#Steve McDonald

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Davey Todd Isle Of Man T.T. Photo: Steve McDonald Photography

#motorcycle #davey todd #motolegends #isle of man tt #road race #road racing #sport bike #racing #motorsports #ride hard or go home #built for speed #experience speed #life on the edge #photography #steve mcdonald #moto love #lifestyle

[lascitasdelashoras]

Steve McDonald

#Steve McDonald

[grrl-beetle]

Steve McDonald

#Steve McDonald #Nike #Design #Considered #Humara #Redster #color #shape #conceptkicks

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Steve McDonald

stevedmcdonald

#steve mcdonald

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Red Cross - Notes And Chords Mean Nothing To Me

#redd kross #red cross #notes and chords mean nothing to me #jeff mcdonald #steve mcdonald #tracy lea #john stielow #punk #punk rock #glam punk #power pop #born innocent #1982 #Youtube

[transmissionsfromthebattlefield]

Fun Times With Some Rowdy Guys

My first log as a legal adult. Who would’ve thought! Yeah, I’m pretty hardcore. It’s definitely an interesting time to be going through so many rites of passage, from graduating to reaching adulthood last Sunday. It’s also pretty interesting how all these rites of passage seem to coincide with similarly wonderful concerts. I got an incredible DEVO show as a graduation party, which I’m still not quite over. This time around, it was the Melvins who brought me into adulthood on Friday, two days before my gestation completion anniversary. I wanted special for my birthday, dammit, and I ended up getting much, much more than I could have ever asked for. At the very least, I can check off my list seeing the mighty King Buzzo’s hair in person.

The concert also coincided with my first time to what was once a steel capital of the world, good ol’ Bethlehem, PA. Sounds quaint, doesn’t it? The town surrounding the venue and extending across the river itself is nice and quaint. The venue is located right by the old Bethlehem Steel plant, which was operational until, somehow, the mid-nineties. It now looms over a bustling little cultural spot, towering as a series of antiquated pagodas of rust and dead industry. (The morning after the Melvins my family checked out the self guided walking tour along the plant’s old material transport trestle, which allows for some incredible up-close action. It’s truly an incredible and fascinating sight to experience.) The venue itself also houses a movie theater and boasts an orange spiral staircase adorned with intricate blown glass art where we waited to get our tickets checked. Within the ballroom, concertgoers could’ve gotten a table at the also orange balcony looking out on the crowd and stage. The steel plant loomed behind the stage through the large glass windows and would later be illuminated in neon light when the sun set. All in all, it was very atmospheric.

I was initially positioned directly stage right, up against the security gate as I’ve gotten used to at shows that feature them, for openers Harsh Mellow (excellent name). I was impressed at their energetic, intense brand of noise rock, and I’m really excited to see what they do in the future. I had drifted back slightly and more towards the front of the stage to talk with some of my dad’s friends by the time the second band, Helms Alee, took the stage and proceeded to turn everyone’s minds to sluuudge. I actually wouldn’t be surprised if their set went on for longer than the Melvins’. I had a good view of their drummer, who was a total powerhouse in her own right and also very sweet at the merch booth before and after the show. Fun times.

And then, promptly as the headliners took the stage, I was shoved—or maybe something in my consciousness pulled me a little bit—right up against the gate, just slightly off-center from Buzz Osbourne’s microphone stand. What followed was something akin to my mind being blown—or maybe it’s more like my mind being unfolded and refolded, like origami. The more I think about it, the more I’m sure the triple threat of “Oven”, “Lovely Butterflies”, and “It’s Shoved” that opened the show flipped some sort of weird, hidden, primal switch in my brain. I feel like a reformed young woman now after having seen the Melvins. As a result of the weekend’s sonic therapy, I feel respectable and healthy urges to put myself out there more, engage myself more creatively, and try different styling techniques that would increase the volume of my hair. Well, maybe the latter is just the aftershock of getting to see Buzz’s incredible hairdo in person. I am being completely serious when I say that no photograph or video can truly replicate how absolutely incredible it is to see with one’s own eyes.

But I digress.

