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&lt;a href="http://loumuenz.com"&gt;loumuenz.com&lt;/a&gt;</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>192</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-7654207835518098856</id><published>2010-04-16T13:16:00.011-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-16T13:33:43.212-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010 lottery league'/><title type='text'>Lottery League: The Big Show MMX [photos]</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/041010"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S8ib4MeCxHI/AAAAAAAAAG8/Qww8_pMZ5jI/s1600/beat-vikings6308smm.jpg" border="0" alt="lottery league MMX"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460785937908941938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I've mostly finished processing my photos from the BIG SHOW and have uploaded them &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/041010"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. I only shot a few videos because I spotted several peeps with video cameras that was doing a fine job documenting the event, I will link those sources in my next post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many thanks go out again to the Council Of Chiefs and everyone else that put so much time making the day a success. Ron Kretch of the Scene has been blogging about these last couple months as well and his posts can be found &lt;a href="http://www.clevescene.com/blogs/lottery-league-blog/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/2010%20lottery%20league"&gt;2010 LL blog&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-7654207835518098856?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/7654207835518098856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=7654207835518098856&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/7654207835518098856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/7654207835518098856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2010/04/lottery-league-big-show-mmx-photos.html' title='Lottery League: The Big Show MMX [photos]'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S8ib4MeCxHI/AAAAAAAAAG8/Qww8_pMZ5jI/s72-c/beat-vikings6308smm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-6619156958537330327</id><published>2010-04-01T04:20:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T09:44:30.192-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mp3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010 lottery league'/><title type='text'>Beat Vikings - Lottery League Practice Sessions</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/032810"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S7Qnzh_OeeI/AAAAAAAAAG0/ijDJ_XyY03I/s400/beat-vikings5748sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455028814902884834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Beat Vikings are: John Delzoppo, Christa Ebert, Christopher Burge &amp; Ed Stevens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Beat Vikings practice at was formerly known as 'The [Old] Tower' which was the sweetest DIY space or club on the west-side for a minute until they relocated to 'Tower 2012' up the street and then Now Thats Class became a major player. I have many of those Tower show memories erupt whenever I walk into John Delzoppo's space that he uses as a recording studio as well as a living space. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Sunday morning the Beat Vikings were honing their set with a jazz type number when I arrived at 1pm, the remaining half hour the band worked on a song that I refer to as 'The Viking Song" in the video and audio file below. The 'Viking Song' highlights each of the band members talents, the final result was quite impressive. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Photos are &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/032810"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/71cEfZwAdLU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/71cEfZwAdLU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mp3 from a different audio source than the video above.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf" quality="high" width="300" height="52" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&amp;amp;external_url=http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/8/9/2042485//beat-vikings-the-viking-song.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-6619156958537330327?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/6619156958537330327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=6619156958537330327&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6619156958537330327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6619156958537330327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2010/04/beat-vikings-lottery-league-practice.html' title='Beat Vikings - Lottery League Practice Sessions'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S7Qnzh_OeeI/AAAAAAAAAG0/ijDJ_XyY03I/s72-c/beat-vikings5748sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-8851629470606221049</id><published>2010-03-30T18:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-30T18:21:21.954-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010 lottery league'/><title type='text'>Bongo Make Manscape - Lottery League Practice Sessions</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/032010bml"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/123102604/medium.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453896755630856738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Bongo Make Manscape consists of: Joey Milan, Ruwani Kiringoda, Ian P.E. and Pablo Cerda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many of the 2010 Lottery League bands have been rehearsing their sets till they are comfortable with the timing and fluidity of the songs before they begin rehearsing them with vocals and BMM is one of those bands. Ruwani has been writing lyrics and Joe was contemplating about where to place the vocals during their songs, that happen to have several tempo changes.&lt;br /&gt;Joe mentioned that he has not sung vocals since his part in the Musical "&lt;a href="http://www.coolcleveland.com/wiki/Newsletter/Berko112509a"&gt;Browns Rules&lt;/a&gt;", a production the Cleveland Public Theater produced last year. I am looking forward to how this band evolves, that wait is less than two weeks away [&lt;a href="http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&amp;eventId=1353975"&gt;April 10&lt;/a&gt;], break a leg, Lottery League players!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photos are &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/032010bml"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/50B5G98xxT0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/50B5G98xxT0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/2010%20lottery%20league"&gt;2010 LL blog&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&amp;eventId=1353975"&gt;BIG SHOW tickets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-8851629470606221049?