IF YOU'RE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE, OLD BUDDY BRUCE PENNOCK OF COOLEY HALL

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CURSING BRUCE PENNOCK ON WFMU

THANK YOU Therese! I've heard this before but never thought I'd come across it again. Phooey and nuts.

Posted by: Chris L | November 09, 2006 at 02:44 PM

Whoremaster!

Posted by: bunbun | November 09, 2006 at 04:51 PM

..... yeh.......

so this is what i (and alot of us) sound like in my/our unguarded, at-home moments ...

totaly sad and honest, when i hear this i hear a lot of things: a guy knowing any real control he may have over his situation is out of his hands, or at least recently slipped away ... i hear a guy cursing, in part, himself ... yeah, at 22 i would be laughing, but at 31 i feel this guys pain /

Posted by: double fucking bullshit | November 09, 2006 at 08:53 PM

Bruce and his kid, true American heroes. In the middle of all that frustration and admirably hilarious profanity he sounds genuinely kind when he asks Joshua if he wants his synthesizer on. Great stuff.

Posted by: michelle | November 10, 2006 at 02:06 PM

Poor, deranged, normal Bruce. I'm glad my kids didn't tape me.......or did they!!!!!!!!!?????????

Posted by: Dog Licker | December 07, 2006 at 05:40 AM

Unfortunately angry, frustrated & demented Bruce sounds disturbingly familiar.
Check out Phillip Larkin’s poem This Be The Verse.

Posted by: Sean Jarleth | December 09, 2006 at 07:09 PM

Hey! If you're interested, I can email you the Mash-Up I made with Bruce cursing and swearing as Jandek plays his out of tune piano as featured on "The Beginning." It adds a certain vibrant richness to both recordings hitherto unforeseen independently of the other. Why didn't I think of it before? It's a match made in heaven (as seen from Hades)!

Posted by: Bren C. | April 20, 2007 at 08:54 PM

Cool post.But unfortunately angry, frustrated & demented Bruce sounds disturbingly familiar.

Posted by: piano lessons | February 05, 2009 at 05:17 AM

Does he know his son is hiding somewhere nearby taping his every word? Did the car break down?

Posted by: Houston Piano Lessons | February 18, 2009 at 11:28 AM

Always angry, always confused...I've been there before!

Posted by: Piano Lessons | December 13, 2009 at 01:12 AM

Poor bruce. Hope he could that thing, it might be a help to lessen his frustrations in life.

Posted by: studying piano | January 08, 2010 at 01:59 AM

Hey Therese (and fellow listeners) i'm making a film about another infamous audio verite recording SHUT UP LITTLE MAN! - if anyone out there is a fan of Daddy's Curses or SULM i'd love to hear from you. I'm looking for fans (if 'fan' is the right word) of SULM and DC... email is matt@plexusfilms.com.au.
Thanks. 19/01/2010

Posted by: Matthew Bate | January 19, 2010 at 01:05 AM

Just to let you guys know I know the people that made this tape! I was made in the Flemington NJ area. I actually know Bruce's family!

Matt Rue

Posted by: Matt Rue | June 26, 2012 at 09:17 PM

November 09, 2006

The Ravings of Bruce The Piano Man (MP3)

When I was in college, a friend gave me a cassette containing the frustrated rantings of a guy named Bruce.   Bruce is a dad from suburban Jersey.  He tries to fix things around the house, like the family piano.  He does his own taxes.  And he uses very colorful language, some of which was caught on tape by his son.  Listen for yourself here  (6MB MP3 file, NSFW)

When I listened to this at 22, all I heard was Bruce's rage.  I thought it was hilarious.   Listening now...  Well, it's still hilarious.  But it's kinda sad, too.  His kids are no help.  Half his fucking papers have disappeared.  He can't even let himself go enough to really commit to his cursing. His goddamns are outnumbered by his goshdarns.  He even doggones once or twice.   It's tempting to read all sorts of things into this diatribe.  Is it really about the piano?  Or was he passed over for a promotion? Does he know his son is hiding somewhere nearby taping his every word?  Did the car break down?  Does his wife not appreciate him?  Have his glory days passed him by?  Who knows?  Poor Bruce.  If we can learn one thing from him, it's to spend the $300 and buy the right fucking tool.  Ya fucking moron!

Posted by Listener Therese on November 09, 2006 at 10:50 AM in Audio Mysteries, MP3s, New Jersey | Permalink

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July 30, 2015

You No Longer Need to Beware of the Blog

After ten fun-filled years, we're packing up shop here at WFMU's Beware of the Blog. Many thanks to the dozens of volunteer authors who put in so much time and love into their posts and articles, and thanks to the commenters and trolls who almost feel like part of our dysfunctional family. 

"Almost" is a funny word, isn't it? 

We will keep every single post up here for all of eternity, and someday, WFMU may resume online publishing. First we need to find an admin though, something we haven't had here for many years, which is part of the reason that we are shutting it down. 

Thanks everybody!

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Welcome to Beware of the Blog - Enjoy Our Bountiful Feast of Goodies!

I wish the dude who knows the Pennock family would contact me some day on a comment on my blogs because if me' ol' COOLEY HALL pal Bruce is still alive and kicking in 2020, I'd weelwee luv to make contact with him. The last time I was over at his house, his brother Brian and his parentswere alive, and it was th eyear of 1976. I was renting a home in Blackwood, NJ-USA, and Bruce still lived where he did in school days, at 2 Beaver Drive, Barrington, NJ.

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!