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Pearl Jam June 3, 2006

Hello all ye folks,
So much to report and only one brain and 10 fingers to do it with. First of all, Pearl Jam at Continental on June 3rd started off the summer concert goings in style. It was the last show of the tour, and they kicked ass. Over 3 hours worth. The setlist is below. But before I get to that, the tailgate was where the real party was. The bbq and beer was one thing. But I was not expecting some random dreadlocked guy to start freestyling while Jake played his guitar. Unfortunately I only have a picture (with a fuzzy close-up of part of finger as well) and no video.
I do have video though of a couple of my friends (Anthony and Mike) engaging in a pure battle of the titans. The challenge was originally simply who could chug 3 beers the fastest. But no, that would be too easy. And Anthony too unstoppable. Thus, enter the special ingredient: macaroni salad. About a pound's worth of a 3 pound container. According to the man himself and in his own words, "I don't even like macaroni salad." But it was a challenge, and after enough Molsen XXX's, it was a challenge worth taking. And so I give you:  Macaroni Salad vs. Beer...

Although neither the macaroni salad or the beer was actually finished, Mike won by TKO. Anthony's hand shovel method was Fear Factor-worthy, but with much lower odds than $50,000 on the line, he called it quits. It made everyone else's day though.

PJ setlist and bittorrent here: http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=25917.

Gluttonfest Weekend 2k6

Besides getting sucked into VH1's heavy metal month and downloading as much Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Megadeth and Anthrax as I could, this weekend shall hence forth be known as Hot Dog Weekend, aka Gluttonfest 2K6. I've never seen so much food in my life. Ok, I probably have, but it wasn't no concisely broken up into the 4 major food groups: hot dogs, hamburgers, salad (not the green kind, but macaroni, potato and cole slaw varities) and of course Beer. I think I had one meal this entire weekend that consisted of food outside these categories.

Saturday, only three people manned up to make the trip to Verona for Amazing Hot Dog. Thankfully it was not burned down like it was the last time we tried to go. Being it was memorial day weekend, and we would never see another hot dog again, we decided there was a major need for 1/4 pound hot dogs wrapped in bacon with rediculous toppings like cream cheese with chives. Don't knock it till you've tried it. Just ask Jake.

I went with some monstrosity with chili and cole slaw, and a Smokey Joe with baked beans and BBQ sauce. Ok, and hot dog egg rolls with duck sauce. And fries.

Ethan went for glory, attempting the contest where if you ate 6 dogs and a large fry, you got your name on a plaque, a tshirt and your meal free. He came pretty close, finishining nearly 5 and all the fries, and we were all pretty impressed. According to the man himself, "Onions were my downfall." He definitely deserves a hearty congratulations.

The two women behind Ethan couldn't quite understand that he was really attempting to eat all of it or why he was doing it, and they kept whispering to each other. Definitely didn't seem to be the type of people to frequent this type of joint.

By the end of the battle, I mean lunch, Ethan looked like a man who had been through a 12 round heavyweight fight, or the guy who got knocked out with a flying knee on UFC this weekend. Survival is the key to the game, and Ethan is a man who will not let hot dogs defeat him. They may have one the battle, but the BBQ war has just begun.

Speaking of which, I will hopefully have pictures soon from my backyard BBQ this afternoon. That is, if the heat didn't melt my sister's camera.

In short, Sam Adams Summer Ale = good, Infinite Humidy = awful.  Still fun though. Good to see Hunter S. Thompson, aka Ron for a change.

And Randy Johnson is back! Yea Yanks and Yea my fantasy team!

What would be a post without some music recommendations...

Today's Top 5:

Peeping Tom - Peeping Tom
Les Claypool - Of Whales and Woe
Clutch - Robot Hive/Exodus
Head Automatica - Popaganda
Tool - 10,000 Days

And a couple classics:
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind

Slowest day of work ever...

A day that will live on in glorious mediocrity.

Al Gore's New Movie

Be afraid, be very afraid.

Actually, I'm serious unfortunately. But then again, isn't it a shame that on the Left we use fear as a motivator and political tool, just as much as conservatives? I guess that's a conversation for another time.

Enjoy the preview.

Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays

Dissapointing Sopranos last night, definitely lost its momentum. It was a season's full of sausage and anal sex jokes all packed into one episode. As usual Paulie's over the top reactions made the show.

Lots of new music coming out soon...new Pearl Jam, Tool, Thursday, and I'm probably forgettings something. And I still have to pick up er, download legally, ...get from Muz the new Flaming Lips.

For now I'm listening to the first Queens of the Stone Age album, which kicks ass, and the new Yakuza album Samsara. Which is kinda hard to explain but think dillinger escape plan mixed with sigur ros if that makes sense. Not many bands have a lead saxaphone/screaming vocalist.

Ace.

Looks like my Cincinatti Bowties with Albert Pujols, are leading the pack.


What's Your Fantasy? Fantasy Baseball Week 2 Standings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Rank											Team	W-L-T	Pct	GB	Last Week	Waiver	Moves
1.											Cincinatti Bowties	14-4-2	.750	-	6-2-2	8	3
2.											ThankYou Very Little	12-7-1	.625	2.5	8-2-0	11	1
3.											Mantooth's Saints	12-8-0	.600	3	6-4-0	12	2
4.											f bitches get money	11-8-1	.575	3.5	6-4-0	4	-
5.											Zelizobangscasey	11-8-1	.575	3.5	4-6-0	3	2
6.											Oops;iCrappedMyPants	10-9-1	.525	4.5	2-8-0	5	10
7.											Big Buckin' Chickens	9-9-2	.500	5	5-3-2	1	5
8.											Shaved N Dangerous	8-10-2	.450	6	2-6-2	10	16
9.											Double True	7-11-2	.400	7	5-3-2	7	5
10.											abramo	8-12-0	.400	7	4-6-0	6	3
11.											Hirsute Beavers	5-12-3	.325	8.5	3-5-2	2	2
12.											Twink Bears	4-13-3	.275	9.5	3-5-2	9	10

What happened to the Yankees?

