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The Aeolian Hall, London, Ontario

8:07pm, Friday, October 5, 1979

“Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! London!” I cried out at the thunderous standing ovation from a packed out crowd of four-hundred and twenty-two at The Aeolian Hall after we finished our opening song, Crazy Train. We were told before we went on stage that the Hall’s management decided to remove the chairs, and their normal assigned seating arrangement from the main floor on Thursday in order to allow another forty people into their hall for our show.

“We are Mike and the Time Bandettes, and we’re dang happy to say we’re from London and the surrounding area!” Sammy excitedly said and then she slapped me on the back as she added, “Obviously, this guy here is the ‘Mike’ part of our group!”

“And we’re the Time Bandettes!” Lynette, Eda and Brick said as they, along with Sammy waved to the crowd.

“Just in case you’re holding onto this false assumption, I’m just one of five in this band ... and to prove it, Miss Sammy Labatt, our redheaded rock goddess is going to sing, I Hate Myself for Lovin’ You. She wrote this, along with a former band member, but still a part-time saxophone player, Jennifer Rathje. Hope you enjoy it!”

We were all sweating up a storm on the stage under the Hall’s hot stage lights by the time we finished our fifth song, Life in the Fast Lane. It was also nice to play with the lighting people at Aeolian. They knew how to use spotlights to bring out the full character of our singing and playing.

“We played Life in the Fast Lane at our first impromptu, mini-performance at our school, Medway High last Valentine’s Day,” Lynette said from behind her keyboards. “I think we’ve gotten a little better at playing it since then!” Her last comment got another loud, positive response from the mostly high school and college age crowd.

“I wrote this next song for our first paid gig at Glencoe High School,” I said as I switched from my double-necked guitar to my favorite axe, Silverburst.

“Go Golden Gaels!” a group of Glencoe students yelled at my mention of their school.

“Sorry, Gaels... ‘bout that major beat down earlier today on the football field!” Sammy chuckled as she high-fived Brick, who burst out laughing at Sammy’s retort.

“We’re all friends in here, aren’t we?” I shouted as ran my pick over my Silverburst’s strings. “So I’d like to dedicate this song to the Golden Gaels in the crowd. It’s called, Swamp River Days.”

The Glencoe students, along with some others who had heard us play it before went crazy as I picked out the opening guitar riff. When the others joined in, I winked at Lava-Lips and then said to the crowd, “This song also goes out to a special friend of ours,” and I nodded at Stephanie, who was standing at the front of the stage just off to our right.

(Note: John Fogerty wrote Swamp River Days and is from his Blue Moon Swamp album in 1997. There is a great live version of it on his Premonition CD/DVD, also from 1997.)

After we jammed that southern rock introduction for thirty-five seconds, I sang:

“Two-lane ... shinin’ in the July dust.
Heat risin’ off the road,
Out in front of my truck.
Pulled my pick-up over the hill,
Down the slide gravel, through the cat-tails.
Give me those swamp river days again.

Sat down in the shade of a cotton wood tree.
Pretty soon the swamp critters callin’ me.
Skinny river kids, swim in my mind.
Hucklebums on cane-pole time,
Give me those swamp river days again.

Old memories out in the crick.
Playin’ hooky with a hobo stick.
Old memories startin’ to fade,
Take me away! ... Alright!“

Sammy and I jammed for nearly a minute after that short third verse. Brick moved over to us about half through our jam-session, and created a nice little guitar sandwich with me as the ‘good-stuff’ in the middle. Right after the two beauties moved back to their spots at the front corners of the stage, I stepped towards Stephanie and mouthed to her, “You’ll like this.”

Because I knew she was looking forward to tonight with Lynette and me, I reworked the lyrics of this last verse just for her. I then sang:

“Cody River playin’ on the radio.
Takes me back to a girl I still do know.
Sweet Stephanie, do you think about me?
Tonight’s as good as it ever will be.
Give me those swamp river days again.
Give me those swamp river days again.“

(Note: Reworded lyrics are in bold, above.)

Stephanie just about died when I sang those changes to her. Her friends from Glencoe darn near killed her with pats on the back, hugs and shaking her shoulders. When we finished that song, my little Strawberry girl from Glencoe was almost the color of one of those juicy ripe berries, as well as the color of her sleeveless, angora sweater.

When Sammy announced that our next song was called, These Dreams, the guys in the crowd who had heard and seen it before went ballistic. Then as Brick, in her midriff bearing, aqua colored tube-top and skin-tight black leather pants moved to her microphone to sing, the remaining guys in the crowd joined them in going bonkers.

At the end of that song, Sammy and I swapped out our electric guitars for our acoustic instruments. I snagged my Sweet Baby James 6-string, while Sammy put Jennifer’s 12-string, Blueberry Fierro guitar over her auburn mane of wavy hair.

The crowd was still buzzing from Brick’s performance, so I chuckled to them and my bandmates, “I think we may need to change the playlist order ... I’m not sure I want to sing after our youngest band member, Miss Lisa Masciotro.” My off-handed compliment of Brick’s performance just ratcheted up the crowd’s intensity level to near maximum.

I chuckled when Lava-Lips, with her Tom Rush ‘Naked Lady’ solid wood Dreadnought 6-string acoustic guitar around her neck, came over to me and said to the crowd, “You’re stuck with singing after Brick, so just play your Sweet Baby James guitar so we can get on with... Two-Steps Behind!”

“Who in their right mind would argue with such a beautiful and talented musician ... and girlfriend?” I said as Lynette gave me a kiss on my right cheek. I returned her kiss and then looked at Sammy to see if she was ready to play her highly technical 12-string acoustic part. With a smile, Sammy nodded at Lynette and me, and the three of us were off with the first of our back-to-back acoustic-oriented songs; with Sammy’s, Love Will Keep Us Alive on deck.

“You liked those songs, did you?” I asked the crowd after those two acoustic songs, especially the superb sounds of Sammy and the girls’ harmonies on Love - Alive. With a bunch of yells and whistle calls, they let us know they did like them.

“You’re not going to upset if we turn this thing completely on its head, are you?” Brick asked as Lynette, Sammy and I took off our acoustic guitars. Lynette moved back behind her Yamaha keyboards, while I put on my Silverburst guitar. After a brief roar, Brick added, “We think you’ll like this next Southern style... loooovvveeee song! It’s called, Keep Your Hands ... to Yourself!” As she prolonged that song title, Brick playfully slapped her own right hand as it ‘faux-grabbed’ her aqua covered ‘DDs’.

(Note: Dan Baird, the lead singer of the Georgia Satellites wrote Keep Your Hands to Yourself in 1986. It was on their debut group-titled album, and reached number two on the Billboard Hot100 in February of 1987.)

