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 School
While I still didn't feel 100% I made an effort to get to
class on time. I was elated when the professor announced that
he's not feeling well and he wanted to leave early. He lectured
for about 15 minutes to complete the chapter they worked on
last week, then he let us go. I was stoked, but I couldn't
celebrate too much as we still have a test next week that
covers 6 chapters.
 Didier
Comes To Town
My online Dutch friend, Didier came to SF this week with
his German pal, Verena. She lives in Los Angeles now and they
decided to drive up the coast for a uniquely Californian experience.
We hung out for a while at a cafe, exchanging stories about
Dutch pop stars. I was shocked to discover that Sylvia
Millecam died in August of 2001 and I didn't know about
it until now. She's been on my list of 90's celebrities I'd
like to meet, now I'll have to update
that list. Didier gave me a list of other comic Neder-pop
stars so at least now I'll have some new material to enjoy
after I'm done mourning Syl's untimely demise.
 Ba-Da-Bingo
Again
My pal Sister
Betty reserved some seats for my tall club at her monthly
event, BaDaBingo!
I brought a few of the guys from the group last month and
one of them won $175! Needless to say, this month we doubled
our attendance and two of the guys in my group each won $50.
The show ran a little bit late but it was very entertaining
as always. Next month Sister Betty will be on a road
trip to raise money for charity, so I'm not sure we'll
be back for a while but it sure was a good time.
Robot
I managed to cajole the SLO Posse to accompany me to the
opening night of Gus Bean's new club called, "Robot".
We spent 45 minutes driving around because I Haven't been
to the space in years and while we were on the right track
at first, we decided to make a u-turn as the street started
getting more residential. We didn't realize that had we continued
on about four more streets, we would have found the club rather
quickly. That u-turn cost us about half an hour of driving
lost in the rain. Thank goodness for mobile phones and friends
with Internet connections for map quest.
Once at the club, we were treated really well by the staff
and everyone was in an excited, expectant mood. We ponied
up to the bar and after everyone was lubricated we had a wander.
The space has really been transformed since the last time
I saw it. At that time, it was a raw warehouse space and now
it's a fully formed dance club. The dry wall has been replaced
with actual paint and fixtures! The music in the main room
was a little frightening and the music in the small room was
soulless and ill chosen so we sequestered ourselves upstairs
in the VIP lounge where the music was pumping! The VIP area
is tastefully divided into a dance half and a bar half, the
later haveing a buffet of food laid out on a table near the
paparazzi station in the far corner. We found a few sofas
and socialized until it was cigarette time.
How 80s
I know it's totally 80s to still smoke cigarettes, but everyone
deserves a hobby and for the SLO Posse, it's tobacco. I followed
them outside just to be social and we watched members of Sir-Mix-Alot's
entourage get off of the tour bus and clown around with the
security guys. I found my pal Greg Roberts and wandered around
the club with him. We were parked in the electro, 80s synth
styled room when the SLO Posse reappeared with pal Jason El
Diablo in tow. They announced their boredom and they'd decided
to go to The Stud or Club Fake. I stayed with Greg coz the
band had yet to play.
Booty, Bounce and Belief of Bigness
Sir-Mix-Alot had an annoying song called 'The Square Dance
Rap' in the late 80s. I listened to it all the time at the
clubs and at home coz it was one of my flatmate's favourites
at the time. I liked 'Posse on Broadway' a lot as it was one
of the first ganster rap songs. After helping to define the
genre, the band left it to explore Southern Bounce. Unfortunately
for the band, the crowd wasn't feeling it for the booty shakin
and they lost the back half of the room while playing their
more recent numbers. They finished the set with a rousing
rendition of "The Behind Song" that was a cross-over
hit to such an extent that the Simpsons used it to lampoon
Spring Break in Florida.
After the show in the big room, we checked out Mount Sim's
DJ set for a while and even found my pal Preston DJing up
in the VIP lounge. All in all it was a fun night for me. I'll
be sure to return next month when the band will be Avenue
D!
Wet Weekend
Late season storms are good for skiers but for us regular
folk, it certainly puts a damper on the Beltane celebrations.
 Drums
of War
Appearing Presidential
Returning to his post campaign strategy of looking presidential
while his cronies manipulate things from behind the scenes,
the shrub dressed up like a pilot and landed on an aircraft
carrier this week. Many pundits claim this is his opening
salvo in the 2004 presidential race.
The war is labeled "Over"
On the aircraft carrier, the shrub, using extremely 'politically
sensative' language claimed victory in Iraq. Meanwhile in
the real world: he's still not found Bin Laden or Sadam even
though he made it seem like US military actions were directly
tied to those personalities before invading Afghanistan and
Iraq. The press is obviously still treating him like the spoilt
child he is with the softball questions and treating these
stunts with kid gloves.
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