Blind Item #8 - A Birdie Blind Item
You can imagine what the tour bus would hide in the secret compartments:
You'll know him as the bassist of a permanent A list band. But being a good libertarian from an early age, he always had this other hustle - the same one, in fact, as the legendary franchise character (whose own movie recently flopped). Back in grade school, it was any kind of contraband: micronauts, 8 tracks, gum. Nowadays, it's something else: a product that's only recently been relegated to black market status in the city that made him famous.
You'll know him as the bassist of a permanent A list band. But being a good libertarian from an early age, he always had this other hustle - the same one, in fact, as the legendary franchise character (whose own movie recently flopped). Back in grade school, it was any kind of contraband: micronauts, 8 tracks, gum. Nowadays, it's something else: a product that's only recently been relegated to black market status in the city that made him famous.
Movie character is Han Solo, but i have no idea about the bassist
ReplyDeleteFlea?
ReplyDeleteI've been waaaaaiting for the Don Henley stuff. Have I missed it? Is this it? I can't tell.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the movie character is actually Superfly
ReplyDelete@Melvin!
ReplyDeleteSeems like we haven't seen you in a while.
Googling "libertarian bassists" comes up with Krist Novoselic of Nirvana, so I am going with him
ReplyDeleteAnd since Seattle just banned plastic straws... I'd say +1
Deleteblack market = plastic straws in Seattle? tee hee
ReplyDeleteI was on vacation, working a shit ton before that and dealing with some personal things, @Sara
ReplyDelete@Melvin TR
DeleteGlad to see you back!
Han Solo and bath salts? Flea seams way to knowledgeable to fuck with those. I could be wrong though.
ReplyDeleteOk, I think Han Solo (smuggler) makes more sense than Superfly (cocaine dealer.) However, I'd find it hilarious if this really was a blind about Novoselic smuggling plastic straws.
ReplyDeleteActually, aren't cut up plastic straws used to snort cocaine?
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one here who's old enough to picture Ann-Margret in a yellow dress whenever a Birdie blind is posted?
ReplyDelete🎶🎶 "Bye, bye Bird-hee"
I always laughed the way she pronounced iy!
@lookslikcricci - Henley stuff has not been revealed nor will it ever b revealed. Don't hold your breath it's not happening.
ReplyDeleteGoddammn, Stephie, you're right. Dolla bills, y'all, or straws. Novoselic is bringing in straws so people can snort coke. Good call.
ReplyDeleteMy final answer:
Bassist: Krist Novoselic
Franchise character: Han Solo AND Superfly
activity: smuggling (Solo) plastic straws into Seattle so people can snort cocaine (Superfly)
Melvin, all credit goes to you. Nice job!
ReplyDeletePlastic straws are now on the black market?
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you back, Melvin!
ReplyDeleteThe Seattle plastics ban also includes utensils.
ReplyDeleteSo... basically this is just a joke blind saying Krist Novaselic brings conttaband plastics on tour everywhere.
I mean, there are worse things to write a blind about?
Didn't mean that question mark.
DeleteI am pro- silly blinds.
@Melvin.
ReplyDeleteI now picture all these Seattle hipster douchebags standing arounf in their 1940s dresses and skinny jeans and beards after visiting the artisinal cupcake and microbrewery, looking nonplussed at line of white powder and saying, "How are we,like,supposed to,like get that shit up our noses?! Theres no, like, tiny plastic straws! Whatever can we, like, do?!"
Plastic straws pollute the environment because they can't be recycled or composted and paper straws are making a comeback
ReplyDeleteWe will just use the compostable straws 2 snort drugs as they will work just the same says the 60 year old woman who is off 2 royal cupcakes on my way to Cafe Vita for my half caf half decafe latte...generalize much lonely bastard...this is a joke blind.....wait maybe I will buy myself some of them skinny jeans🤣✌️
Delete@LonelyBastard, I am cracking up at that image. I needed that.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks everyone for welcoming me back
ReplyDeleteEntry should write a letter to DoJ and LAPD about Henley and have commenters sign.
ReplyDeleteDaily Caller covered the story, Enty do the right thing.
Let's meet at Beverly/Santa Monica and march til he's arrested.
ReplyDeleteAzoff and Albrecht have to go too.
Citizens arrest anyone?
ReplyDeleteHey all, regarding plastic straws... If you can get through this entire video without feeling an ounce of compassion and horror for what our waste does to other animals, then you can have your plastic straws (as long as I get to decide where to insert them):
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wH878t78bw
What about those biodegradable plastic straws they have now? Are they banned as well?
ReplyDeleteYeah I imagine we get to the after life and all those animal species are waiting there for us for some payback.
Don't worry about Seattle, all the scary dweeby twenty-somethings that staff the cool bars will be gone in a few years as the remaining bits of the city are subsumed into the Borg. They've been trickling south to Portland for so long now the damn HBO series is almost over. Cross-state gentrification!
ReplyDeleteNovoselic. Seattle.
ReplyDeleteHe has warehouses full of plastic bags & drinking straws, and not only does he not recycle, he throws his plastic bottles and aluminum cans in the same bin as the veggie peels and egg shells, because he just doesn't have 2 f*cks to give.
@Brayson87......the so called biodegradeable plastics do not actually disappear into thin air over time . All they do is break down into thousands of small plastic particles with means you have thousands of impossible to deal with plastic pieces rather than one big piece which can be collected . Plastics never die.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness this was really about plastic straws. I Googled "plastic straws" and found out about the ban in Seattle.
ReplyDeleteI've found out so many things here (sounding was the last) that I never believe anything is what it seems to be.
I remember a book many decades ago by some of Heidi Fleiss's girls from back in the day, 4 of them were telling their stories. I remember they all loved one of the Eagles as a client, perfect gentleman, sweetheart and they all despised another Eagle and I am pretty sure Don Henley is the latter I just can't remember the good guy. I was hoping for juicier relevations though I found the trips to Saudi Arabia that Heidt arranged for the Princes on a regular basis interesting.
ReplyDeleteGene Simmons or Novoselic.
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