the dodger fans that we sat near were funny, knowledgeable and for the most part well behaved.
of course they booed anyone with a cubs hat or jersey, and only one of them whipped a balled up hot dog wrapper
but at the end of the night there were fireworks and they let us out in the outfield grass to roll around and enjoy it all
it was actually pretty amazing.
of course before i left, i cursed the left field bleachers with bees, and today it all came to fruition.
its an ongoing feature called Ask Tony
close yr eyes, think of a question, then think of a better one
and shove it in the lil box below.
man would i love driving this ice cream truck
one of my favorite summers was when i was in college and i was an ice cream man guy for Bimbos Ice Cream in buffalo grove, mundelion, and the north west suburbs of chicago.
but to drive around a huge city like LA would be a piece of cake because one of the problems about ice cream mandering in IL is you have to drive through endless amounts of cornfields to get to the towns where you have a permit.
here in LA you can drive around anywhere and you just have to make sure to look out for gangmembers, petty thieves, and mudslides.
i got hit up all the time back in the day for weed and coke and even baseball cards, but i kept it simple: just ice cream and popsickles.
yes id flirt at a hot mom once in a while, but i was lucky that summer and i had a nice young college girl to think about on my long drives home.
after id get all that ice cream truck stench + sweat from the 100 degree temps washed off, id drive out to park ridge and mess around with my lovely who was getting in her last hurrahs before getting hitched.
i saw her on facebook the other day and i sighed cuz she looked pretty much exactly the way i expected her to look, 76 years later, and i saw she had the last name of her bf at the time, so it looks like sowing her wild oats didnt ruin her future.
and in a way im glad she never tracked me down, or let on that she had found me.
but if you have baby that was one of the best summers ever. mostly due to you.
Birthdays today:
* Laura Crane has birthday today.
* Kimmy Richardson has birthday today.
Birthdays in the next week:
* Stacy Johnson turns 39 on Fri, Aug 21st.
* Sara Seinberg has a birthday on Fri, Aug 21st.
* Klara Nemravova has a birthday on Fri, Aug 21st.
* Bobby Solomon turns 27 on Fri, Aug 21st.
* Alicia Witt turns 91 on Fri, Aug 21st.
* Nick Denton has a birthday on Mon, Aug 24th.
* Angela DiOrio turns 35 on Wed, Aug 26th.
Birthdays in the next month:
* Mark Terrill has a birthday on Sat, Aug 29th.
* Jason Shellen has a birthday on Sun, Aug 30th.
* Themiya Meemaduma turns 22 on Mon, Aug 31st.
* Michael Schneider turns 36 on Mon, Aug 31st.
* Edward Padgett turns 56 on Wed, Sep 2nd.
* Jennifer Garnick has a birthday on Wed, Sep 2nd.
* Charles Hornberger turns 39 on Thu, Sep 3rd.
* Desiree Loranger has a birthday on Thu, Sep 3rd.
* Kyle Bunch has a birthday on Fri, Sep 4th.
* Michael Kross has a birthday on Fri, Sep 4th.
* Brian Gross turns 34 on Fri, Sep 4th.
* Trevor Thon turns 25 on Sat, Sep 5th.
* Joshua Bradley Minton turns 34 on Sat, Sep 5th.
* Brian Gasca turns 28 on Sat, Sep 5th.
* Anil Dash turns 34 on Sat, Sep 5th.
* Matthew Mills turns 25 on Sun, Sep 6th.
* Jason Sutter turns 33 on Mon, Sep 7th.
* Don Frances turns 38 on Mon, Sep 7th.
* Matthew Chokshi has a birthday on Mon, Sep 7th.
* Asher B. Garber turns 39 on Thu, Sep 10th.
* Adam Mossbridge turns 41 on Thu, Sep 10th.
* Kestrin Pantera has a birthday on Fri, Sep 11th.
* Robert Takata has a birthday on Fri, Sep 11th.
* Azalea Lee has a birthday on Fri, Sep 11th.
* Douglas Arellanes has a birthday on Sat, Sep 12th.
* Beth Shapiro turns 34 on Sat, Sep 12th.
* Johnny Woo has a birthday on Sat, Sep 12th.
* Jason Fiber turns 40 on Sun, Sep 13th.
* Ramie Becker has a birthday on Mon, Sep 14th.
* Mike Atherton turns 37 on Wed, Sep 16th.
* Krista Phillips turns 23 on Wed, Sep 16th.
* Mariann Brooklyn turns 51 on Thu, Sep 17th.
* Eric Ulken turns 32 on Thu, Sep 17th.
* Stephanie Hughes has a birthday on Fri, Sep 18th.
* Casey Duffy turns 23 on Sun, Sep 20th.