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/8851629470606221049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=8851629470606221049&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8851629470606221049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8851629470606221049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2010/03/bongo-make-manscape-lottery-league.html' title='Bongo Make Manscape - Lottery League Practice Sessions'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-2027235517846387025</id><published>2010-03-26T01:53:00.011-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-26T10:36:48.083-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mp3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010 lottery league'/><title type='text'>Devils Feet - Lottery League Practice Sessions</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S6xUjV1mdfI/AAAAAAAAAGc/AifEEVbAoS0/s1600/devils-feet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S6xUjV1mdfI/AAAAAAAAAGc/AifEEVbAoS0/s400/devils-feet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452826214972945906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Devil's Feet consists of: Mike Rodemann, Brent Gemmill, Christopher Hoke &amp; Justin Nyilas. DF has had a handful of practices but this was the first with Justin since their first. The band has written and practiced a couple solid songs since then and they were in the process of orienting Justin to what they had completed without the bass guitar.&lt;br /&gt;I captured tentatively titled 'Dance!' &amp; 'Not Breathing, Anymore' during this rehearsal as they were incorporating the bassist. A video and Mp3 file are both below, photos are &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/032010"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brent shares this comfortable space that dubs as a recording studio with David Cintron, Dave also uses the space for his Lottery League band 'Melted Face Constitutional", I hope to catch their practice next week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WZlhXNPJ1UM&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WZlhXNPJ1UM&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Devils Feet - Not Breathing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf" quality="high" width="300" height="52" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&amp;amp;external_url=http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/8/9/2042485//devils-feet-not-breathing.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/2010%20lottery%20league"&gt;2010 LL blog&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-2027235517846387025?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/2027235517846387025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=2027235517846387025&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/2027235517846387025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/2027235517846387025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2010/03/devils-feet-lottery-league-practice.html' title='Devils Feet - Lottery League Practice Sessions'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S6xUjV1mdfI/AAAAAAAAAGc/AifEEVbAoS0/s72-c/devils-feet.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-7407224028168955750</id><published>2010-03-24T19:39:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-25T12:26:28.127-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mp3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010 lottery league'/><title type='text'>Final Expenses - Lottery League Practice Sessions</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031410"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S6uE2z11mMI/AAAAAAAAAGU/iIDEhL1JBz4/s400/final-expenses5331bwsm2.jpg" border="0" alt="final expenses practice photos"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452597851025938626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Final Expenses [Band 2] is: Mike Uva, John Neeley, Greg Hyland &amp; Shannon Kerrigan.&lt;br /&gt;This band practice was the first as a full band due to illness and scheduling conflicts, Final Expenses had a couple songs written and were working on chords, harmony and timing with those songs this afternoon. The band plans to write lyrics for the vocal parts which made rehearsing the vocal and harmonies a little awkward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As always, be sure to keep in mind that the videos and audio posted here are from *practices* of musicians that never performed together previously. The video below is a first run of a song that plans to include vocal harmonies but has no lyrics yet so it would be wise not to expect Crosby , Stills &amp; Nash at this point. Here is a handful of pics from the rehearsal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zZBkvfH26vQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zZBkvfH26vQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mp3 of FE practicing a guitar piece.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf" quality="high" width="300" height="52" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&amp;amp;external_url=http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/8/9/2042485//final-expenses002.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/2010%20lottery%20league"&gt;2010 LL blog&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-7407224028168955750?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/7407224028168955750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=7407224028168955750&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/7407224028168955750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/7407224028168955750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2010/03/final-expenses-lottery-league-practice.html' title='Final Expenses - Lottery League Practice Sessions'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S6uE2z11mMI/AAAAAAAAAGU/iIDEhL1JBz4/s72-c/final-expenses5331bwsm2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-6682727816398693941</id><published>2010-03-24T03:36:00.016-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-25T11:47:35.510-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mp3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010 lottery league'/><title type='text'>Tape Worms - Lottery League Practice Sessions</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031110"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S6nBXpSscCI/AAAAAAAAAGM/zhux1PmGlOI/s400/tape-worms5196sm.jpg" border="2" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452101435874111522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Tape Worms are Elijah Vazquez, Sebastian Wagner and Stephe DK.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite of having lost a member and thus conforming as a trio, the Tape Worms sounded as if they have been together much more than the two weeks that they have. The video and Mp3 I've posted below are part of a lengthy jam of the hour+ I visited the Tape Worm space. &lt;br /&gt;Stephe mentioned that he plans to have vocals for the final cuts. That is what I believe is the most valuable part of these LLPS posts, what i have documented is subjected to change and said change may sound quite different than the finished product at the BIG SHOW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some pics are &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031110"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-1lFCwHH1Dc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-1lFCwHH1Dc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tape Worms - 34b&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf" quality="high" width="300" height="52" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&amp;amp;external_url=http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/8/9/2042485//tape-worm034b-audio.