Hang in There, Kitty!

Don't let the man squash your style.

I lost my glasses

Where?



Where did they go?


I mean really--


Where did I lose them?


In the restroom.

An Army of Slack

Greetings Team Members, Sat. Feb. 5th, Tropic of Food affliate Erie Choir will partake in ritual music playing at the Martin St. Music Hall in downtown Raleigh. Shoes will be worn by most. Proceeds are to benefit tsunami victims. So instead of staying home and watching your "Murder, She Wrote" dvds, come on down and enjoy.

UPSTAIRS
4 PM: Portastatic
5 PM: Patty Hurst Shifter
6 PM: Goner
7 PM: Schooner
8 PM: Erie Choir
8:45: Viswas Chitnis & Chris Johnson
9:15 PM: Strange
10 PM: The Honored Guests
11 PM: Snatches of Pink
12 AM: Jett Rink
1 AM: Spader

DOWNSTAIRS
4:30 PM: The Pink Slips
5:30 PM: Gerty
6:30 PM: Billy Sugarfix
7:30 PM: The Greatest Hits
8:30 PM: The Cartridge Family
9:30 PM: Sullentine
10:30 PM: Ticonderoga
11:30 PM: Oedipus Dick

http://www.martinstreetmusichall.com/

Presenting:

Adam Tarleton Answers Your Questions
a tropic of food XXXclusive!

Brought to you by

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Dear AT:

What makes a Poem good?

Thanks,
Mysitque

Well, Mystique

This does:


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Dear AT--

How can I too make with significant ladies?

Thanks,
John d'Uberville

'lil Dub--

First you must realize that the ladies don't care for musicians.
Have you considered MATHEMATICS? Significant womens--and by this I mean achetypal womens of NOTE! (not scruba-types)--have warm love of digits and figures. Lay out some jive in this manner:

You: Woman, have I mentioned yet this differential equation to you?
Woman: No. Please, tell me more.
You: Euler's Equation is most beautiful like you are. Please, I have a car.
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Dearest AT--

I have lost the feeling in my appendexes! Help. Wire money to my bank account! Also, when will my mother love me again!

Love
D. Connerley Nahm, parson

Parson,

Perhaps it is cold and you need to put your shirt back on.
Also, what can cause coldness is bulletts of a tank. Blood loss=cold. Injustice is the new cool. Wear a POLO. And an FSU hoodie.

Is your finger pink? That is a sign. My mother always recommended finding someone to love. A picture of my parents:


Peace

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DEAT AT--

I am looking for someplace nice to take my wife and children this weekend. I plan on leaving them and running away to Canada. Any suggestions?

Your,
Arnold

A--



I close my eyes and see:



Until next time!

Artist Bio: AT is a an accomplished professional and semi-professional basketball player watcher. A graduate of the NCSoMaS (Go CORNS!), creator or three new levels of discipline, and lover of Durham.

Publications: Military Taco, Needle-Like Nipples, I Am Frank: A Life, and the Restatement (Third) of Ladies

Signs of the End of the World

Folks and Americans:

The humble little fops of Audubon Park have an upcoming show. Next week--Tuesday the 8th--we will be playing at the Local 506 with Rogue Wave and Two Gallants.

The show starts at 9PM. This a a FOR REAL show time as the bands are real bands on lable that have paperwork and what not when they tour. We may/probably will be first so don't show up late--looking all cool in your new velour shirt with the honeys and the ladies--and miss us and say, "Dude, you started early. I would have come early if I had thought you were serving seriousness about starting at 9 of the clock." I know it is a lie because the honeys and the ladies don't even get off work at the Waffle House in Graham until 9pm and you still have to drive back--assuming they have done their facial cleaning and lip preparing. So already I know if you come with ladies and honeys that you have no interest in us. Perhaps you are just coming to see the popular band that we are opening up for on a Tuesday night. Have you thought of those lies? I didn't think so.

Brush your teeth son. You have much to learn before you can fool AP

ROGE WAVE, TWO GALLANTS, AUDUBON PARK
LOCAL 506, 2/8/2005
9PM, A number of Dollars.

Be on the look out for future AP shows.

What it takes to get things done around here

After receiving 23 emails under one subject line (which actually had something to do with a totally different show than the one we are playing on 2/8) and not having anything answered, these are the drastic measures I was compelled to take.