* Dave Summerfield has a birthday on Sun, Sep 20th.
so the question isnt what will you say in this life
its not what will you do in this life
its what you wont say
and what you wont do.
and why you didnt play that note. and why you didnt kiss that girl. and why you didnt tell the one you love that you love her.
elvis taught me so much last night
be in a country band. be in a classical band. be in a rock band. thats what he taught me.
but most of all be not only great at one thing, like songwriting
but be great at something else too, like singing.
he taught me its not about what it looks like, its what the end result is about. for example, who says you need a drummer.
likewise: why not cover a keefe song.
why not cover a new yorker’s classic tune with your country band, even if youre a brit.
he taught me that sometimes super special shows dont happen in a sold out house.
because, again, it doesnt have to look like how you think it has to look.
however a pinks hot dog should taste a certain way, like, not cold, for starters.
my priorities have drastically changed
he taught me that theres somethign to be said about tapping into yr genius
and striving for excellence via the magic of creativity.
he turned this song inside out last night and covered Lou Reed, Hank Williams, and Elvis Presley. and then reinterpreted a few of his own songs, and beautifully went through his new record with a country band
and no drummer.
so great.
so great
so great
update from the pop n hiss comments:
Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes setlist:
Mystery Train (Parker/Phillips) / My All Time Doll / Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down (Merle Haggard) / Down among the Wine and Spirits / Blame It on Cain / Femme Fatale (Lou Reed/Velvet Underground) / The Delivery Man / The Butcher’s Boy (traditional) / Jailhouse Tears* / Happy* (The Rolling Stones) / Indoor Fireworks / Hidden Shame / Dragging Me These Last Few Yards** / Friend of the Devil (Grateful Dead) / Everyday I Write the Book / Five Small Words** (with a coda of Buddy Holly’s Not Fade Away) / She Was No Good / Brilliant Mistake
Encore: Red Cotton / The Crooked Line / (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes / Sulfur to Sugarcane / Complicated Shadows*** / The Scarlet Tide*** / The Race Is On (George Jones) / Alison (with a coda of Faron Young’s He’ll Have to Go)
* with Lucinda Williams, who wrote Jailhouse Tears
** unreleased song, title possibly incorrect
*** with T Bone Burnett
the masterful scott sterling was all, hmmm i wonder what i could give to chris on his birthday?
then he said, oh i know, theres a new WEEZER song thats awesome and sweet and poppy and great and i can tell my bro at the Busblog and voila there will be great joy everywhere.
and also rejoicing.
we met in the dorms of San Nic at UCSB way back in the day and we’ve both turned our lives over to the Lord and because of that our paths have been lined with beauty and joy.
we went to finals together last year thanks to the fact that Chris is a season ticket holder.
in fact, chris and i went to the first Laker game Ever at Staples, and we had schweet seats.
chris and jesus rob invented Thirsty Thursday back in Isla Vista and because of that we met many friends and randoms. fortunately we met young ladies as well. because when you have a keg and you brought a buck and yr own cup, how can you not make friends?
ah yes those were the days, but probably the most fun i had with Chris back then was skateboarding to class together, we are both college of creative studies grads, writing poetry all night, and then reading them the next day to the enjoyment of our class.
im sure anyone who saw us then would not think that chris would turn out to be a genius digital video forefather, whose work has been in every Tony Hawk skateboard game since the first one. and no one would ever think that id be an xbi chopper pilot.
despite his drinking, smoking, etc, my question is, how did chris get to keep his great hair?
happy birthday g
was lack of chemistry between the two principles. this bonus dance video proves this even more
via the killer Culture Monster blog which rules eternity
ending with Sunset Junction!
see full list including ticket givaways at Losanjealous, but here are my standouts:
MONDAY
Depeche Mode @ Hollywood Bowl
Flaming Lips w/ Ghostland Observatory, White Dwarf & Stardeath @ Greek Theatre
TUESDAY
Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes w/ Lucinda Williams @ Greek Theatre
Flaming Lips w/ Ghostland Observatory, Star Death & White Dwarf @ Fox Theater, Pomona
WEDNESDAY
Atmosphere @ The Palladium
Depeche Mode @ Honda Center
Tracy Chapman @ The Wiltern
THURSDAY
Depeche Mode @ Santa Barbara Bowl
J. Tillman (of Fleet Foxes) @ The Echo
Jedi Mind Tricks w/ MC Esoteric & Reef the Lost Cause @ El Rey
FRIDAY
Los Campesinos! w/ Girls @ El Rey
Steely Dan @ Gibson Amphitheatre (Performing Aja & the hits)
The 88 @ The Grove Apple Store (7pm)
ZZ Top @ House of Blues
SATURDAY
Steely Dan @ Gibson Amphitheatre (Performing Gaucho & the hits)
Sunset Junction (Mary Wilson, Spencer the Gardner(!), Sly & Robbie, Dengue Fever, Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, Nico Vega, The Submarines, and more)
The Cult Performing “Love” @ Club Nokia
SUNDAY
Heroes of Woodstock: Jefferson Starship, Canned Heat and More @ Greek Theatre
Los Campesinos! @ Detroit Bar
Steely Dan @ Gibson Amphitheatre (Peforming “The Royal Scam” & the hits)
Sunset Junction (Morris Day & The Time, Arrested Development, The Sonics, Built to Spill, and more)