R & B
6.5.2k
Howdy folks. I was going through my CD's the other night and I found a great blues compilation CD that I had totally forgotten about. I think I lifted it from one of my neighbors a long time ago. All I got was the CD and it had artwork all over it and - total bummer - no track names or artists were identified. This totally sucks because there's some kick butt songs. One has this woman singing about her man's foot getting chopped off. Drag. This other dude's lady skips out on him and his dog runs off. That's bluesy. I haven't listened for so long this other song took me totally by surprise. I had to listen to it again to make sure I heard it right, but on second listen it was the same. I couldn't believe it. The parallels to the TNSC are scary! REALLY WEIRD. Here's the words so you can see for yourself. Try to sing it - blues-style. The music's your standard blues rhythm, guitar, drum. Foot tappin.' Low old-dude voice. Use yer imagination:
Tonight you wan have fun
I'll tell you where you wa-na go
Said tonight you wan have you some fun
I'll tell you where you want to go
Jus you lissen up here fo 'while 'tell you
ev'ry lil bit you need to know
Goin out with bunch of folks tonight
prob'ly have too much to drink
goin out with a bunch of friends tonight
likely mess with the way I think
sure to be a real smoky place
when you get home you gonna stink
Lotsa people goin be there
so do what you can ta make th'scene
many people goin' be at that bar
you'll be packed in like a sardine
here's where I reveal to you where we're goin:
See you tonight at LUCKY THIRTEEN
Old man Rosey ain't goin be there
No one drew him a map
Said ol man Rosey won't be showin' up
Ain't nobody drew him no map
Prolly jes go on home cross the bay
have him a little vodka-induced nap
So see the rest-ya at the bar tonight
We'll have a real wild time
meet you a the bar tonight
sure to be a really wild time
If'n you don't get home till real, real late
Ain't a bit of fault of mine.
See what I mean? Whoa! Isn't that part about Rosey trippy? I mean, what a coincidence! WE have a TNSC list member named Rosey who always needs a map. Too bad he didn't sing about Lottery numbers. I'da had to play them. So let's take a cue from an old bluesman and meet up at the Lucky Thirteen. It's here:
Lucky 13
2140 Market St San Francisco, CA 94114-1319
Phone: (415) 487-1313
New to the list this week: Jeff Goldenson, Wendy Miller, Jerry Castro, Mrs Amanda Rose (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH "ROSEY"). Welcome to FUN! Returning to the list: Kathleen Michaud.
Contest: Pickin' and Grinnin'
Arts & Craft: WICKER!
Singled-Out List Member: Amy Whitehead. Quitter. Someone tell her she's singled out, as she doesn't get this email anymore.
Be nice to someone tonight: Bring 'em to the Thursday Night Social Club meeting. See you at the pre-arranged time! bye-ee!
Thursday, June 29, 2000
Thursday, June 15, 2000
DEW (distant early warning)
6.3.2k
Friday, 16 June 2000
Dear Marvin, You'll never believe what you missed last night, you loser! It was one of the best TNSC meetings ever! Here's what happened: Everybody met at around 7 or 7:30 at the Irish Bank bar. You know, it's that place in the alley? Look here, it's called
The Irish Bank Bar And Restaurant
10 Mark Ln San Francisco, CA 94108-3703
Phone: (415) 788-7152
The cross streets are Grant and Bush. Its in the alley. Not too hard to find. That guy Rosey was there and I don't think he even had a map. Can you believe that? CRAZY! But that's NOTHING compared to the rest of the night.
Okay. That guy Alan (or is it Allen)? You know, the really nice guy with the long curly hair who always buys everyone drinks even if they're not wearing a tie? Well it was his birthday. (He was telling everyone he was 25 but I think that's total bullshit. He's 25 and I'm a 55 gallon barrel of United Arab Emirates crude.) Everybody there seems to have had this information in advance because they plied him with a lot of great stuff. Cufflinks, lighters, smokes, gin, Volkswagens, Folgers coffee (yum) and tons of domestic light beer from Golden, Colorado (super yum!). There was a special celebrity guest (not telling who) and lots of list members who haven't showed up in a while actually came. Matt Fassberg, for one. He ditched his wife and kid for a measly little bitty HOUR and came by for one. He brought his employee Uriah Lovelycolors (don't you love her name). She hasn't been for as long as I can remember. There was one new person added to the list: BJ Bateman, and no one removed.
The contest was fun: hopscotch. We chalked it right on the alley and played for a long time. There was a fight. Carl and Todd. Too bad. The arts and craft was finger painting. Kinda messy, but you should see the finger paint portrait that John Metsker did of a guy sleeping by the dumpster. It's really colorful and nice. The singled out list member was me! Why the hell was I singled out? I go to the meetings all the time! I thought the whole "Singled out list member" stuff was supposed to make people feel bad for whining about not being on the list then not coming.