Once I had my capo in the right spot on the neck of my guitar, I immediately started in on the soft intro to this southern rock song. After four beats, E thumped her bass drum, and after another four, Brick joined in with her bass guitar. With four more beats, Lynette joined our combined simple intro before Sammy, in her best Texas-Honky-Tonk accent, sang:

“I got a little change in my pocket going ging-a-ling-a-ling.
Gonna call you on the telephone, baby, give you a ring.
But each time we talk, I say the same old thing,
Always, ‘No huggee, no kissee until I get a wedding ring!’
My honey, my baby, don’t put my love upon no shelf.
I say, ‘Don’t hand me no lines and keep your hands to yourself.’“

As we practiced, I played a short twenty-five second guitar solo after that first verse, with Lynette playing a spritely piano backing sound. Just as I was finishing up my solo, I moved to Sammy and whispered, “I’m gonna get Brick during the third verse, play along, ‘kay.” With a few seconds before the second verse started, Sammy smiled at me and gave me a little wink. She then sang:

“He said, ‘Ooh, baby, baby, baby, why you wanna treat me this way?’
You know he’s still my loverboy, he still feels the same way.
That’s when I told him a story, ‘bout free milk and a cow.
And said, ‘No huggee, no kissee until I get a wedding vow!’
My honey, my baby, don’t put my love upon no shelf.
I said, ‘Don’t hand me no lines and keep your hands to yourself!’”

Lynette jammed out on her Yamaha piano as I picked on a few strings to match her wonderful keyboard solo. When I turned to look back at E on her three foot elevated drum platform, I saw that she had stood up behind her DW drums. E was using her right foot on the bass drum pedal as she rocked the rest of her pink-to-yellow fade drums and cymbals while standing. I then stepped by Sammy and whispered, “Changing my plans to E. Take a look.”

Sammy turned and clapped her free hand into her hand-held microphone when she saw Eda going to town in a standing position. Before the third verse started, Sammy nodded to Brick and we simply smiled as she was grooving on her Rickenbacker bass with her eyes closed. At the end of Lynette’s thirty second piano solo, Sammy sang:

“You see, he wanted me real bad, and I was about to give in.
Then he started talking about true love, he started talking about sin.
He said, ‘Honey, I’ll stay with you for the rest of my life.’“

Right as Sammy started in with this third verse, I moved and stepped on the first level of the elevated platform between Lava-Lips’ keyboards and E’s drum kit. When Sammy sang, ‘He said,... ‘, I moved to the upper level alongside Eda’s body as she continued to batter the skins and cymbals while standing up. I leaned into E and whispered, ‘That is stupid crazy, girl.’ Eda smiled and didn’t miss a beat after my complement.

Sammy continued to sing and just before the last line in this verse, I stepped behind Eda and put my arms around her drumming torso and pretended to run my hands over her black ‘Rush’ tee shirt covered ‘B-cup’ bosoms.

“But I said, ‘No huggee, no kissee until you make me a wife-ah!’
My honey, my baby, don’t put my love upon no shelf.”
I said, ‘Don’t hand me no lines and keep your hands to yourself!‘“

The crowd went nuts as they saw me faux-run my hands over Eda’s breasts. Sammy did a great job of improvising as she sang an additional, “I said, ‘Keep your damn hands to yourself, Cuda!“ which got an even bigger round of yells and hollers from the appreciative crowd.

I hustled away from E’s drums to the front of the stage to play my second, slightly more aggressive guitar solo alongside Brick’s driving bass playing. As we practiced, Sammy sang the second and third verses again with Lynette’s second more edgy piano solo between those verses. After that repeated third verse, I stepped on the reverb pedal to get a major growling sound from Silverburst and tore into a concluding thirty-second guitar riff.

At the end of my solo and our band’s playing, Sammy cried, “I said, “Don’t hand me no lines, and keep your hands to yourself!”

We all flipped out when Eda raised her hands above her head and simply dropped her drum sticks as Sammy sang, ‘and keep your hands to yourself.’ Our brunette drummer did a little ‘spirit-fingers’ type motion as she stared down at me with a smile on her face as the crowd exploded in yells and applause.

Eda took a moment to catch her breathe before she sat back down on her throne to snag her drum sticks from the elevated platform. She then waved again at the audience for their continued applause and yells.

After Eda pounded out the opening licks of Life is a Lemon, and the girls sang, “I-I-I-I-I-I-I want my money back!“ the Glencoe and Medway students in the crowd yelled, ‘No call! No call! No call!’ in reference to our performance at Glencoe with their vice-principal, Mr. Gregson.

This was a real fun song to play and sing, and we loved that it had super audience participation as they yelled out, “It’s defective!“ in response to each of Sammy or Lynette’s list of questions prior to my replied answers.

Right before the Sammy and Lynette sang the final question, “What about the future?” I told the crowd, “This one is all you!” and they didn’t disappoint by screaming, “It’s defective!“ and followed by, “You can shove it up you’re ASSSS!“

Before Eda pounded out the opening beats of Life’s Been Good, Sammy said to the audience, “I hope you’re having a great time, here tonight!”

A large burst of yells gave us their response. Sammy then added, “I hope you’ll let us take a little break and, uh, we’ll be back shortly to bring this lovely, high-beamed hall to its knees!”

As Lynette played her piano introduction, I looked at my watch and saw it was 9:03pm. We were right on track to wrap up this first set in our hour-and-ten to fifteen minute timeframe. I really loved jamming with Sammy and Brick on this classic Joe Walsh song. All five of us waved at the audience before we put our guitars on their stands and hustled through the back stage curtains.

As we walked out the side hallway to the audience area, we were mobbed by our friends from Medway, and by Stephanie and her friends from Glencoe. “Holy smokes - moly, guys!” Elizabeth and Kalena both shouted as Stephanie gave me and Lynette a big hug.

Stephanie then gave me a kiss on the cheek and sultrily whispered, “You are sooo going to get lucky tonight for singing that to me.”

“Like that was ever in any doubt, Strawberry!” I chuckled back to her and gave her a kiss on her forehead.

It took a couple of minutes for us to make our way to the separated bar area at the front of the hall to get a few cold pops and water. A lot of high school and college students came up to us to either hug or shake our hands, while telling us how much they enjoyed our performance. We weren’t surprised that our drinks were on the house as Ms. McIntyre had them ready for us.

As we stood at the end of the bar in that separate room for the concert area, Ms. McIntyre and Mr. Gordon Jeffery, the Hall’s owner, chatted with us about our performance and what we’d like to do as a band. Mr. Jeffery then floored up by asking, “Would you like your five-thousand dollar check now or is it okay for me to hold it ‘till Sunday?”

“Five thousand?” I said with a confused look on my face.

