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Stoneman
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4/4/2016 9:51:09 PM
Stoneman aka Staple Head
I had a really bad stroke in 2002. I was partially paralyzed (left side) for about 2 weeks. Ever since then I have had dizzy spells that come and go at their leisure. I usually just wait it out and then continue on with whatever I am doing. On Saturday I was doing my normal 4 mile power walk and when I got to the stop light I had a really bad dizzy spell. Next thing I knew I was getting up off of the ground and my head was bleeding. Turns out I had busted my head open. I don't remember how I got home so I am telling everyone that God brought me home. It is all still a blur. Anyway, my wife rushed me to the hospital and they took me up to the trauma unit where they stapled my head back together. It was only 5 inches long but man it hurt when they used that big staple gun on me. Anyway, I have been in pain and sort of incoherent ever since with a severe concussion. But at least they let me come home today. Hope to be back up to speed with music stuff soon. But for now, it's okay if you call me Staple Head. It's true! They are so shiny and it looks like my head can be unzipped. Gotta find the humor in this shit because the pain ain't no joke. Old Staple Head Out!
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Noah Spaceship
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4/4/2016 9:56:02 PM
I love you, brother! You stay safe. I am sending you my best wishes. I am so grateful you are still with us and that you are in caring hands. Bless you, StapleHead :)
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Richard Scotti
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4/4/2016 9:59:21 PM
---- Updated 4/4/2016 10:03:41 PM
Will you be performing at the Staples Center? (hehe)
Get well soon!
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Stoneman
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4/4/2016 10:07:19 PM
Lot's of love back at you Noah! Thanks for the good wishes. Richard? Harrrrrr good one Bro.! Thanks!
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Larree
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4/5/2016 12:52:12 AM
Glad you are home and healing, Stoneman! Sending you get well vibes and prayers, my friend. Take it easy.
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Father Time
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4/5/2016 2:01:35 AM
He's playing at the Staples center with Mavis Staples.
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Stoneman
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4/5/2016 3:03:59 AM
Thanks Larree! Father Time, very clever and funny! Thanks!
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Hop On Pop
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4/5/2016 4:16:43 AM
Glad to hear that you're back home and resting up. That's some scary shit.
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Shoe City Sound
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4/5/2016 4:44:26 AM
Appreciate the alliteration - Stoneman/Staplehead .... not appreciating that you got hurt. Sending you vibes of love and healing. Honestly, Stoneman you should write a book - I've said it before......
D
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Two Silo Complex
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4/5/2016 7:35:11 AM
Wishing you the best and a speedy recovery "staple head"
TSC,
Ken
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Stoneman
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4/5/2016 8:42:10 AM
Thanks, Todd, Delores, and Ken!
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4/5/2016 11:48:00 AM
Jesus. Whoa. This nearly makes me cry. I almost wanna make an ALJ record
"We Love You Staplehead"
with a nice bunch of singers doing backup on the chorus,
wonder if the Staple Singers are possibly available.
Well when we forget where we are going, God sings "I'll Take You There"
and then He does.
I'm praying for you Stone.
You are a Staple of Modern American Music,
so you are by no means dismissed.
IF I GOTTA STAY HERE, YOU GOTTA STAY HERE. You feel me?
Sorry, didn't mean to raise my voice,
it probably hurts if somebody friggin' farts too loud.
You're probably asking nurses down the hall
"could you just not breathe so goddamned loud Ladies?"
God recently took me, as I've talked about a bit,
on a tour through "It's Like This, Cat" Town.
What can I tell you?
I can tell you that which I know,
and I have far too much admiration and respect for you
to tell you one thing more than that.
I'm pretty damned sure He has a plan.
I'm also, personally speakin' here, not liking that plan much,
but He has sent His Witnesses along my path,
to tell me "it'll get better", and the guy said it twice
to make sure that I, in particular heard that shit.
And then I said twice in particular to him to make sure he heard that shit,
"I did my part, I'm on the path. Up to Him now."
And I did. God told me 'you don't wanna HEAR my next warning.'
and I took His word for it, because the one I'd just had was a beaute.
He also promised me (promises promises, but mankind has nothing
but let me down in my life, so God's all that's left I can trust really)
that if I stick to it (which I have, four months or something clean & sober,
I don't even miss the shit, man) that my life would work out
like I always thought it would be.
Supposedly, one day somewhere in the future, I'm a big fat star.
