My Weekend in a Nutshell

Went for a run tonight. Am I ever glad the weather's cooled off. I much prefer wet and gloomy these days. No wonder I would like nothing better than to move to Van- city. Had a gurgling noise coming out of my stomach for some of my run. I think people could hear it as i ran by. I always try and not eat or drink for a couple hours before I run but no matter what I do I always end up with a cramp or a strange noise emanating form my body.

Got a sweet printer & LCD moniter set-up thanks to a deal from my folks and my buddy BBBORis at Best Buy. It's nice to have a bright screen to look at and a printer that actually prints shit.

I actually didn't have a doubleheader weekend this time around as Friday's Halo experience pretty much knocked me out for all of saturday. As I've mentioned before,
I seem to get ten times more done if I don't drink the night before. It's the lure of the mighty hops that gets me in trouble. Who deosn't want have a good time and since I moved to normal hours I have been quite the weekend warrior. I've been pretty much working for the weekend, taking in all I can handle. I guess you're only young once right? Right? Ok, so I'm not really that young anymore but i still have that exuberance so why not expel it somewhere. It's all just good harmless fun. Alright, I should really move on.
Today, i also went for useless walk in the rain where I got my Puma's wet, saw my old IA teacher Mr. Barbie, realized my beloved noodle shop was closed for unknown reasons and came home to find some dude sleeping one off in my entryway. Sweet! Brings back memories of climbing over two passed out native dudes in my old place a few years back in the winter. On my walk as well, saw some new "listen" graffitti on the side of the bank on the corner of 108th and whyte. It's fairly large and right out in the open. It's not even that cool, though. I liked the early "listen" stuff but right now it's just getting out of hand and the quality is going down the tubes. I think maybe all these write-ups in the weekly papers are going to the dude's head. Or maybe there's just a bunch of copycats who are really watering the shit down.

Leaving for Lolla in less than three days. I'm pretty much coming out of my skin with anticapation at this point. Work is going to be an exercise in extreme patience these two days. AHHHHHHHHH!

Anticapation is building! Only one week away!!! AGHHHHHHHHHHH!

Dudley Lays it Down




On one of the hottest days ever recorded in E-dot, it seemed like half of the city still showed up Saturdayto rock out to the sweet sounds of Dudley Dawson. If you weren't there you were basically a nobody anyway. As usual they put on a raucus show and left their fans wanting more. What may have been the first circle pit formed for the opening act (The Ultimate Power Duo) and only intensified in numbers and ferocity as the headliner hit the stage. Through it all one maniac pushed to the forefront of the craziness. Chris Cooper was hands down the sweatiest dude in the building because of his non-stop movement in the sauna-like atmosphere. I was trying not to move too much as I might drown in my own perspiration. The pre-show and after- show parties were just as off the wall as everybody seemed to let it all hang out on quite the memorable soiree. If you weren't there you clearly missed out. Stay tuned for the next show in september as it might be one of the last times you'll see this band before they blow up and take over the world.

Pure Havok

Went to the AFI show last night. It was quite good from what I remember. It was weird seeing Davey Havok and the boys in white but I don't judge. I don't really have much more to say other than I enjoyed it and it was a good night.

Was up early this morning and took my lazy ass for a jog. It was like 8:30 and already 25 degrees out. I really am at my worst physically in the heat. I was ready to throw in the towel after like five minutes but I perservered. At one point I couldn't catch my breath for the life of me. I hope the heat subsides soon.

Once again pulling a doubleheader this weekend as Dudley Dawson play tonight at the Velvet Underground. Who knows what crazy shit will go on tonight. The guy you really have to watch out for is Chris Monita. He's always doing something out of control. As you can see he's a zombie so i guess it's in his nature. The only way you'll know what really went down is to come out tonight. Do it, if you have a yurning for pleasure. Or something like that, you know what I mean.

Amber Alert

There is an APB out for the men seen above. We'll start w/ the man (or savage) above.

He is known to steal pictures from unsuspecting bloggers and pass them off as his own. He also stole those glasses pictured from the acclaimed director Scotti because obviously they were much cooler than his. He should be easy to spot as he has a noticeable limp from an achilles injury and his weakness for Rye inevitably gets him in trouble. If he is seen, approach him with caution because when he is under the influence of said rye he becomes godzilla-like, roaring and thrashing, knocking over anybody and anything in his path. Luckily, this stage only lasts for mere minutes at which point, like clockwork, he will pathetically collapse face first into the earth. This buys the the proper authorities at least a half hour to subdue and restrain him before he's good as new and continues his rampage. Be on the lookout, people.

Moving on to the scary bearded individual, he is no less dangerous. He is known to frequent seedy bars where crusty punks play. Thanks to a public tip, were told he will be at one of these establishments on saturday night. He'll be the poseur on stage trying to prove he belongs in a punk band. There'll be no need to try to take him down because as the night goes on, and many Jagger-bombs later, he'll inevitably collapse in a puddle of his own bile. It's guaranteed to be disturbing. Once again, keep your guard up folks.