“We thought we’d get forty-five hundred, tops!” Brick then excitedly added.

“When I talked with your dad, Sammy,” Ms. McIntyre, the Hall’s manager replied with a smile, “we didn’t expect to have two ... four-hundred plus crowds for your shows.”

“So-ah, I wanted to reward you for having the number two and number three largest crowds in our Aeolian Hall’s history,” Mr. Jeffery said as he patted Brick’s and Eda’s hands on the bar’s countertop.

“Ohh! Wow!” Brick excitedly said with her large green eyes nearly bugging from her grinning face.

“Are you more excited about the extra money or...” Mr. Jeffery asked.

“Two of the three largest audiences, ever! That’s huge!“ Lynette interjected with excitement dripping from her words.

“Only Gordon Lightfoot packed in a larger crowd than what is here, tonight ... by about ten people, if I recall,” Ms. McIntyre replied as if she read my mind regarding who the top drawing artist or group had been.

“Coming in behind, Gord Lightfoot ... Good God! Almighty! That’s just too much to process!” Sammy exclaimed as she slapped her hands on the bar’s countertop.

“I can die right now, and be completely happy about coming in second to Gordon Lightfoot!” I replied with a huge grin on my face.

“Don’t die just yet, Mike ... you’ve got another set, and another sold out show to do,” Mr. Jeffery chuckled and held up his glass of wine for a mini-salute. The five of us, plus Mr. Jeffery and Ms. McIntyre clinked our glasses together, before Ms. McIntyre said, “Here’s to figuratively bringing the old Aeolian beams down!”

“Before you head back out there, I’ve one more thing to ask you,” Mr. Jeffery said as he put five water bottles on the countertop for us to take with us to the stage area. “Would you like our sound man to make a professional quality demo recording of your second set’s performance, tonight? I really think if you had one, you’d be able to send it to a few recording companies. I think you’re that good of a rock band, and you only need to get your songs out there to get a recording contract.”

“You’d do that for us?” I asked as I gave Lynette a hug.

“You think we’re that good?” Eda replied right after my question.

“Yes, to both of those questions,” Mr. Jeffery replied with a smile on his sixty-ish year-old face. “I’m not losing any money by paying that extra five-hundred dollars or by using our sound system to create a top quality recording. You kids are wonderful ... you’re well-mannered, which is refreshing to see, and ... you absolutely take no prisoners up on the stage!”

“Speaking of the stage, we really need to get back to it,” Sammy said as she picked up her water bottle from the countertop.

“We really appreciate you doing this for us,” Lynette replied as she slipped off her barstool.

“Yes, and thanks for the recording, and yes to Sunday for that check, Mr. Jeffery,” I added as we made our way from the bar area to the main hall area.

The main highlight from our second set was Eda’s lead vocal and Brick’s harmonizing performance on, Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me. Sammy did a great job of buttering up the crowd by introducing our blushing drummer with, “We have a rule for the Bandettes that we can’t hide behind a huge drum kit when singing lead on a song. So would you please give it up for Miss E ... Eda Masciotro, and welcome her to the front of the stage for her... virgin lead vocal performance on our cover of Elton John’s Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me!”

“Don’t forget Cuda,” Brick said to Sammy with a smile.

“Oh yeah! ... moving back to play drums on this song, our lone wolf, Mike Nevins!” Sammy exclaimed.

The buzzing in the crowd died down quickly as Lynette’s unique piano introduction to Elton’s rock ballad captured their undivided attention. Sammy did a masterful job playing lead on her new seafoam green Fender guitar. Brick moved gracefully alongside her sister at the front of the stage. As in our practices, she made her Rickenbacker bass guitar bounce off her right hip during Sammy’s take no prisoner guitar solo.

Brick and Sammy wouldn’t let Eda run back to her drum kit when she finished with her lead vocal duties. Both girls made our blushing drummer take a couple of bows from the front before I walked up behind her, wrapped my arms around her waist and held her drum sticks up for her to reclaim.

Eda figuratively took center stage once again during the back end of our angry rock instrumental performance of YYZ. She flat-slap wore out her DW drum set on a two-minute-thirty-five second drum solo as the four of us grabbed a water break.

As Sammy and I stood off to the side of the stage listening and watching E’s graceful, octopus-like arm motions, she whispered in my ear, “Do you think Lynette and Stephanie would be super upset if, uh, I happened to invite myself to your little get-together, tonight?”

“You wanna join us?” I incredulously whispered back as I stared in the petite redhead’s blue eyes.

“What person wouldn’t want to join your hot little threesome? Besides, I could really use ... a little release, if you know what I mean.”

I did know that Sammy hadn’t been with anyone since she invited Lava-Lips and me up to her bedroom, right before school started back in September. As Eda’ solo neared its end, I whispered, “Do you want me to ask them, or do you want to just ride over there with me and surprise those two beauties with your presence?”

Sammy chuckled and I knew what her answer was without needing her to whispered reply, “Let’s surprise them, ‘kay?”

“Love to,” I replied with a smile on my face as we moved back out to the front of the stage to join Eda with our hard driving conclusion to YYZ.

At the end of that instrumental performance, I said to the crowd, “Nothing wrong with giving our voices a break is there?” which drew a rousing response.

We ended our second set with Brick channeling her best Elvis persona on Don’ Be Cruel. I followed my birthday buddiette with lead vocals on Hotel California, Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through and Best of Both Worlds. After thanking the audience for their wonderful show of support, we waved and walked behind the rear stage’s curtains.

The crowd yelled and screamed, “We want more! We want more!” which caused us to shake our heads at the obviously high level of excitement. The audience roared even louder when Eda poked her head out, and then waved at them with her drum sticks. Brick and I hustled to the front of the stage and put on our guitars as Sammy and Lynette moved to the Lynette’s Yamaha keyboard system in preparation of playing Meatloaf’s Bat Out of Hell.

I absolutely loved playing this song because it was very technical and demanding, switching in and out of things with my foot-pedals to get the required sounds for this normal, two person guitar performance. As I played the hellish motorcycle guitar riff using a glass ‘pinkie slider’ on my Silverburst’s strings, I saw Mr. Jeffery standing in the lighted hallway at the rear of the concert hall. He was doing a wicked ‘air-guitar’, matching my real guitar riffs. Brick was smoking hot as she strutted around with her bass guitar, and did a few high leg kicks at the front of the stage when our cover got crazy hot.

The audience loved our eleven minute and fifteen second Meatloaf classic. As they yelled and screamed their appreciation, I saw Lynette move out from behind her keyboards, along with Sammy, and slip her keytar strap over her mass of sweaty blonde hair. After she and Sammy joined Brick and me at the front of the stage, Lynette looked at me and whispered in my ear, “You want to introduce this song or should I?”

