Almost forgot...
I am not sure how many Dylan fans I have visiting the site, bute...
Bob Dylan writing Autobiography
Bob Dylan's Chronicles looks like it could be an interesting read, and always remember, they are the ones telling the story of their life. No one else could write this exactly like the originator could.
what can I say?
Right now not much is really happening. As previously mention, I made bank this paycheck from bartending about 2 weeks ago. And I have tomorrow off. YEAH!
I am working on getting the pictures made smaller from the house show so that I can put them up. Below is a picture from the show that has been edited, it is DAVE, as fellow ITVR's call him, being placed into the sharpshooter by Beniot.
And I finally found a CD I have been looking for since about 2 or 3 months ago. Clown(#6) from slipknot formed a side project called "To My Surprise" with 2 different people from Des Moines. He did this around 2003 when Slipknot was still in the process of figuring out whether or not to make another album or wait for their record deal to end. It is nothing like Slipknot, and it is probably one of the few pop album's I can actually listen to. The guy is a genius, and knows no bounds on how to make great music. And unlike other members of slipknot, he tries to keep the anonymous-ness(yeah yeah made up word :P ) he has by somewhat hiding his face on the album, and promotional pictures for the band. Also, he hides behind the drums.
If you are interested look for To My Surprise's "To My Surprise" CD.
Weekend report
Friday has been mentioned...
Saturday
didn't do much until the show and the results from the show are...
Rhyno and Tajiri def Rodney Mack and Chuck Palumbo (Mack recieved the GORE! and got pinned).
Simon Dean came out made fun of the fans being fat and overweight. Asked for one to stand up and admit they were fat. After a minute Val Venis came out, made fun of Simon Dean and match was on.
Val Venis def Simon Dean by countout
Tyson Tomko def. Hurricane by pinfall after a neckbreaker out of fireman's carry.
Mohammed Hassan came out with a manager made Anti-American threats and such. Maven then came out.
Maven vs. Mohammed Hassan no contest the manager interfered, after a little double teaming Sgt. Slaughter ran out and helped Maven. locked Mohammed Hassan into the Cobra Clutch.
Howard Finkle started recieving some boos. We want the wrestling damn it! :)
Shelton Benjamin def. Christian w/ Tyson Tomko. early on Shelton heard the CLB chants and mentioned we were calling him a creepy little bastard. And later in the match Tyson was sent to the back. Shelton hit the Exploder!
Christian complained a little bit about losing the match after he was finally to his feet.
La Resistance came out, and Robert Conway asked the fans to stand for the singing of the Canadian National anthem by Stephan Grenier. Everyone sat down. He said he didn't ask but demanded the fans to stand. Stephan started singing and out comes Regal and Eugene.
Tag Title Match
La Resistance def. Regal and Eugene - Regal was hit in the stomach with a flag and got pinned. Fun match and one of the longest of the night
Shilling of No Mercy and T Shirts' given away. And intermission
Victoria def. Gail Kim by pinfall to the Widow's Peak
Kane def. Gene Snitsky by pinfall after chokeslam. Kane had one hell of a face pop, and Gene was sent to slaughter in a decent length match up of power.
Announcement that the official backstage have noticed a lot of things, and that they will return to Sioux City in Spring '05 and it might be a live RAW show. I think they will return, but if it is going to be RAW, I will believe it when I see it.
Main Event
Randy Orton and Chris Beniot def Triple H and Batista - Batista took the RKO while Beniot and Triple H were fighting on the outside.
Beniot and Orton stayed ringside for a little bit and then went to the back and Finkle said goodbye.
Sunday
I watched Football as Chicago vs. Minnesota was a "Let's see who can out do the other in penalties game"
Indy and Green Bay showing their excellent defense....*laughs hysterically*
And the battle of the retirement teams Oakland and Tampa Bay. While wishing ESPN was showing the Pittburgh vs. Miami game instead.
I got a number...
I went back there tonight, and got a number, and was able to watch her dance on the stage. She looked great, but was nervious. Being the idiot I am, I lost the paper I had my number on, oh well. And tomorrow RAW house show live in Sioux City, I will be there with a camera to take pictures. And I know that I won't make the mistake of having film problems this time.
later
Chivalry isn't dead...
Chivalry isn't dead, but the fact that making money and getting yourself a head has become pushed before it that some people would say it is long gone. But if you look into this world, you will see there are still the Husband open the door for his wife, or just a random guy doing that for a random girl.