Everyone nicely responded within 24 hours.
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Finn has mentioned a Monday practice more than one time (for example he did
it back when we thought 2/8 was Lou Barlow). I can't do that night, but I
can't do any night before 2/8 anyway so maybe the rest of you can get
together? And I would like it if we could do a moderately lengthy sound
check to sneak in practicing, which Finn can't do.

Proposed:
1. Those who are available Monday, practice Monday.
2. Those who are available early Tuesday, show up early Tuesday.
Presuming the Nahm is in both camps, natch.

Rules of reply:
0. You should actually weigh in on both points.
1. You may not post more crazy-ass url's until you have weighed in. Once
you have, you are free to post.
2. You may not comment on someone else's crazy-ass url once they have
weighed in if you yourself have not weighed in. You may not even
acknowledge it.
3. If you have weighed in and someone who has not weighed in posts a
crazy-ass url, you are obligated to reply "The link's not working, LOL.
BTW, what do you think about those proposals? TTFN. GILF."
4. If you have weighed in and someone else who has not weighed in posts a
REPLY to a crazy-ass url post, you are obligated to question whether that is
that big a deal, but then decide it is and resend this email with > <
framing this line. An example appears below:
> 4. If you have weighed in and someone else who has not weighed in posts a
REPLY to a crazy-ass url post, you are obligated to question whether that is
that big a deal, but then decide it is and resend this email with > <
framing this line. <
5. "Meta-comments," or commenting on the actual process, is SEVERELY
PROHIBITED. Well, frowned upon anyway. Is it as funny as you think?
Probably not, and then where would we be?

If we are unable to follow this protocol, two of you will not get your
sundaes, while the other two will have nuts on their sundaes but will be
allergic to nuts.

Word is bond,

Matt
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All Hail Typee

Queen of Carrboro
Font of Love

Tsunami Relief Benefit Saturday January 22nd 506

Hey Peoples,

Tsunami Relief Benefit Local 506 this Saturday, January 22nd. Ten dollars gets you an all day smorgasbord of local rock at two venues. Erie Choir will be playing at 4pm, lo-fi style. That’s right, indie rock afternoon delight. See the full schedule below. Sorry About Dresden plays at 11pm with original bassist Matt Tomich back in the lineup. So come out, help us raise some money for a good cause. Possibly your only chance to heckle Jim Wilbur during daylight hours.

IMPORTANT: Advance Purchase of Membership is Required to Attend Shows at
Local 506. Please visit local506.com for complete details on how to become
a member. (this is new. no more guests)

$10 bucks/no advance tickets

@ Local 506
2pm - MONSONIA
3pm - THE YOUNG IDEA
4pm - ERIE CHOIR
5pm - CUB COUNTRY
6pm - SUPERCHUNK
7pm - THE GHOST OF ROCK
8pm - THE HURT
9pm - NATHAN ASHER & THE INFANTRY
10pm - FASHION DESIGN
11pm - SORRY ABOUT DRESDEN
12am - MY DEAR ELLA
Followed by the BLONDIE COVER BAND that appeared at this year's Great Cover Up!

@ Cats Cradle
PICO VS. ISLAND TREES
INTERNATIONAL ORANGE
SAUNTER
ALVAREZ PAINTING
THE KEEP
TEARLESS FAREWELL
---Doors 7:30 / Show 8:00

Cat's Cradle site says:
$10 suggested donation gets you in both shows
All proceeds will go to Direct Relief International
directrelief.org

Drawrings

Don't ask me how I stumbled onto this page, cuz I won't remember, but check out these pictures 'n' stuff:

Invisibilia.

Finally

All praise be to the baby Jesus, I finally got my sorry ass squared away as a sure-enough member of this blog, ready and able to post as the individual I have always believed I am.

DON'T FORGET THE CRUE

For 2005, the Hackeysac Crue has much love to offer.
Firstly, the following live appearance:
Jan 14, 2005
Nightlight (not an MC Nappropriate-approved venue, but a sufficient cause to warrant his appearance)
Chuck Johnson's birthday party, with Boyzone and whoever brings records to DJ (this means the people).

Secondly, espousing the benefits of alcohol, premarital sex (sometimes with your mom), and "The Best of Saturday Night Live: Will Ferrell".

yours,
Nappropriate

In with the Newish

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!

This year brings "exciting" new possibilities and promises. Most of which won't come to fruition! Here's what 2005 holds in store for you. Let's stop the dancing and get to the goodies:

AUDUBON PARK:

ONE) Our next EP--The Bunny Is Not As Popular As Julius--will be released this month on Baptistic Prant Records. The tracks are as follows:

1) The Death of Baseball
2) Sunbathers
3) April in Kentucky
4) Pleasant Hill
5) ESP Terratory

The EP was recorded last year by Nick and features strings!

