Inside The Perimeter

That’s the question I asked myself after wrapping up watching a recorded Big Brother 7 and two recordered World Series of Poker episodes when I returned home from the Braves game (I pulled a Cobb County move and left after the 7th inning).

Needless to say, all plans to wake early for a run before getting my shit together today were cancelled immediately.

Barry, Oh Barry
Two homers? That was an unexpected turn of events. My seat was really good, section 101 row 23… until I saw my friends Mike and Steve show up to the game and walk down to section 103 row 7. I joined them for an inning or two until the people whose seat I was occupying arrived. Unfortunately there will be no photos of the event because when I got out of my car I still was under the impression that it was going to downpour. Of course there was so much humidity in the air that by the third inning my shirt looked like it had.

Here’s my consumer tip of the day. I decided to treat myself to one of those Skip & Pete pork sandwiches last night. It was lousy. For $7.25 I got a decent portion of dry, not very warm pork, served on a bun which was terrible. I guess that’s what I get for not getting a hotdog at the ballpark.

Atlanta To Gainesville Through Where?
Yesterday I tried getting a flight to Gainesville, FL booked for a recruiting trip. Our travel department informed me that direct flights were $800+ and that I could instead take a flight to Charlotte and then down to Gainesville. I told them that itinerary was ludicrous and that I’d rather drive. Wanna guess who’ll be tooling down I-75 in a few weeks?

ITP Flickr Pic
Who am I kidding these are not random selections, hence the change in header.

I’m not sure that this structure helps aiport security, but Hartsfield Airport must believe so.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - uncertain
Current Music - listening to Album 88 (WRAS)
Website Of The Day - Fellow East Atlanta ODB has a cool photoblog called Aspherical. I suggest you check it out on occasion.
Exercise (b)Log - none

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

At least according to WordPress.

It’s Not Going To Rain On My Parade
No, but it sure looks like it’s going to rain on my baseball game, dammit! Months ago I decided to buy the best ticket I could at Turner Field to go boo Barry Bonds one more time. As I planned to do back with the Cardinals ticket I had a few months ago I was also going to use this opportunity to take the camera out to the ball game.

Well it looks like Mother Nature wants to piss all over my party again. The forecast for this evening is PM Thunderstorms, 40% chance. Fuckity, fuck, fuck, fuck!

I seriously think that I am going to stop buying tickets to events until the day of the event. Too many times this year things have not gone as planned and I have either not enjoyed the experience or lost the money for the ticket (see also bands cancelling and me not being able to get a refund).

Still No New Pics
Wow did I have troubles last night. Last night I had grandeous plans of drafting the World’s Greatest Fantasy football team (the “East Atlanta Deadbeat Dads”) and during the two-hour draft process catch up on some podcasts while starting a unified iPhoto library that I will keep in sync so that I never lose data. In theory this was doable. In. Theory.

My first difficulties started when I realized that it seems Apple has changed the backend file structure for iPhoto so I simply couldn’t drag in my old photos (wtf Apple?). Okay, I figured I could deal with that later and made the decision to start fresh. I hooked up my powered Belkin 7-port USB hub which I have used with other computers in the past, and which this computer seemed to like, and then tried to import photos from one of my flash memory cards. The process halted mid-way and even worse the system locked solid — a reboot (of an Mac?) was in order.

Second verse same as the first.

I then figured that the culprit might be the flash card, so I swapped in the one from this past weekend. Third verse, same as the first two.

It turns out that there is some sort of Red State / Blue State conflict between this USB hub and this Mac. Argh!!! Photo editing would have to wait until after the draft because I couldn’t afford rebooting any longer.

With the draft over and this technical issue conquered I was able to import two memory cards’ worth of pictures to iPhoto. I looked through the photos I took Saturday…. Shite! This set of photos might make a good “What not to do…” seminar, or with enough practice might show off the mighty powers of Photoshop.

So Here’s An Older Flickr Pic of ITP
This is a shot from last year’s Vegas trip on my 40th birthday.

In my hand (far right) I am holding a Fat Tire Amber Ale. This is a pose that will be repeated often this week. Next week I begin back to get down to the weight I was in that picture, then I’ll work on the rest.

