earth imo
something he;ll feel
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 15 April 2011 05:23 (thirteen years ago) link
http://365aay.com/wp-content/covers/ThrobbingGristle20JazzFunkGreats1979.jpg
― mookieproof, Friday, 15 April 2011 05:28 (thirteen years ago) link
ah TG. I don't have that one.. I have 2nd Annual Report somewhere..have to sleep though. I did play some more birthday party first! RELEASE THE BATS
― daria, Friday, 15 April 2011 05:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry about the neighbor. That's a great album that I haven't listened to in ages--younger Nick Cave.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 15 April 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
damn, i want to go to this!
― coming from me, who has written many bestsellers (tehresa), Friday, 15 April 2011 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
omg
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 15 April 2011 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
more bad pop music at top volume, on repeat! awesome!
now playing over here - big black, 'pigeon kill,' 'honey i'm a mess,' 'texas'
man, i hate this guy
― daria g, Sunday, 17 April 2011 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/smithsonians-made-in-america-mandate-not-easy-to-achieve/2011/04/13/AFFA2RqD_story.html
the story says "Smithsonian gift shops generate about $9 million in annual revenue" but that has to be WAY off the mark, right?
― I DIED, Sunday, 17 April 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
The Smithsonian institutions received a total of 30 million visitors and that article says the average purchase is $3, so it averages out to 1 in 10 buying something. Which seems about right, considering I bet most people buy their Washington, DC tie-dyed shirts and Lincoln/Washington paraphernalia from street vendors.
― Ivor, Monday, 18 April 2011 01:01 (thirteen years ago) link
someone should make a map showing how rapidly the prices street vendors charge go up as one approaches the mall
― mookieproof, Monday, 18 April 2011 01:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I found a story from a couple years ago that puts Smithsonian retail totals (including website) at $155 million in revenue and $27 million profit off that, which seems a lot more realistic. I'd be shocked if Air & Space alone did under $9 million a year. Maybe the Post story was just looking at one of the museums and got mixed up.
― I DIED, Monday, 18 April 2011 01:53 (thirteen years ago) link
There aren't a lot of the hand painted KODAK signs on vendor trucks anymore, the awkward attempts at the logo with weird letter spacing and all were one of my favorite things to look at around the mall.
― I DIED, Monday, 18 April 2011 01:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Speaking of the mall, I think read somewhere that the National Park Service is going to make the Smithsonian use a different section of the mall for the Folklife Fest this summer, because they no longer want the grass where the fest has been held for decades to be stomped on anymore.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 18 April 2011 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
all i know is i payed $5 for freeze dried ice cream at the air & space museum and i'd do it again in a second.
― Moreno, Monday, 18 April 2011 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Does NOVA just not do bars? What the fuck. All I'm looking for is a little divey shithole where I can sip an adult beverage & maybe put a song on the jukebox, but everywhere I go seems like a refurbished Applebees with 27 TVs blasting ESPN variants at me. I literally spent an hour walking up and down Lee Highway just now, straight in and out of more than one place cause they were these apocalyptic clusterfucks full of wailing babies throwing mashed potatoes across the table at their parents, and now I have my goddamn laptop out at a Thai restaurant because at least I know I can get a good beer here even if they're gonna overcharge me for it.
Do I just not know where I should be going?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 21 April 2011 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
not sure how far out u live, but i would recommend galaxy hut in clarendon
― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 April 2011 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
i have heard of this!!! might investigate this tomorrow as thus far i have no friday planz
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 21 April 2011 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, galaxy hut is pretty rad! the clarendon/courthouse area is kinda iffy honestly (my office is out there, not that i actually ever go in due to being on the road all the time), but whitlow's on wilson isn't bad either
hoos one of these nights i should introduce you to DAN'S CAFE
― Suicide Demo for Kemba Walker (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 22 April 2011 06:08 (thirteen years ago) link
liking the sound of this!!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 22 April 2011 06:10 (thirteen years ago) link
my co-workers want me to go out to Caribbean Breeze at Ballston tomorrow night. I'm running out of excuses not to go out with them but hoo boy.
― Gukbe, Friday, 22 April 2011 06:12 (thirteen years ago) link
omg don't do that to yourself!
― tehresa, Friday, 22 April 2011 12:49 (thirteen years ago) link
oh god that sounds terrible on so many levels
― quincie, Friday, 22 April 2011 13:26 (thirteen years ago) link
"come on dude, it's 'South Beach Night'", they say.
