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Day three:A visit to the dentist in the form of a vaudville routine; the City of Baltimore lauded loudly; reminiscences of teenage punk bands; of hecklers and Monsterfaces.
Marty Allen: We're pretty sure Joe's tooth is going to be a-okay. They adhered this cool temporary rock and roll wire to it to keep it safe and presumably in place. There is a strong chance he will need a rock and roll root canal upon returning home. It is my guess that this involves flames and bats in place of drills and Novocaine.
Paul: Joe was a real star in the dentist’s chair. When he was done, Joe asked the dentist if he could still sing and the dentist says, “I don’t know, I’ve never heard you.” Then my aunt says, “Then the answer is no.” Our family is great.
Marty Allen: Well Baltimore totally rules. We actually started the day by exercising, which seems misplaced but felt nice, and we logically followed that up with a trip to the wondrous Atomic Comics, a shining gem in the crown of the fair lady Baltimore. And she is fair to be sure. Both Jesse and I agree, Baltimore is the City of the Future. It's streets are paved with candy canes and future rainbow smiles.
Paul: In Baltimore, we stop by Shaun and Leslie’s house. I had called Shaun earlier and asked him to try and dig up some old tapes of the stuff we recorded together when we were 15 years old. I’d just got an acoustic guitar and wanted to start a band, so Shaun and I started playing together under the name Hugh Grant Fan Club. I know a lot of you are younger and maybe you only know Hugh Grant from his recent blockbuster romantic comedies, but 11 years ago he used to star in . . . um . . . romantic comedies. Anyway, at the time, he was dating Elizabeth Hurley (a very beautiful actress) and he got caught with a really horrific prostitute, and somehow managed to keep Elizabeth Hurley from dumping him. I guess we thought that was quite an achievement. Hey, we were 15.
Neither Shaun or I could play guitar or sing, so we just made all these silly, random songs that we sung in falsetto voices. I figured these songs would be terrible, but we listened to a few in the car and they hold up pretty well. James says we sound like early Residents, to which I say, “Yes, that is exactly what we were going for.” Marty talked about his first high school band (Jim Lipkey and the Mimes of Mental Anguish) and said that they had some serious creative differences. He wanted to put Dr. Seuss books to music and the other kids wanted to play Rage Against the Machine covers. Sounds pretty awesome to me.