Second, AP will also present "THE BLUE ALBUM: For Adults Only--Not For Radio Airplay"--our first comedy album--and by comedy we mean excessive cursing and insults. It won't be sold in stores and will not be available at shows.

Third: we will be going into the studio to record a track for the next Compulation: Compulation II! If all works out and everything is cool it will be good.

FOUR!!! We are going to begin recording our first full length album. It is called "Winter Gala." We have lots of songs so it may have lots of songs on it. We will have to see.

Also we may go on a short tour or at least play in Raleigh.


THE NEIN

The Nein are finishing up their debut album for Sonic Unyon. Having hear bits of it I can say it is going to be pretty good--that is unless Andy Wallace gets brought in to mix it so it is more "accessable."

The record doesn't have a name I assume, so make some suggestions.

Also, I think they are doing a seven inch maybe. Maybe a member of the Nein needs to get in here and edit this so it actually is true.


HOTEL MOTEL

Judah told me that Hot-Mot are recording a third ep, a track for the Compulation also and are people who wear clothes. Word is also that Peter Gabriel is joining the band.


ERIE CHOIR

EC has procured new members, is also recording a track for the aforementioned Compulation II and hopefully will be signed to a major lable's boutique subisidiary soon. And a tour with the Counting Crows. ZAP!

TROPIC OF FOOD GENERALLY

Well, for a new year it seems like we should do something with the website, but we don't really have much control over it, and I like the way it looks so bite it! But maybe we will set it up so that everyone has their own log in name rather than everyone using the same one.

More as we make more up.

MY FAVORITE TITLES IN THE MEDICAL BOOKSTORE

Hey, I work in a medical bookstore. These are actual titles of books we carry that I find humorous for whatever reason.

Maggot Therapy
Lameness in Horses
Analysis of Messy Data
Latex Intolerance
Infections of Leisure
Restless Legs Syndrome
Substance Abuse by Gerald Juhnke
Essestials of Facial Growth
The Failed Spine

ric

Time for laughs

Wolcott is always good, but this one is espeeeeecially funny.

declamatory departure dispersal, deeeez!

yo ho ho,

a fond fairwell,

and hang in there!

a new day beginning,

to each,

and all,

delicate little

mushroom stamps

OH! CANADA!

In honor of the Nein heading up to Canada to rock our friendly neighbors to the north, I thought I'd prepare a list of things I like about Canada.

Some Things I Like About Canada:

Canada was the first place I ever got drunk. My family(aunts, uncles, cousins, etc…) would go to Quebec to skiing every year after Christmas when I was young. One New Year’s Eve my Aunt gave me a glass of champagne to share with my cousins. I went off and downed it, then returned for more. After a few of these trips I was good to go. I walked outside on the ice and it was splendid.

Canada is the first place I ordered a beer. When I was 16, we were back in Quebec again. The drinking age was 18. I went into this place and ordered a beer. They gave it to me. It would be five years before this happened again.

The Kids in the Hall. They started showing this on HBO in the late 80’s. It kicked Saturday Night Live’s ass. Genius.

Neil Young. Duh.

Canadian Football. There’s like 8 teams and two of them are called the Rough Riders and one is called the Argonauts. They kick on third down.

John Candy. Seemed to embody all that is good with humanity.

Steve Nash. Rush. Strange Brew. Margaret Trudeau. Loverboy. Lots of great stuff.

Thanks Canada.

-styles

Good luck boys!
The Nein
true north tour:
sat dec 11 - hamilton ont - the underground
sun dec 12 - toronto ont - sneaky dees (wavelength night)
mon dec 13 - windsor ont - phog lounge
tue dec 14 - toronto ont - horseshoe taven
wed dec 15 - ottawa ont - club saw
thu dec 16 - montreal quebec - casa del popolo
fri dec 17 - philadelphia pa - silk city
sat dec 18 - arlington va - galaxy hut

Senior Photo, Freshman Attitude

Help Mr. Nam find his senior quote.

When you leave it up to computers.....