― Gukbe, Friday, 22 April 2011 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― tehresa, Friday, 22 April 2011 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
What is Caribbean Breeze? It sounds nice...relaxing, drinking ridiculous fruity drinks, feeling the breeze...
― god is your co-god (Z S), Friday, 22 April 2011 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
. . . in NORTHERN VIRGINIA, far from the coast.
I guess Rt. 1 traffic may generate a breeze?
― quincie, Friday, 22 April 2011 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha. potomac swamp breeze iirc.
― tehresa, Friday, 22 April 2011 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
swamp goes well with mai thais afaik
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 22 April 2011 17:48 (thirteen years ago) link
there is a depressing happy hour at this place in l'enfant, vie de france. it's another not-great lunch place but even sadder when they're serving drinks
― daria, Friday, 22 April 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
did discover that sports bar becomes v tolerable while wearing headphones
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 22 April 2011 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link
1. John's Place in Fairfax City 2. Sunset Grille in Annandale 3. JV's in Falls Church
Saw this list of Virginia "dive bars" online here:http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/406775/406941.html
Numbers 2 & 3 are sometimes music clubs. I've been to the Sunset Grille that usually has bad blooz-rock bands but ocassional good ones on Thursdays; and JV's is a tiny place that also has roots rock music. These 2 places were once biker hangouts but are less so now I think. I have never heard of John's place.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 April 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Dan Snyder's lawsuit changing jurisdictions but still on...
http://www.tbd.com/articles/2011/04/daniel-snyder-lawsuit-no-settlement-in-sight-59500.html
Snyder says he didn't commit forgery although his company paid a fine for doing so...
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
friday is date night with the bowie baysox
# Two (2) Lower Reserved Seat Tickets! (Tickets regularly $14 each)# Romantic Carousel Ride for 2 in Louie's Kids Park # Beautiful Flower for your date# Get a special photograph beneath the romantic archway & a commemorative Date Night at the Diamond Baysox Photo Mat!# Post-Game Dates Base Run!# Fun & Memories to last a lifetime!
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link
awesome (says this Bowie High grad and baseball fan)although the gf would never go for it and yes those are some corny details ( the base run...)
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
http://artwhino.com/2011g40
This month-long artwhino byt art and music thing might be good
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 28 April 2011 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link
wau yeah i gotta do some of that
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 28 April 2011 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm hitting this up on sat w/some homies, artist's goofy name notwithstanding this looks kinda cool
http://irvinecontemporary.com/otherExhibitions.php?eventID=122
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 28 April 2011 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link
People at work are asking me if I have weekend plans and don't understand that when I say I am going out of town, I am going to Tyson's.
Mr. B and I decided TyCon is too far away to come back to the District after dinner, so we are going to sleep there.
Look out, NoVa.
― quincie, Friday, 29 April 2011 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link
So you're gonna sleep under a table at the convention room?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 29 April 2011 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Is TyCon a convention or are you just going shopping ?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 29 April 2011 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
TyCon is Tyson's Corner. We're going to Michel Richard's joint at the Ritz and are sleeping there, presumably in an actual sleeping room.
Oh god do I sound like a total douchebag? The Mr. has tons of hotel points from when he travelled a lot for work. We've also overnighted at National Harbor!
― quincie, Friday, 29 April 2011 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I hear... not great tings about Michel at the Ritz.
Fiola, the new downtown restaurant from the chef who used to run Maestro in the Ritz space, is outstanding.
― I DIED, Friday, 29 April 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
How was the food at the Ritz at Tyson's, Quincie?
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 May 2011 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link
It was OK, not outstanding, but we did have great seats in front of the open kitchen and had a very fun evening as voyeurs.
The Ritz bed *was* outstanding. Slept like a (somewhat drunk) baby.
― quincie, Monday, 2 May 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Y'all wanna be at phillips after 5 tonight. Just sayin.
― tehresa, Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
wish i was theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 5 May 2011 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
damn i completely forgot! sorry
― daria-g, Friday, 6 May 2011 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
ah goddamnit the Phillips is a block from my place but I'm in Rosslyn aargh
― I DIED, Friday, 6 May 2011 01:06 (twelve years ago) link
i am so tired. our singers were awesome. twice! i had 0 drinks and 0 gelatto. my job sucks.
― tehresa, Friday, 6 May 2011 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
gary williams to retire from maryland
― mookieproof, Friday, 6 May 2011 03:47 (twelve years ago) link