It’s as humid as a New Orleans butt crack up here today. Oh, how I hate it. It’s still not hot, but there’s a general yuck in the air, which hints at the terribleness to come.
Yeah, it won’t be long before we have to lug the Soviet humbox window units up from the basement, and fill the house with a continuous roaring noise:
“Could you pass me the salt?”
“What?”
“The salt! Pass the salt!!”
“Oh, I don’t know. Five or six.”
“Who?”
“Tomorrow, dammit! Tomorrow!!”
Not a fan of summer… Pass the Gold Bond medicated crotch blower.
Apparently I’ll be going to an ultra-rare rock show next week. I’m not the most spontaneous person at this point in my life (it takes too much energy), but Steve and I decided yesterday, all willy-nilly.
He called while I was driving to work, and I mentioned that the New York Dolls were going to be at the Trocadero, in Philadelphia, soon. “Wanna go?” he said. “Yeah, I do!” I answered.
So, we checked our schedules (got the go-ahead from our wives) and ordered tickets. We bought them around six o’clock, and by the time I got home from work last night it was showing SOLD OUT. Did we get the last two? Excellent.
I don’t have the new Dolls album yet, but the previous one is great. And, of course, their stuff from the ’70s is iconic. Should be a fun show. Even though three of the original members are long-dead, including Johnny Thunders. But let’s try not to focus on the negative…
If the Eels tour this summer, which will probably happen, it’s very likely I’ll attend TWO shows in a single calendar year. Pretty good, huh? Who says I’m a pathetic old burn-out?
Hello? …Hello?
Speaking of phone conversations while driving, I spoke with Metten on Sunday while careening down Interstate 81. We’d never actually talked before, we’d only communicated through email and text messages. It was kinda surreal.
He said I sounded different than he thought I would. Maybe it’s because I was using my “sassy black woman” voice? I don’t know… Next time I’ll hit him with my “enthusiastic Chinese business-owner,” and maybe that’ll work better?
We were discussing who should write Monday’s post at Mockable. I volunteered, and cranked out this little morsel of ridiculousness in about thirty minutes. Funny thing, though. It’s one of my favorites so far.
A guy at my job reportedly won $100,000 with a scratch-off lottery ticket yesterday morning. Supposedly he showed up for work last night, and told his boss he wouldn’t be returning.
I’m not sure that’s the wisest move on his part. But what do I care?
And I need to stop right here. I’m all outta time. I don’t really have a formal Question today…
How about the last concert/show you attended? Any good? Also, have you ever met someone you’ve only known through email, or over the phone at work, and had them pictured completely wrong? Tell us about it. And finally, the lottery dilemma… Would you quit your job for $100,000 of found-money?
I’ll see you guys tomorrow.
Depeche Mode – something gay
That guy went a step further than I would have if that $100K was mine – He actually showed up at the office the next day to quit in person.
My boss would have gotten a nasty email.
Luckily I skipped lunch today.
Toby Keith, it was free with free beer in a VIP seating area with a designated driver.
Being debt free, 100K would allow me to pursue something else.
@Uncle_Wedgie – yep, that’s why I like them. I’m all about gay music…the gayer, the better.
Went to a Pet Shop Boys concert once. Now THAT was gay.
Last show I saw was Blue October..it was Great!
I speak to a lot of people on the phone and when I do meet them they NEVER look like how they sound…I gave up long ago.
No, I would not quit my job for $100,000.00…maybe $100,000,000.00…
Def would not quit for $100,000 – I actually like my job (most days that are not today). I would, however, move to a bigger apt. And maybe get that vacation to Tahiti finally!
Last show was four bands of punk/rock guys under 30 who you’ve never heard of. Most recent actual “concerts” were Buckcherry, Gaslight Anthem, & Katy Perry. Kinda all over the map.
My first “serious bf” was a friend of a friend who I talked to on the phone for almost a year before we ever met – my friend had me convinced that he was ugly & dorky. I was (very pleasantly) surprised the night we met and he was neither. Blond curls & blue-green eyes – as my 13-year-old self would put it, sooooo dreamy! 🙂
Here’s a shitty little eatery in North Alabama. I don’t know what they serve. This picture was taken with my cell phone, but you can just make out the name of the place: “BEST FOOD YES”
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/1018/bestfoodyes.jpg
Most of you guys know I’m a regular concert-goer, so I won’t bore you. Last concert I went to was one of the “surprise” gigs by Green Day at a small club because I know their Tour Manager – Michael Schenker is next on Thursday night. Jeff, saw the Dolls last year for the first time in eons and they rocked. You’ll love it.
Currently unemployed, but if I was working there’s no way in Hell I’d quit my job for $100,000. That’s just crazytalk.
Happy Tuesday, Surfers!
Saw the Bad Plus with Wendy Lewis last month, and squealed like a teenage girl. I think they’re ginchy.
