Was Tee the Bi-Polar One?

When the second coming became a reality I presented Phil, Randy & John with copies of the landlord’s critical 1978 letter, pertinent parts of the City’s reactionary (to the first 340 Club) noise ordinance and basically endeavored to set a tone of behavior befitting a 30 year old City official (me) and his roommates.

By the next month I was back to fomenting parties, carousing, and chasing skirts. Then the juke box entered the picture and the decibels were ramped up even further. With the juke box a fixture, the next venture was the 340 Club card. After Phil & I designed the cards I went to Barlain Printing on May 26th to order them. I gave him the prototype, opted for round cornered cards, selected buff as the color, and proceeded to order and pay for 100 cards. $22.65 for 100 cards, $9.00 to set type and $1.90 in tax for a total cost of $33.55.

The very next day I had flipped again as I sent a message to not only Phil, Randy and John but other members. In this missal, I riled against two items: 1) debris in common areas, clutter/filth in refrigerator, sticky kitchen floor, filthy carpet, bastards spending the night, trash buildup, kitchen/bathroom crud, mother fuckers knocking on the door 24/7, extreme noise and et cetera; and 2) rock ‘n roll (sic) rehearsals in the basement (Quote: “This does not mean we can’t have a party with a live band, but it means I do not want daily; semi-daily, or even weekend only practice of rock ‘n roll (sic) in my house.”).

The next day my mood swung back as the 340 Club cards were ready and picked up. Now, with the juke and now membership cards in place, using the caricature drawn by artist Bot Roda, about 80 or so 340 Club tee shirts were ordered.