CD Pick Of The Week
Sorry Dylan fans, if you are expecting me to leap forward and pick “Modern Times” as my slam dunk ‘Pick of the Week’ you are mistaken. First, I must admit that I don’t pray at the Temple of Dylan. Furthermore, I was able to stream the new Dylan tunes via AOL and it was a painful experience for me.

Jessica Simpson releases “A Public Affair” today as well. Next!

I know nothing about the bands The Tyde or The Roots nor did I have anyway to listen to their cds so I’ll have to pass on them.

That leaves Pete Yorn’s release of “Nightcrawler” which was also available from AOL. Let’s just say that the sounds of Pete Yorn are not my cup of tea.

Now wait a minute, Decatur CD is saying that M. Ward’s cd (the one I picked last week) is really being released today? Well then, I’ll break tradition and pick it again.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - completely frustrated.
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Clap Your Hands Say Yeah — “Upon This Tidal Wave Of Young Blood”
Website Of The Day - While I am no longer a “have food delivered to the house” kinda guy I realize that it is a valuable service. GopherNow is trying to help out by listing those places in serveral cities which deliver and whether or not they are currently delivering. If anyone tries it I’d like to hear how it worked out.
Exercise (b)Log - none

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

It’s 9:00am on Monday morning and I’m already behind schedule. It might have something to with the mass quantities of beer and food consumed yesterday, a day I didn’t even run with the group because I was hosting.

I remember “lying down for a minute” around 8:00pm and waking up at least six times between then and the time I finally dragged my arse out of bed.

They used to say the weekends were made for Michelob. I had none of those, but almost one of every other beer that was in my refrigerator yesterday.

Saved At The Eleventh Hour
On Friday I whined about going to the theatre alone. Well late Friday afternoon I got a call from my friend Melissa who was looking for something to do that night. I explained my plans and she agreed to join me.

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”, which was not as highly-attended as I had anticipated, was quite enjoyable. It was a musical based on a third-grade spelling bee (updated: spelling corrected) and its quirky contestants. To make the play quirkier, they integrate a few audience members into the play as students. The acting and singing were well-executed with the exception of a handful of times where the actors’ projections were not quite bold enough to reach us all the way in the balcony.

I’d recommend the play to anyone who enjoys musicals, but not to those who do not. I’d also advise you to pony up the extra couple of bucks to move out of the balcony for this production.

Random ITP Flickr Pic
This is from last Thursday’s trip to Elliott Street Pub because I didn’t have the motivation to do any post-processing (much processing will have to be done on this new set because I felt I was constantly erroring — wrong ISO, f-stop, shutter, you name it — on every shot) on the shots I took this weekend.

I’d also thought I’d spare you all from another of my gross nature pics (at least for now…)

Dear Makers Of Prednisone
Could you please put a coating on your pills. Even when taken with milk or food your pills leave a horrible taste in my mouth. On the bright side they do seem to being doing wonders for my poison ivy and I’ve not felt nauseous nor lost a single moment of sleep since I’ve starting to injest them.

Crescent City Madman?
I’m contemplating a road trip to New Orleans this November. I know that the city is still different from the one I knew before this time last year when I posted about the impending doom of Hurricane Katrina.

If anyone has pointers on where I should stay, what I should do, where I should eatand drink in a post-Katrna New Orleans I’d certainly appreciate the input.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - well rested?
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Silversun Pickups — “Lazy Eye”
Website Of The Day - Last night I caught up on my backlog of Channel Frederator podcasts. In one of them I saw a cool music video done by Collection Agency Films. CFA has a couple of other neat cartoons as well, go check them out.
Exercise (b)Log - none, but I moved my hand to mouth a lot

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Was It Something I Said?
For some reason my stats skyrocketed yesterday.

I tried poking around StatCounter to see from where these new people were coming, but could not determine their origin. If you are back here for a second time today, welcome back I hope I don’t let you down. Also if you’d tell me in a comment what brought you here I’d appreciate it.

The funniest thing about this finding is how coincidental it was. Yesterday I was watching an old episode of Call For Help and they were talking about StatCounter. I decided to log on and peek at my stats for the first time in some time and was amazed.

Is My iBook An iBoom?
Yesterday Apple announced that they have the same laptop battery issues that Dell has been having. Both are blaming Sony of course, since Sony is the manufacturer of these batteries.