Uh oh…I just read that the founder of Bennigan’s, Norman Brinker, died today.
I had the same experience Metten did with you, Jeff, when Jim from jimformation called me about a computer issue he was having.
I have followed his site since 1999 – just a great writer. Not comedy like you (which I love, obvs) but short stories and essays.
Of course all of those years of reading his work I had an idea of how he might sound and I was wayyyy off. His voice was higher than I expected. Not gay high (not that there is anything wrong with that) just higher than I imagined.
Any more on doing that podcast you were considering?
OH!
Also to Jeff and the other night owls out there:
I have a friend that will be on Coast To Coast AM this Thursday night talking about his movie Generation RX.
http://www.generationrxfilm.com/
His name is Kevin Miller and it will be the first time I will hear his voice.
He wants me to call in and I told him I would try since he was kind enough to send me the DVD. I get right through on Computer America but I never tried calling Coast To Coast before.
Been a long time fan and always liked Noory so we shall see. I know you have been listening while working this new job.
Last Concert – Jeff Beck at Irving Plaza in NYC in April – good show.
Last one before that was Ray Davies at Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC last december. Another good show.
Last concert…..bruce springsteen and the E street band last month. Fan-frickin-tasic. How he didn’t have a heart attck running around like he was, I’ll never know but I’m glad I got to see them before they stopped doing shows.
Last concert – Nickleback, one before that was James Blunt – I went to that as a favor for a friend who had tickets at the last minute. After every song I thought ‘Oh, I know that song and I hate it’. Took every ounce of energy I have to not run on stage and kick his ass for singing like a girl.
James Blunt looks just like I expected…..
I gotta agree with Swami Bologna – Buster and Sylvain Sylvain do not The New York Dolls make. I guess I put those two Dolls LPs on such a high pedestals that I never really loved any other post-breakup Dolls stuff except for a few of Thunders’ releases, and I think his “So Alone” was the only one that really came close to greatness. It would be interesting to see what they’re doing, now, but it depresses me to think about it. They didn’t sound too half bad in the footage of the “New York Doll” documentary and some of the newer live stuff I’ve heard. But, it’s sort of like the Stooges/MC5 reunion thang a while back. The Stooges were God-like to me when I was younger, and I had everything they released, but I don’t think in a million years I’d want to see a bunch of paunchy, fat old men on stage belting out Stooges songs, further impressing the point that I’m just a paunchy, fat old fan standing there watching them. I’d feel like one of those grey-haired oldsters that I see pathetically twisting at old Sha Na Na shows at state fairs. I just can’t get past the reunion thing; it feels sort of sad and pathetic. I love nostalgia, but I think it seriously tarnishes the memory of the band of how glorious they were back in their heyday. The Dolls were part of a huge pivotal point in Rock and Roll history, and I’d like to remember them that way. Blue Oyster Cult played here a year or two ago. I LOOOOOOVE BOC with a brokeback passion, but I knew I’d just get depressed, so I stayed home. Same with The Pixies. It just won’t work for me…
However, Cracker will be playing in Louisville in July, which should get me off my ass to see ’em. They’re one of the few touring bands that I could really give a shit about anymore…
>>@retrollama: Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, and Paul McCartney. *blink blink* One of these things is not like the other.<<
So you mean the guys in Franz Ferdinand aren’t total fags?
ETW – I used to work with Victor Krummenacher from Cracker (and Camper Van Beethoven). We see each other every now and then Let me know if you want to go and I’ll give him a call…
@AngryWhiteGuy, Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction! Dang, they’re all over the place. My 19-year-old nephew saw them Friday night in Boston, and my boss is at the same show right now in Virginia.
Last concert I went to was Orange Tulip Conspiracy a few weeks ago at the Black Cat in DC. Last “big” concert I went to (i.e. a band you might have heard of) was King Crimson a few years ago at the Birchmere. Both were excellent, absolutely worth the time and effort.
Dave Brubeck is in town again this summer, and I’m thinking I ought to go. I don’t much care for his recent work, but I do like his old stuff. Plus, he’s an American icon and he’s not going to be around much longer.
Flipper, last Sunday night and it was totally excellent.
Bonnie Raitt (twice)…Lyle Lovett…k.d. Lang…Gypsy Kings (twice)…not all in one night. Small venue…Hard Rock in Vegas when I lived there. Absolutly killer every time.
100K is just enough to take a year off and learn something. I’d start with two new languages and spend all my time practicing to get back my trumpet chops.
I’ve heard myself on my answering machine and I don’t think I look like anything I sound like. First of all I have a fully developed nose. Not a big schnozz, but not a little nub either. Also, my eyes are a lot bluer than somebody that sounds like that. I’m a lot taller too!
The Avett Brothers (with Dave Matthews). Yeah, I’ve mentioned it before, and, like JCIII, fear retribution. Oh well. Loved the opening act like a fanboy and will be going back in July (without Dave Matthews).
