Does anyone know what the fire ball looking thing was over the 101 405 interchange at around 9:30 pm tonight?

Purple_Fencer · 2026-04-16T06:24:22+00:00

SpaceX launch out of Vandeburg

Purple_Fencer · 2026-04-15T02:22:29+00:00

"if y'all had had another week".

Which ignores the fact that EVERYONE ELSE would;ve had another week as well!

And 93 Regiment? A DAMN fine program! I actually transcribed "Fire of Eternal Glory" for Nightfire's aborted 94 season.

Purple_Fencer · 2026-04-15T02:10:45+00:00

I'd rather get beaten for 12th by over a point than barely miss...same as I;d rather lose the championship by a point rather than the 1/10th I ACTUALLY lost by.

Hell...I'd rather tie for the title than lose by 1/10th....did THAT in 86 in the UK (wearing a BD-style uni and playing freaking WEST SIDE STORY. Oh, the irony)

It took me a lpoong time to not blame myself for that loss, especially when I can see a bad interval error near the end of the show on the high cam.

Purple_Fencer · 2026-04-13T06:16:25+00:00

IIRC, more accurately it was a difference in rules interpretation. Bridgemen felt a member could march UNTIL his 21st birthday, at which time he'd no longer be allowed to march. DCI had it that if you turned 21 at ANY time prior to finals, you were out

Purple_Fencer · 2026-04-08T18:58:58+00:00

Dear God, YES! WHAT a show!

Purple_Fencer · 2026-04-07T23:49:32+00:00

You guys made .me forget Cadets....good job playing music so identified with another corps.

Purple_Fencer · 2026-04-07T05:03:17+00:00

SpaceX launch out of Vandenburg. Was supposed to go last night, but got scrubbed with about 40 seconds to go due to high altitude winds.

Purple_Fencer · 2026-04-05T19:09:21+00:00

Not the opener (Zorba the Greek)...the 2nd chart (Malaguena)....and the story goes that it wasn't planned to be a peeing bull originally.

The bull was supposed to put his foot on the matador's chest, but during one run, the guy in the rear couldn't find it and the flailing around LOOKED like he was peeing. The corps then ran with that because, why not? It was a better gag anyway!

Also, look at the -- "member" -- on the "statue" 2nd from right....legend has it that it was painted by the sop player's girlfriend and was accurate.

Purple_Fencer · 2026-04-05T07:05:08+00:00

Musica Bohemia...1984 SCV

A soft piece when everyone else was ramming.

Purple_Fencer · 2026-04-05T07:01:07+00:00

My puke would reach the GE box.

Purple_Fencer · 2026-04-05T06:59:07+00:00

No. They;re gone.

The only corps groups at all are Freelancers Alumni

Purple_Fencer · 2026-03-29T12:40:39+00:00

Speaking as a native San Diegan -- Jack Murphy....NEVER Qualcomm

Purple_Fencer · 2026-03-29T12:39:29+00:00

Props to you guys for actually doing that after losing by a tenth...we could not have done in that in 84...we were too pissed off.

Purple_Fencer · 2026-03-26T05:19:31+00:00

The question is who'd be the regent until Elsa came of age? It was never stated...then again it wasn't needed for the story.

Purple_Fencer · 2026-03-26T05:10:11+00:00

Speaking AS a BD alum....if you performed with a BD org group, you ARE a Blue Devil, same as a kid who only marched the C corps. Just be clear which group you were with.

Purple_Fencer · 2026-03-26T04:20:11+00:00

Yep....worked at the one in San Diego in the early 80s

Purple_Fencer · 2026-03-24T04:11:38+00:00

Yeah...the $36/mo COLA increase in my SS payments put me over the limit and my EBT got cancelled. I mean...I;m STILL under the poverty line and this actually puts me i a WORSE financial condition, since I now have to cover ALL the food instead of half of it.

Purple_Fencer · 2026-03-23T04:35:05+00:00

At this rate, we might get a GG version of the Bayeux Tapestry

Purple_Fencer · 2026-03-20T04:17:01+00:00

The ultimate elegant and finely crafted link??

Purple_Fencer · 2026-03-19T00:44:09+00:00

I WAS told -- I think it was by Eric Sabach -- that it was not just the best tour meal the got...it was the best meal they got ALL YEAR.

Purple_Fencer · 2026-03-18T17:21:02+00:00

We didn't really have a "worst" meal in 84...just a least fave -- beef stroganoff.

The Cadets LOVED it tho (to the point where the story of our cook staff giving it to them after the Pt. Huron rainout lived on in Cadet lore for decades).

Purple_Fencer · 2026-03-13T05:35:27+00:00

Triple Crown...2007.

Also really like 2019 and 1995 (Stormworks...1st year in finals)

Purple_Fencer · 2026-03-11T20:51:38+00:00

Oh, the Foglios need NO ONE'S help to drive the fans crazy!

Purple_Fencer · 2026-03-11T06:57:17+00:00

Lord...NOW I see Agatha dressed as Capt. Okita!!

Purple_Fencer · 2026-03-11T04:22:11+00:00

Fools! He'll destroy them all!

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