“I’ll do it during your intro melody, Lava,” I whispered back as I wiped my forehead with the towel that was hanging on Sammy’s mic-stand.

I then looked to see if Sammy was set with her new Fender guitar. After she gave me a nod, I said as Lynette started in on her keytar, “Let’s have a little fun with this last song. It’s a song I wrote about some of my... alien friends.”

I saw both Sammy and Brick shaking their heads with huge grins on their faces as they recognized the truth behind my statement, even though no one in the audience did.

With a silly grin on my face, I said, “Our last song of the night is called, Love Walks In. Hope you enjoy it!”

I slipped my Silverburst around to my back and moved to give each of my bandmates a shoulder squeeze during their wonderful introductory music to this song. As I sang this song, the four girls did a masterful job with their instruments and backing vocals.

I only pulled around Silverburst for a killer thirty-second guitar riff between the second and third verses, and shared a wicked guitar duel with Sammy right before Eda ended our performance with a killer drum roll and multiple cymbal crashes.

“Thanks everyone!” Sammy exclaimed and waved to the very appreciative crowd.

“I don’t know about the others up here, but this is the most fun I’ve ever had playing. You guys were fricking awesome, tonight!” I shouted through my wireless microphone.

“Yes sirree! This was a blast!” Brick said at her microphone stand.

“Good night! We hope to see you again, real soon!” Lynette said through Sammy’s microphone as her silky, black sleeveless blouse clung to her sweaty chest.

After a large majority of the crowd had left, Ms. McIntyre carried a small pail of ice cold pops and waters out to us as we started to break down our equipment. “If you kids want to store your guitars, keyboards and equipment in the store room behind the curtains to the right, I’ll make sure it’s locked and secure. No sense moving your gear out to your trailer, only to bring it back for Sunday’s show, is there?”

“Thanks, Ms. McIntyre, but I think we’re gonna load this stuff up. We may try and fool around with a few things, tomorrow,” Sammy replied as she had a couple guitar cases in her hands for the trip down to our trailer.

After we had all our instruments and sound gear packed in the trailer, we said good night to the lighting and sound guys, as well as to Ms. McIntyre and Mr. Jeffery before heading out the rear door onto Rectory Street.

In the parking lot across from the Aeolian, I said to Lynette and Stephanie, “I’m gonna follow Sammy back to her house and help her put the trailer up. I won’t be long, though.”

“I don’t need any help, Cuda,” Sammy falsely said picking up on how I was going to get her over to Lynette’s house without the two blondes learning of our wonderful change in our evening’s plans.

“I’d feel better knowing you got home safely with that loaded trailer, Sammy,” I reiterated with a wink.

“Kalena, were those directions to my place good?” Eda asked our friend, who had agreed to help Eda with her physics project on Saturday morning.

“Oh yeah, E. They were real good directions. Look for me around ten-ish, ‘kay?” Kalena replied as she walked hand-in-hand with Jason.

“Ten is great, Kalena. I really appreciate you helping me. I just don’t have the hang of magnets, polarity and some other factors involving magnetics,” Eda said as she got to her older brother’s car.

“No worries. I’ve got a few things I’ll bring with me, which should help both your project and your understanding of that nifty topic.”

“Only you, Toxic, would address anything to do with physics as ‘nifty’!” Elizabeth chuckled.

“Isn’t that a little like ‘the pot calling the kettle black‘, Little Miss Smarty Pants!” I replied to our brunette brainiac.

“I may have a good grasp of physics and other stuff, but you’ll never hear the word nifty, neat or cool escape my lips regarding physics like our science wizardess regularly does.”

“I can’t help it, I love science, almost as much as I love gymnastics and my violin,” Kalena replied with a huge smile under her wild mass of teased blonde hair.

“Well, we’re gonna run,” Lynette said as she gave me a kiss and then took Stephanie’s hand to lead her to her Chevy Nova. “I’ll see you in a few, Cuda, and you guys, tomorrow, Sunday or Monday,” she added as she waved at the others in the band and Medway crowd. Before she got too far from me, Lynette turned and chuckled, “Drive smart in your ‘Purple-B-Cuda-Machine’, Cuda!”

“I will, Lava-Lips,” I replied and blew her a kiss. I then turned to my friends and said, “See y’all later,” as I walked over to my purple and black ‘71 Barracuda.

“I’ll wait for you to get out on the road, Sammy, and then I’ll follow you to your place, ‘kay?” I said before I dropped down into the bucket seat.

“I hope me and my Bronco won’t lose you and your ‘Cuda, Cuda!” Sammy chortled.

“I’ll do my best to keep up with you!”

Mike’s ‘71 Barracuda

11:05pm, Friday October 5, 1979

We were about half way to Lynette’s house when Sammy asked, “So what are the plans for tonight, now that it’s three-on-one, Cuda?”

I chuckled at her question and then replied, “You’re kidding, right. You think I have a plan for you, all three of you girls?”

“You always have a plan of some sort, Mike, my old man,” Sammy chortled as she slapped her hand on my right thigh.

“I did for Lava-Lips and Strawberry ... but I’m not going to complain about you coming along and, uh, possibly messing with it,” I replied as I turned onto River Road from Highway 2.

“I’m messing something up for you? You should have told me and I would have bowed out, Cuda.”

“Whatever plans I had were supplanted by the opportunity to be with three ... count ‘um one, two, three, smokin’ hot girls!” I stated as I flipped my fingers up to emphasize those numbers.

“You’re killing me, Cuda!” Sammy said with a few pats on my thigh. She then turned in her passenger bucket seat and curled her left leg under her right ass cheek. I raised an eyebrow at her, so she simply asked, “Just what were your plans, if you don’t mind giving away trade secrets?”

“Good choice of words, Sammy ... my plans actually did involve trade secrets, so, uh...”

“I won’t tell anyone about what you had planned, Cuda.”

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Time Irrelevant: Within the Energists' Universe I spent a fair amount of time upon my return thinking about Kaleigh and my two children. To help keep me from wallowing in self-pity, the Energists had me evaluate them as they developed new training scenarios to practice their physical movements and decision-making tasks for their new upcoming adventure. They were making very few errors during these simulated experiences, and the 'accident rate' had plummeted to very low levels. All the...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 18 Best of Both Worlds

Lynette Robertson’s House, Komoka 8:16pm, Saturday, February 17, 1979 I was once more utterly amazed when I saw Lynette strip down to a lovely bra and panty set. She was absolutely gorgeous as she stood upright beside her parents’ king sized bed after she slightly struggled to get her tight blue jeans off her long, lean legs. Her full, firm breasts were covered by a white, underwire bra, which had black flowers decorating the cup material. Along the top edge of her bra, black lace enticed...