There will always be the people who use chivalry in this world, and I bet if you look outside of the United States it is probably more evident. But it seems like we try to enforce the "Nice Guy finishes last" saying way too much. Or atleast for my taste it has too much of affect here. But then again I always seem to have been a fall back person for others. Just the nice guy to talk to, but because I rather not try be a complete dick and ignore others completely.
But then again after the weekend, I have been so scatter brained that I am not sure on what to do anymore. Because the girl is on my mind and that is good because work hasn't been bothering me that much because of her. The problem is that I need to be there when she is to be able to find out if anything will happen because of this or not. The thing is that I tried to meet up last night, but not sure if she was there, and infact I am afraid if what happened on Saturday got her in trouble at the place.
Damn....Just DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, work got over and the Banquet captain, a bartender and me decided to go out. Yes that means big trouble already ;)
Well, the bartender and I went with our usual drinks. He had a bud light(not before havin a couple shots of Tequilla and beers at the Restaraunt waiting for the captain and me to clock out. The bartender and I had about 3 drinks each, and the banquet captain had 2 at the first place we hit.
After that we went to a strip club that was down the street. I had 2(well one and a half...reason later on) Jack and Cokes as the other 2 had 2 their drinks. Well, the bartender decides that he feels like getting me a lap dance...well the person he finds recognizes me from thing other than work or school. I think that we hugged for about 2 minutes then she did her dance. Later on she came back up to me and had another dance(this one for free). And then another one came up and asked me, but I directed them to the captain and made sure he sit his ass down for a dance.
And then later one I was about halfway through the second drink when the girl from before came up, and since I hate watches I didn't know it was almost closing. She started dancing, and then grabbed my hand and took me to their private dance area. She gave me another free dance, and then afterwards she asked me if I would come in something this week. We then went to to ramp between the private area and the dancer's area/bar. She said not to bring money, but to show up. I am going to show up just because she asked. And I agree with a co-worker that if I had a little bit longer, well I would have a ride home to say the least.
Also, some interesting events could come up because I know her former boyfriend. So if he were to find out, well shit is going to get stirred quick as hell.
Still buzzed...
me
Gotta love the head chef
This weekedn was good, and the best part other than the host bar, would be seeing the Head Chef put an annoying co-worker in their place. This guy thinks he is a manager when he isn't. But it is funny seeing the Head Chef put him in his place everytime. I think the score between the two is Head Chef 1,151,351,362,125 to the annoying co-worker's 0. Lots of fun.
The host bar was the best part though, we had a 450 person party that had a James Bond theme. And the people planning it picked the first night (Friday) to have martini's and Champaigne, and let's put it this way, when you don't have time to prepare the martini's, the champaigne will win. The main reason I said that is because the martini's had no ice to delute them, and were for the most part double to triple shots of Absolut Vodka with a little vermouth...yummy...err....*gag* :)
The second night (Saturday), We had a bar outside to start off with at 7:30 pm, and I don't think I poured that many drinks in my life. The group went inside at about 8:30 pm and the liqour was taken inside from the outside bar. And it was interesting becase I didn't bring it inside because I went in at 8:30 because the there was too many at the outside bar and I decided to let one who wasn't watching their and the other who decided to crowd up the outside bar to take care of the stuff.
But inside it was was steady. We ended up using 4 and maybe a half of a bottle of Captain Morgan. A bottle of Canadian Club was finished before we even came inside. In the end, I think we pour close to $1000 in liqour, and about another $1,200 in bottled beer. So the grat between 3 bartenders = bank(aka good money).
And today is pay day, but unfortunately I have to wait til next paycheck for the money from the bar. But I am planning on gett a ticket to a RAW house show that will be in town for the "first time in 7 years". And unfortunately, the last big company that was hear was WCW not WWE. But who cares, ORTON, BENIOT, KANE~!, SHELTON~!, and maybe even STEVIE RICHARD~! w00t!
I had a though of much confusion
As mentioned below, I bought Van Halen "Best of Both Worlds", and I was thinking (Which can be scary)yesterday. If Van Halen would have had Sammy Hagar as the lead singer, would they have been it as big as they were before/are today? In fact, I asked a co-worker this, and they complained that I was trying to make them think. ;)
The big thing is that the 70's and 80's was the big hair band period where you had to have a lot of showmanship. And David Lee Roth, while an asshole, had a lot of showmanship. I think Sammy Hagar had some, but it didn't come as naturally as it did for DLR, at first. But me and the co-worker came to the conclusion that they would have made it big with Sammy as the original lead singer, but it would have taken a little longer.