After trying for a long time to get to Apple’s support website to find out if my battery is one to be replaced, I finally got through last night. Sure enough the little power source that has been keeping warm is one of the targeted batteries. This does mean that I am getting a new battery for free however. Yippee!

Random ITP Flickr Pic

The other day I was leaving the house to go to work for the third time that day. The third trip back was to get my camera equipment. When I was about to get into the car I noticed this caterpillar on my house. It made the frustration of going back to the house for my camera a little more palatable.

Better Living Through Medicine

We’re Prednisone Kids.
One Million Strong…
And Growing

After a long wait at the doctor’s office I was given a shot in the ass and a hall pass to take to a pharmacist for some drugs.

If I had eaten Chinese food yesterday I am sure the fortune would have read “You will be taking pills for the next twelve days.”

The friendly pharmacists at Target filled the prescription and gave me the rundown on what should happen. Included in the speech were warnings to take the medication with food as it will make me nauseous, and not to take it late at night as is will make me hyper. Allllllllrighty then, this is going to be an interesting twelve days.

Theater Of The Absurd
Optimism takes a holiday….

Tonight I’ll be headed to The Theatre…. alone. I am going to the Alliance Theatre to see “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” When I purchased two tickets a few months back I was being hopeful that I would be able to obtain a date for the evening. What the fuck put that crazy notion into my head I will never know.

You Can Lead A Man To A Bar, But He Must Drink
Saint Paul is a town in Minnesota, not a guy living in East Atlanta Georgia.

After getting lost a half-dozen times trying to read the map of Castlberry Hill which had no correlation to the streets in Castleberry Hill I finally followed a fire engine to its home on Elliott Street where I knew I would also find the Elliott Street Pub. After chatting with one of the owners, Mike, I knew from the sound of his New York accent that I was going to like the place. Two beers (Shiner Kölsch) consumed and many pictures taken I headed to more familiar territory.

For me driving into East Atlanta is like reaching home base in a game of tag — I feel good; I understand the neighborhood; I’m home. Being hungry I knew there was no sense in heading straight home to my empty cupboards, so I weighed my options and decided it was to be a La Casita Cantina night. I sat at the bar (bad move when beer shouldn’t be consumed), ordered a beer (see), and then ordered up some chips-n-salsa (a must at LCC) and a chalupa puerco. To quote the devil herself (Rachael Ray) it was “delish!”

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - rebounding
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Tilly & The Wall — “Bad Education”
Website Of The Day - I’ve already confessed to losing my beerginity last night, so I might as well keep the theme going. Next time I travel up to New York I might have to check out the New York State Brewers Association’s “Trail of Beers.”
Exercise (b)Log - nuttin’

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Another night, another failed running attempt. Another day, bothersome poison ivy continues. I’m starting to think “Man, did the ‘Boy in the Bubble’ have it good or what?!”.

This morning I am going to give my doctor a call. With any luck I can see my doctor STAT and hope that she will prescribe me something to rid my body of this ivy.

To CO Or Not To CO? That Is Now A Question…
I have been planning on going to Colorado for a Labor Day weekend hashing trip since January. My inability to run, and the fear that this disfiguring and completely irritating poison ivy will not subside has made me contemplate not going.

I can hear heads shaking across the internets, and the question being posed “What, are you fucking nuts?”. Well frankly the answer is “yes”. In addition to the forementioned problems keep in mind that there will be drinking, lot’s of drinking, occurring on this trip and the only thing worse than not drinking is being sober around a lot of drunks. When I booked this trip I was planning on being fifteen pounds lighter and in much better physical condition. I’d rather stay at home and be miserable than to go half-way across the country to be miserable, which is what I will be if things don’t turn around soon.

Another option is for me to take the flights and take a left at Albuquerque (not literally since we are flying to Denver) and do my own thing in Colorado. This sounds odd, but at least I won’t be pissing away the $350 flight.

Be happy that you are not me…

See The Beleageured Artist — One Night Only
Tonight I’ll be joining some Flickrites in Castleberry Hill at Elliott St Pub for what’s billed as a bar stroll. I’m going more for the picture taking than the beer, so I’m interested to see how the night goes.