The Stampede Synopsis

It's me again, Foregoing sleep to please the masses. It seems like everybody and their dog is jumping on the blog bandwagon but you know where to get a rundown of the stampede straight from the horses mouth, so to speak.
All in all it was a weekend to remember with Madonna kareoke, road pops, pissing on the side of the road, beer spillage in a cherokee and passing out after Red Deer. And that was even before we arrived in Airdrie friday night. From there it was a gong show with Saturday turning out to be almost two days in one. Of course I sucked it up and was one of only a few actual cowboys in the clan and sacrificed the circulation in my nether regions for the cause. Like Jabroni Scotty mentioned, they don't wear them as tight as back in 94'. Apparently I didn't get that memo. Saturday ended up stretching into the early part of sunday most of which I spent throwing football in the darkness for no apparent reason w/ a female who seriously wanted some three on three action. I think if I kept throwing for a few more hours I seriously could have made the CFL, you wise ass JB. It just seemed like too much work at the time. I think the squeak that was heard by more than one Jabroni was easy to pinpoint if you were near the source. Any other info that is needed can extracted from these photos: www.flickr.com/photos/57908138@N00/

In NHL news, the Islanders have fired Neil Smith and hired now-retired goaltender Garth Snow as their new GM. It sounds like they missed April fool's by almost three months. It truly must be a joke. Is Mike Milbury the owner now!!? I mean, Garth Snow could barely stop a beach ball, let alone run a hockey team. Good luck!

And another NHL tidbit. One of my independent sources (CVOliscious) has found out that the conclusion of an extra time game will no longer be called a shoutout but a Skate-off. Sounds like they are trying to make the game sound a little harder like it's a street fight in a dark alley or something. I'm not convinced.

And finally, Fleets has purchased a condo. Adult life is slowly going to finally kick in soon. That's why I'm going out with guns blazing this summer. No holds barred, a fight to the finish. I won't be taken alive.

Stampedin' in Cowtown

So, heading down to the stampede in Calgary this weekend. Though everybody else going has proclaimed that they would be dressing up in cowboy garb, I loudly stated that I would not under any circumstances wear that shit. But after various insults on my character and personal style from a few inferior individuals, I have rethought my stance and acquired the boots seen above ( I didn't pay for them!!!) as a starting point for my outfit. Who knows where it can go from here but it can only lead to ten kinds of bad. I'll keep you posted.

Apparently, Dj Shadow has made the cover of this month's 'URB' magazine. In lieu of his upcoming album, "The Outsider", he is obviously trying to promote himself. After listening to at least one of his new tracks and hearing what direction he is headed, it sounds like the Bay area's own has rediscovered his hip-hop roots and started dabbling in crunk. I don't know if this scares or excites me but I'm anxious to hear the results either way.

Oh, how I love thee......................................................................

So, Samsonov signed with Montreal. Just another day at the office for the ever-dwindling talent pool that the oilers possess. It makes me depressed just talking about it. I mean, whatever, it is July and we really should be talking about something else at the moment. The crazy thing is, the first pre-season game is on something like September 19th! I will now shut up about hockey for awhile. or at least a day or two.

Had my first slow-pitch game 2nite w/ my buddy CVO and a bunch of people we didn't know. We actually a pretty cool group of guys n' girls and everybody seems to know how to play, even the girls. I did realize I should have maybe joined the beach volleyball league judging by the talent pool playing just down the way from us. And by talent I don't mean how they played. There's different ways guys judge talent and this was one of them.

This camera is jacked, seriously jacked. So jacked, I had to post two pictures, not intentionally of course.

Sutter Steps Down

Looks like the latest out of Calgary is Darryl Sutter is stepping down as coach and staying on as G.M. This is quite surprising as he's only three years (and two seasons) removed from being in the Stanley Cup final. I'm guessing he wouldn't be doing this had the Flames not choked in the playoffs as they did last year. The pressure to succeed was probably too much for him to take and he likely thinks that he'll be more successful focusing on one job. i don't really care either way. I definitely won't miss his boring, punch-drunk interviews that were all too common in his tenure as coach. Word is, assistant coach Jim Playfair is stepping in to relieve him full-time. Good luck, dude.

Just got a sweet camera straight from hong kong.

It's got a freakin' 3" screen on the back. I'm going to become like a woman for the next little while, snapping pictures of pretty much anything I see. I mean, why not, right?

More Money on the Way?

Apparently discussions are underway this week to decide whether Albertans will be getting another surplus check this year. Ralph the dog is all for it but I'm assuming he does not have much clout anymore since he's on his way out. The surplus this year totalled a whopping 8.7 Billion dollars, a new record. I'm all for getting more free cash. Anybody who says they didn't like getting that check earlier this year is obviously lying. As much as I'd like to see it going to social programs, education and healthcare, having that money in front of me makes me forget about what's right or wrong. It might be different if I was wealthy or something but I'm not at that point yet so I'll take anything I can get,

I got this book recently called "Behind The Beat".
It takes and runs with the idea of going into the studios of some of today's hottest hip-hop producers. The only reading here is small descriptions of each producer. The real selling point is the pictures of the studios including what equipment they use and how they have it set up.
It also helps that I get to see more than usual of some of my favorite djs like Dan The Automator, Cut Chemist, Dj Premier, J dilla (R.I.P) and my all-time favorite, Dj Shadow. Included in the book was a bonus CD with music from some of the artists in the book. And this isn't no toss in freebie, it's actually got some seriously good cuts including an extended mix of one of my faorite DJ Shadow tunes. This is really worth checking out if you're into good hip-hop and the people who make it.