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/2010%20lottery%20league"&gt;2010 LL blog&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-6682727816398693941?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/6682727816398693941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=6682727816398693941&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6682727816398693941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6682727816398693941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2010/03/tape-worms-lottery-league-practice.html' title='Tape Worms - Lottery League Practice Sessions'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S6nBXpSscCI/AAAAAAAAAGM/zhux1PmGlOI/s72-c/tape-worms5196sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-504495102763779371</id><published>2010-03-22T13:03:00.027-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-24T04:19:36.326-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mp3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010 lottery league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the elks'/><title type='text'>The Elks - After The Meeting :: LLPS</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S6ekkVzjTBI/AAAAAAAAAF8/NVmoh7dx9MQ/s1600-h/elks-logo.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 416px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S6ekkVzjTBI/AAAAAAAAAF8/NVmoh7dx9MQ/s400/elks-logo.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451506818190887954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our band The Elks have gone through a month of practice and are at the stage of refining our set and fulfilling our obligations as a Lottery League band, that includes a band photo, logo and bio, submitted in less than two weeks [March 31].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The image on the left is a logo I came up for the band and it is undergoing small changes, therefore it is still unofficial. As for the band photo, we have a lot to choose from after our five hour video-shoot [not required] yesterday. The bio is another story and I'm not exactly sure where that is at but I'm not totally opposed with having the CoC's supply that for us which they threatened to do for those that don't comply with the deadlines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been honing my skills on the theremin, this entails waving ones hands about as if one was attempting to take flight with only the use of their arms as wings. I am not sure if the theremin has added anything of value to the song itself but it is sure fun to play with.&lt;br /&gt;The video/photo shoot shots are &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/032110"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S6jbgy0-6PI/AAAAAAAAAGE/qHeWDFpQru4/s1600-h/the-elkks-bridge.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S6jbgy0-6PI/AAAAAAAAAGE/qHeWDFpQru4/s400/the-elkks-bridge.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451848705378281714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We were given the week off from practice because of our evident separation of preparedness from the rest of the league. The song below is: "After The Meetings Over" and it has my theremin whining in the background. &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/032110"&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; are some photos from our video/photo shoot,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf" quality="high" width="300" height="52" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&amp;amp;external_url=http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/8/9/2042485//elks-audio031610after-the-meeting.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-504495102763779371?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/504495102763779371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=504495102763779371&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/504495102763779371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/504495102763779371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2010/03/elks-after-meeting-llps.html' title='The Elks - After The Meeting :: LLPS'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S6ekkVzjTBI/AAAAAAAAAF8/NVmoh7dx9MQ/s72-c/elks-logo.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-8379679333991778181</id><published>2010-03-13T02:22:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-13T10:54:04.283-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mp3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='band practice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010 lottery league'/><title type='text'>The Redd Foxx Memorial Band - Lottery League Practice Sessions</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/030710rf"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S5rJwJgMGmI/AAAAAAAAAFs/M5MALUK0qXc/s400/redd-foxx-memorial-band5045sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447888528279870050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Redd Foxx Memorial Band &amp; Tre Fa La Ha Orchestar [band 3] is RA Washington, Sean Djuricic, Gabe Schray, Eric Koltnow &amp; Sean Kilbane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The RFMB was without Sean Kilbane tonight, though the band has yet to have the full orchestar together for a practice yet, the band seems to have found their sound. The vibrophone that Eric was playing really fits in well with the vibe [no pun intended] of the group.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The video below is one of two songs the TFMB was working on this evening. My photos are &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/030710rf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1lwFk69U1XY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1lwFk69U1XY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src= "http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf" quality="high" width="300" height="52" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent"  type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars= "valid_sample_rate=true&amp;external_url=http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/8/9/2042485//redd-foxx-memorial-band01.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"&gt; &lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Redd Foxx Memorial Band - Take One&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/2010%20lottery%20league"&gt;2010 LL blog&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-8379679333991778181?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/8379679333991778181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=8379679333991778181&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8379679333991778181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8379679333991778181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2010/03/redd-foxx-memorial-band-lottery-league.html' title='The Redd Foxx Memorial Band - Lottery League Practice Sessions'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S5rJwJgMGmI/AAAAAAAAAFs/M5MALUK0qXc/s72-c/redd-foxx-memorial-band5045sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-6984769233586379295</id><published>2010-03-11T03:55:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-11T14:41:52.326-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mp3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='band practice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ll-practice-sessions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010 lottery league'/><title type='text'>Milk &amp; Cookies - Lottery League Practice Sessions</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/030710mk"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S5k_L_n3bVI/AAAAAAAAAFk/p2nI0ARSSEk/s400/ll-milk-and-cookies.