Across 73 Webster St

I was the second brother born, a miracle I'm still alive
Doing whatever I had to do to survive.
I'm not saying what I did was alright,
Trying to get over my hangover was a day to day
fight.
Been down all day, getting up was all that was on my mind,
I knew there was a better way of life to busy partying to care to find.
You don't know what you'll do until you're put under
pressure.
73 Webster Street is a hell of a tester.

Across 73 Webster Street,
Drunks making fun of people who's stomachs are weak
Across 73 Webster Street,
Teen getting empties for free.
Across 73 Webster Street,
Woman getting air mattress launched that shit was sweet.
Across 73 Webster Street,
Schwettin' from the heat.

I got one more thing I'd like to y'all to know about right now.
Hey brother, there's a better way out.
Drinking that Twisted Tea, Mojitos, and doing shots man yer gonna fall out.
Take my advice, it's either live or die.
You've got to be strong, if you want to party all night.

Across 73 Webster Street,
Drunks making fun of people who's stomachs are weak
Across 73 Webster Street,
Teen getting empties for free.
Across 73 Webster Street,
Woman getting air mattress launched that shit was sweet.
Across 73 Webster Street,
Schwettin' from the heat.

Our family on the other side of town,
Would give us hell if they could see what were doing now.
In this city only one place you'll find these things going down,
73 Webster Street was the party capital of 2010 in this town.

Across 73 Webster Street,
Drunks making fun of people who's stomachs are weak
Across 73 Webster Street,
Teen getting empties for free.
Across 73 Webster Street,
Woman getting air mattress launched that shit was sweet.
Across 73 Webster Street,
Schwettin' from the heat.

Travers Week Rap

Close the slider I ain't got no lock
Call Daiblo Taxi tell em pick me up on the 3,000 block
Hit BART to SFO
Down 2 tall drafts , 3 benadryl, call for final bording and I'm ready to go

It's Travers Week
8 days no sleep
Always awake
Call Cathy see if she got that Peppa Steak

Hit Albany still half drunk and wait for Kate
No Margaret she's just a friend it ain't a date
Hit Purdy's to get some Crown Royal to take to the dome
Sean's on the porch doing push-ups waiting for me to get home

It's Travers Week
8 days no sleep
Always awake
Call Cathy see if she got that Peppa Steak

I'm home and the games commence
Mom's shaking her head and saying "you idiots make no sense"
Next moring Mom is kicking her passed out kids
Saying "Now look, you 2 have to stop, I'm really pissed"
Me and All-Pro look at each other and laugh then get smacked tough
We let the rest of family know the party is on you better buckle up

It's Travers Week
8 days no sleep
Always awake
Call Cathy see if she got that Peppa Steak

We on the porch talking bout when Haswell hit me with a rake
Diane jumps out her car yells "I'm 50", stretches, kicks n Aunt Mary says "oh for heaven's sake"
We ask her about Mop Top, Cab, n Zack
Then we all break up when she says "Aunt Marg your neighbors are wik wik wack"
I hit the track with the Gardner family and they on a bad run
Turning on each other too busy to notice I drank all their beer, I'm ruthless son

It's Travers Week
8 days no sleep
Always awake
Call Cathy see if she got that Peppa Steak

We Facebooking n breaking balls
Killing 2 Band-Aid Todd, Jerelle, and whoever we can find on their walls
Sneaking in the kitchen do some shotsssssssssssss
At the rate we're going will have to see Rodney Dangerfield's doctor Vinnie Boom Baats
Mom yells "yer Manley's don't drink that shit"
Sean sneaks up behind her and makes a fart noise with his arm-pit

It's Traveras Week
8 day's no sleep
Always awake
Call Cathy see if she got that Peppa Steak

I've been home 2 days and can't remeber a thing
Reach into my pocket and it's an uneaten hot wing
Someone make it stop and Sean says "Why"
Then he says "remeber Al Bundy scored 4 touchdowns in a game at Polk High"
Hearing that made me realizie forgetting ain't so bad
Then when shotgunned a beer and sang Psycho Dad

It's Travers Week
8 days no sleep
Always awake
Call Cathy see if she got that Peppa Steak

We dust it off , push through, and begin to pound brew
I can't make it up it's all true
Mom makes a salad with olives and greens
Gives me a stern look then says "tomorrow were going to Aunt Jean's"
I say yeah yeah don't worry about me I'll be here
Mom says who you going out with Kyle? He's queer
Sean spits out his beer and laughs then mom threatens me with a pair of pliers
Then Sean says "before you go let's do a drive-by on Sam's Tires"

It's Travers Week
8 days no sleep
Always awake
Call Cathy see if she got that Peppa Steak

Day 3 and and the adreniline is still flowing
Sean puts a beer in my hand and says time to get going
Sean is blitzed playing Fat Boys tunes
Teen walks through the door and states "I hate all coons"
We toast our cans and say gald you came through
She punches me in the neck and says "you stupid jerk I hate you"

It's Travers Week
8 days no sleep
Always Awake
Call Cathy see if she got that Peppa Steak