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After the Energists Championships Concerts CompletionChapter 45 Land of Confusion

“Ohh, Superman, where are you now? When everything’s gone wrong, somehow. The men of steel, the men of power, Are losing control by the hour.” (Note: Land of Confusion was written by Mike Rutherford of Genesis with the music credited to him, Tony Banks and Phil Collins. It was from Genesis’ 1986 album, Invisible Touch and reached number 4 on Billboards’ Hot 100 and number 8 on Canada’s RPM charts. The music video for this song did a wonderful parody of Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret...

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After the Energists Start of the 11th GradeChapter 8 Walk Like an Egyptian

Medway High School, Arva, Ontario 4:12pm, Friday, October 19, 1979 “Okay, guys, I want to diagram a couple of new formations. I think they will work against these bigger guys,” Coach St. Georges said at half time of our game against Parkside Collegiate. The score was 10-8 for the Stampeders as Adam Peawtrowski made a 34-yard field goal, while our kicker, Matt Connell, missed a 28-yarder with us picking that single or ‘rouge’ point when the kick went out the back of the large...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 5 Staying Alive

Medway High School, Arva, Ontario 1:09pm, Wednesday, February 14, 1979 “I would love to go to the Valentine’s Dance with you on Friday, Mike!” Lynette said a little too loudly again, which caused George to divert his attention from his Dungeons and Dragons‘ book to us. When George quickly determined what just happened, he surprised both of us by saying, “It’s about time you two decided to take that next step in your relationship. I’ve watched you around school for some time now, and you...

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After the Energists Start of the 11th GradeChapter 4 Anytime

London-Middlesex Board of Education Building, London, Ontario 9:05am, Saturday, October 6, 1979 “Bertha McGregory! Long time, no see!” Mr. Williamson said as the new vice-principal of Timmins High School walked into the conference at the L-M Board of Education Building on Hyde Park Road. “We missed you at our last planning session in August.” “Good to see you, TR,” Paul’s and Cathy’s mother said to Medway’s vice-principal and now NIS administrator colleague. “I had a tough call to make at...

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After the Energists Start of the 11th GradeChapter 5 Danger Zone

Downtown London, Ontario 8:22pm, Saturday, October 6, 1979 “I almost forgot how much I loved Mario’s panzerottis,” Paul said as he rubbed his stomach after he and Sammy walked back to the Hilton Hotel from Mario’s Pizza Place on Clarence Street in downtown London. “I’d never met, or even knew Cuda’s sister worked there,” Sammy stated as they waited for the walk signal King and Wellington. “Yeah, she’s been there for ‘bout two years now. It was always nice to go in there and get a half...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 6 Right Now

Medway High School, Arva, Ontario Thursday, February 15, 1979 My second day back in 1979 was a relatively normal day for any high schooler. First thing that morning, my brother and I got into it over who had first dibs on the bathroom. Trying to be nice, I gave in and let him use it first, seeing how I had taken a shower at school the night before and didn’t do much after that, except for some leisurely clothes shopping with my mom. Still, I didn’t take too kindly to Patt’s sorry ‘holier...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 48 Twilight Zone

Wheels’ Resort Cafeteria, Chatham, Ontario 4:49pm, Saturday, March 10, 1979 “Are you alright, Viktoriya?” I asked the thirty-seven-old Ukrainian beauty as she sat in a dazed state in the cafeteria at Wheels’ Resort. We were still inside an Energist energy bubble because everyone around us was still distant, immobile and exactly in the same positions as before. “I fine, Michael, but...” she confusingly replied as she tried to make sense of what just happened, as well as why everyone here...

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After the Energists Start of the 11th GradeChapter 7 The Greatest

Nevin’s House, Bryanston, Ontario 5:45pm, Monday, October 15, 1979 “Hello, this is Mike,” I said after I took the phone from my mom’s hand in the main entrance way. “Hey, Mike! You don’t know me but I’m sure hoping to meet you on Friday at our football game at Medway. My name is Todd, Todd Daymend, and I’m the starting quarterback for...” “The Parkside Stampeders. Hey, Todd, and to what do I owe the pleasure of this much unexpected but welcomed call from our upcoming opponent’s starting...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 49 She Blinded Me With Science

Robertson’s House, Komoka, Ontario 6:55pm, Saturday, March 10, 1979 “Are you ladies up for a little zing with your steaks?” I asked Lynette and her mother, Ms. Dillon, as I looked at the spice rack in the Robertson’s kitchen pantry. I was finally over the surprise and shock of hearing Mrs. Robertson’s story of how she convinced my mother to let me stay overnight here after our day in Chatham at the WOSSA Gymnastics’ meet. “Isn’t this teriyaki marinade good enough for you, Cuda?” Lynette...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 10 Life in the Fast Lane

Medway High School 2:57pm, Thursday, February 15, 1979 First off, I agreed to start a new band with my next door neighbors, which wasn’t too crazy as I always had a dream of playing in a rock band. After I agreed to play in Paul and Cathy’s band, I was given a beautiful Gibson Custom guitar by Samantha Labatt, an heiress to the Canadian brewery giants. I just happened play that guitar like a pro the first time I strapped it on, in order to shut-up a snarky music teacher. All those musical...

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After the Energists Championships Concerts CompletionChapter 50 See You Again

The John Labatt Center, London, Ontario 11:59pm, Friday, January 4, 1980 My future appeared and my beautiful twenty-three-year-old fiancée, who looked to be six or seven months pregnant was beckoning me. I stood seemingly paralyzed as Kaleigh Plyer opened her arms up towards me on the video screens and softly said “C’mon Mike. It’s finally time for me to see you again.” Immediately, the five Energists clapped their hands together, and a powerful ‘time-stop’ bubble was generated within the...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 34 Two Steps Behind

Labatt Guest House 7:44pm, Monday, February 26, 1979 “Good Lord,” Mr. Labatt said after he turned off the VHS camera at the conclusion of our four song audition recording. “You guys seem to be improving by leaps and bounds. Your performance on Old Time Rock ‘N Roll and that new song...” “It is called, All Summer Long, Daddy,” Samantha said after seeing her dad struggle to remember its specific name. “Yes, thanks, Samantha. Those songs were a tad less polished than your renditions of Ain’t...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 12 Alone

Medway High School 12:43pm, Friday, February 16, 1979 As Samantha walked through the music room doors, she turned slightly back towards me and Lynette and said, “It’s called, Alone.” I just raised my eyebrows at the name of the song as I recalled a popular song from the late 1980s with that title. I wondered if it was an original Samantha song or some incredible offshoot of the song I remembered. (Note: Please understand I’m not as creative in song writing as Don Lockwood was in his...