If you want to voice your opinion about this, go right ahead.
Well....
Well, I got Resident Evil: Apocolyse soundtrack and Van Halen "Best of Both Worlds" CDs. And I will say that Roadrunner Records knows their stuff when they are asked to pick the artist, the song, and edit a soundtrack for a movie. I can tell to a degree with the "Vermillion" Slipknot's song on the album where the edits are...The first end is around a minute into the song, and possibly biggest edit in the Mick/James guitar solo but with all the edits the song is just under a minute of the album version. But the thing is that the edits were made well. "Swamped" by Lacuana Coil seems like it was cut 1 second before the finish of the song. But the hardest song to figure out the edits would be "Ened of the Heartache" by KillSwitch Engage. "The Outsider (Resident Renholder Mix)" Of A Perfect Circle's original song is just awesome. It is completely different from the album song, which will probably turn some people off, but it is good otherwise. All in all, songs for soundtracks being either new, mixed, or remixed is expected. Especially when you want to get as much onto the CD as possible. (Yes, I really haven't listened to most of the bands on the soundtrack album, but they were pieced together perfectly from Cold to Cracle of Filth, to Rob Zombie, to Deftones. And the Deftones surprised me, but then again their last album wasn't the greatest to portray their lead singer's abilities.
And Van Halen is just pure awesome. David Lee Roth while in the band might have been a royal asshole reportively, but if it was for him, I don't think that Van Halen would have even made it to the mainstream in the first place. And Sammy Hagar just came and rocked with the band and did a good job selling albums. All in all, it brings back awesome memories with good songs, but I haven't listened to the three new songs on it.
I know where I am from...how about you
You Know You're From Iowa When... |
Vacation means driving through the Amanas or going to Adventureland
Down South to you means Missouri
You have no problem spelling or pronouncing "Des Moines"
You know the answer to the question, :"Is this Heaven?"
You know where all the Yoders live (or Andersons, or Van den Bergs)
You know what "hawks" and "clones" are
All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit or vegetable
You can locate Iowa on the map
You've ever been on a "Geode Hunt"
Your idea of a really great tenderloin is when the meat is twice as big as the bun and is accompanied only by ketchup and a dill pickle slice
You say "catty-wampus" instead of "kitty-corner"
You've never taken public transportation
You have boiled fish in lye for Christmas
You know what "uff-da" means and how to use it properly
You know what "Amish Country" is
The only reason you go to Wisconsin or Missouri is to get fireworks
You know exactly where "Field of Dreams" was filmed
When someone says they are going out for dinner or supper, you know which meal they are talking about. You listen to "Paul Harvey" every day at noon.
You think of the major food groups as deer meat, beer, corn, and soy nuts.
You're pulled over and asked by the cop, "Had a little to much to drink, (your first name here)?
You own the complete "Dukes of Hazzard" video collection.
"Hick" is a style of clothing.
You can use the words, 'crik', 'holler', and 'skunk weed' in the same sentence.
Your Christmas gift, when you were ten years old was a shotgun (a BB gun if you were a 'townie').
You know someone personally who is involved in meth trade or manufacture.
Your idea of a party is throwing cans of WD40 in a campfire while you're drunk.
You've been to a rave in a barn.
You've had sex in the back of a truck ... amid cows.
You know that cows don't sleep standing up.
You're concerned about the rates of corn growth in Illinois as compared to that of Iowa's.
You listen to Ag Day at 6AM ... two hours after you get up in the morning.
You believe that trees in Iowa lean towards Nebraska ... because Nebraska sucks!
You know several people who still refer to Japanese cars as "rice-burners."
"Styx" plays a concert at the county fair, and people actually show up.
You don't get nervous when you walk into a biker bar (unless you're an Iowa City cop).
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Iowa.
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Remember to look where you are going....
This weekend was pretty good. A former bartender at work was DJing a wedding, and me and another bartender picked on them. I gave him his drink (Vodka sour) but I added a olive. We both laughed when he realized this, and later on he wanted another one, only without an olive. And the party had peanuts at the bar. Well, I decided to be an even bigger smart ass and added peanuts to his drink. When I went back to the bar the other bartender was getting empty glasses and bottles, and went by the DJ booth, and the former worker had the WTF look on his face. We both laughed like no other.
