When I first started working at the indy, I had two coworkers who also happened to be brothers. They both played (and still do, as far as I know) in the same local band which I won’t mention — they appeared on Out to Lunch with Miles & Thrill and have been advertised on 98-Rock. Charlie is the older of the two (his bro is, uh, “L.”), but these two could almost be twins — heavy drinkers with a history of drug abuse and a variety of sordid tales of sexual misconduct (”Dude! I had the chick — and her mother!”).

Gary fired L. a long time ago for, oh, something relating to drinking, but it is in fact L. who inadvertently caused one of the funniest situations the store has ever had.

In contrast to the brothers, their father went to school, was successful, and is a doctor at Hopkins. He’s got a nice place in the ‘burbs and isn’t exactly hurting for money. One day, Doc Rock happened to answer the phone when Gary called down looking for L. who was overdue for his Saturday morning shift.

L. was overdue because he’d been up all night drinking, one of those binges that leaves a person drunk into the next month. Perhaps afraid that Gary was going to fire L. — and of course, he eventually did — Doc Rock informed Gary of L.’s extremely inebriated state … and then volunteered to cover L.’s shift.

So Doc Rock came into work with his girlfriend and spent much of Saturday afternoon driving around town in his expensive vehicle, delivering pizzas, including one to a colleague of his who apparently inquired if Doc Rock had lost his medical privileges?

Doc Rock never worked at the shop again, but every now and then the story gets told and everyone has a chuckle. I could tell you the story of The Amazing Neal and his amazing truck with its amazing built-in bong, but, really, I’m all typed out.