Random ITP Flickr Pic

You are my enemy, I hate you!!! I miss you my friend…

And Now For Something Completely Different
For those of you who don’t know, I am a fairly poor speller. On average I abuse the Firefox extension “DictionarySearch” at least three times per post. I’ve got the extension set up to go to Dictionary.Com. This morning Dictionary.Com completely changed its appearance between trips two and three. I was completely thrown for a loop when I went to see if I had spelled ‘forementioned’ correctly (and also to see if it was really the word I wanted to use). Go check out their new look, it’s actually quite fancy.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - absolutely crappy
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Belle & Sebastian — “The Stars Of Track And Field”
Website Of The Day - If I run in to any celebrities tonight you can be damn sure I’ll get in a picture with them and upload it to Celeb Safari.
Exercise (b)Log - walking/running, approximately 3.5 miles

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

When the highlight of my day is getting a twelve-pack of Top Ramen for $1 at Dollar Tree, you know I am having a boring day. Furthermore, this lifestyle change of rarely drinking and eating out is really going to be hard to handle for a while. I guess it’s no different than kicking other addictions.

Weather I Like It Or Not
I left work at a reasonable hour with all intentions of going out to take photographs. The stop at the Dollar Tree was to buy a few items for the $10 macro-photography box I am going to construct, and the plan was to go from there to Mason Mill Park to shoot pictures of the ruins mentioned by Tony (aka Niplets) last week.

That plan was foiled when I emerged from Dollar Tree to see dark grey skies. So I headed home to watch some tv and clean instead (Woo Hoo).

Random ITP Flick Pic

Taken inside the Corner Tavern in East Point last Sunday. Had we had the staying power to drink all afternoon and evening we could have seen our friend Jim’s band Rooke play there that night.

This SP Reminds Me A Lot Of Another SP
I am really digging the music of Silversun Pickups (you know, the band I saw at the Drunken Unicorn last week). They are getting airplay and notoriety all over the internets.

However, I am wondering if I like their sound because it reminds my of another SP from year’s past, the Smashing Pumpkins. I am not trying to discredit the sound created by Silversun Pickups, and their live show was one thousand times better than the one I saw Smashing Pumpkins do in 1994(?) but it really does bug me a bit. Btw- I am not the only one to notice the similiarity. Google “Silversun Pickups Smashing Pumpkins” to read more.

George’s Tonight? Perhaps
Not being one to tempt Mother Nature and stand around getting all electricuted and shit (you people know who you are), my appearance at George’s tonight is highly contingent on the weather. Since I am not planning on drinking beer tonight (yeah, you read that right), there is no sense going out and getting killed in the name of sobriety.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - lost
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Camper van Beethoven — “Take The Skinheads Bowling”
Website Of The Day - Want to buy Jack White’s house in Detroit? If so you can check it out on its own website.
Exercise (b)Log - nothing

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

After yet another atrocious attempt at running last night I feared that stepping on the scale would cause irreparable mental and physical damage. As a result a few more things will change as of today

- You will see less of me until there is less of me to see.
- Beer and soda are not my friends, they are my enemies.
- With rare exception restaurants are now dinosaurs to me.

I am sure that I’ve said it in the past but I have been obese in the past and for me it’s like being in jail. I cannot go back.

Random ITP Flickr Pic

Sadly this stopped power meter is a good analogy for the current (no pun intended) state of my running — no power

There’s A Shit-ton Of Music Dropping Today
According to Metacritic’s Upcoming Releases Calendar there are twenty-two new discs in record stores today. Twenty-two!

If you listen to Paris Hilton, hers is the only release that should be mentioned. I don’t necessarily listen to Paris Hilton.

I wish I could have heard to all twenty-two of today’s releases so that I could give you an informed decision on what is good and what is not. But I couldn’t so here is
short list of the bands I know and their new releases.

• Jason Molina “Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go”
• Mountain Goats “Get Lonely”
• Jennifer O’Connor “Over The Mountain, Across The Valley And Back To The Stars”
• OutKast “Idlewild”
• Primal Scream “Riot City Blues”
• Razorlight “Razorlight”
• Starsailor “On The Outside”
• The Thermals “The Body, The Blood, The Machine”
• M. Ward “Post-War”

[note to self: must fix the CSS for unordered lists]

Of this list I’ve heard the M. Ward stuff the most and am really digging it.