As for the 100K, definitely not enough to quit unless you have a backup. Maybe the guy is opening a bar or taking a sabbatical.
Last show paid for: Dave Matthews in Raleigh, before LeRoi Moore kicked the bucket. Free shows: Puddle of Mudd headlined a free show with Saving Abel and some other openers. Left before POM started playing. It was fully meh.
@ tadpolegal: My first show was the Tubes, I was wondering if those ole farts were still around…
I’m self-employed, so $100k would buy me a workshop and a week off.
Forgot to add my first concert was Van Halen (I was in love with Eddie). Was a gift from friends – ticket cost $7 I still have it . Does that make me feel old?
Last concert? I went to a new years show that had H20 (Hardcore NYC punk) that was in KC.
@ Jeff.
You have all of these advertise here things going on but you need to inform of how to acquire space. I have looked all over and nothing is listed.
Can you work on that?
I can think of 2 friends that might pay to add traffic to their site since they use google ad words and live in PA and can fix computers remotely like me.
More info is required.
What would I do if I won a hundred grand?
I’d spend every last dime on wine and hookers.
Jeff: try the cornstarch variety of gold bond. Much more effective.
@ Knucklehead:
Thanx, I’ll do that! I love all the Cracker/CVB/Monks of Doom stuff. I saw CVB live four times, and met them all and hungout for one of their soundchecks once (when they played a show with Tiny Tim back in the 80s), but I’ve never seen Cracker live. Really looking forward to it if I can manage to get there!
I’ll take that last statement back, I did sort of see Cracker live once – caught Dave Lowery and Johnny Hickman doing an acoustic set – but it still wasn’t Cracker per se…
Last show? Ben Folds on my birfday. Out-Standing! I just love that little man.
Quit for 100k? Uh, no. Even before taxes that wouldn’t cover my debt. Thank you law school.
Meet someone who didn’t look like they sound? I worked in radio for a really long time, so, yes, I have met a lot of people who don’t look like they sound, including myself. I sound like I am tall and dark and exotic looking. I am not. Well, I am tall, but not as tall as I sound. Sometimes I even disappoint myself.
last show – Radiohead and before that, Dave Matthews Band, before that, Chris Smither. going to see DMB in a couple of weeks, too. I do not fear retribution. don’t give a damn.
If I won $100K, I’d quit this job, fo sho! I’m self-employeed and working this temp pay-for-shit data entry job to help with finances since our medical bills have stacked up considerably (hubby had prostate cancer – all the men out there, get your PSA#s checked). I’d take the $100K, pay the bills and get back to my biz.
Reminds me – its Wed and I’ll play the lotto today.
100k might get me to drop this joint. I won’t be able to live on it but it might be a push to get me to pursue something else. I’m a cubicle monkey. Gray walls, lots of typeing.
Last concert? Don’t even remember. I’m pretty cheap about such things so its been awhile. Black Crowes maybe. Maybe if I win 100k I can go to all the concerts I want and work part time? Hmmmm….
Mmmm….$100,000. Quit?…no…. but would start something else, for sure.. to get the fuck out of here. All ready have a side busness that is my passion…would like to do that full time.
Just saw Zac Brown Band at PNC Park as I stated in another writing. The concert before that was Alan Jackson. Always great. I’m a country girl at heart! Jamboree in the Hills coming soon! WHOO-HOO!
Hate the heat of summer….humidity sucks. Sweat like a fat kid with no cake.
I’d pick up Karin’s joint and finish it. Then I’d point out to her how awesome ceiling fans are. Check it out, chica, it has blades and it’s chopping up the air in little pieces and raining it down on us. Far out. Then we’d go to White Castle and spend some of that $100k.
My last show was Southern Culture on the Skids with opening act Malamondo’s. Scots always puts on a great show and the Go-Go Dancers with Malamondo’s were NICE!!!!
$100K would be great but not enough to quit working. It would keep me living the dream with Wendy’s #2 combo each day though!
Biff Spiffy,
The Tubes are, indeed, still around. Just saw them a few months ago at the Red Devil Lounge (max. cap. 350 – if that). Hilarious.
Average age of attendee: 50+.
@Biff Spiffy & Knuckelhead-
Yes They are old, but still put on a great show. We see them everytime they come around. There is somthing about Fee Waybill in spandex, platform shoes and a dildo shoved in his pants that everyone should see once~!
last show: billy joel and elton john
amazing
NDfaninAZ- Isn’t it funny that Shirley Q offended Rupaul? Hey…about thirty comments disappeared. Now this answer doesn’t make sense.
Freaky! Now the comments only show up in the black space at the bottom and keep disappearing in the white space. Sort of like when Ashcroft was reading the site. Anyway, NDfan in AZ, Shirley Q Liquor is awesome.
Did you know- Arby’s sandwich meat is made with bull castration fragments?
On IPOD right now- Everyday People- Sly and the Family Stone