To put it simply, the band was relentless. Songs launched into each other with the beat of Dale Crover’s pounding, primal drums with barely any time to spare, blending the night’s sequence of events together like a syrupy sweet molotov cocktail. Yet sonic blasts of pent up punk rock fury still played ping pong with sublime, smirking moments of teasing quiet throughout the night—thanks, complex and diverse song structures. “Bob” bless their current bass player, Steve McDonald, who wore what I initially thought was an ironically awful white disco suit before realizing it was some sort of fancy kung-fu jacket accented with gold, elevated from it’s previous Halloween costume status. He was clearly having the time of his life up there, hopping around, crouching, and striking many an audacious pose throughout the night. And then there was Buzz, the one perhaps most appropriately dressed up for Halloween in July in his iconic skeleton robes. I can safely say I’ve never been more intimidated by a man than I was there in my spot in front of the vicious King Buzzo himself, and that’s a good thing. I was even too intimidated to take photos when he got probably as close to my part of the audience as he could’ve gotten as he hammered on his transparent-body guitar. I was that in awe. He and Steve thrashed surprisingly precisely around the place, making good use of the stage’s expansive floor area due to Dale’s drum kit being placed so far back. Dale emerged from behind his instrument of choice at one point to use one of his sticks as a sword in a brief fencing match against the neck of Steve’s bass, which was extremely entertaining. The same goes for Buzz’s liberal use of hand gestures during breaks in songs where he didn’t play guitar, which I will always find very, very amusing no matter who is doing it (and no matter whether or not their hands should actually be strumming those strings at that place in the song). Yes. I dare say the whole band took it to twelve.

I got more used to my surroundings as the night went on. I was marked safe from the inevitable pit the entire time, though I briefly considered joining it before remembering how lucky I was to have acquired the best view of Buzz in the house. Besides which, it was really funny glancing over periodically at the antsy, stingy looking security guy at the front of the stage, who was jerking back and forth as he watched the pit with much concern. It was pretty great to glance back at, too—imagine “Honey Bucket” tearing up such a clean, modern, composed establishment! At the beginning of the show there was some sort of country band playing on one of the complex’s outdoor stages, visible through the glass wall from my initial standing position. I wonder how those guys would’ve reacted to what went on inside. In terms of my reaction, I was mesmerized, pulverized, and totally hooked even after the band left the stage. They could’ve gone on another hour and I still would’ve been wanting more.

But hey, the band is pretty well known for their tour grind, so it’ll presumably be easy to see them again down the road. I slept contently that night knowing that.

Two days later I turned eighteen. If it were 1970 I’d be old enough to kill, but not for votin’. I’ll probably be woman enough to not be able to kill or vote at all soon if this country keeps going the way it is. 246 years this week, huh? I see so many people nowadays wondering how many years it’s got left with the way things are.

Based on their hypotheses, it’s probably less than the Melvins still have in them.

(I posted some more photos here, by the way.)

#blog #blogging #blogger #blogosphere #things I enjoy #music #concerts #Melvins #Helms Alee #Harsh Mellow #Buzz Osbourne #Dale Crover #Steve McDonald #Bethlehem PA #Musikfest Cafe #reviews #commentary #new experiences

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#spin #spin magazine #redd kross #jeff mcdonald #eddie kurdziel #gere fennelly #brian reitzell #steve mcdonald

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Steve McDonald with Redd Kross at Neumos, Seattle, September 2019

8mm F/3.5 fisheye.

#steve mcdonald #redd kross #the Melvin’s #Seattle #la

[driveintheaterofthemind]

The Muppet Babies

#Muppet Babies #Muppets #The Muppets #Jim Henson #Comics #Marvel Comics #Marie Severin #Vintage #Art #Board Games #McDonald's #Muppet Magazine #Steve Martin #Animation #Cartoons #Saturday Morning TV

[resident-gay-bitch]

hey guys, just doing a little fanart search. ive found these pieces nilly-willy on Pinterest and whatever but they don’t have the artist tagged or have a name on the pieces, SO if you’d be so lovely to take a look wt these and let me know any of the artist names if you happen to recognise them? thank you very muchly!

#jay talks #fan art #help #stranger things #the marauders #eddie munson #steddie #stranger things 4 #steve harrington #wolfstar #marylily #sirius and regulus #all the young dudes #sirius black #remus lupin #regulus black #lily evans #mary mcdonald #harry potter marauders #harry potter #harry potter fan art #stranger things fanart #scoops ahoy #hellfire #gryffindor #crimson rivers #rockstar sirius #dead gay wizards #art #hp fanart

[buzzcut-pinkdress]

#McDonald’s run #before picking up the kids #stranger things #stranger things fanart #robin buckley #steve harrington #steve the hair harrington #eddie munson #steddie #fruity four #fruity four stranger things #mcdonald’s

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Conor Cummins Isle Of Man T.T. Photo: Steve McDonald Photography

#motorcycle #conor cummins #motolegends #isle of man tt #road race #road racing #sport bike #racing #motorsports #built for speed #ride hard or go home #life on the edge #photography #steve mcdonald #moto love #lifestyle

[remuslupinkinnie1979]

Hi, I kinda have a problem. Yesterday I got an amazing idea [drums 🥁🥁🥁] marauders MCU au. I've been assigning marvel characters to marauders and that's how it is now:

Tony Stark -

Chris Rogers - James Potter

Natasha Romanoff -Lily Evans

Bruce Banner -Remus Lupin

Clint Barton - Peter Pettigrew

Thor - Sirius Black

Loki - Regulus

Maria Hill - Mary

Nick Fury - McGonagall ???