Oh, and one more thing… Atlanta’s own Snowden had their cd reviewed by Pitchfork today. Read the review here.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - pretty shitty
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Crooked Fingers — “You Threw A Spark”
Website Of The Day - If you are in need of funny flash animations or videos to get you through the day, head on over to Devil Ducky. Caution, not that there is porn on the site but I doubt that anyone would considered this site to be “work safe”. I caution because I care.
Exercise (b)Log - run/walk/walk/walk/run/walk/walk/walk - 5 miles

May your day be better than mine,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Trips to The EARL planned: 2
Trips to The EARL made: 0

Boy Meets Bar
It may sound strange to you that I’ve finally come to the conclusion that I have a drinking problem. The problem I have really deals with the day following and the lack of productivity that comes after a long night of drinking. I don’t like sleeping in late, to me it’s a complete waste of time. Even on the weekends I want to awake early, pop out of bed, and get the day started. Shit, I value my weekend days because their are only two of them as compared to the five that I have to give to The Man.

On a slightly different note, why is it called Alcoholics Anonymous when the first thing they make you do is stand up and say “Hello my name is Paul and I have a problem.” Doesn’t revealing your identity remove the anonymity?

Fool Me Once, Shame On Me
Fool me twice, won’t get fooled again!

I’ve officially written off ever mentioning Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s in this blog again. It seems as if they take pleasure in scheduling shows at The EARL and then cancelling them. Even if they had another valid excuse (I’ve now found out that their van broke down) for this cancellation I can’t be bothered with planning my nights around them only to have to find alternatives later.

A hugh thanks goes out to Leah for spreading the word on Saturday and saving me the disappointment I suffered last time.

Random ITP Flickr Pic

Yesterday I decided not to hash and to go on a hash-like photostroll with my friends Stacy and Phil instead. We headed over to the abandoned Paul D West Middle School in College Park to snap some interesting pics before doing what hashers do best, drink beer.

But Paulie, Where Can I Get 1/2 Price Wings On The Weekend?
The last stop on our photostroll yesterday was the Trackside Tavern (lousy, useless website) in Decatur. Trackside is currently offering half-priced wings on Saturday and Sunday from 1-7pm!!! They were very good, so I suggest you go get some next weekend.

I’m Sorry I Thought You Said Alice In Chains Was Scheduled To Play Variety Playhouse
Newsflash — Layne Staley is dead, long live Layne Staley! I know this to be true because I heard the news story four years ago on the day after someone I really liked dismissed me. I have a scar on my hand from the drywall screw I hit when punched the bathroom wall at Gravity Pub in a drunken stupor the day before I heard he died. (now you know why I play trivia…)

Should there not be an asterisk when you bill Alice In Chains because really, this is not my Alice In Chains, the grunge band I saw headline at Lollapalooza in 1994, but rather a lame attempt at the surviving members to make bank.

When ALL members of the band are not present, you are no longer that band. See also The Doors, The Who.

At least The New Cars attempted to make distinction to let us know what the deal was.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - meh
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Neko Case — “Star Witness”
Website Of The Day - Now you can build that Great American Web2.0 Business Plan with the help of bullshitr.
Exercise (b)Log - none, what’s up with that?

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

My goal today was to write a completely positive post. I thought about ending the post right here as a joke and posting again later, but some of you might miss my true wit.

My apologies to those of you who had difficulty reading this space yesterday. It was my internet host’s problem so the situation was completely out of my hands.

Back to my normal programming…

Big Bother?
I could do without the Thursday night episodes of Big Brother. I gave up on Big Brother 1 quickly and didn’t return until Season 7 in part because I thought Julie Chen was a horribly robotic host. I still think that she is.

I will be interested to see how Boogie Mike uses this coup de tat (sp?) power. And could someone explain to me his love of Florida Gator clothing? Being a graduate of said university I’m not upset mind you, but I’ve read his bio and I see no connection between him and UF.

You Want Music?
I got your music right here pal. In my not so humble opinion your best bets for music this weekend will be in my neighborhood at The EARL.

Tonight, The Hiss are headlining but do yourself a favor and get their early enough to see Kill Gordon who will go on first. I’m sorry to say that I don’t know anything about Variac. Remember, if for some reason you don’t like their sound you can always escape to the main bar.