Yesterday was rough for drinking fans with a sports problem. Rivera blows a save? To the Twins? I don't think they ever got a hit off of him in the playoffs the past couple years. At least Derek Jeter kicking ass.

And the Rangers, who just had to win one stinking game to wrap up the Atlantic Division for the first time since they won the Cup, are going down with injuries left and right and can't seem to beat anybody. Now if they don't win the division they could wind up starting the playoffs on the road in New Jersey or Philly. King Henrik better get healthy!

At least by fantasy baseball team, the Cincinatti Bowties are kicking ass. Its good to have Pujols. (And Travis Hafner)

Any way Happy Pesach everybody. My 2 seders were completed in about 3.2 minutes, although the eating took considerably longer. And for all the goyim who say you like matzah and passover food, its not cute. Try eating it for 8 days. By the end of the week you would walk 40 years through the desert for a good piece of bread. Which, I guess is the point.

Fun times all around at the National Day of Action for Immigrant Rights rally in NYC on Monday. It kicked ass, with over 100,000 people, and over a million througout the country.

Apparently there is some wussy guy named Ace on American Idol this season. Hopefully he will get kicked off soon. Don't need him denigrating a good name.

Cadbury egg me please.

Ace

The Moment We All Have Been Waiting For

The Bob Ross Video Game

Hell yes, my friends.

Happy Birthday to me! And this blog!

Thanks to everyone who remembered my birthday yesterday. Good times, and even better times will be occuring next weekend.

Also of note, if you look closely on the left hand side you will see that I started this site 3/2005...so its been a full year now that I've been working on this crap. Its had its ups and downs, but I hope to continually refine it and hopefully addd some more substantive writing. It may not be much, considering I've barely been writing lately, but the fact that it still exists I am happy with.

Sports update - Back in the fall I didn't think I would be saying this...but the Rangers are still in first place and I'm saving money for playoff tickets.

Both my brackets are pretty horrible, after picking some big upsets in the first couple days, my chances went quickly downhill. My Duke, Boston College, UConn, and Kansas final four wasn't going to cut it. Thanks to Muz for picking Ohio St. winning it all and 1 guy with 2 crappy brackets in my office pool, I am not in last place. I knew I should have just quit filling in brackets after I was the only one to take Mateen Cleeves and Michigan State to win it all a few years back.

Cute link update - www.stuffonmycat.com

By the way did I mention I hate George Mason? I give their players and coach all the credit in the world, but GMU is a second-rate university. They do not even deserve to have a metro stop, since they are pretty much in the middle of nowhere northern virginia anyway. Just to think they will be hanging a Final Four banner in the Patriot Center, which makes Continental Area look distinctive, makes me cringe. America's team? Maybe. America's school? I'll take Gallaudet. There's a true DC area underdog. I will give them them credit though for at least taking the spotlight off of JJ Redick.

Local Update - Vote for the FL School Budget on April 18th. We need to pass this, or even more terrible cuts will occur. As it is, student activities coodinator, 7 clubs, assistant coaches, and winter track are all being cut.

Music Update - Looking forward to seeing Coheed & Cambria in May, not so much to see Avenged Sevenfold, the biggest slap band in the world.
I need people to come with me to see:
Fri. 4/21 or Sat. 4/22 - Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra at Southpaw in Brooklyn
Fri. 4/28 Sound Tribe Sector 9 at Starland Ballroom

News update: If you missed 500,000 people marching in LA last weekend against repressive immigration legislation which will crimilize immigrants and those who help them, and build a fence along the border, then you weren't looking. This could be the big, divisive issue of the 2006 elections.
Stay tuned for April 10 - National Day of Action on Immigration.

Peace.

Ace

R.I.P. Chef

It's been a crazy past few weeks, but nothing more shocking than Isaac Hayes/Chef leaving South Park because they wanted to make fun of Scientology.

Here My Train A Comin'

February 20th, a day that will go down in rock and roll history, for not only is it the birthdate of one Kurt Cobain, but also the anniversary of that fatefull day in Rhode Island when Great White went down in a blaze of glory...pyrotechnics. It was only three years ago today when 100 fans of the schlock 80s has-beens were killed, including the guitarist for the band.

Feb. 20, 2006 is the day that I discovered leaks of two new Guns N' Roses tracks from the supposed new album in progress for the past ten years. And they actually aren't half bad. I'm not sure if the album will be worth waiting 10 years, although I don't think anything could actually stand up to that test, but I have a feeling the album itself cant be any worse than any of the crap that's out there today...or Axl's hair these days for that matter.

Anyway, a Scott Stapp and Kid Rock sex tape (with girls, not themselves) is apparently out there, with Scott Stapp proclaiming "Its good to be the King" while receiving oral pleasure. There's someone who should be shot in the face one of these days.

This is one of the most awful things I've ever heard. But also one of the greatest all-time advertisements for driving safety.  "Her arm was found near the accident still clutching a cell phone."


Dave Chappelle's Block Party. In Theaters March 3.