Punk Rock Politics, Green Activism, Occupy Together, Freedom, Liberation, Peace, Horses, Hockey!

United for Global Change blog from Canada





Punk rock music, political activism, classic punk pioneers, United for #globalchange, NHL hockey, green movement. Global popular uprisings, liberation protests, exoplanets, Chinese politics, freedom and justice, democracy and social progress, Toronto Maple Leafs news, solar architecture, sustainable buildings, global intelligence, green power investing, harness racing, futuristic architecture, Occupy Toronto, clean technology funds, future of China, Gaia in the 21st Century.

Flag of Earth

Flag of Earth
Earth Flag, designed by James Cadle, modified by insertion of our planet

Search Joe College Blog; Punk rock, democracy, human rights, Chinese politics, Mideast uprising+++

Find Wael Ghonim info, democracy protests, punk rock, DOA photos, Egypt Revolution+

Joe College Blog Popular Posts

Joe College circa 1979 / 1980:

Joe College circa 1979 / 1980:
Joe College and The Rulers 45 RPM Single

Livewire - Amnesty International blogging for human rights

Yuya Joe College's Facebook Wall

Saturday, December 19, 2009

1976; I'M EIGHTEEN, and I Don't Know What I Want

Continuing with the rockin' memoirs of classic punk rock singer Joe College, 1976 meant turning 18 and being able to legally drink. I had been able to buy liquor since I was 15 and beer from when I was sixteen, as my height and beard made me look older (one nickname at the time was Moses), and could get into most bars by the time I turned 17. Still, now I was legal and I imagine my consumption of the delicious spirits escalated further.

After leaving school at sixteen, I tried a variety of jobs but lasted longest at Emil's shoe factory on Fairview Avenue in Burlington, where we made Kodiak and other work boots. Jubilee Pool Hall at Brant Street and Caroline Ave was a favourite hangout, as was the newly-built Spencer Smith Park along the edge of Lake Ontario. In the summer we found places in town and in the countryside nearby to drink outside, and in the winter we rotated between different houses when people's parents were away. If there was beer and herb and music and a mix of goodhearted guys and gals, a memorable evening was pretty much guaranteed.

Around this time I was managing the Simon Leblovic fronted Interchange, sort of a bluesy Aerosmith / Rolling Stones style five man band. Simon left (later would join The Start in Toronto) and the remaining members led by Roy Furness hooked up with singer-guitarist Paul Stansfield and drummer Ted Hawkins to form The Specs, who played around Ontario through the late 1970s. These were all great guys to work with and Paul and my sister Debbie lived together for almost a decade and were married for the latter part of that era.

I was getting more and more into Bob Dylan and John Lennon, and by the following spring i would give up on the idea of being a bass player. I managed to buy a Harmony acoustic guitar for $20, and started learning to play it. I got the songwriter bug, and would begin my music career as a bluesy folky, only later cutting my hair and shifting to punk rock after moving to Vancouver and seeing DOA, The Subhumans and The Modernettes in 1979.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Search Green Energy Companies Stocks Database

Custom Search

Red Cross Talks

21st Century Architecture

Chitika's Cool Stuff!

Joe College 2009

Joe College 2009
Joe College and The New Rulers recording an album in 2010

Twitter / bencnn

Geotherma.info Geothermal Energy Investing

Occupied Palestine | Safety | First Aid | Health | Protests [ will be continously updated! ]

Best Green Stocks Investing Blog

Common Man News

openDemocracy

the egypt blog

GJ581g.Info: Zarmina's World Images Links

Wind Power Stocks to Watch

Rare Earth Stocks Research

Punk History; Green Energy Stocks, Travel Canada

Solar-Intelligence.com Blog - CLEAN ENERGY BRINGS PEACE: Solar, Wind, Biofuels, Music

BeesTreesFrogsElephants.com - Nature and Ecology Blog

PV Intell Photovoltaic Solar Stocks Investing

Green Mutual Fund Investing Info