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After the Energists Mikes and Tempes NIS WeekChapter 10 Finish What You Started

NIS Day 4 –Morning - Medway High School 8:21am, Thursday, November 1, 1979 After our Tuesday and Halloween morning disrobing experiences, all eight of us NIS students had already stripped out of our clothes in a restroom. We all wore some type of bath or evening robe over our naked bodies to this morning’s disrobing session. When a few students semi-complained about us just slinking out of these robes, Mr. Williamson said, “I know this isn’t an official NIS rule, but I think I want you...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 60 Last Song

Labatt’s Limo to Glencoe High School 5:35pm, Friday, April 6, 1979 “What do you mean ... this can’t be the one and only time you’re gonna play with us?” Lynette exclaimed after Jennifer told all seven of us that this would be the last time she thought she’d be able to play with our band. “I, I just think that with my new gymnastics schedule and more importantly, listening to how E and Brick have sounded with you ... that I’m just...” “You’re still gonna do the odd ‘guest sax’ song or two...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 24 A Wild and Crazy Guy Girl

Cathy’s Bedroom, Bryanston 1:45pm, Monday, February 19, 1979 “He did what to you?” Cathy excitedly asked as she brought her hand up over her mouth when she realized how loudly she asked Lynette a follow-up question. Lynette flopped back on Cathy’s queen sized bed, rested on her side and propped her head on her bent elbow and hand after Cathy’s inquiry. She loved seeing Cathy’s gleeful mannerisms after she gave her a Reader’s Digest version of what happened with Mike last night. “Well, uh,...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 22 Love Will Keep Us Alive

Mike’s House, Bryanston 1:07pm, Sunday, February 20, 1979 Around 1pm, after having a couple of oranges as a snack, I asked Lynette if she wanted to go for a walk in our new frozen wonderland. It wasn’t real cold outside, probably 25 to 28 degrees Fahrenheit, so our basic winter coats, toques and gloves worked fine, especially since we’d be moving around outside. There was a sheet of ice at least three-quarters of an inch thick over everything, which was beautiful to see but made traveling...

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After the Energists Championships Concerts CompletionChapter 23 Fat Bottomed Girls

Medway High School, Arva, Ontario 9:16am, Friday, November 30, 1979 “Are you gonna kill me, if I kinda pass on doing anything ... later on today?” I whispered to Tracy Norton and Elaine Roonee after waiting on them after Mr. Ballows ended our first period music class a little earlier than normal. The Little-man made use of both Roo-Roo and Tracy’s naked bodies, along with naked trumpeter, Darren Partridge in his lecture on changes in sexual connotations and views in music. I was very...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 33 Old Time Rock N Roll All Summer Long

Mrs. Pierce’s Classroom, Medway High School 1:15pm, Monday, February 26, 1979 “So, why was Hercules required to perform ten or twelve labors?” Mrs. Pierce asked her tenth grade English after a lively introduction to Appolodorus: The Labors of Heracles. “The Goddess Hera, his step-mother, was jealous of Zeus’ off-spring which included Hercules,” Elizabeth replied. “Zeus was her brother, AND his wife which wasn’t usual at that time.” “Those statements are both correct, Elizabeth, but it...

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After the Energists Championships Concerts CompletionChapter 38 American Woman

Shannon’s House, Arva, Ontario 4:26pm, Monday, December 24, 1979 “How was practice, guys?” Eda asked as Andrew, Wayne, Jon, Andy and I walked in the foyer of Shannon’s large farm house. “Oh! My! God! You wouldn’t believe the dunks these two guys were throwing down before we actually practiced,” Andy bellowed as he did a three-sixty spin jump with a two-handed pretend throw-down. “Yeah, Andrew did a nifty, between his legs to a reverse, two-handed jam, which was beyond incredible!” Wayne...

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Before the EnergistsChapter 24 Rest Your Love On Me Before the Energists

9:35pm I drew a hot bath for Kaleigh as she slowly got her bushed body out of her gray pantsuit, black blouse and a mismatched old bra and panty. This was the first time I had seen her in anything less than semi-new and matched undies, but I guess when she got dressed this morning, she really didn't care or feel too sexy. I tried to get a smile from her by saying, "Pretty hot duds, you got on there!" as she slowly reached around behind her back to unclasp her bra. I got a semi-smile...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 32 Kiss You All Over

The Labatt’s Limousine, Approaching Bryanston 6:48pm, Saturday, February 24, 1979 Samantha was cuddling up against my best friend, Paul. I was enjoying some peace and tranquility with my arm around Cathy’s shoulders as she was nuzzled up to my chest. We all were relaxing in the limousine after our incredible meal at the London Armouries’ Hotel Restaurant. As the limo passed through Ballymote, several miles south of Bryanston, I felt Cathy’s head turn up towards mine and she softly...

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After the Energists Championships Concerts CompletionChapter 37 Stronger Beer

Mike’s Barracuda, London, Ontario 10:36am, Saturday, December 22, 1979 “You’re one of the best songwriters I’ve ever seen, Mike,” Eda started to say as I slowed to a stop at Highbury Avenue, “so why don’t you write Canella, and your baby a song that captures your heart and provides her and little JM with the joy of Christmas?” “Oh! That’s an awesome idea, E! Maybe we could play whatever song you write for them in our televised concert, Mike?” Lisa said as she leaned forward from the...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 14 Crazy Train

Medway High School Gymnasium 8:36pm, Friday, February 16, 1979 “ALL ABOARD!!Ah-Hahahahahahahaha!“ I cried out into my wireless microphone as I heard Mr. Feelt say, “So without fur... “ Soon after, Paul, Cathy, and Sam jumped in with their instruments on the intro notes to Ozzy’s appropriately titled, Crazy Train. Lynette was able to create those wonderful sound effects at the beginning of the song to really capture the full effect of this awesome intro. The thick burgundy curtains were...