Yeah, well ... the party moved to the Top of the Mark (for Alan's birthday) where Bud E. Luv's band was playing. TotM is in the Mark Hopkins Hotel. People who wanted to go to this dressed appropriately. It was fun. Here's a website to see what you missed: www.budeluv.com I'll send you pictures later. You're a total jerk for not coming. Alan asked about you and I lied and told him you were at the Giants game. Lucky for us he didn't know that the Giants played a day game. I said hi to Moss and Shuba and Bobo for you. Susan Smith is still pissed at you.
Okay bye-ee
6.3.2k
Friday, 16 June 2000
Dear Marvin, You'll never believe what you missed last night, you loser! It was one of the best TNSC meetings ever! Here's what happened: Everybody met at around 7 or 7:30 at the Irish Bank bar. You know, it's that place in the alley? Look here, it's called
The Irish Bank Bar And Restaurant
10 Mark Ln San Francisco, CA 94108-3703
Phone: (415) 788-7152
The cross streets are Grant and Bush. Its in the alley. Not too hard to find. That guy Rosey was there and I don't think he even had a map. Can you believe that? CRAZY! But that's NOTHING compared to the rest of the night.
Okay. That guy Alan (or is it Allen)? You know, the really nice guy with the long curly hair who always buys everyone drinks even if they're not wearing a tie? Well it was his birthday. (He was telling everyone he was 25 but I think that's total bullshit. He's 25 and I'm a 55 gallon barrel of United Arab Emirates crude.) Everybody there seems to have had this information in advance because they plied him with a lot of great stuff. Cufflinks, lighters, smokes, gin, Volkswagens, Folgers coffee (yum) and tons of domestic light beer from Golden, Colorado (super yum!). There was a special celebrity guest (not telling who) and lots of list members who haven't showed up in a while actually came. Matt Fassberg, for one. He ditched his wife and kid for a measly little bitty HOUR and came by for one. He brought his employee Uriah Lovelycolors (don't you love her name). She hasn't been for as long as I can remember. There was one new person added to the list: BJ Bateman, and no one removed.
The contest was fun: hopscotch. We chalked it right on the alley and played for a long time. There was a fight. Carl and Todd. Too bad. The arts and craft was finger painting. Kinda messy, but you should see the finger paint portrait that John Metsker did of a guy sleeping by the dumpster. It's really colorful and nice. The singled out list member was me! Why the hell was I singled out? I go to the meetings all the time! I thought the whole "Singled out list member" stuff was supposed to make people feel bad for whining about not being on the list then not coming.
Yeah, well ... the party moved to the Top of the Mark (for Alan's birthday) where Bud E. Luv's band was playing. TotM is in the Mark Hopkins Hotel. People who wanted to go to this dressed appropriately. It was fun. Here's a website to see what you missed: www.budeluv.com I'll send you pictures later. You're a total jerk for not coming. Alan asked about you and I lied and told him you were at the Giants game. Lucky for us he didn't know that the Giants played a day game. I said hi to Moss and Shuba and Bobo for you. Susan Smith is still pissed at you.
Okay bye-ee
Thursday, June 08, 2000
Violins
6.2.2k
A long, long time ago I had a pet silverfish. It was quite the non-standard pet; not a single pet food store had silverfish food. Purina did not manufacture "Silverfish Chow." I guessed that not a lot of folks kept the little suckers as pets. I got a little worried when it didn't eat for a while. For a little over a year, actually. It got a little thin. It seemed happy, though. It really perked up when I discovered it's favorite foods: dried beef, flour, starch, paper, gum, glue, cotton, linen, rayon, silk, sugar, molds and breakfast cereals. It went through a LOT of cereal. Super Sugar Crisp. (It was a long time ago and it used to be okay to include the word "sugar" in product names. Now Post, Kellogg's and the big G wuss out and call things "Super Golden Crisp." yawn.) Anyhoo, tonight's venue for some weird reason reminded me of the happy days of scuttling across the concrete floor of the basement in Pittsburgh, PA, with my pet silverfish:
POW!
6th and Mission.
Rosey you go and dig out an old email with a map to POW!
Moss alternate email added to list. No one taken off this week. Next week? Is Serena Warner's address correct, or does she just keep getting better offers Thursday nights?
Alan Chimenti birthday next week. He likes cufflinks, lighters, ties, tikis, Volkswagens, gin and smokes. He will be 25.
Contests: Bloody knuckles. Chili pepper eating. Quilting (Tama not eligible).
This week's Art's and Crafts: God's eyes. (Bring your own popsicle sticks. Yarn will be provided.)
This week's singled-out list member: Uriah Lovelycolors. She said something like "See you there" last week. I didn't see her. Did anyone else?
bye-ee!