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447454699571080530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Milk And Cookies [Band 9] Consists of Jonathan Morgan, Jim Karpinski, Lauren Voss &amp; Jack Geers [Smiley].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;M&amp;C has the most practices under their belt [5] than any other LL band I visited to date and it shows, the band has three songs written and is at the refinement stage of rehearsing, trying to get the songs to the proper length while tweaking this or that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The video below was shot in Jacks upstairs office that dubs as the practice space, the afternoon sun was at full bore on this Sunday and made photography a challenge as I tried to shoot into it from the other side of this quaint space.&lt;br /&gt;The song was referred to as "that jazzy thing" by Laura, I don't think any of the songs have yet been titled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ASzVNtYGen4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ASzVNtYGen4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The MP3 below is a rock song that has Laura Voss on vocals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src= "http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf" quality="high" width="300" height="52" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent"  type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars= "valid_sample_rate=true&amp;external_url=http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/8/9/2042485//milk-and-cookies-3-rocker.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"&gt; &lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/2010%20lottery%20league"&gt;2010 LL blog&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-6984769233586379295?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/6984769233586379295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=6984769233586379295&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6984769233586379295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6984769233586379295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2010/03/milk-cookies-lottery-league-practice.html' title='Milk &amp; Cookies - Lottery League Practice Sessions'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S5k_L_n3bVI/AAAAAAAAAFk/p2nI0ARSSEk/s72-c/ll-milk-and-cookies.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-1226749720290405538</id><published>2010-03-09T04:36:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-22T13:00:59.558-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mp3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='band practice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ll-practice-sessions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010 lottery league'/><title type='text'>World War V - Lottery League Practice Sessions</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/worldwarv030710"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S5Z9mVVrJZI/AAAAAAAAAFc/0RzmxX-Y4TU/s400/world-war-v.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446678896867747218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;World War V [Band 15] is: Stanton Thatcher [drums], Rich Raponi [guitar], Maura McGrath [bass], Miss Melvis [vocals, guitar].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WWV started their practice with a song [tentatively titled "Ground Zero"] that they worked on during their previous that was their first as a band. Miss Melvis houses a cozy practice/recording space in her basement that had a nice bright sound.&lt;br /&gt;The video below I shot, has the band rehearsing that song but the vocals are plugged straight to Mel's record deck [no vocals on video].  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/worldwarv030710"&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt;, are some photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j9YBYA9RTdw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j9YBYA9RTdw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The embedded audio file below is of a song that was written and performed for the first time, therefore the "Drum March" [as Stanton referred to it] is a *rough take* and may not even make it into their final set but it is an interesting example of how bands that never performed together, evolve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src= "http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf" quality="high" width="300" height="52" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent"  type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars= "valid_sample_rate=true&amp;external_url=http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/8/9/2042485//world-war-v--drum-march.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"&gt; &lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/2010%20lottery%20league"&gt;2010 LL blog&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-1226749720290405538?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/1226749720290405538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=1226749720290405538&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/1226749720290405538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/1226749720290405538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2010/03/world-war-v-lottery-league-practice.html' title='World War V - Lottery League Practice Sessions'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S5Z9mVVrJZI/AAAAAAAAAFc/0RzmxX-Y4TU/s72-c/world-war-v.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-3541192646255232399</id><published>2010-03-06T14:36:00.013-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-11T14:44:04.392-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mp3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010 lottery league'/><title type='text'>Google - Lottery League Practice Session</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/google030510"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S5Py4Mm2wWI/AAAAAAAAAFU/WOxhJxcYsGg/s400/google-ll-band-practice.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445963421691855202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 5, 2009 - Lottery League Practice Sessions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Google [band 32] consists of Dominic Ricciardi [drums], Alex Henry [horn], Brendan Sedlak [guitar], Tony Vorell [guitar, xylophone].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I walked into Google's practice, they were working on their 10 minute masterpiece, breaking down the song in parts and pieces and using the chalkboard extensively. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I arrived towards the last hour of the practice and the band seemed to be in the refinement stage of creating the instrumental. The video below has the band working an intricate portion of the song, the video is just one of the several takes of the same piece that they were trying to master.