legos

dang, you guys, did you know that lego-palooza was this past weekend? i am so bummed i missed it. i am all about the plane-like objects and the lasers that shoot out power that drains the enemy's power, and goes 100 miles an hour. (i can go that fast in my car, but i don't have any lasers. poop!)

Stark Pimp is ON POINT

This made me laugh alot.

Some hypeness this weekend:

Hey fun people who aren't in law school, here are a few things going on this weekend that are of the hype variety:

Friday: Cat's Cradle Elliot Smith Tribute
http://www.sweetadeline.net

Also Friday: King's Barcade Jesus Lizard and Fugazi (tributes)
http://www.kingsbarcade.com/

Saturday: Work Clothes are playing at the 506 with Bellafea and Des Ark. We all love some Work Clothes.
http://www.local506.com

Sorrow for the Haters

I fought the law

Audubon Park Hires Bush to Be Drum Tech

Our New Drum Tech Emerges from His Cryogenic Sleep Tube with Trophie Wife to Prepare Tuning Our Drum Heads. He Vows War Against Flat Bass Drum Sounds. Either Cymbals are With Us or We Left Them At Home. With the Microphones. In His Cryogenic Tube Drum Tech President is Master and Cheif of His Tube. One Can Not Argue with Him. Except Trophy Wife. A Trophy Wife. Wait. She Needs to Move. President Drum Tech Has Previously Toured with the Doobies and Does Not Want Children to Make the Same Mistakes He Did.

Someday I'll have my own webpage...

...until then I pollute the Tropic of Food with my 'tude.

The Erie Choir Big Band will play Sat. Feb 19th at the Dook Coffeehaus. So will Autumn Picture, who is this guy from Montreal named Hubert. He is from Canada and may be kind of torn up about Hockey being cancelled. So the songs may be even sadder. Members of Polynya have performed in the Cure and The Smith's cover bands, so I'm guessing they're death metal.

www.autumnpicture.com
http://home.mindspring.com/~polynya/index.html
http://www.duke.edu/web/coffeehouse/

The Bunny Is Not As Popular As Julius

So the new EP is set to arrive in a week. This is the cover:

This is not the cover:



but it makes me laugh. Sell, pig, sell.

Anyway.

Here are some factual statements about the EP:

*It is called "The bunny is not as POPULAR as Julius."

*The songs are:

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

*Nick Peterson recorded it.

*Baptistic Prant is releasing it.

*I guess if you want one we have a show in April. You could ask for it then. Or just write us and we will try and do our best to get one to you.

*Mikey and Nick at BapPrant did the artwork and the workwork for us this time. They get a million thank yous.

*Spring is coming and AP is happy to be alive.

Go, Finn, Go!

Chuck E. Cheese

Where the fun never stops continuing!

inaugural post

i am using my first post here to point out the important fact that BRAS ARE VULGAR. don't let your kids read about bras! they will immediately become little hellions. i am positive that the boys of audubon park abused bras in their youth, and that is why they make that crazy music.

in other book-related news, hans christian anderson was a gay virgin. but he masturbated a whole lot, apparently.

i think the connections are clear.

Most of my teeth are babies

I have many good reasons for not liking walnuts.





But no-one understands.

Announcing: A Contest!

All right everybody, it's time for a contest. Whoever is the first to correctly identify the author and title of the following excerpted work wins a good prize. Once the correct answer is provided, the winner and prize will be announced. Even if there's only seconds left on the clock, don't give up!

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

boutique creams and spices
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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