methinks paras and jere are developing a plan... that involves booze and a bar in the university area...

but, in other news, can anyone tell me who the face is supposed to be in this picture?


It's a section of the Berlin Wall.

Count me in. Perhaps some pool action at the ol' Billiard Club?

again, I'm open for anything...

echoing Leo's post of last night, it's now Saturday eve, anyone doing anything? anyone want to?

speaking of the starlite room. Paras if you want your membership card back I still have it.

Happy anniversary to everybody! The Starlite Room has just passed its first
anniversary. That means any of you who took out memberships in April 2004 now
need to renew them. By way of thanking you (and everyone who's memberships are
coming due in the next twelve months) for all your support in the first year,
we're waiving the membership renewal fee. All you have to do is drop by the
Victory Lounge whenever it's open or stop by the membership table at any show.
Present your existing card to the membership person. They'll transfer your
membership number to your new card and you'll be a Starlite Room member in good
standing for another year. Keep in mind you do NOT have to re-register. Retail
outlets where the memberships are available (FS, Listen, Freecloud, Blackbyrd
and Megatunes) will not be able to do membership renewals. So be sure to renew your
membership at the next Starlite Room show.

friday night, anyone up for something?

He-Man does 4 Non Blondes' "What's Up?"

The Aristocrats turned on its ear, courtesy of a McSweeney's approximation of Bob Newhart.

And, while we're at McSweeney's:

Last night, President Bush made a speech about the rebuilding effort on the Gulf Coast, live, from New Orleans. All comments about the buttoning of his shirt aside, the most infuriating part of the speech, perhaps, comes from NBC's Brian Williams:

I am duty-bound to report the talk of the New Orleans warehouse district last night: there was rejoicing (well, there would have been without the curfew, but the few people I saw on the streets were excited) when the power came back on for blocks on end. Kevin Tibbles was positively jubilant on the live update edition of Nightly News that we fed to the West Coast. The mini-mart, long ago cleaned out by looters, was nonetheless bathed in light, including the empty, roped-off gas pumps. The motorcade route through the district was partially lit no more than 30 minutes before POTUS drove through. And yet last night, no more than an hour after the President departed, the lights went out. The entire area was plunged into total darkness again, to audible groans. It's enough to make some of the folks here who witnessed it... jump to certain conclusions.