Tomorrow night the headliner is Elf Power so you know that you can’t go wrong. As an added bonus Margot And The Nuclear So And So’s are opening. I was really interested to hear them perform the last time they were scheduled at The EARL, but they had to cancel. Here’s to hoping history doesn’t repeat.

Like It Or Not, The Pictures Will Return Next Week
As I mentioned yesterday I’ve had a bit of photgrapher’s block lately. However, my new 50mm f/1.8 lens arrived yesterday so I’ll be taking that bad boy out for a few spins this weekend and have some new material starting next week.

When It’s Birthday Time In Atlanta
Today is Stacy’s (hashing Stacy sans ‘e’, not Turner Stacey, nor Stacy who is also a Turner Stacy and friends with Turner Stacey) birthday. To celebrate this ocassion a group of us are meeting up at Twain’s tonight.

As an aside I’ve heard that Twain’s is installing beer brewing equipment in order to become a brewpub. Very cool! I can’t wait until I can eat corned beef while drinking brewpub beer.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - positively glad it’s Friday
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Arctic Monkeys — “When The Sun Goes Down”
Website Of The Day - You are probably Jonesin’ for pictures since I’ve not provided any the last few days. You can go scratch that itch by visiting Picsearch.
Exercise (b)Log - none, it’s been a bad week

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]

Sometime over the past weekend I encountered poison ivy or oak because there have been small patches of my body itching all this week. It was probably when I was pulling some weeds waiting for my friends to show up for the Braves game Saturday night. Man I hate the itching…

A Man Walks Into A Dermatologist’s Office
As I blogged yesterday I went to see a doctor, a dermatologist really. There are a few things that I learned from this visit.
- When prescribed a medication at your last visit three months ago you should probably attempt to use it if you want to see results. Otherwise when you fess up that you never got around to using it you will feel like a dolt when you return.
- If there is a really pretty girl working at the office (a nurse perhaps) I have no chance to pick her up. She not only knows my deepest secrets, but can lookup my medical history (including a trip to a cardiologist) in a irregularly-skipping heartbeat.
- I might have sleep apnea. While trying to explain why I hadn’t used the medication as directed the doctor and I started discussing my sleep habits. He confessed to having sleep apnea and gave me the name of the doctor who’s help he saught. Wtf, I’ve got a grand to blow on medical expenses, I might as well check it out.

Is There Such A Thing As Photographer’s Block?
Because I am suffering. Twice yesterday I tried to get myself out for photo shoots but never could think of a good place to go. Anyone out there have some suggestions for me, preferrably places I can go solo safely?

The Unicorn Was Drunk And So Was I!
My first trip to the Drunken Unicorn was a massive success. The space is perhaps better known for being near MJQ, but not being a young partier any longer I had never visited the space. The sound in the room is great, I’d highly recommend seeing a show their if you get the chance. It’s located across the street from Ghetto (aka Murder) Kroger on Ponce, an area I felt quite comfortable in until reading Preston Craig’s blogpost today.

I arrived after a few beers during an unplanned visit to George’s Bar (which I visited because I didn’t know where to shoot after eating dinner at Rocky Mountain Pizza).

The first band to take the stage, Atlanta’s own Elevado didn’t do much for me at first, but toward the end of their set I found myself digging their sound.

Silversun Pickups, the band I was there to see (and from the decline in attendees after their set I was not alone), took the stage next. Silversun Pickups are a four-piece from LA (shit, I sound like a WRAS DJ) including a female bassist (always like to see the ladies in the bands). I ran into a co-worker and his fiancee who were fortunate enough to see their set last year when they played the Drunken Unicorn. The fact that they had returned told me I was in for a treat. The set was filled with energy, conversation between band and crowd, and great music. After their set the band mingled with the crowd who remained.

Dirty on Purpose was the headlining act. I stayed for about three of their songs before leaving the club. I had to remind myself that it was a Wednesday and that I had already burned a paid-day off this week, so I needed to head home. Because I only heard a few songs I cannot comment on the bands sound.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood - bothered by the itch
Current Music - Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Silversun Pickups — “Lazy Eye”
Website Of The Day - Doing things a little differently today. Today I’m giving props to another great blog here in Atlanta, kissatlanta.
Exercise (b)Log - 2 hours of yard work that was good enough for me

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]