05 February 2008

REPOST: Stories From Punk Rock Bowling Vol. 01: Background and Observations

So this one isn't going to be very exciting. More of a description of the ongoings and some thank yous. The real juicy stuff is to come... but I will put initial observations at the bottom:

So I got there Tuesday night. Just hung out for a few days until Thursday when people started showing up. Already, on that first night, people were super drunk. I was surprised at how hard some people were hittin the bottle considering we had a full weekend plus bowling left. And I'm not even talking about my team. We represented Asian Man Records and were pretty much awesome. The first day we bowled pretty poorly, but bowled just well enough to advance to the B league playoffs. 56th in the B group (which meant 88th overall). The second day, we got 15th in B group (47th overall).

We were rollin strong too...huge crew. So I say thank you to new and old friends who really made the weekend: James, Darin, Rich, Ruben, Jessica, Linney (+2), Jen, Kate, Haley, Jacob, Kevbo, Jamie, John, and my cousin Brian! And I am positive I forgot others, but love me anyway! OH...and a BIG thank you to Mike Park!!!!

Observations:
1) People at Punk Rock Bowling get really really drunk.

2) Fat Mike isn't so fat anymore. Cocaine, anyone? He still writes good music though.

3) Our group of friends definitely had the most attractive girls. Big ups to the ladies for making us look good!

4) Nothington and American Steel, who both performed at the show, fucking rule.

5) The guitar player from American Steel looks like Andrew from Against Me!

6) I bet you the Tell-Tale Heartbreakers are insane live, although I have never seen them. Their lead singer is pretty awesome though.

7) McDonald's is putting some super dirty toys in their Happy Meals, and they should probably be stopped.

Go look at it in person and just think of whether the Golden Girls were a porno about rabbits...pretty gross.

8) Even smokers think it is too smokey in Vegas casinos.

9) You can't leave Vegas without gambling...I bet a whole dollar!

10) The best haircuts come in hotel bathrooms from hairdressers on vacation!

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