Number Five Is Alive
Posted on July 28, 2006 - Filed Under Drinking, Music, Robot Brains | Leave a Comment
At daytrotter.com, there is an interview with Two Gallants: Which songwriters do you admire? AS: Uncle Dave Macon, Clarence Ashley, Sleepy John Estes, Kris Kristofferson, Ray Davies, Immortal Technique. Whose brain would you like to pick for half a day? AS: Karl Rove. I’d pick his brain until he could only eat through a straw [...]
Read More..>>Turn About’s Fair Play
Posted on May 2, 2006 - Filed Under Drinking, Drugs, Music | Leave a Comment
Slug (of Atmosphere) on his failed attempts at hooking up a collab with Tom Waits: He [Tom Waits' son] came to see us play in San Francisco. He got on the guest list because he contacted the people from Epitaph, being that Tom Waits is on Anti, which is connected to Epitaph. So he came [...]
Read More..>>One-Third of Americans do not eat “Supper”!
Posted on April 14, 2006 - Filed Under Drinking, Food, Language, Turf Wars | Leave a Comment
And what do you call a drive-thru liquor store? … Council Bluffs? {via Ed}
Read More..>>Going to the Track
Posted on April 7, 2006 - Filed Under Drinking, Money, Statistics | 1 Comment
Tomorrow marks my first ever trip to the horsetrack. Any advice / tips that can be sent my way will be gladly accepted. My current strategy is to bet horses that sound like the most likely choice for an ODB alter-ego nom de rap.
Read More..>>Good times, great oldies
Posted on January 11, 2006 - Filed Under Drinking, Drugs | Leave a Comment
Premise: “Of all psychoactive substances with the potential to impair cognitive and behavioral performance, alcohol is the most widely used and misused substance in the general population and in the workforce” Hype: If you represent our country we might ask that you not speak so much about your proclivities. (Full disclosure: Skiing while moderately intoxicated [...]
Read More..>>Liquor, Limericks and Pirates – Giveaway!!
Posted on December 20, 2005 - Filed Under Books, Contests, Drinking | 3 Comments
Happy birthday to my brother today. Wish I could be in Wino to celebrate, as his three planned activities incorporate two of my …err… enthusiasms. On tap in Winona tonight: Jameson, Limericks and Pirates. (I’ll leave it to you to deduce which two I lean toward). My imagination is running wild with activities sure to [...]
Read More..>>No Foreigner?
Posted on December 15, 2005 - Filed Under Drinking, Music | Leave a Comment
The Telegraph lists and makes available for download the 10 Greatest Karaoke Songs of All Time. As one who has dabbled in karaoke, I would like warn you (from personal experience) that Eternal Flame1 requires a wider vocal range than the consideration seven-and-sevens2 may allow for. Ditto for Twisted Sister. Damn you Dee Snider. 1Somwhere [...]
Read More..>>Things I learned this weekend
Posted on December 5, 2005 - Filed Under Drinking, Movies, Music, On The Road Again | 1 Comment
> Without MosDef, it’s just another lychee martini techno void > Ann Coulter and I had different reactions to Good Night and Good Luck > Helmet bassist Henry Bogdan now fronts an old-timey Hawaiian jazz band > Woody Allen is a picky shopper > I’ll soon be sent off to France on business
Read More..>>A Tale of Two Readings
Posted on July 21, 2005 - Filed Under Books, Drinking, Music, Perception | 2 Comments
I went to two readings in back-to-back nights this week – two readings I likely would not have attended without some gentle prods from Ed & Scott. Tuesday night: Jonathan Ames at Booksmith. Wednesday night: Rebecca Solnit at Cody’s. In this post, I break down the Tito Reading Experience®, in which I compare the two [...]
Read More..>>How About Licorice Limericks?
Posted on March 29, 2005 - Filed Under Books, Drinking, Mark Your Calendars, Music | Comments Off
A fund raiser for one of my favorite stops on a Valencia stroll: A Musical Benefit for Modern Times Bookstorewith Jeweled Cats, Ebb & Flow and The Holy KissSaturday, April 2 7:30 PM On a Saturday night unlike any other in the history of Modern Times, three local bands will transform this bookstore into a [...]
Read More..>>Full Frontal Lobes
Posted on March 15, 2005 - Filed Under Drinking | Comments Off
New Scientist cites a report finding that binge drinking "could result in plummeting moods and impair cognitive performance", with women being more susceptible than men. Teetotalers, proceed with caution: But Townshend warns: "You really can’t say in a study like this what is cause and what is effect. It could be that these people are [...]
Read More..>>Writers With Drinks
Posted on February 9, 2005 - Filed Under Books, Drinking | Comments Off
When: Saturday February 12, 7:30 – 9:30pmWhere: The Makeout Room (San Francisco)Writers with Drinks: A monthly benefit for Other Magazinefeaturing readings byMary Roach (Stiff)Chris Garcia (FanboyPlanet.com)Juliette Torrez (Madness And Retribution)Michael Blumlein (XY)
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