- I’m going to see the Dead Milkmen again.
- Faith no More are apparently getting back together (well, without Jim Martin, and likely just in Europe – I guess it’s time to renew that passport).
- SXSW is less than a month away.
- In less awesome news, but possibly still cool – Jane’s Addiction might play SXSW
- And in what will likely be catastrophically bad new MGM is going to remake Robocop ANNNNNNNDDDD Red Dawn
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musica
I haven’t posted about music in a while, largely because I haven’t bee listening to much of anything new lately. The newest for me is the latest girltalk, which continues to rock ass. I missed a million shows in september due to my recruiting travel, but I’m going to start making up for that soon.
I broke down and bought the badge for sxsw next year. I haven’t decided if it was a good idea oe not yet, but we’ll see. I also just booked my flight for funfunfunfest, which means I will finally get to see the Dead Milkmen in person and I will see Rival Schools as well. Everything else is icing on the cake. There are some bands that I have already seen and know I like (minus the bear) and others that I want to see just because I’ve heard they are supposed to be good, or even better, have a name that I find funny (The Toxic Avenger). If anyone shows up dressed as Melvin the mopboy I will wet my pants and then I will take pictures (of the guy, not my pants).
In NY music news, I have a lot of shows coming up over the next few months. GWAR (that’s right motherfuckers), Danzig (metalriffic), girltalk (indies hipsters prepare to get served by my hiphopancer), and the Toadies (rocking like it’s 1995). I can’t even remember what else I have lined up, but it’s going to be better than shaking hands with 200 college students with questionable hygiene. Thank goodness that’s over.
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thanks for holding my money for me
In a fitting end to my month of recruiting travel I once again found myself paying for bud lights at the horseshoe outside chicago. the place was packed, much busier than last time I was there. we had a hard time getting in to a table, but eventually got settled in to a $15 craps table. Once again I drew the amateur night table. the worst part was that it was the same dealer as last time. If you can’t start to grasp craps dealing after 160 hrs of working the table; it’s time to start looking into other career options.
this was easily the slowest game of craps I’ve ever played, but much like sitting in traffic, I was sure that if I tried to move to another table I would have to wait another half hour for a table that probably had dealers of comperable quality.
Oh and another aside: attention craps players: fuck you and all of your complicated prop/hop bets. Seriously, if you can’t figure out what you should be paid, quit using that fucking strategy. Yes, the dealers are slow, but you are making the problem worse when five of you are only making prop bets. I fucking hate all of you.
And one more thing. If your pre-roll ritual takes a long time, it better fucking stay on the table.
I love gambling.
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the horseshoe
it has been a long time since I went to a new casino. last month I got a random phone call from Heather, where she explained that Harrah’s was opening a new (remodeled, I believe) Horseshoe near Chicago. I was jealous, and she knew I would be, hence the random phone call.
I had the oppotunity to go a couple last week and I can’t say I was dissapointed. The casino itself is Nice. I have only been to the Hollywood in Auraura previously and this place definitely blows it away. The worst thing about the casino was the fact that you have to pay for drinks, but I’m quickly becming accustomed to it with other indian casinos. It still sucks though.
Both nights I played I stuck with craps, for better or worse. The minimums were decent ($10 = nice) and I’m not sure what the caps was on odds, but I never exceeded it. My first night was marred by what were probably the worst craps dealers I have ever played with. We are talking worse than Resorts in AC.
The second night when I caught up with Heather we had a much better table, though the minimums were up to $15. We had an awesome exchange with some drunks kids that were at the table with us. I finally got to use my extensive knowledge of “Don’t tell mom, the babysitter is dead”. I knew that would come in handy at some point.
All in all the casino experience was good. I will definitely be visiting again next time I go to Chicago; and who knows, I might even play in their fantastic looking poker room.
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Why is April awesome?
Because she’s thoughtful enough to call me before defacing the newest tables at Barfly’s.
Oh yes, I will be there later. Indeed.
post-Puerto Rico
I’m still exhausted from the PR trip and it has been four days. There is only one solution for this problem – AC. Thank goodness Heather is in town this weekend.
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testing
my computer is still fucked, but so I am trying to get moblogsp to work for me so I can just start posting from my phone. I hope this works.
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SXSW 2008 – Best Action Photo
sxsw2008: over the top, originally uploaded by jacklevy.
Random girl laughs while I explain to her that Brian is about to kick my ass at arm wrestling.
It’s official
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The most wonderful time of the year
I just read this article over at CNN. For those of you that are too lazy to follow the link, here’s the highlights:
- Many radio stations go all-Christmas music after Thanksgiving
- Ratings go up, choice is welcomed by listeners
If there’s one thing I hate about Christmas, it’s the music. Seriously, I would rather spend a month in awkward family situations than listen to Christmas music. And it makes me sick to my stomach that ratings actually go up when radio stations change to an all-Christmas music format. Are you fucking kidding me?
This has to be a goddamn joke. People really want to hear Christmas music? I just assumed that the department stores here used it to keep homeless people away. Apparently it has two benefits. The editor of some radio trade publication (owned by Clear Channel, of course) said, “Christmas music, for most people, puts a smile on your face. Even if you resist for a while, you can’t hold out forever.” I think it’s more likely that people just give in. Even Manuel Noriega could only take so much Def Leppard before he started growing out his hair.
But you already knew all of this. The real disturbing news was this: “…the earliest station made the switch in October before trick or treaters made the rounds.” This is completely out of control. We can’t let Christmas invade the best holiday of the year. So do your part. Stop shopping at stores with Christmas music. Smack your parents around until they understand how stupid Christmas music is. And if you have to, kill some people to make your point. I’ll do my part by forgoing Christmas altogether.
In non-Christmas music related news, check out Kat‘s post on the Blip Music Festival that I mentioned before. She pretty much said everything that I thought about the show, with the exception of mentioning that we got kick-ass buttons from The Onion columnists including, Jim Anchower, Smoove B, and Jean Teasdale. I’m a sucker for free stuff.