Weather:
Tomorrow it’s going to be in the mid-60s. It won’t last but I did get to skate outside yesterday and that should keep me going for a few weeks.
This week the Beastie Boys rereleased Paul’s Boutique in a remastered version to commemorate the 20th anniversary. If you’ve never heard it I can’t recommend it enough. Definitely in my Desert Island list. While I’m on the subject, the Beastie Boys are also up there for one of my favorite shows. If I remember correctly it was 93 or 94 and me, Berni, Justin and Dan saw them play the Riv. Firehose opened. Mike Watt broke a bass string. The floor actually bounced from the crowd.
I saw AWS’s Mind Field last night. J. Mascis shreds it. Worth actually seeing for the weirdness. I’m hoping they get around to the Memory Screen, Timecode, Photosynthesis, box set next.
If you pick up a copy I’d suggest looking into my Quality Trick Chex Mix so you can cook up a batch to enjoy with the awesomeness.
Good reads?
Well Stever has been traveling around Mexico and blogging his traveling adventures so add that to the bookmarks. After that hit up Borders and pick up Kyle’s debut novel “The Slide.”
Even though it’s recently warmed up there’s been plenty of brutal days.
So since I can’t skate I’ve been eating a lot of delicious food because Such Luck is an all eating intertron site now. Yup, nothing but eating.
I lived down the street from Lucky’s Sandwich shop when they opened up a few years ago and I went in a day or two after they opened and ordered a sandwich. When they asked if I wanted fries and coleslaw I said sure not knowing they meant as part of the sandwich.
Allison likes the egg and cheese. There might be bacon in there too. The coleslaw has a distinct tanginess. Something to try if you’re in the neighborhood. It’s turned into more of a sports bar since the last time I was there but that’s understandable. Pre-sports bar it was pretty empty. Now with college basketball and buckets of beer and I could barely get a seat. Or maybe the sandwiches just needed a little time to catch on.
These have have nothing to do with anything but I think it might be a visual representation of the magic hour.
Or some sort of apocalypse scenario.
If you look back at the last post you know we went up to Cream City. Suhail selected the hesh spork to help destroy his Taco Bell.
The 4 seasons mini ramp room.
Mikey Hottman spine feeble.
A few weeks back Closing In played their first show.
It seemed like they been playing together for years. I’m hoping they put the demo out soon. For now you can listen to the myspace stuff.
Then came The Party Downers.
Their albums out and it’s a classic.
Celebrate the news.
More skating? Nope, more food! We hit up Pannenkoeken to enjoy the Dutch pancakes.
It’s pretty small. I’m guessing they seat under 20 max so get there early or try and hit them up on a week day.
Very good. Very rich. I’d suggest waking up. Eating. Then a nice nap.
Okay now skating. Well I did get some footage on this visit to the carwash but I still need to edit it. So here’s the Buster Bear corporation getting weird.
Notice anything a bit off in this picture of Brad cause the doctors are trying to tell him he’s good as new.
Arizona was outstanding. Good weather, great crew, lots of parks, weird spots, general awesomeness. I got a stack of polaroids to scan, hundreds of pictures to crop and lots of editing to narrow down. I’ll try and post something before the end of the month.
Valentine’s Day is coming up. Go buy a bag of those weird chalk tasting hearts.
Those are the worst.