&lt;br /&gt;Below the video is a six minute mp3 of a rough take of the complete song that happens to be incomplete.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though the band is just partially through with completion of the piece, I dug the flow and feel of the song, reminding me of Brendan's days in Self Destruct Button.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photos from the Google practice, &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/google030510"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pW_aXdf4asw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pW_aXdf4asw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src= "http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf" quality="high" width="300" height="52" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent"  type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars= "valid_sample_rate=true&amp;external_url=http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/8/9/2042485/google01.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"&gt; &lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/2010%20lottery%20league"&gt;2010 LL blog&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-3541192646255232399?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/3541192646255232399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=3541192646255232399&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/3541192646255232399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/3541192646255232399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2010/03/google-lottery-league-practice-session.html' title='Google - Lottery League Practice Session'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S5Py4Mm2wWI/AAAAAAAAAFU/WOxhJxcYsGg/s72-c/google-ll-band-practice.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-1758998669647785216</id><published>2010-03-05T13:04:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T19:25:39.880-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mp3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='band practice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010 lottery league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the elks'/><title type='text'>The Elks - New Fez, New Suit</title><content type='html'>"new fez, new suit" was the first song the band worked on and practiced together, greg had the idea of the band being pseudo-elks, as in the mens fraternal social club that meet up at "lodges".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the video below is the latest rendition of the song, an mp3 of the first practice rendition is embedded in my previous post of our lottery league band.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QXyK5VxeN3Q&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QXyK5VxeN3Q&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-1758998669647785216?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/1758998669647785216/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=1758998669647785216&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/1758998669647785216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/1758998669647785216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2010/03/elks-new-fez-new-hat.html' title='The Elks - New Fez, New Suit'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-8127493902634607033</id><published>2010-03-04T08:47:00.013-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-11T14:45:24.877-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mp3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='band practice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010 lottery league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the elks'/><title type='text'>The Elks - 2010 Lottery League</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleague27"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S4_Gxbw7-nI/AAAAAAAAAFM/ufDZSbhRE6Q/s400/the-elks2-4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444789027083123314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i was chosen [via the letter L] in the *bonus* round of the 2010 lottery league by band #27. our second practice was this past tuesday evening, this night consisted mostly of refining the two songs that were written during the first practice and creating a third ballet-type song.&lt;br /&gt;it appears that the longest song is going to come in at the 3 minute range with the others being approximately half that length.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the video below has the band working on that 3rd song, keep in mind that any video/audio i post here are rough takes, the structure of these songs have changed from practice to practice [yes, both of them].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;our band consists of nate scheible [drums], matt jauch [guitar], chris rood [bass], greg miller [lead vocals] &amp; me, lou muenz [visuals, theramocals, other].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p3R81qUwPOw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p3R81qUwPOw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;below is an mp3 of the first song we worked on during our first practice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src= "http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf" quality="high" width="300" height="52" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent"  type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars= "valid_sample_rate=true&amp;external_url=http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/8/9/2042485//the-elks-1-song1.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"&gt; &lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleague27"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; are some photos from the two practices we have had so far.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-8127493902634607033?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/8127493902634607033/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=8127493902634607033&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8127493902634607033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8127493902634607033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2010/03/elks-2010-lottery-league.html' title='The Elks - 2010 Lottery League'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/S4_Gxbw7-nI/AAAAAAAAAFM/ufDZSbhRE6Q/s72-c/the-elks2-4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-6229671799062634030</id><published>2010-02-09T19:38:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T13:41:10.646-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mp3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='band practice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010 lottery league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the elks'/><title type='text'>2010 Lottery League Draft</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jq2GVBlUJ2A/S3RQghtPomI/AAAAAAAAAFE/lbtwjyHT3kg/s1600-h/ll10ks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ct="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jq2GVBlUJ2A/S3RQghtPomI/AAAAAAAAAFE/lbtwjyHT3kg/s320/ll10ks.