Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ?80s, Part 23 Last week's E.G. Daily track reminded me of bar trivia with my buddies, so I thought I'd expand that into an intro. For a good three years, Wednesday was the day to show off my geek-tastic knowledge of ?80s music. From ?03 to ?06, my buddies and I went to Steppy's Bar .&.Grill in East Norriton, Pa. a bar with a bowling alley attached to it; we went for ?Sports .&.Music Trivia With DJ George. From nine until about one in the morning every Wednesday night, we'd drink and answer sports.Regeneration Tour. Thud. Slam! Well, that was a fun 3 months. Who wants to go through it again? Not me, that's for damn sure. Even Euro 2008 offered no respite from the tedium of the off-season, as I had to watch a lack-lustre Italy underperform, stutter, miss crosses and get bundled out by much better opponents. After that, there.was nothing to do except for wait for the new seasons kits to come out, watch Cristiano turn a deep shade of mahogany, rekindle my interest in Olympic ?football? and try to keep warm. Oh, wait. Tickets. Always somethere there to remind me. Chastain park amphitheatre, There's nothing quite as euphoric as those 24 to 48 hours after a great '80s concert. You hit iTunes and probably download 20 or 30 new songs, surf to YouTube to relive the videos and then finally dig through your old CD collection to find those great debut discs by the bands you just saw. (Just found .".Lexicon of Love.".buried in my bookcase, right next to my soundtrack.".Zapped.".I have no shame.) Today's tip.".Fumbling With the Covers.".by Naked Eyes, their 2007 disc, should be everyone's . Photos of events this weekend Ticket, Above : Yesterday I was delighted to attend the opening of the new tennis courts at the West End Tennis Club. A really good turnout of local people - here's some of the crowd at the opening! Above : Judy Murray cut the ribbon!Above : Today, the Friends Of Magdalen Green launched their super 2009 Calendar - here's us all at the launch at the bandstand, together with some of the competition winners. You can read more at : www.magdalengreen.btik.comAbove : Later this afternoon, as the City Counc. 'Life is so strange' with Dale Bozzio Regeneration Tour estate, Oh, this photo is a keeper. That's me with Dale Bozzio of Missing Persons at the Regeneration Tour stop in Clearwater on Saturday night. Thus, we dispel . Missing Persons Myth No. 1: Dale Bozzio doesn't walk around wearing a metal bikini. Let's face it: Outside of maybe Nancy Wilson of Heart, Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles and my should-have-been prom date Martha Quinn, there aren't many '80s icons I want to see wearing a bathing suit made of steel. (Martha, send me your size, and I'll have . Live from the Regeneration Tour! Mike Score and A Flock of Seagulls at Ruth Eckerd Hall. It's finally here: The ultimate '80s roadshow - the 2008 Regeneration Tour - has landed in Tampa Bay. I'm here, backstage at Clearwater's Ruth Eckerd Hall, to bring to all the juicy scoop - or at least make a noble effort. The show is set to start at 7 p.m. with Naked Eyes, led by my new best friend Pete Byrne, taking the stage. I'll be handling the introductions and then attempting to literally stage-dive into my chair so I don'. Regeneration Tour tickets. Eco Mots Obama and the Alaskan Nut-job governor. how to decide. let's see, Obama is FOR .".clean.".coal (an oxymoron of the first degree) and .".safe.".nuclear power (another one). the Alaskan will be off her rocker FOR drilling, warring, babymaking, suppressing dissent (oops, wait, Obama will probably be for suppressing dissent too, but he won't have to do much because the broad American pwogwessive (non)movement will paralyze itself waiting for Him to fix everything). would we prefer a blowhard. Chastain park amphitheatre tickets. Daily Pulp - 8/29/08 . Regeneration Tour ticket broker. CIRCUS! CIRCUS! Chastain park amphitheatre ticket broker. The Weekend in Live Music, Labor Day Edition . ticket brokers. |