Wanda Maximoff -  Pandora

Pepper Potts -

Odin - Dumbledore

Peter Parker

Carol Dancers (captain Marvel) - Marlene McKinnon

Valkyrie -Dorcas meadowes

As you can see I have no idea who should go as Tony. My first thought was James, then it changed to Sirius, but if Loki will be Regulus (which I'm 100% sure ab) then Sirius has to be Thor bc brothers dynamic. So do you have any suggestions?

#marauders era #dead gay wizards #dead gay witches #lily evans #james potter #mary mcdonald #sirius black #remus lupin #natasha romanoff #steve rogers #maria hill #thor odinson #bruce banner #marlene mckinnon #clint barton #peter pettigrew #odin #dumbledore #albus dumbledore #pandora rosier #wanda maximoff #peter parker #nick fury #minerva mcgonagall #carol danvers #Valkyrie #dorcas meadowes

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Steve McDonald

#Steve McDonald

[real-bucky-barnes]

Now I’m kind of interested in knowing what other weird things Steve has said or done

Here’s my little list titled “Insane shit the love of my life has said/done”

1. “Baby, would you still love Alpine if she was a chicken? She wants to know.”

2. I found him watching Buzzfeed Unsolved at 3 AM while furiously writing notes. When I asked him what he was doing he said “I gotta figure ‘em out.”

3. Was fully convinced our house was haunted by a poltergeist because he kept finding dead animals at our door. Once I caved and put up a camera to record “paranormal activity” we realized it was just Alpine.

4. “I feel like we celebrate Halloween because we have clown blood in us.”

5. He’s tried to watch The Conjuring by himself and ran into our room sobbing

6. Has sobbed over Grimace, the McDonalds mascot

7. Has once tried some of Alpine’s food “just for kicks”

8. “Are we trojan horsing Iceland?”

9. “Listen, Sam, it doesn’t matter when I die, just that I don’t do it in a coal related incident.”

10. “Italians are a lot hotter than they were in the 40’s” (he was talking about the band Måneskin)

11. Has called multiple politicians “motherfuckers” on live TV

12. Started singing The Beatles in his sleep, and had no memory of it once he woke up

13. Has rescued multiple sheep and then just continued on the mission without a word.

14. Once solved a decades old murder because he was bored

15. I’ve caught him listening to gruesome cult podcasts while baking in a frilly apron.

I love getting asks, and this was so fun to answer!! Thank you!!!

#bucky barnes #bucky barnes rp #marvel #mcu #winter soldier #captain america #steve rogers #stucky #ask #alpine #strange shit #lists #quote books #maneskin #buzzfeed unsolved #grimace mcdonalds #halloween

[heavencasteel420]

I don’t ship R*nance, but, man, it’s wild seeing people go “um, why would you ship that, Nancy is so mean to Robin” when they ship H@rringrove. Shouldn’t they be bored because Nancy’s not mean enough? She doesn’t even pop up when Robin’s gazing longingly at Vickie to go “huh, guess your crush is getting porked by Mr. Mullet tonight,” let alone break crockery over her head.

#tbh my real hot take is that Steve’s stank attitude towards Eddie #(while not actually a big deal) #is less sympathetic than nancy being short with Robin right after seeing a dead body #st*ddie is fine to me #it’s a McDonald’s happy meal #unremarkable but good at the right moment #but I’ll be real with you all I don’t see what’s in it for Eddie based on the show dynamics #some people write it good though #I will be additionally real with y’all #the real reason I lost interest in r*nance #is that I read one too many fics where Nancy is disappointed in jonathan #for smoking weed when she taught him that poetry is just another way to rap #not literally but close to that #like. ugh. why make her so uncool and condescending #also—and I don’t think this applies to most people who ship it #just a subset of Steve stans #sometimes it feels like a way for Steve to win their breakup #it’s a bummer #okay. ship diss track over.