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 2010 version of the Lottery League Draft that took place last Friday night at the Beachland Ballroom went off nearly as flawless as the 2008 version that was held at Asterisk Gallery in Tremont. Most of the kinks were worked out beforehand and The Council of Chiefs learned some valuable lessons from LL2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not unlike 2008, names were pulled out of a bingo-hopper with the first round reserved for drummers, half of those being drummers with practice spaces. The drummers without practice space would be paired with a musician from the second round that has a practice space. The next two rounds would be for the remaining musicians not yet picked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jq2GVBlUJ2A/S3RRBKsAbAI/AAAAAAAAAFM/6EIytPFKiZE/s1600-h/ll-joe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ct="true" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jq2GVBlUJ2A/S3RRBKsAbAI/AAAAAAAAAFM/6EIytPFKiZE/s320/ll-joe.jpg" width="212" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the new changes in this year's LL2010 is that the fifth round would be a bonus round of sorts, a representative from 12 randomly picked bands chose a letter or number that spelled out LOTTERY LEAGUE 2010, each of those letters/numbers were assigned a "prize" or a bonus member that may or may not be a musician [I fell into this category/round]. Prizes included a Melt gift certificate, a Rock Hall package and four admissions to the Cleveland Zoo. Bonus members beside myself included Jae Kristoff [The Head Chief of Council], Tony Erba, PJ Doran, Matthew T &amp;amp; Nick Traenkner are a few that I remember.&lt;br /&gt;Also new to this year's draft was a Lottery League Hall Of Fame commemoration that awarded certificates to those Lottery League bands that continued as bands after the 2008 season ended, those bands were: Anal Cheetahs, Mohammad Cartoon [both bands performed at this years draft], Gandhi SS, Stimulus Package &amp;amp; The Valley Of Life. Veteran LL participant and former Tremont Art Auctioneer Joe Milan did a great job as the emcee, I did not hear one complaint about mispronunciation from 150 or so names he called this night. Guest bingo-hopper operators included: Cindy Barber, Kathy Simkoff, Mark Leddy &amp;amp; the Beachland Lady cop. Next up for each band is finding a name and configuring a practice schedule.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://pbase.com/tremont/020510"&gt;LL2010 Draft photos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lottery League [Official blog]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/2010-Cleveland-Lottery-League/208343709847"&gt;Lottery League Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/lottery-league"&gt;Lottery League 2008 Diary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The couple short videos below are from the *bonus-round* that took place in the 5th and final round of the night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roxanne and Team 33 won the coveted Tony Erba, not sure if Roxanne was elated or that that She realized that her band drafted another "alpha dog" just like in '08 when Konya was her power drummer in Born Raped.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="246" width="400"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jQ-TDRWJXLY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jQ-TDRWJXLY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="246"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rocky takes a club to the pinata only to find Jae Kristoff inside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="246" width="400"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/blITDUniSME&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/blITDUniSME&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="246"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-6229671799062634030?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/6229671799062634030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=6229671799062634030&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6229671799062634030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6229671799062634030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2010/02/2010-lottery-league-draft.html' title='2010 Lottery League Draft'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jq2GVBlUJ2A/S3RQghtPomI/AAAAAAAAAFE/lbtwjyHT3kg/s72-c/ll10ks.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-8816880104293458374</id><published>2009-06-05T11:58:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-05T12:34:05.412-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='moca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland'/><title type='text'>THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD</title><content type='html'>MOCA has their big summer opening this friday the 5th of june. 'there goes the neighborhood' is the title and artists were asked to express their art with their local communities represented in the work.&lt;br /&gt;the 11 artists come from all over the globe including '&lt;a href="http://www.amycaseypainting.com/"&gt;amy casey&lt;/a&gt;' whom is coming off the victory of 'the cleveland art prize' for emerging artist. i've spoke a quite deal of amy casey's work in the past so i'll spare you anymore lecturing.&lt;br /&gt;just go see the show, it runs through august 16, 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/SilIgyxKquI/AAAAAAAAAEk/z-gvpCJxCPI/s1600-h/waitingplaceweb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/SilIgyxKquI/AAAAAAAAAEk/z-gvpCJxCPI/s400/waitingplaceweb.jpg" border="1" alt="amy casey at MOCA"  id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343882161072810722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;-----MOCA-----&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There Goes the Neighborhood&lt;br /&gt;On view June 5th, 2009 through August 16th, 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Curated by Megan Lykins Reich, Director of Education and Associate Curator&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ON VIEW in the Marjorie Talalay and Peter B. Lewis, and Video Galleries&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Willie Birch, Kristin Bly, Amy Casey, Cao Fei, Dionisio Gonzàlez, Leslie Grant and Nina Pessin-Whedbee, Matthew Kolodziej, Eva Struble, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Catherine Yass&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There Goes the Neighborhood explores the evolution of communities here and abroad.  The exhibition focuses on how architecture and landscape embody a neighborhood's past, present, and potential future.  The work on view examines places amid growth or decline, sites that hover somewhere between construction, deterioration, and renewal.  The artists reveal how physical sites symbolize the human experience of change, whether simple or complex, invited or forced.  Linking actual and anticipated shifts in communities across the globe, There Goes the Neighborhood emphasizes the evolving structures and compositions of neighborhoods in the twenty-first century.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The exhibition features artists from different regions and cultures who are responding to shifts in communities around the world.  Some focus on particular sites.  Representing blighted neighborhoods in New Orleans, Cleveland, and Leipzig, the works of Willie Birch, Amy Casey, and Clemens von Wedemeyer uncover political issues embedded in the architecture of these places.  