Already kinda big and fat so I figure how far off can it be.
I gather you're a ways a away.
Or I'd come visit you.
and I'd probably kiss your head where the staples are,
and then you'd say ow,
and then your wife would walk in
and say
'what the f*** you doin' kissin my husband's head
you weird-ass bearded motherf***er?'
and I'd simply have to reply
I'm kissing his booboo head.
You know, under the staples there? to heal the booboo.
The upside of being retarded is I say this shit without blinking.
It's kinda cool.
Love Heal You.
Faith Can Move Mountains.
I Believe In You Stone presently with Staples in his booboo head.
And I am a motherf***er to behold, as you know.
Take one to know one.
Take this time, to reflect,
maybe write a song if you are up to
writing on a pad with a pen.
Reflect on what?
Well, one thing I'd be asking,
is 'what was God trying to tell me with this?'
That's what I did when he dropped me scientifically
on my instantly booboo head twice,
bam, booboo, bam again, what the fuck...
exactly that, barely got home,
there but for the Grace of God went my bloody pulp self.
Sorry man, I ain't go no more funny in me right now.
Heal. We Love You Staplehead.
I don't know I can actually go and make a record like that...
it's making me too sad to live just thinkin' about it...
then again, you never know,
they pop in my head, I do 'em. It's just how it works.
Yeah, I don't wanna immortalize this difficult moment per se,
you know?
That's like if somebody had made a song
about me when I had my spill
"We Love You Hamburger Face"
I'd be like 'Awww thanks... now go f*** yourselves...'
Before I became American Lesley Jane, in 2001,
I nearly killed myself. Too near, you don't wanna know.
A past life, in which I'd been a woman, kicked in,
and said 'no, we can't let all our training go to waste,
we are needed, and we are too good at giving evil a bad day, we stay.'
You Stay.
I said so.
Ponder on what God's trying to tell you,
and keep a writing pad and pen near by.
And love and prayers to you and your wife,
who needs to be strong for you now
and give you gentle kisses for your booboo head.
Love, ~Lesley
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4/5/2016 11:49:40 AM
Oh. You're home. I missed that part.
Too busy reeling over the rest of it. Love Be With You, Be Thou Healed.
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The Rhythm Kings
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4/5/2016 4:23:24 PM
Get well my man! Sounds like a song for you man.... "God got me home"???
Be Well! Kings.
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4/7/2016 7:07:14 AM
we're saying prayers for you brother. rest well, heal up.
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Chandra Moon
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4/7/2016 7:28:47 AM
I only just read this or I'd have sent you healing thoughts much sooner - thank goodness you're ok - do look after yourself!!
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LyinDan
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4/7/2016 5:09:43 PM
Oh, man, I hope they did a good job of stapling and nothing's gonna fall out :)
Seriously, very best wishes. Did they pinpoint what made you fall out in the first place?
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Stoneman
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4/7/2016 7:56:11 PM
Thanks ALJ (and friends), Kings, Chandra and Lyin Dan. Appreciate the positive vibes and wishes.
Dan,
No they didn't pinpoint the cause but they believe that it was probably the heart flutters that tend to cause dizzy spells. I have had them ever since I suffered a stroke in 2002. My brains are still in tact (I think) but the staples are still leaking blood when I put pressure on them. The main thing is the swelling has gone down tremendously. At first it looked like I had an extra head in the back. That part scared the shit out of my wife. I'm still having moments of incoherence but some folks would say that is normal for me. :) Been through concussions before from boxing, martial arts and twice being run over by cars. But this is probably the worse in regards to the longevity and intensity of the pain. Of course I ain't no spring chicken and that has got to be a factor in my recovery. But I'm a fighter man. This to will pass. I expect to get back to making music in another week or two.
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Two Silo Complex
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4/7/2016 8:47:51 PM
Dude to take you out like that and the staples must have been a hearty spill which tends to happen when you pass out on concrete (or so I've heard).
So glad to hear your on the mend
We know you will overcome concrete, heart flutters, staples in the head they don't call you stoneman for nothing. Your a pillar dude that will never fall stay strong.
TSC,
Ken
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Psyche's Muse
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4/7/2016 11:24:55 PM
"Don't Give Up!"
...There is great inspiration, encouragement, and motivation contained within your song's "lyrics". And remember this... "words" are "stones" according to the Bible, Mr. "Stone"-Man... GET WELL!!! -M-
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