The American plague

Went over the Sullivan's to see TAP play after watching the Gold Cup finals at the Taco. It was great to see some old faces I hadn't seen in a while. Alex was rocking a Riot shirt too!!

Yup Tokyo again!

Tokyo

Mags & Jason Paul at Tokyo

Slink at the helm

Friday night show.

Clint & Mary's shower, dancin & Tokyo

Clint and Mary had a pretty cool couples shower. It was at Bliss, down in the Old City. Most of us had never heard of it. It is about a month old and pretty nice. Upstairs and downstairs bars and a nice dance floor. Everyone had a great time even with a little drama.

We went to Tokyo after to see my bro Jason Paul open for Slink in his soon to be full time spot if things good right! Maggie thought we should show our emotions about Mary not being able to come.

Tokyo go-go!

I have a new love in going to these shows. This photo was taken a while ago but you can see my grinning self to the right watching Tice break.

Tokyo once again.

Had a great night out with Ben, Jacki, Randell, Jason and Mags!! Had MVP action this time. Yup still sobering up at this hour.

Tokyo!

Another fun night out!

Saturday night fun

Travis, Lauern, JJ, Mariell, Lil' B, Mary and I went to the Icebears game. When walking in the host of the Ladies Room was in line and asked if I needed 2 more tickets. Byrd and his gf were there up at the top so I said sure I'll take them. So they joined us on the ice. Tyler and his girl were sitting down there behind the bar so they also joined us in the box. Later, after Jason M won the kayak, yes he won a freaking kayak during the intermission, joined us along with his wife.

After the game I jumped up on a chair and stood on the edge of the glass reached up into the net and grab a puck.

Mary and I headed over to Ben's house and hung out for a bit. Ben and I went to Tokyo go-go with Jason F and Maggie. It was a great time and didn't get home til 5am!

Girl Talk and DJ Slink show

If you'll recall I was rocking an album by Girl Talk a while back. This one. Well he came to Knoxville lastnight! It sold out pretty quickly but that's a good thing! They made their quota, promoters are happy and the the artist gets their moneys. I didn't have a ticket so I went with another angle. If everyone is paid and you know someone who can get in, you're golden. Ben, Allison, Jason F and I slid right in. Best part was, we didn't have to wait in line in the cold.
It was on.

Girl Talk went on at 10 so we showed up around 9:45. He start with his first track on the new album, great mix. His stage presence is pretty awesome and his lights are digital board were great.

We moved upstairs about 40 minutes into his set to a VIP room for one of Allison's friends birthday parties.

Since it was a Monday night GT was only on for an hour and a half. Kinda lame but ohwell. I'd of been a little upset if I paid 27$ for a ticket.

We headed of to the Ciderhouse, which is next door, for a Slink after show, show.

Girl Talk was in the middle of his encore when we got to Ciderhouse. Slink was rocking. Ben and Slink were being Mad Decent!

Slink was playing a dirty Debstep set, I really enjoyed it. I find it amazing the range of music I enjoy.

Moved off to the side to watch the madness. Slink closed it up with the Pursuit of Happiness, which is an amazing song no matter what genre it's played in, and another DJ took his place. It was close to 1am so we headed out. It was a great night and run into tons of friends. I need to do this more often.

Trip to DC - Stanton Warriors

So I'm out with Mary, Ben and Allison Wednesday night at Soccer Taco, eaten, drinking, you know. Well Ben is super super excited about a show in DC. It's his favorite DJs, the Stanton Warriors. He keeps talking about it and I'm not exactly sure how it happened but... as you can see, I decided to go. I had been at Latitude with Travis, Lauren, Chris and Steph so I called Travis to see if he wanted to go, he didn't have the money so I offered to pay for him.

Travis and friends went on to another bar and Ben and I headed back to his place to buy tickets while Mary and Allison went to get ice cream. Megabus the day before is a little more expensive, 8$ each way so 32$ for the both of us. Hotel which we would be slitting with another buddy Randal and the show tickets were 5$ a piece so it really wasn't an expensive trip. Well, not even 2 minutes after I purchased everything Travis calls to tell me he has a unmissable meeting at noon the next day and couldn't go. Welp, so now I had 2 of everything haha.

So we are off. The Megabus was nice, roomy and had wireless so I could work. It was our group and 2 others on the bus so we all had plenty of room.

Got to DC around 5:45. That pic of the Washington Monument was from the next morning but it was better than the one I got when we arrived. The White House is just up the street from here. I got a pic but it's a little to far a way to be any good.

Randal and I shared a room. It was a cool little place. An old house/apartment building converted into a hotel, called Windsor Inn. Our room was down the hall up the stairs, down the stairs around the corner down more stairs, and to the right. Had a huge walk in closet and an awesome walk in shower with the rainfall shower head.

After chillin some in the room we met up for dinner. We headed out and found a place called Jo Jo's Bar and Grill. We sat upstairs. I had a great chat with a very old friend, Jason. We went to
school together, elementary through hall. He is all into motorsports so we connected well. Later, after dinner, we all headed to Ben's room for adult beverages. There Jason and I continued our chat.

Around 11 we headed to the show. This venue is pretty well known for having this crazy sound system that can float paper and move trashcans, pretty neat. The show was great! Had an awesome time. Stanton rocked the house.

Allison and I got right up front at the end to check out the man at work. We headed back after a failed attempt to buy a shirt around 4am. It was nice we were only staying about half a mile around. So walking wasn't a problem.

Front of the hotel

The crew waiting on the (only 30 freaking minutes late!) bus. Few more folks heading back to Knoxville then were on the bus the day before. The trip was quite, everyone was tired and some hungover. I managed myself well at the show cause I really didn't want to feel bad on the trip back. All-in-all it was a great quick trip with some great people, great music and a fun adventure. I look forward to hanging out with them again.

Music addiction

I have been reintroduced to Girl Talk. It is one dude that makes "mashups." Uses samples of popular music, new and old to create these unique tracks. A must for those of us with short attention spans. I am addicted to this new album as well as he's older stuff. Rock on!

Download his lasted album All Day for free here: Girl Talk - All Day

New addiction (FOB)

So the new Fall Out Boy CD has somehow grabbed me and will not let go. I'm addicted to this disc. I have been listening to it 2 times a day minimum.

Little background before calling me a mainstreamer (Not that I really care, good music is good music). Back sometime between 02 and 04 I went to see Less Than Jake in ATL. Fall Out Boy opened for them. Roger (LTJ bassist) came out and said, "These guys are going to be the next big thing!" into the mic. I was like, "Hey right." Well, I have been proven wrong, obviously, but I have been hooked on them since there first disc. Maybe that makes me an orginal fan?

Anyways, I really like this album. Fin.