History of Za Part I
Well, I figure the Combo Za blog is as good a place as any to recapitulate the group's history. With Wreckin' Ball, The Despot, Zog's Documentarian, and Goose on board, we should be able to provide a pretty detailed storyline. Maybe we can even entice Dave Pasty Allen and Melanie Daglian (of unknown nickname) or Dirck Fuller to participate.
Here are the ground rules: use the comments section to advance the history, add details to portions that people already wrote, ask questions of people writing, provide your own different account, or make smart-alecked quips. It will be non-linear and Roshomon-like, perfect for this group of people.
When the comments section gets too cumbersome, I can begin a new thread (or someone else can as well -- most of you should have the ability to make your own posts, if you need instructions or a new invitation, let me know and I will get it taken care of).
So how did the group begin?
Here are the ground rules: use the comments section to advance the history, add details to portions that people already wrote, ask questions of people writing, provide your own different account, or make smart-alecked quips. It will be non-linear and Roshomon-like, perfect for this group of people.
When the comments section gets too cumbersome, I can begin a new thread (or someone else can as well -- most of you should have the ability to make your own posts, if you need instructions or a new invitation, let me know and I will get it taken care of).
So how did the group begin?
posted by (d)avid at 11/18/2004 09:22:00 AM
7 Comments:
The unflattering story I was told was as follows:
In the primordial ooze of the early 80s, a group of Star Trek geeks used to sit around and make Star Trek jokes in a basement. They never saw sunlight and were often mistaken for skinny C.H.U.D..
Well, their Star Trek joke sessions started to gather a following of people who thought Lt. Uhura was pretty hot or read "Kirk/Spock" fiction (anyone who has seen Trekkies will know what I am talking about. Eventually, someone had the thought, "Why don't we do our schtick for the overworld dwellers. The sun lovers might be more appreciative of a Tribbles or Harry Mudd reference than we earlier conjectured."
The skinny Star Trek watching C.H.U.D. were half-right. Williams students viewed the shows as WARP performance art. Instead of laughing at WARP, you were laughing with WARP. Crowds were sparse but existed.
That was until Dave Pasty Allen came along. The originators of Combination Pizza (a name coined by The Record to describe the complexion of the founders) recognize Dave Allen as one of their own because of his albin-esque skin tone. However, Dave Allen was also (cue gospel choir) a SpringStreeter, a WCFM DJ ("Come to Williams College, We'll Give you Knowledge"), funny, and popular (in that pasty, Springstreeter type of way). Dave became king of the Star Trek geeks and made them almost ready for prime time. Shows were funny and didn't involve standing around shooting each other with phasers.
Well, I'm sure I missed a lot of details. No names, for instance. I missed the whole Donald Regan era of Combo Za (after President Reagan canned him). There is also no discussion of cocaine use, skinny ties, and Duran Duran. So obviously it is missing a few details, but you folks can help me out.
I sincerely hope that "SF" as Ben puts it persists today as it was one of my favorite innovations of the years I was in the group, not that I was the innovator. The "SF" stands for "Skull Fuck".
Keith, set us straight. Tell it like you saw it (and remember it). A crush from Chris sounds highly entertaining.
That is the sweetest story I have ever heard. And to think I once gave up sex with a hot acquaintence to attend PRACTICE. Holy crap. If I had known there was precedent, I would have totally ditched you guys for practice (wouldn't for the show).
Chris Green actually missed a show? Seriously? That is crazy.
There is nothing complicated about sex with Goose. It's really pretty quick and painless. A girl could spend a worse two minutes of her life.
Besides, he "isn't into monogamy right now."
I'd actually love to know what the current group believes about Za history and see how on/off they are -- interested, Colin, et al?
That Z-Force/V-Force story may be the best Za story ever. Or best story ever. Period. I can't believe I'd never heard it before.
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