Eva Struble and Dionsio Gonzàlez focus on marginalized Spanish, Brazilian, and Vietnamese communities and their complex relationships within their regions.  Leslie Grant and Nina Pessin-Whedbee, with support from Carolyn Strauss of slowLAB and artistic contribution by Leah Beeferman, examine the Domino Sugar Factory and its evolving neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other artists look beyond particular neighborhoods to explore overarching factors effecting change.  Catherine Yass examines the Three Gorges Dam, which has radically displaced or destroyed hundreds of Chinese communities. Kristin Bly uses a common structure - the front porch - to consider critical economic and social issues affecting neighborhoods here and throughout the country.  Matthew Kolodziej abstracts scenes of architectural construction and destruction to emphasize their allegorical value.  Cao Fei expands the boundaries of community into the fluid environment of virtual reality.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As Cao Fei's work suggests, neighborhoods are not just constructed environments; they are performative spaces in which we build lives and memories.  Yet, our experiences are tied to the physical architecture and landscape of our communities.  Ranging in tone from alarm to ambivalence to hope about the evolution of these places, There Goes the Neighborhood emphasizes the cycle of change, in which deterioration is inevitably followed by renewal and revitalization.  In doing so, the exhibition asks us to consider our relationship to, and influence upon, the present and future expressions of our neighborhoods.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Artist Websites:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Willie Birch: http://tinyurl.com/chcoeq&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kristin Bly: http://www.newsenseonline.com/kristin.htm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amy Casey: http://www.amycaseypainting.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cao Fei: http://www.lombard-freid.com/home.ht m&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dionisio Gonzàlez: http://tinyurl.com/c456sz&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leslie Grant: http://www.altproject.com/grant/portfolio.php&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nina Pessin-Whedbee: http://tinyurl.com/dfwkst (previous project)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leah Beeferman:  http://inkbox.org&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matthew Kolodziej:  http://www.mattpaint.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eva Struble: http://www.lombard-freid.com/home.htm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clemens von Wedemeyer: http://tinyurl.com/dxaw4e&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Catherine Yass: http://www.galerielelong.com/artists/&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-8816880104293458374?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/8816880104293458374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=8816880104293458374&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8816880104293458374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8816880104293458374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2009/06/there-goes-neighborhood.html' title='THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/SilIgyxKquI/AAAAAAAAAEk/z-gvpCJxCPI/s72-c/waitingplaceweb.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-4751196433591081654</id><published>2009-03-18T11:55:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-18T13:03:30.549-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NAHBS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade bicycles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cicli polito'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bikes'/><title type='text'>CICLI POLITO of cleveland wins 'best in show' at NAHBS in indy!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/ScEou24Ey7I/AAAAAAAAAEE/y9QxrK7P1Q4/s1600-h/danpolitio.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/ScEou24Ey7I/AAAAAAAAAEE/y9QxrK7P1Q4/s400/danpolitio.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314573820743699378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i'ld like to send out congratulations to clevelands own: dan polito of 'cicli polito' for the 'best in show' award at the '&lt;a href="http://www.handmadebicycleshow.com/hub2009.htm"&gt;north american handmade bicycle show&lt;/a&gt;' that took place earlier this month in indianapolis.&lt;br /&gt;dan asked me just before he left if i was going to make it out there and all i could do is frown with the reality of having to work that weekend.&lt;br /&gt;the NAHBS has been growing each year and has a plethora of talented handmade bicycle builders take part in the competition and cleveland should be proud that one of the most talented of them calls cleveland home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the photo above has dan posing for the shot with one of his bikes and the huge backdrop that was created by another clevelander: '&lt;a href="http://ninepanelgrid.blogspot.com/"&gt;john g&lt;/a&gt;'. dan described the huge piece to me weeks ago but i didn't realize it would be that large. john is in the middle of a his '&lt;a href="http://ninepanelgrid.blogspot.com/2009/01/march-2009-flyer-month.html"&gt;flyer month&lt;/a&gt;' project where he creates a new flyer for each day in the month, i'm thinking someone wishes that they chose february..&lt;br /&gt;the design on dans shirt in that photo was also designed by john for the cleveland band 'sun god'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GO CLEVELAND!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the website for cicli polito bikes crashed after the show but dan has been busy getting it back up, you can view a temporary blog for CP, &lt;a href="http://ciclipolito.wordpress.com/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;more photos of dan @ the NAHBS:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/momentum_magazine/3361800684/"&gt;urban ride&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/momentum_magazine/3360982007/"&gt;best in show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/momentum_magazine/3360818891/"&gt;closeup of best in show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/momentum_magazine/sets/72157615409627406/"&gt;complete flickr set from momentum magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhlubarber/"&gt;david niddrie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-4751196433591081654?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/4751196433591081654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=4751196433591081654&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/4751196433591081654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/4751196433591081654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2009/03/cicli-polito-of-cleveland-wins-best-in.html' title='CICLI POLITO of cleveland wins &apos;best in show&apos; at NAHBS in indy!'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/ScEou24Ey7I/AAAAAAAAAEE/y9QxrK7P1Q4/s72-c/danpolitio.