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After the Energists Championships Concerts CompletionChapter 21 Rock Rock Till You Drop

Medway High School, Arva, Ontario 8:47am, Monday, November 26, 1979 “As most of you know by now, our girls’ basketball team won ... no, they dominated ... the double-A Ontario basketball championship in Guelph on Friday and Saturday,” Mr. Williamson said from our gym’s stage. After a brief announcement in our homeroom, the whole school was brought down to the gym for this set of morning announcements and championship celebratory event. “In case you didn’t know this, these girls, along with...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 17 Candle in the Wind

Parking Lot at UWO’s Football Stadium, London, Ontario 6:14pm, Saturday, February 17, 1979 The drive from Western’s campus to Coach Jacket’s house was relatively quiet but tension filled. We listened to FM96 on the car’s stereo. When we heard Dire Straits’ Sultans of Swing, Lynette commented, “I think that would be a good song for our band to play. Everyone seems to like it, and you’d kill Mark Knopfler’s guitar part.” “It is a pretty cool tune,” I replied as I turned towards her as she...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 26 Aint That a Shame

Medway High School, Arva 2:40pm, Thursday, February 22, 1979 “Okay, class,” Mr. St. Georges called out after the warning buzzer sounded at the end of our last class of the day. “Seeing how we lost a day this week, the final papers and/or presentations on your Aussie topic will be due next Wednesday. If you are just doing a presentation in class, you’ll need to provide me with an outline of your presentation so I can take notes on it. If you are doing a detailed paper only, that will...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 45 Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Wheels Resort Dining Area 2:38pm, Saturday, March 10, 1979 It wasn’t hard to believe that all of us students, coaches and parents were completely mesmerized by Viktoriya Kharlamov’s stories about growing up in the Ukraine. Not a single person mentioned heading off to play tennis or mini-golf as we originally planned. Instead, we commandeered a small corner of the Resort’s cafeteria and were regaled by the amazing tales we heard. Toxic and her mother had moved to a small town, Ivankiv about...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 16 Head Games

Loading Bay, Prince Andrew Elementary, North of Bryanston 11:44pm, Friday, February 16, 1979 “You’re sure you’re alright?” Lynette repeated. I stared at her while I contemplated the unbelievable ramifications of my grand epiphany. I gave my head one final shake with the hope of driving that atomic bomb-like revelation from my mind, but I had no such luck. “Talk to me, please!” she said with some urgency. Before I replied to the pensive, shivering beauty beside me, I made doubly sure to...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 7 If I Cant Have You

Medway High School 8:35am, Thursday, February 15, 1979 “And to end the morning announcements,” Mr. Williamson said, “The following teachers are out sick today, and their classes will not be held: Mr. Pierce, Ms. Glover and Mrs. Bumstead. We would greatly appreciate it, if anyone who comes down with flu-like symptoms, be it either students or faculty, please stay home and help limit the spread of this nasty flu-virus. That is all. Have a great Thursday.” “No math class for us,” Lynette said...

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After the Energists Mikes and Tempes NIS WeekChapter 6 Butterfly Fly Away

NIS Day 3 – Halloween Morning - Medway High School 6:55am, Wednesday, October, 31, 1979 “Hey, Cuda! Whatcha think?” Sammy shouted with her hands about her auburn mane as I walked into Mrs. Stenn’s art room studio. “Hot damn, Wushu! You’re the sexiest copper cop I’ve ever seen!” I replied as Mrs. Stenn was putting the finishing touches on the lowest silver dress-button over Sammy’s recently trimmed red pubic hairs. Our art teacher had covered all of Sammy’s upper body to her mid-thighs in...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsAfterword The Glencoe Concert and Chapter Title Songs from Book 3

I’ve put together web-links for the Glencoe High concert from Chapter 50, and all the chapter title songs included in this 3rd Book of The Energists series. I have not including a web-link to songs that I included in the ‘concert playlist’ for the Glencoe concert in the chapter list. If I used some special videos of a song to help with writing this story, I have include it in either the concert or chapter lists. I’ve also included any ‘extra songs’ I used in this book, such as: Lost in Love,...

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After the Energists Mikes and Tempes NIS WeekAfterword The Halloween Dance and Chapter Title Songs from Book 5

I’ve put together web-links for the Medway’s Halloween Dance during Mike’s and Tempe’s NIS Week, and all the chapter title songs that were in this 5th Book of The Energists series. I am not including a web-link to songs that I already included in the ‘concert playlist’ for the Halloween Dance in the chapter song list. If I used a special video of a song to help with writing this story, I have included it in these lists. I’ve also included any ‘extra songs’ in this book, such as: Runaround...

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Before the EnergistsChapter 30 Lovin Every Minute of It Before the Energists

I smiled at my disheveled and discombobulated blind beauty. While she was as strong and confident as Wonder Woman a few minutes ago, she now resembled a delicate, fragile flower. However, with what I had planned for her now, I knew she would soon return to the powerful and passion-filled lady, whom I just asked to be my fiancé this morning. "Would you like to have the opportunity to atone for your falsehood?" With her voice still barely above a whisper, she replied, "Yes." "Ok then,"...

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Before the EnergistsChapter 28 The Magical Mystery Tour Before the Energists

Kaleigh pulled to a stop beside Mike's car at 5:30pm, and grabbed her purse and looked at the mysterious envelope on the front passenger seat. She turned it over a few times in her hands again, and then remembered she was to read its contents in the parking area. Tearing it open, she pulled out the small note and a soft, black eye mask. She flipped the mask around in her hands and saw that is had an elastic strap to keep it securely in place. After laying it down over her purse, Kaleigh...

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Before the EnergistsChapter 31 For Crying Out Loud Before the Energists

Early Morning, Friday, February 14, 2003 Our main alarm clock went off at our usual, but ungodly time 4:50am. I still could have used another hour or two's sleep but since Kaleigh needed to get up early for her work, I've played the dutiful, loving boyfriend-fiancé by resetting my sleeping habits to hers. Most mornings, she has been a true 'up and at um' type person, who after a couple of minutes stretching would jump out of bed and get to the bathroom. Kaleigh regularly would be in the...

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Before the EnergistsChapter 22 I Can Only Imagine and Homesick Before the Energists

Mid-Afternoon, Wednesday, January 29, 2003 At the end of a three hour writing session on the 'Methods' section of my latest research article, my head was starting to feel like it was inside Stewart Copeland's drum-kit. This type of professional writing was both a fun but at times, tedious task. From past experiences getting papers accepted for publication, I've learned that reviewers can be very picky and/or anal about how things were written or presented in a professional journal. I had...

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Before the EnergistsChapter 25 Land of Confusion Before the Energists

2:15pm, Sunday, February 2, 2003 When the phone on the nightstand beside Kaleigh's bed rang, I sluggishly pushed up away from Kaleigh and looked at the caller ID screen. Seeing 'Steven Plyer' on the small screen, I reached over my still slumbering beauty and softly said, "Hello ... Hey Tammy, yes, we were still sleeping ... We got up once around 11:15, 11:20 and talked about, uh, lord love us, I can't recall what we talked about now, jeezes! ... Yes ma'am, then we both dozed back off...

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Before the EnergistsChapter 23 Bad Girls Before the Energists

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Before the EnergistsChapter 26 Id Do Anything for Love Before the Energists

Thursday, February 6, 2003 I was in my office grading some Motor Development lab assignments when I got a call from Bryant around 2:30pm. He wanted to know if I could get together with him later on today or Friday to work on our little Valentine's Day routine/song. He had few ideas about what to do but wanted to get my input on them. I told him Friday would be good, and we agreed to meet at Harry's Bar around 3:30 in the afternoon. He explained that Harry was good with us using his stage...

