I used to listen to him. That stopped right around the time he went on to describe, in graphic detail, what happened to Ted Williams’ body when he was cryogenically frozen. I didn’t need to know that, and my then-3-year-old son, riding in the car with me, definitely didn’t need to know it.

Enjoy him if you like him, ignore him if you don’t.

To me, this band is equivalent to the “sounding of the charge”. As much as USC’s band is annoying, their Trojan Charge makes every bit the difference with how USC plays.

I was proudly a band “dork” all through High School. That experience awarded me music scholarships to just about every school I wanted to attend. Since I chose engineering, my time was consumed studying. However, I did find time to play lead guitar in a rock band on the weekends. 😉 That was one of the best experiences of my life! Music is one of the best experiences of my life!

If anyone was offended by this remark, they are just thin-skinned little people with nothing better to do than to cause upheaval.

OK, Joe… So you think that calling someone a “retard” is no different than calling someone a “band fag”? Seriously? You do not see the difference? Just look at the origin of the word retard or watch the story of “Radio” and perhaps you might see why “retard” just might be offensive. I cannot believe there is somebody dumb enough to equate “band fag” with “retard”.

Jim D.

Trombonist, ’75 and ’78L

Excuse me?

You can just remove the modifier, if you like.