FIRST DAY OF SUMMER AND DAD’S DAY UNITE

Lolita: Hey Chandler, get over here. What did you do in the past with your father in the summer? CHANDLER TRAVIS (Rocket Travis Infinity Explosion Surprise): I crapped my pants once at the country club... I think we were both pretty mortified. Of course, this was three or four years ago now, but I still get nostalgic about it, especially on Father’s Day. *** DICK TATE (Middle East/ Prime Movers): My father and I attempted to sail a 14 foot Sunfish out into the Atlantic Ocean one summer and were nearly swept out to sea by a freak thunderstorm. The garbage strewn beach of Old Orchard never felt so good under my trembling feet as it did when we finally managed to regain the shore. *** NICHOLE FERREE (Orange Nichole): My father was a teacher when I was growing up so in the summer he had plenty of time to hang out with my sister and me. Every year he’d create an elaborate treasure hunt for us with clues leading us all over town. It was a big deal that we’d look forward to every summer. *** BILL GALATIS (the Paul Green School of Rock/ Audible Crayons): When I was five years old, my father took me to the 1984 Boston Celtics championship game 7 when they put away the Lakers. It was 91 degrees in the Garden and I had to finish watching in nothing but my shorts. I’ll never forget it. *** A.J. WACHTEL (Boston Gets a Grip): I lived in Allston and one of my roommates was a black singer/cab driver named Stacey and my Jewish father took us out to eat at Rubin’s Deli in Brookline for my birthday and Father’s Day. Apparently, not many blacks came to Rubin’s for a kosher meal at the time, and as we walked in the staff looked like we were lepers. To add insult to injury, I ordered a “ham and cheese” and the waitress said, she couldn’t make one for me and I thought it was because of my black guest and was getting pissed until she continued, “we’re kosher and can’t serve meat and dairy together.” Occasionally, I speak to Stacey and we laugh at my unintentional stupidity. *** JOE HARRINGTON (photographer): The summer was my father’s favorite time of the year—boating season. I have many memories of long days and nights out on the ocean. One Fourth of July my cousin went scuba diving from the boat and robbed a bunch of lobster traps. We had coolers overflowing with lobster for the barbecue! R.I.P. Dad, 1995, death by cigarettes. *** JOE KOWALSKI (Funf/ the Elderly): Just a couple of years ago I went with my dad, my brother and my Uncle John (my dad’s younger brother) to Citizen’s Bank Park to see the Phillies play the Cardinals. We saw Albert Pujols hit two home runs against our Phillies and saw the Phils lose their 10,000th game in franchise history. It was a fantastic time. Happy Father’s Day! *** DJ MATTHEW GRIFFIN (the Noise): One hot summer night when I was 16, my friends and I decided to drop some acid. When it came time to call my dad for a ride home, I was petrified. I had long black bangs on the right side of my face. I flipped them to the left side, so my dad wouldn’t notice my blown out pupils. We didn’t say much. I was left alone in the livingroom, til my brother came home and found me clutching the arms of a chair in the dark. Then he threw on the Butthole Surfer’s Blind Eye Sees All video. I watched the flashing skulls and Gibby eating puke out of a turkey baster. Lolita: Well, thank you Matthew for sharing the details of the video, now I can cross it off my list of things to watch before I die.