They come up with this shit (previously seen in the inbox of Mr. Semiotic Crouton's mail program...all spelling and grammar has been preserved)....so oddly poetic:

"Won't someone please think of the children?" File-sharers say, trapped a Stork that had fractured his leg in the net and was
Mother fondles one and nurtures it with the greatest affection new one was like comparing a Volkswagen Bug with a Ferrari. The computing program. I figured they were far more trouble than they world will become obsessed with V.R. and abandon the outside. The Internat service that is available, is one of the information the same person -- and the soul is in fact the same, the body is new -- and to be fast. In many confrontations, the slower party will be wiped out before which he lived and wrote is yet unsettled. He is placed, by one intelligence. I mean, this was good news for Churchill and us, to bite them without notice. His master suspended a bell about Dawn used to be Murray's honey, but they've drifted apart (a long way apart). is often snappish, irritable, hard to please, and selfish, weapons -- preferably in the Middle East where people are expecting Armageddon levels and coming up with something else, and then bringing that
La tee da tee da. There are just a couple more things that I boy. The Bishop of Yellow Battle (near Battle Creek) is held in this castle. Aesop. Although the honor thus claimed cannot be definitely home on a visit to her father. After a short time she returned, monumental revelation, but few seem to acknowledge this fact. It and research. The potential for VR is enormous. While donning a market, artists are overwhelmed by the capabilities and functions himself easily at a safe distance from the Lion. But entering a division? You are perfect to a fraction." He replied, "I learned We can predict the ramification of technology on the future of follow soon, within the next 20 years. This refers to the so-called asteroid look at humans much the same way a farmer looks at his cows. They understand
mindless manipulation in advertising where technology has been

MAKE YOURSELF BETTER!!!!

Hey Y'all,

This Audubon Park blog has totally been infiltrated by the Erie Choir Virus Chorus. Gonna totally promotionalize the E to the Rizzy, C to the Horace.

Thursday Dec. 9th, Bickett Gallery
Beautry and the Beast:
I guess I know which one I am. This is a benefit for the Piedmont Wildlife Center. Mini-makeovers by Emma Carter at 7 pm, Musical Guest Erie Choir at 9 pm. Available for purchase: Limited edition prints featuring Nathan Golub's 'Beauty & The Beast'. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door and are available by calling bickett gallery. It's just gonna be the me I think. I'm gonna play some Christmas songs too.

http://www.piedmontwildlifecenter.org/
http://www.bickettgallery.com/

Sunday Dec. 12, Local 506
Ill Ease, Fan Modine, Erie Choir
I'll have the fab soul revue lineup rocking again aka The Brood. We look to be playing first and in theory shows start at 10pm now at the 506.

http://www.local506.com/

The Royal Order of the House of Beards thanks you.

email: eriechoir@hotmail

REAL LOVE.

Let's get to the point quick. The Country Bears is one the greatest films of all time. The Country Bears has taught the band so much about our (human) selves. I now pay late tribute to the film (and it's message) by copying a recent thread of A.P. emails regarding a new local band with a whole lotta nerve. Read on!

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Guys, there is a Chapel Hill band called

The Country Bears.  I saw a flier that said

"country bears" only and a website (www.bearsalive.com)

and when I went to it I found out.  I guess

we have to play with them.

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oh!  when i was hanging up nein posters the other

night, i saw a couple flyers that just said "what

is country bears?" so i hung up the nein right next

to that shit, b/c it was fate.

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I'm listening to their mp3s right now. Not bad.

Kind of yelly punk rock maybe a little like Les

Savy Fav. Not great, but not bad either.

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I just listened to their MP3s.  They should be

called the Dischord Records Bears.  Get the Bong

back together?!!?

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still, i'd be willing to sue them on behalf of

the real bears.  you know ted won't stand for this,

and beary?  what would happen if beary showed up

expecting to see zed zoober and co.?  god damn if we

shouldn't have put together the country bears for

the great cover up and alienated everyone (including

ourselves) there.  can you imagine the costumes? 

damn it.

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You know, I bet Disney is going to be just fine suing

the shit out of them on their own.  What is even

better is to show up at this bands show in costume

and sit in the back of the club watching, never speaking

to anyone and then leave angrily.  Everytime they play.

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Duuuude!

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Dude, we should get costumes together and show up at the

next Country Bears show and just stand at the back with

arms crossed.  I call human/bear identity conflicted

child hero.

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[And on a less personal note, I had a heck of a dream last night.  My

friend S. Crouton and I were recording a tribute to the Red Hot Chili

Peppers' "Blood Sugar Sex Magik," with Bono engineering.  Bono was

irritated because The Edge didn't show up for production on today's

"Breaking the Girl" and "Could Have Lied."  Only in dreams.  How's

that for trad bloggin'?]