that deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball..

The Who['s] - TOMMY

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i remember first stumbling across this movie as a child. maybe on a day i faked sick. maybe during summer vacay. point being, this movie really did have that sort of impact on me that pretty much changed my thinking. suddenly, things i thought made sense, didnt. suddenly, there was this whole new world i never knew existed. it was powerful. i didnt know what it meant at the time, what the message was they were trying to convey, but i was intrigued and couldnt look away. so i watched the whole thing, and it turned me on. something about roger daltry's tight ass jeans called out to me and challenged my youth. he dared me to look away. i still couldnt. he knew i couldnt.

tuesday night was the first game of the season for the Lakers. watched it at Brosie's, got blunted, we beat the Clippers [as if you needed a recap on that.] once the game ended, Brosie was flippin through the channels and stumbled across none other than... my Tommy. surprising as all hell, he had never seen it. He Had Never Witnessed That Which Is Tommy. whoa. i was shocked.

then his gf Jesse comes into the room and she had the same reaction i did; "yyyyeeeeeeeeeeeah, its Tommy!" "Ohhhhhhhhhhh Yeaaaaaaaaaahhhhh," i replied. and we went on to compare stories of how when we first came across this rock-u-mentary [if you would] how it made us go; hmmmmm and gave us that tickly feeling down there. she got it. she got me. another thing we had in common other than our names and love for my Brosie.

it was nearing the end, when Tommy's followers go ape-shit and start fucking everything up. then they kill his ma, and his step-dad [or whoever that dude's 'posed to be.] jess and i laughed at that fact; "this is where it starts to get really weird" we said, almost in unison. and my brother had no choice but to leave it on as we sat mesmerized, giggling like school girls at the blond-haired, blue-eyed shirtless angel in them jeans.

theres not really adequate words to describe the feeling that came next. but it was sheer bliss. i was suddenly taken back to that time, where the world held so much promise, when i liked the idea of boys but didnt know what to do with them when i'd get them, the time of being afraid of the dark, the time when my biggest worry was what to wear to summer camp. bliss, i tell you. those were some good times. there were bad times, but those times i dont really focus on unless there is something specific i am thinking. those were some good times.

and i smiled. and punched my brother for not watching that movie sooner.

do yourselves a favor and check it if you havent already. there is a star-studded cast, the score is great [personally in my opinion, rock stars dont exist these days] and fucken Tina with that booty bouncing.. and those legs. oh my, those legs. get it girl. i miss keith moon too. rock stars.

the above vid is from the scene where Tommy experiences LSD. i remember my first acid trip, and yeah- it was something like that. imagine you have tina turner's ass shakin around in your head with those tunes in the background and you'd have a smile on your face the same as Tommy did. Roger Daltry's still got it by the way.