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Before the EnergistsChapter 27 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Before the Energists

Early morning, February 13, 2003 I quickly clicked off my watch's alarm at 4:20am, hoping that my birthday girl didn't hear it. As expected, she didn't flinch and was softly snoring with her back to me. I gingerly got out of bed and went about getting the first part of Kaleigh's birthday surprise ready. After turning up the thermostat to about 75, as I didn't want either of us to 'freeze', I went to the kitchen and put together her breakfast-in-bed-tray. I pulled the flower...

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After the Energists Mikes and Tempes NIS WeekChapter 14 Strange Magic

NIS Day 5 – Late Morning - Medway High School 11:38am, Friday, November 2, 1979 I was glad to see that Jennifer was waiting for us in the classroom, but the sight of thirty-five-plus ninth and tenth grade girls almost made me want to turn and run for the hills. “I hope you don’t mind that a few other girls showed up,” Mrs. Bumstead chuckled when she saw the semi-distressed looks on all our faces from seeing the holy hoard of smiling and grinning young faces. “This is either every guy’s...

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After the Energists Championships Concerts CompletionChapter 22 Highway to Hell

Labatt Guest House, North London, Ontario 7:17pm, Wednesday, November 28, 1979 Just as Lynette opened the front door of the guest house, I ripped into a sixty second hard charging guitar riff on my Silverburst. Right after Cano threw her bag beside the door, Sammy flipped a wireless mic to our grinning blonde, and Lisa handed her, her earpiece monitors in order to get her up to speed with no usual Bandette-like greetings. Eda was simply grinning behind her drum kit, ready to kick ass and...

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After the Energists Championships Concerts CompletionChapter 44 Rock of Ages

Nevin’s House, Bryanston, Ontario 7:14pm, Tuesday, January 1, 1980 “So, Tempe, how is your knee feeling?” my mother asked as all my girls, except for Shannon who was visiting her grandparents in Dresden, Ontario, were sitting around the kitchen table. My brother’s girlfriend, Corrine was also in the kitchen. The ‘ladies’ sent me and John off to watch the end of the Rose Bowl game between Southern Cal and Ohio State in our large den, while they helped my mom clean up after a small New Year’s...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 44 Jamies Cryin

Outside on Lynette’s Driveway 8:07am, Saturday, March 10, 1979 “Good morning, Ms. Lynette. May I take your gym bag for you?” Jason, the Labatt’s chauffeur asked as he watched the sixteen-year-old blonde bounce down the drive towards the black limousine. “For a Saturday morning, ‘You look mahvelous!’” he added in his best Billy Crystal voice as Lynette, in a tight white t-shirt, scurried past him around the front of the long black car. “Why, thank yoo, kind seh,” I heard Lynette reply in...

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After the Energists Championships Concerts CompletionChapter 30 No Fear The Album

Medway High School Gym, Arva, Ontario 5:28pm, Saturday, December 8, 1979 After fifteen seconds of Lynette’s keyboards and Kalena’s violin sounds, Sammy on her acoustic guitar, Eda and Lisa all softly added their instruments to the eerie sounds of our introduction to Rock N’ Roll Dreams Come Through. I told my band mates I wanted to start with this song as a show of support for Sammy, after her harrowing experience at Friday’s Montcalm house. While Sammy gave me a little bit of grief over...

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After the Energists Championships Concerts CompletionChapter 12 Hot Rod Lincoln

Mike’s Barracuda, Outside Labatt Guest House 9:51pm, Saturday, November 17, 1979 “Where to Z-2?” I asked after I showed Zupena how to move the passenger seat back for her ‘From Here to Eternity’ length legs. “Z, two?” my Latvian beauty softly asked with a crinkled up face. “Zupena Zupanzic ... Z-Z or ‘Z-2’,” I said with a smile. “Hum. Maybe should be ‘Z-3’ with last ‘Z-I-C’, yes?” Zupena lightly laughed. “I like that, Z-3 or maybe... ‘3-Z’,” I said with a head nod as my Barracuda...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 59 YYZ

Sammy’s Guest House 4:15pm, Wednesday, March 28, 1979 “Holy moly! E and Lisa! That was ... beyond awesome!“ Cathy said for all of us after our two newest band members played a two-and-a-half-minute kick ass drum and bass instrumental riff. “Got any lyrics to go with that monster riff?” Lynette excitedly asked the girls as she took a swig of her Diet Coke. “Sorry, no,” Eda hurriedly said as tried to catch her breath as she sat on her drum throne after killing her DW double bass drum...

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After the Energists Championships Concerts CompletionChapter 26 The Eye of the Storm

Apt. 1903, One-London Place, London, Ontario 5:22am, Sunday, December 2, 1979 Candi’s, mine and possibly Lynette’s deep and well deserved sleep was abruptly ended with Lisa’s plaintive, escalating cries of, “Candi, Candi! Candi! Candi!“ filled the good doctor’s apartment. I hate to say this but I nearly tossed Candi’s light weight body off the bed as she roused from her deep sleep on top of my chest. I had to get to my Bricky as fast as I could to see what was making her scream bloody...

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After the Energists Rebooted Teen YearsChapter 52 Grace Like Rain

St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church, London, Ontario 9:12am, Sunday, March 11, 1979 “So there’s a lot of stand-up, kneel, and sit-down stuff, huh?” Lynette asked me as we walked along the concrete walkway beside the curved outer wall of my church, St. Andrew the Apostle, in Northeast London. “Yeah, but don’t worry ‘bout it. I’ll be right there and I won’t leave you hanging about what to do. Also, there’s prayer missals, which can help you follow along with what is going on and what is...

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After the Energists Championships Concerts CompletionChapter 8 Love Walks In

Parking Area by Sammy’s Guest House 5:28pm, Thursday, November 15, 1979 “Hi, Dr. Candi,” I said after my computer materialized with her call as I stopped behind Cano’s Chevy Nova. “I’m doing well, thanks ... Yes, I think I’ll only miss the first quarter of the game as Mr. Williamson, our vice-principal, arranged for us to play a half-hour earlier, as well as get me a police escort to our game ... I guess you can cheer for Todd until I get there, but then you better be one-hundred for the...

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After the Energists Championships Concerts CompletionChapter 40 Baby I Love Your Way

Mike’s ‘Cuda, Downtown London, Ontario 7:52pm, Wednesday, December 26, 1979 ... “Then why are you taking me to the downtown area?” Cathy, my first girlfriend asked with a confused look on her gorgeous face. “There are more places than your hotel in the downtown area, my pretty lady,” I chuckled as I drove past Victoria Park on Wellington Street. Cathy stared out the passenger window and softly said, “I love the Christmas lights here at Victoria Park. Aren’t these trees just beautiful?” “I...

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