Joke of the day (or year for that matter):

A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel in his pants. The bartender says "Hey, why you got a steering wheel in your pants?"
The pirate replies "Arrrrr, it's driving me nuts!"

If that isn't ending on a high I don't know what is.

Wow! I must have drank about 16 gallons of water the last two days, no lie. That's the only thing keeping me alive at this point, ice cold water. I have an intricate bottle system going making sure there is enough cold water and ice on my person at all times. It's basically a full-time job. I'm thinking of quitting my normal job if this heat keeps up. I'm checking out flights to Antarctica and Greenland, seeing if I can spend some quality time there before they melt.

Moving on... thought I'd seen everything until I saw Snoop Dogg in an 'orbit' gum commercial. For a pimp he sure loves to whore himself out a lot. He'll pretty much sell himself to the devil if it means he's getting those Benjamins. All the power to him, I would probably do the same thing.

More music news: Chad Kroeger from Nickelsack has been charged with DUI. Before I waste any more space....lemme...HAHAHAfHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAH!!!!

Some music I've been digging lately:

Lupe Fiasco(right) - kick push(most addictive track I've heard in a long, long time)
Jets Overhead - seem so far
Minus The Bear - pachucha surprise

In terms of albums I'm liking Spank Rock's "YoYoYoYoYo". There's just enough raunch with beats to match. Sick I tell you, sick!
And still on the hip-hop tip, Gravediggaz "6 Feet Deep", is still a keeper 10 or so years later. Grimey before it became popular. Love it!

And I will end with the Oilers at the bottom where they will likely end up next season. Sorry, but after the positive reinforcement of last season we have fallen back to earth in a hurry and I'm back to my pessimistic bandwagon jumping self. Players are leaving town faster than Anna Nicole Smith cleans out the average buffet. And that's pretty damn fast!!! I know I'm using a lot of quotation marks but I'm trying to prove some very important points. Back to the oilers. Were pretty much back to square one at this point. All we pretty much have to show for anything is more youth which may or may not pan out, a 36 year-old goalie, FERNANDO, and an extra bag of pucks that was thrown in the Pronger deal. My money's on the pucks making the most difference. You know something's wrong when even Laraque is running out of town like a bat out of hell, with his tail between his legs. Atleast I think that was his tail. Usually it was not possible to use Georges and quick in the same sentence but that was not the case here. Unless Lowe is a magician it looks like this year was an aberration. See you in another fifteen years...

I was literally just ready to chuck my keyboard off the balcony and give up on this blog. For some reason the last day or so my keyboard was turning caps lock on every time I pressed F and going back to the start of the paragraph every time I pressed A or S. I literally ended up banging it hard against my hand and it was fixed. It's amazing how frusterating computers are sometimes.

More Pronger rumours. Apparently maybe he was banging Staios' wife. Sounds like shades of when Lindros was sleeping w/ Brind'Amour's wife way back when. I also heard that Kevin Lowe told Pronger it would be better if he came clean to the fans about his situation before it came out the ways it ended up coming out. The thinking was if he had explained himself honestly and up-front he probably wouldn't have got such a rough ride. He's probably right. Instead, though, Pronger chose to give Lowe his demands and skip town for vacation to Mexico like the coward he so obviously is. Now us fans are left to fill in the blanks the best way we know how, with ridiculous rumours that keep getting better and better. Alright, enough about Pronger, he's a waste of my time.

A cool thing is being built at the Grand Canyon. It's a glass-bottomes walkway that juts out 70 from the canyon and is 4000 feet above the Colorado River. It sounds freakin' insane. Even the engineer calls it "scary". It can hold up to 120 people comfortably, - how comfortable would you be? - it's designed to hold 72 million pounds, can withstand an 8.0 earthquake from 50 miles away and withstand winds in excess of 100 mph. Very cool.

Saw something I shouldn't have been laughing at today but could not stop myself. There was a blind dude in the middle of the street with his stick looking for something he dropped (?). He kept walking back and forth across this busy street all the while his mom or someone was chasing behind him limping along at a snail's pace pushing a wheelchair he was obviously supposed to be sitting in. You would have laughed to, I swear.

I'll finish with a gripe of mine. I realize it's hot and people need to take off their shirts sometimes. I don't mind it on the street or at the park or something. But when some redneck right off the set of Trailer Park Boys walks in to the grocery store without a shirt, that's where I draw the line. The guy was too stupid to realize how that makes you look. Class was definitely not in his vocabulary.

One more thing. It's not recommended you put a pizza in the oven when you are the last one awake after a night of drinking and you're ready to crash yourself. It could have gone horribly wrong but ended up just being pizza cooked for 6-8 hours and an apartment that will smell like charcoal until further notice. Oh well, it's not my place! ( I really am sorry!!)