FLOWER POWER

Rita: Look there’s Willie. Go ask him what he knows about flowers. Is he eating a newspaper? Lolita: Maybe he’s just digesting the news. WILLIE ALEXANDER (Willie Alexander): I love flowers especially fleur de mal. Once in 1977 on stage at CBGB I ate some flowers that were presented to me… or was it a newspaper? *** PATRICK YERBY (YerbY): Flowers are basically sex organs. So if a girl accepts flowers from you, there’s a good chance she will let you violate her. *** NAT FREEDBERG (Satanics): If you throw ’em on a coffin and cover ’em up with dirt, they don’t come up no more. *** JAMES HOULAHAN (Dogs on Television): I know that they tend to die and end up in famous rock songs. *** CHERYL WANNER (Dreamchild): Bien sûr! As only the truly deranged can tell, I know full well that Sleeping Flowers, Severed, Scream of Slaughter! Also, here’s rue for you ... but you can wear yours with a difference. *** HENRY SANTORO (WFNX): I know a lot about flowers: In Newton, there’s a Rosenbloom on every corner. And doesn’t everyone know how to plant two-lips? *** KIER BYRNES (Three Day Threshold): Well, on our last European tour, I met a girl that went by the name of “Rose”; a nickname inspired by the massive vine of roses tattooed across her back. She claimed to be Hank III’s guitarist’s “Belgium wife” but had no issue about showing anyone who was inclined to look, and even touch, her newly installed fake boobs. *** JON MACEY (Fox Pass/ Urban Caravan): I do understand that flowers are symbolic of a life process: birth, growth, fulfillment, and death. And then it starts over and again forever. They are under the ground in the coldest winter day. We don’t really have to wait for the flowers, they are going to come and we know it. Wish other things were that certain and comforting. Flowers is also the title of an excellent (American only) mid-’60s Stones LP. *** A.J. WACHTEL (Boston Gets a Grip): I was voted “most likely to de-flower” at the Jonathan Dayton Regional High School but it always confused me because I HATED gardening. More recently, disgraced Rep. Chuck Turner from Roxbury once commented to me that I was “da prince of de flower” when we munched hot dogs at Simcos on the hill in Mattapan. I was never afraid of being the only white guy at Simcos because as Chuck fondly remarked to me often: “the only reason you ain’t shot is because everyone figures you’re either muy loco or you’re a musician.” *** SAMMY MIAMI (Houndstone): Roses are red, violets are blue, but nothing compares to the May Day dew! I get up at the crack of dawn every May 1st and roll around in it, it’s magic! Also, it’ll most likely be my favorite outdoor activity so far this year. Go ahead, call me crazy. *** MICHAEL BLOOM (Tim Mungenast & his Pre-Existing Conditions/ Sgt. Maxwell’s Peace Chorus): I know that you can keep cut flowers from wilting a little longer by adding some Sprite to the water. *** KEITH NELSON (Clatter Clatter): They’re sex coupons. Lolita: But how much of a coupon discount should I be giving?