Day 4, what happened to days 1 and 2
Teen yells from the porch "shut up ya stupid jew"
We're youtubing and having our annual Bob Felice break battles
All the while drinking like the Waco Kid in Blazing Saddles
Knocking down beers by the dozen and it's 12 a.m.
The day was just a warm-up here comes the real mayhem

It's Travers Week
8 days no sleep
Always awake
Call Cathy see if she got the Peppa Steak

It's been 5 days since my arrival
My mother and those concerned worry about my survival
I put on the Irish tunes serenade them for the evening
Aunt Jean looks at mom and says when's his plane leaving
I head downtown and begin to defile myself
It's all on the arm I roll with soicety types who got the wealth

It's Travers Week
8 days no sleep
Always awake
Call Cathy see if she got that Peppa Steak

Day 6 n I'm alive n in 1 piece
Sean on the house phone tracking Lisa's whereabouts with Delice
I'm plotting my next move Dina shaking the house snoring n the next room
I get a phone call from an ex-girfriend who's oblivious to the impending doom
She takes me to West Side Cafe for a bite to eat
She kinda short so I tell the waitress will be needing a booster seat

It's Travers Week
8 days no sleep
Always awake
Call Cathy see if she got that Peppa Steak

7 days in too late to turn back then I get a call from my old friend Zack
Who "we having a party for Chris who just got back"
I tell Sean gear up we've been called in from the pen
We get to party n Zack's wife says "shit both of them!"
Party goers got ties on n we show up with Corona in a can
No matter 15 minutes n we got the whole party doing keg stands

Its's Travers week
8 days no sleep
Always awake
Call Cathy see if she got that Peppa Steak

Travers is here and the people are flowing
Sean cracks another and says "keep the party going"
The family debates going to the track to do some bettin'
We all say hell no I don't feel like schwettin'
The DeSanits clan, Rossi's, Papa's all gather to watch at the Fittipaldi's place
Rob and Joe are a no show they know Dom and Sean are here they're playing it safe

It's Travers Week
8 days no sleep
Always awake
Call Cathy see if she got that Pepper Steak

Travers came and went it was a good time that's what mattered
Sean says "whoa Butkis nothing is over let's get hammered"
Dina, Sean, and I down 3 thirty packs n we are toast
The cell rings and it's Jose Santos
He says "ahhh Dominick my friend let's go to a party I'll be there in 5"
I don my cleanest dirty shirt it's time to get live

It's Travers Week
8 days no sleep
Always awake
Call Cathy see if she got that Peppa Steak

I arrive at the club with Kate and Jose
I clear floor and say "hit me dee-jay"
Dee-Jay plays the club mix from the south of France
And I'm frying the bacon n doing the shark dance
Bouncers flag me for dancing on the bar stools
Jose smooths it over and tells em it's cools
aww shit I'm rolling with big time players I ain't got no rules

It Travers Week
8 days no sleep
Always awake
Call Cathy see if she got that Peppa Steak

The week is over and the partying has me 9 pounds lighter
Sean says "get up Rock yer a fighter"
Me, Sean, and Dina get drunk and toast to Kevin one last time
In the background mom grins and says those 3 dummies are mine
The end of the track signals the Fall
Hey you know I love you all

Ay yo Joesy Casertino

Just when you thought it was safe to grab an after work beer at Mobile On Run. Daaaaaaaaaaaaah Seany On The Delaware is on the loose, yest the tiger is out of the cage. If you value your marriage or job stand clear of Whitmore Courtsk.............

