L.A. Woman

Song by the Doors from the 1971 album of the same name. 7 minutes 49 seconds of pure adrenelin. One of the greatest driving songs ever.

There is nothing like driving around on a spring day with L.A. Woman blasting at maximum volume.

by Woody Thomas April 12, 2006

Lord of the Rings

A trilogy written by J.R.R. Tolkien, fantasy set in a place called Middle Earth, which is inhabited by hobbits and the like. While in high school in the early 70s, many of my fellow stoners were heavily into this trilogy and its precursor, The Hobbit. Led Zeppelin made references to it in a few of their songs, and Robert Plant was a known Tolkien enthusiest. This, of course, made it required reading for any self-respecting hippie, but I was strictly a poser when it came to this and other stoner sci-fi or fantasy, and after about the first 50 pages of the first book The Fellowship of the Ring, I found it too boring to read on.

In the 70s, the more cerebral stoners were into reading The Lord of the Rings.

by Woody Thomas July 27, 2008

The Hill

The Italian neighborhood in south St. Louis, laden with many excellent restaurants, also markets and bakeries. Affectionately known as "Dago Hill" back in less politically correct times. Yogi Berra and Joe Garagiola were born and grew up there.

There are at least a dozen good restaurants on The Hill.

by Woody Thomas January 22, 2006

Broad Street Bullies

The Philadelphia Flyers teams of the 1970s. They were so mean, rough, and vicious that other teams were intimidated and scared shitless to play them.

First Edition (1972-1975) featured Dave "The Hammer" Schultz, Bob "The Hound" Kelly, Andre "Moose" Dupont, and Don "Big Bird" Saleski.

Second Edition (1976-1981) included Paul Holmgren, Mel Bridgman, Behn Wilson, Dave Hoyda, Glen Cochrane, and Ken "The Rat" Linseman. Those were the scariest teams in hockey history.

Third Edition (1981-approx. 1987) included Dave Brown, Rick Tocchett, Daryl Stanley and Craig Berube.

Man do I miss those days of the Broad Street Bullies and Big Bad Bruins.

by Woody Thomas January 22, 2006

midnight cowboy

Movie starring Dustin Hoffman as Ratso Rizzo (from the Bronx) and a very young Jon Voight as Joe Buck (from Texas). It is the story of their misadventures trying to survive in New York City. Won Best Picture in 1969. Buck had come to NYC thinking he could make a living selling his body to women. When that plan failed, he resorted to seeking gay males as customers. The term midnight cowboy has been used meaning a male (straight or gay) who prowls for gay men who will pay him for sex.

I have seen Midnight Cowboy approximately 50 times.

by Woody Thomas January 08, 2006

two fingers in the air

A way of saying I'm leaving, or goodbye, peace.

You all take care; for me it's two fingers in the air

by Woody Thomas May 12, 2007

stan the man

The great Stanley Frank Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals, of course. He got the name when a sportswriter overheard a Brooklyn Dodger fan say 'uh-oh, here comes that man again' as Musial was walking to the plate at a game at Ebbetts Field, sometime in the 40s. In 1946 Musial led the National League in games played, at-bats, runs scored, hits, singles, doubles, triples, RBIs, total bases, slugging percentage, and batting average.

Stan the Man went into the Hall of Fame in 1968.

by Woody Thomas January 08, 2006