ah, the most interesting name on the bill, if not the funniest. How'd you guys come up with it?
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01-16-2013, 06:06 PM
| | Supporting member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Groveport Ohio | | | I was deep into H.P.Lovecraft at the time and wrote a Lovecraftian-type of poem about a spooky land I made up I called PTARLAK. We adopted it as the name for the band.
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01-16-2013, 06:21 PM
| | | | Best....Thread....Slash.....Band.....Name......EVE R. I am stunned and humbled by your tale, sir.
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01-16-2013, 06:44 PM
| | Supporting member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Groveport Ohio | | You look at the weird date on the gig flyer and I can only find 2 "major" things that happened on May 31, 1929: (1) the first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, "The Karnival Kid", is released and (2) the Atlantic City Convention Center opens for business.
Wish I knew why they had that on there, a 4th of July 1973 celebration. Then again, acid, mesq, etc was still popular  
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01-16-2013, 06:46 PM
| | I wanna be...say, what day is it today, Ted? | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Location, Location | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MEKer You look at the weird date on the gig flyer and I can only find 2 "major" things that happened on May 31, 1929: (1) the first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, "The Karnival Kid", is released and (2) the Atlantic City Convention Center opens for business.
Wish I knew why they had that on there, a 4th of July 1973 celebration. Then again, acid, mesq, etc was still popular | I was wondering that too. I was guessing it was a part of the clip art they used and they just left it in.
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01-16-2013, 06:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Greenville, South Carolina | | | This thread just drips with awesomeness! Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing MEKer! What a great story!
Just curious, what prompted you to post these at this time? |
01-16-2013, 06:57 PM
| | Supporting member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Groveport Ohio | | | A few days ago,Tony, our drummer in Ptarlak, sent me MP3s he had made from an old reel-to-reel of us practicing. He had found the reel in a bunch of old junk and was shocked about finding them. He then sent me them in MP3 format as a surprise. So, so cool. Had me smiling all day.
Thought I'd share.
But no, I'll not post the tunes----I think they suck and you'll REALLY laugh at the Hoff if I do.
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01-16-2013, 07:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ventura, California | | | Wow... I've always thought of myself as a pretty straight dude, but some of those pics of the Hoff make me ask myself questions that I don't want to know the answers to. |
01-16-2013, 09:06 PM
| | | | Wow...I will sub to this just for the MP3s...awesome story OP. What were rehearsals like? |
01-16-2013, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by MEKer
But no, I'll not post the tunes----I think they suck and you'll REALLY laugh at the Hoff if I do.
| You are an honorable man. Nice to see solid ethics on the internet.
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01-16-2013, 09:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Greenville, NC USA | | | Cool story! Thanks for sharing. (And nice shirt by the way. Not as cool as the Hoff's pants but....)
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01-16-2013, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by two fingers Cool story! Thanks for sharing. (And nice shirt by the way. Not as cool as the Hoff's pants but....) | or midriff.
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01-16-2013, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by precijazz That was at least 20 years ago.
Not that today's superstars were any less embarrassing... | Yes, I played in a cover bad in Germany back then and guess what - if you needed people on the dancefloor you played "I've been looking for freedom". Guess that song somehow resonated in 89/90 with the Germans... |
01-16-2013, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by MEKer Ahh, heres a pic that fits:
David Hasselhof, Jack Sortini (keys), Tony Thyssen (drums), me (bass) and Mario Delgado (gtr). | Check out the turquoise "muscle" shirt and the striped polyester dungarees. Yeesh! What a dork!  
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01-16-2013, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Stewie26 You are an honorable man. Nice to see solid ethics on the internet. | Well, not just David on vocals needed work-we all sucked at various level in that tape and during that time. But the main thing is that it was a great time, a learning time and David was a good guy. We all knew up front this was an exploratory thing for him as his goal was acting---period. I was really happy for him when he made it on to TV and forward from there.
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01-17-2013, 02:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Kraków, Polska | | Great story, and full of surprising revelations, like this... Quote:
Originally Posted by MEKer I was deep into H.P.Lovecraft at the time and wrote a Lovecraftian-type of poem about a spooky land I made up I called PTARLAK. We adopted it as the name for the band. | Ha, if there's one thing I'd never have expected from David Hasselhof it's being in a band named after a spooky land from a Lovecraftian poem.
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01-17-2013, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by bassinplace I was wondering that too. I was guessing it was a part of the clip art they used and they just left it in. | "clip art" ???? Dude, the flyer was from 1973! Did they even know what "clip art" WAS back then? Quote:
Originally Posted by MEKer Well, not just David on vocals needed work-we all sucked at various level in that tape and during that time. But the main thing is that it was a great time, a learning time and David was a good guy. We all knew up front this was an exploratory thing for him as his goal was acting---period. I was really happy for him when he made it on to TV and forward from there. | Cool of you to NOT make the stuff public.
But I'm curious- what kind of music were you guys playing? Any bands from that era that you think you sounded like? Or at least TRIED to sound like?
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