6.2.2k
A long, long time ago I had a pet silverfish. It was quite the non-standard pet; not a single pet food store had silverfish food. Purina did not manufacture "Silverfish Chow." I guessed that not a lot of folks kept the little suckers as pets. I got a little worried when it didn't eat for a while. For a little over a year, actually. It got a little thin. It seemed happy, though. It really perked up when I discovered it's favorite foods: dried beef, flour, starch, paper, gum, glue, cotton, linen, rayon, silk, sugar, molds and breakfast cereals. It went through a LOT of cereal. Super Sugar Crisp. (It was a long time ago and it used to be okay to include the word "sugar" in product names. Now Post, Kellogg's and the big G wuss out and call things "Super Golden Crisp." yawn.) Anyhoo, tonight's venue for some weird reason reminded me of the happy days of scuttling across the concrete floor of the basement in Pittsburgh, PA, with my pet silverfish:
POW!
6th and Mission.
Rosey you go and dig out an old email with a map to POW!
Moss alternate email added to list. No one taken off this week. Next week? Is Serena Warner's address correct, or does she just keep getting better offers Thursday nights?
Alan Chimenti birthday next week. He likes cufflinks, lighters, ties, tikis, Volkswagens, gin and smokes. He will be 25.
Contests: Bloody knuckles. Chili pepper eating. Quilting (Tama not eligible).
This week's Art's and Crafts: God's eyes. (Bring your own popsicle sticks. Yarn will be provided.)
This week's singled-out list member: Uriah Lovelycolors. She said something like "See you there" last week. I didn't see her. Did anyone else?
bye-ee!
Thursday, June 01, 2000
Jeopardy!
6.1.2k
"Pool halls for $200, please."
"The answer: Good bet for bad food; bad bet for TNSC."
"What is the 'Great Entertainer?"
"Correct for $200. Choose again."
"Potent Potable Purveyors for $1000, please, Alex, you little know-it-all."
"The answer is ... The Daily Double. (applause) How much you wanna bet?"
"All of it. You betcha."
"The answer: This Potent Potable Purveyor is known for its great location, its famous drinks, its illustrious past and present staff, and its status as this weeks destination for the TNSC invasion."
(confidently) "The Orbit Room ... er ... 'what is the Orbit Room?'"
"Correct. You win. I quit. Here's someone to tell you more about it ..."
Thanks Alex. That's right, people, git ye over t'the Orbit so's ye kin wet yer whistle with all yer Thursday night pals. Market and Valencia, or Guerrero, I think. Somethin' like that. You've been there before. I told you last week no map and that's the way it's gonna be. Rosey his ownself has been to the Orbit and prob doesn't even need a map. Who knows, maybe he does. I have to give him a map to his office, sometimes. I'm glad I don't know where he lives 'cause he'd prob ask me to plot a course home for him ...
Welcome Greg and Kristin new to the list, and Gareth back to the list.
Tonight's Contests: more "Jeopardy!," a little "Joker's Wild," and a wee pat of "The Dating Game."
This week's Art's and Crafts: potato stamps and ink pads (variety color pack)
This week's singled-out list member: Chris Green. He moved. He's never coming again. Bye Chris. The Giants suck.
Rosey ain't gonna be here tonight, but this will wait in his In Box to taunt him later next week. ha ha
6.1.2k
"Pool halls for $200, please."
"The answer: Good bet for bad food; bad bet for TNSC."
"What is the 'Great Entertainer?"
"Correct for $200. Choose again."
"Potent Potable Purveyors for $1000, please, Alex, you little know-it-all."
"The answer is ... The Daily Double. (applause) How much you wanna bet?"
"All of it. You betcha."
"The answer: This Potent Potable Purveyor is known for its great location, its famous drinks, its illustrious past and present staff, and its status as this weeks destination for the TNSC invasion."
(confidently) "The Orbit Room ... er ... 'what is the Orbit Room?'"
"Correct. You win. I quit. Here's someone to tell you more about it ..."
Thanks Alex. That's right, people, git ye over t'the Orbit so's ye kin wet yer whistle with all yer Thursday night pals. Market and Valencia, or Guerrero, I think. Somethin' like that. You've been there before. I told you last week no map and that's the way it's gonna be. Rosey his ownself has been to the Orbit and prob doesn't even need a map. Who knows, maybe he does. I have to give him a map to his office, sometimes. I'm glad I don't know where he lives 'cause he'd prob ask me to plot a course home for him ...
Welcome Greg and Kristin new to the list, and Gareth back to the list.
Tonight's Contests: more "Jeopardy!," a little "Joker's Wild," and a wee pat of "The Dating Game."
This week's Art's and Crafts: potato stamps and ink pads (variety color pack)
This week's singled-out list member: Chris Green. He moved. He's never coming again. Bye Chris. The Giants suck.
Rosey ain't gonna be here tonight, but this will wait in his In Box to taunt him later next week. ha ha
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