Rob DeSantis

Rob DeSantis was born in Saratoga Springs, NY on July 4, 1965. Rob was a 1983 graduate of Saratoga High and a 1985 graduate of Schenectady Community College where he majored in classical bass guitar. Rob feeling Upstate NY was too small for his big dreams headed to New York City to become a blues musician like his hero Ry Cooder. Rob quickly gained work as bassist standing in with legends such as Magic Sam, Magic Slim, and Otis Rush. Rob was quickly gaining a reputation as a rising star in the local blues scene. Rob had a day job at the Billy Newman Minimum Security Hospital in New York City. Rob's duties as an orderly brought him in contact with various patients. One day Rob was to deliver a patient to physical therapy, the patient was one Rob had never met before. Rob recognized the man and asked the man if he was his hero Ry Cooder, the man denied he was. For weeks Rob asked the man again and again if he was Ry Cooder but the man kept denying he was. Rob made one last ditch effort and played the man some blues, the man after hearing Rob play relented and admitted he was Ry Cooder. Ry began to tell Rob of a blues legend about a "missing song" that has been forever lost to the world. And hinted that there is also a legend surrounding him and how he became so talented. Rob having heard of the legend of the "missing song" wanted Ry to teach it to him. Ry tells Rob that he will give him the "missing song" if he busts him out and takes him to Mississippi where he has unfinished business to settle. Rob decided to take the man up on his offer. Rob busted Ry out by stowing him away in the laundry. Rob and Ry headed south, Rob with his bass guitar and pignose amp along with Ry and his harmonica. The men ran minor scams to buy bus tickets and food. Along the way they ran into a hitchhiker named Deborah Conway, a wannabe female blues singer from Australia. She too was headed south to Mississippi. Along the way Rob and Deborah fell in love. Rob wrote a song and sang it to Deborah called "Do-Re'-Mi", the song brought Deborah to tears. Deborah did want to accompany Rob and Ry on their mission and left them, for the first time in his life Rob felt the blues. Rob and Ry finally reached their destination where Ry tells Rob he has lied and there is no "missing song" and that he made a deal with the Devil for his musical talent. Ry also tells Rob that he only brought Rob there to play the Devil to regain his soul. Rob felt very confident and welcomed the challenge. The Devil shows up in a helicopter with Stevie Ray Vaughn. The Devil tells Rob he must enter into a head-cutting duel for Ry's soul. Rob and Vaughn begin a blistering duel, Rob feeling he was losing falls back into his classical training that Vaughn could not match. Rob won the duel and Ry's soul. The next day Ry and Rob parted ways, Ry went back to Oregon and Rob headed back to New York City. While on a bus back to New York Rob reads in a newspaper that Deborah has become a hit on the blues scene with a band named Do-Re'-Mi and that Stevie Ray Vaughn in a fit of rage over losing to Rob crashed the helicopter into a mountain in Wisconsin. Once back in New York Rob had trouble finding work as the New York blues scene was dying out. Rob answered an ad in a newspaper for a man with good communication skills. When Rob showed up for the interview he was greeted by a man named James Papa. Papa told Rob of an ongoing opportunity in Panama running a radio station sponsored by Radio Swan, a long rumored CIA front organization. Rob was badly in need of work and accepted the position. For a year Rob was excelling at his job as a disc-jockey playing rock from the 50's, 60', and 70's. In 1987 Manuel Noriega began to tighten his grip on the country, Noriega had one of the radio stations burned down and one of Rob's friends was killed. Vowing to restore free speech Rob and his friends built an underground radio station called The Voice of Liberty. The radio station also served as a intelligence gathering site for the CIA. For nearly a year Rob and his friends played a deadly cat and mouse game with Noriega's soldiers. Noriega was driven to the edge and brought in Cuban counterintelligence personnel to track down Rob and his friends. Rob was eventually captured and held in solitary confinement for 9 months in Panama's infamous Modelo Prison. Intelligence gathered by Rob led the U.S. to determine the situation was deteriorating in Panama and that the U.S. should intervene to stop Noriega. Just prior to the U.S. invasion the CIA launched Operation Acid Gambit, it was Rob's rescue mission. 23 Delta Force operators stormed the prison and rescued Rob. Once back in the U.S. Rob was presented the Presidents Medal of Freedom, and President George Bush called Rob "a great American". After his ordeal Rob wanted to drift back into society and lead a normal life, he headed to Los Angeles and got job selling high end automobiles. Rob fell into being a car salesman like a natural, he was the dealership's #1 salesman time and time again. Hearing of his success the TV station A&E decided to feature Rob on their show Take This Job. The episode was a hit and Rob received an offer to do his own TV show for the network. When the show aired Rob had opened up Alembic Dodge in Thousand Oaks, Ca. The show featured Rob and his sales team along with the day to day behind the scenes operations of the dealership. The show aired from 1999-2002. The show was cancelled after allegations of dishonest sales and the sale of false warranties. One allegation was that Rob would use his cousins All0-Pro and Doc to beat customers with tack hammers if they tried to leave. All charges were dropped after an undisclosed settlement. Once more in the limelight Rob decided to sell his dealership and move back to Saratoga Springs for a much more quiet life. These days Rob is a bass guitarist for a Morris Day & The Time tribute band. An innovator, pioneer, and a great citizen Rob DeSantis is a proud White Street native.

Aunt Caroll

Our dear Aunt Caroll has passed away, she will be greatly missed. She never uttered an unkind word or harbored ill thoughts. She inspired me to be a better person. I love you Aunt Caroll.

When I am gone, release me, let me go

I have so many things to see and do.

You mustn’t tie yourself to me with tears.

Be happy we had so many years.

I give you my love, you can only guess how much you gave to me in happiness.

I thank you for the love you have shown me.

But now it’s time I travel alone.

So grieve a while for me, if grieve you must.

Then let your grief be comforted by trust.

It’s only for a while that we must part,

so bless the memories within your heart.

I won’t be far away for life goes on.

So if you need me, call me and I will be near.

And if you listen with your heart, you’ll hear all my love around you,

soft and clear.

And when you must come this way along, I’ll greet you with a smile, And

“Welcome Home”.

Get Bent Cancer

Aunt Carol will persevere and out duel your ass. Stand strong Aunt Carol, cancer can't take your heart or your mind. Next summer we'll toast a drink to you and your victory. Then Market's two idiot sons will go on to toast about 200-300 more in your honor.............

Wall Of Shame

Cannot comment too much on the 2008 Travers week, because I don't remember that much. The beer count at the end was well over 400. What a terrible decision. It all went wrong horribly wrong, that's how we roll, hey steamboat hey marlboro man, Sam's Tires, oh god damn this is my jam ayer a a a a a ayer..........................