>Signed permission to smoke? That's hilarious.

yeah. Wonder how much longer that lasted after I graduated? The school went to four years within two or three years, so that may have sounded the death knell for the Breezeway Bums.

>I literally pictured you staring off into space reminiscing
>about Melissa Cunningham. hohoho.

It's funny that I probably haven't thought of her since 1990, but was able to remember the name instantly. Meanwhile I can't remember names of close friends from the late '90s.

>Kinda surprised to see you mention Cowboy Junkies. I thought
>they were more a Canadian thing unknown over there. I LOVE
>them. Havent' seen anyone mention them here before
>yah....great band....great guitar player...great sound on
>their records.

No, found out about them from the same friend I heard Billy Bragg, Ocean Blue, etc. from. And they were reasonably popular here, never huge, but far from unknown. Their biggest audience probably came from the then-developing AAA radio format.

>Also got a laugh about the 'Bon jovi rocks your ass off'
>thing.

Oh, I STILL laugh about it regularly.

>About Aerosmith...my appreciation for them has actually grown
>as time has gone on. Never really liked them but I've
>realized that the drummer is awesome. He can do alot of
>different types of rhythm and got a really good swing. I took
>my daughter to Disneyworld last summer and we had to wait for
>2 hours for the Aerosmith ride....listening to their music the
>whole time. It dawned on me how versatile they are.

Cock rock was one of those things that for me, at the time, worked in its older/70s forms but not the updated 80s versions. I still feel that way more or less, I guess, though I see a lot more humor in cock rock across the boards than I did then. Aerosmith does have some jams, though.