But when their keg ran out, and we knew they couldn't finish a second one and talked the newly married out of hooking up the second one. The only problem was that their friends wanted to get "strong" drinks and wanted more than we are supposed to give them. Well, After the liquor of their choice ran out at the bar, we told them to go upstairs because it could be cheaper, and it would get them out of our hair. After they left, everythign went smoothly.
The big thing is that today, I forgot to do something Saturday night, and went in. I found out that it was taken care of and I left. The only problem is that it was just pouring down rain, and I ran not looking up. I got on the grass before the parking lot, but still wasn't paying too much attention to the trees, just getting to my car. I look up just in time to see the tree branch I was going to run into. it also knocked off my hat, which took the brunt of the blow, but doesn't show it. But around my eye does. cuts on my eye lid, and down the bridge of my nose.
I never went to the doctor, but I will look funny with one eye squinted, and puffy and the other normal. But I know I will be fine in a couple of weeks.
And I heard great things of the Resident Evil: Apocolyse sound track, and will probably buy it next week.
So until next time I feel like updating this. adios
Some slipknot news from their site, and record site...
Slipknot's "Vermilion" is the lead track off the Resident Evil: Apocalypse soundtrack, which streeted yesterday. You can hear the soundtrack online by clicking HERE. Full track listing for the soundtrack is as follows:
1. Slipknot - Vermilion
2. The Used - Just A Little
3. The Cure - Us Or Them
4. A Perfect Circle - The Outsider (Resident Renholder Mix)
5. Lacuna Coil - Swamped
6. Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache
7. Rammstein - Mein Teil
8. DevilDriver - Digging Up The Corpses
9. Cradle Of Filth - Nymphetamine
10. CKY - Escape From Hellview
11. Deftones - The Chauffeur
12. HIM - Join Me In Death
13. Demon Hunter - My Heartstrings Come Undone
14. Thrice - Under A Killing Moon
15. 36 Crazyfists - Bloodwork
16. Cold - End Of The World (acoustic)
17. Rob Zombie - Girl On Fire (Renholder's Apocalypse Mix)
18. Massive Attack - Future Proof
As told earlier, today's (9/2)
Ozzfest might just prove to be the last of the summer. And indeed, it will be. It is official that Saturday's (9/4)
Ozzfest in West Palm Beach, FL has been canceled, as Hurricane Frances is projected to reach the Palm Beach area Saturday morning.
Those of you attending today's
Ozzfest (9/2 in Tampa Bay) might just be seeing the last
Ozzfest of 2004. Saturday's show in West Palm Beach, officially scheduled as the last on this summer's tour, is in jeopardy of being canceled due to the current hurrican situation. Word is that the bands will get a call from
Ozzfest camp this evening at six o'clock either telling them to come on down, or to retreat after today's show.
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Camden, New Jersey - OZZFEST 2004, circa August 26th (i.e. last week). A bit of a human interest piece for you on this fine summer day. Press release from YJ Stinger Extreme Energy Drink as follows:
Camden, New Jersey- OZZFEST 2004, presented by YJ Stinger Extreme Energy Drink, rocked the Tweeter Center Thursday, August 26th! At this show, many of the bands recorded a video message of support to First Lt. Alfred Concha of the 25th Infantry and his troops who are now stationed in Iraq.
First Lt. Concha's girlfriend, Vincenia Annvzzi from Andover Township New Jersey, met him while he was on leave and began a wonderful relationship. They correspond regularly to and from Iraq by email and occasionally by phone. Alfred and the troops are big fans of the bands on Ozzfest (Slipknot, Lamb of God, Hatebreed and Otep among others). With that in mind, YJ Stinger (Ozzfest's presenting sponsor based in Ms. Annvzzi's hometown) arranged to send these bands' greetings to the troops. Ozzfest is the first concert Vincenia has ever attended. Once there, she was able to meet with the bands, get photos, autographs and record video messages to Lt. Concha and the troops, which will be made into DVDs and sent out to them in Iraq.
Last month in South Jersey, YJ Stinger Spokesman Joseph R Gannascoli (Vito from HBO's Hit series “The Sopranos”) recorded a similar video message to First Lt. Alfred Concha and his men while at an appearance at Club Stingers in Long Branch, NJ. |
Picture one with #1 Joey and #3 Chris in their mask
Picture 2 with #4 James, and what looks like Sid #0 unmask
credit www.roadrunner.com and www.slipknot1.com
My guess is that it is the DJ Sid is unmasked only because of the tattoo on his hand. And James in the pictures can make anyone look tiny.