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-7755973568582996485</id><published>2009-02-22T18:48:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-24T00:44:27.675-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jerk'/><title type='text'>name that jerk</title><content type='html'>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="240" height="160" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=67090" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"&gt; &lt;param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&amp;amp;photo_secret=0bb8c6a471&amp;amp;photo_id=3302065142&amp;amp;show_info_box=true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt; &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=67090"&gt;&lt;/param&gt; &lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"&gt;&lt;/param&gt; &lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=67090" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&amp;amp;photo_secret=0bb8c6a471&amp;amp;photo_id=3302065142&amp;amp;flickr_show_info_box=true" height="160" width="240"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lmuenz/3302065142/"&gt;name that jerk&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/lmuenz/"&gt;lou muenz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;i always knew this dude was a jerk, i didn't know he was also an anti-semite.&lt;br /&gt;can you name the jerk?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-7755973568582996485?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/7755973568582996485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=7755973568582996485&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/7755973568582996485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/7755973568582996485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2009/02/name-that-jerk.html' title='name that jerk'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-5905562768807858148</id><published>2009-02-09T12:59:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T19:29:46.612-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><title type='text'>cleveland lottery league wrap-up</title><content type='html'>the last musical event of the inaugural cleveland lottery league went down this weekend at the beachland ballroom with a CD release show that had several bands of the league performing on stage. the visual art [documentation] was also on display at 'art collinwood' which is about 50 paces west of the ballroom. &lt;br /&gt;the best part of the evening was the bands, there are videos of 'twist it nasty' &amp; 'valley of life' i shot &lt;a href="http://www.loumuenz.com/category/lottery-league/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;i have to run to work in a few minutes so i'll quickly go over some important points of the LL event.&lt;br /&gt;-lottery league II will kickoff february 2010&lt;br /&gt;-the LL-I compilation CD with the 12 page booklet and diverse 19 tracks of original music is quite an item!&lt;br /&gt;-the only way to get that CD if you were not at the show is detailed below, the price is only 10 bucks for the factory priced disk AND that includes shipping!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Purchase your Cleveland Lottery League Vol 1 cd w/12 page booklet. Free shipping. All for $10 @ Paypal, &lt;a href="https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=_dm9VML2d0XQVJ669LCf59Wq_4VGSlyoNvBPLMcV1gCqkQ223jTtKItCzku&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f9fecf49521b3f5afc18ba9034b1c79cbd5929eac28412d99"&gt;go here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All money from CD goes towards the 2010 Lottery League&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-5905562768807858148?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/5905562768807858148/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=5905562768807858148&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/5905562768807858148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/5905562768807858148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2009/02/cleveland-lottery-league-wrap-up.html' title='cleveland lottery league wrap-up'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-6726127919262540653</id><published>2009-02-05T15:39:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T19:30:36.992-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beachland ballroom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='arts collinwood'/><title type='text'>lottery league art show @ arts collinwood</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.loumuenz.com/2008/05/27/the-cleveland-lottery-league/"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/SYIgSYUO9nI/AAAAAAAAADQ/ser12uQ9EAc/s320/postcards-along-a-foreign-shore6353cmyk-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296831611878176370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;art-show:&lt;br /&gt;arts collinwood gallery&lt;br /&gt;opening reception: feb. 6, 2009 6-9pm&lt;br /&gt;runs through march 14.&lt;br /&gt;rock show:&lt;br /&gt;beachland ballroom feb.6 9pm - $5.00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i'm was a little apprehensive about this upcoming art show mainly because the show was just a week away and i still didn't know what was exactly asked of me besides that they wanted me to display some of my photos from the lottery league experiment that lasted 10 weeks last winter.&lt;br /&gt;the LL was the most time i have ever spent on one project and included nearly 50 photo shoots of the draft, band practices, bowling outings and the 'BIG SHOW' that had 33 bands perform in one evening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i will have about sixty photos displayed, laura webb, mike levy, ron kretch &amp;amp; perhaps some others will have photos displayed of LL as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the details from this event that i copied from the beachland ballroom are below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;In April 2008, a group of 130 musicians and volunteers who playfully called themselves "The Council of Chiefs" presented &lt;a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&amp;amp;friendID=278361175" target="_blank"&gt;LOTTERY LEAGUE&lt;/a&gt;: THE BIG SHOW to a packed house at the Beachland Ballroom.  This large-scale musical project, many months and hours in the making, brought an injection of innovation and fun to Cleveland's already-thriving underground music scene.  Through the Lottery League, randomly-generated bands wrote, performed and recorded new music.  All involved made new friends, got new thrills, and had a blast being part of a groundbreaking experience. &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Those months may have come and gone, but the Lottery League legacy lives on.  From February 6, the Beachland will once again host many of the bands from THE BIG SHOW--as well as others who may have popped up in the wake of the League.  What's bringing everybody back again? The release of the LOTTERY LEAGUE CD, featuring artwork, photos, studio recordings from the bands, along with live performances from THE BIG SHOW. Also helping to bring back the fun of THE BIG SHOW is &lt;a href="http://www.artscollinwood.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Arts Collinwood&lt;/a&gt;, who over the course of these two nights will be showing photos and video work by Mike Levy, &lt;a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/758727" target="_blank"&gt;Laura Webb&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://www.loumuenz.com/" target="_blank"&gt; Lou Muenz&lt;/a&gt;, and others who chronicled the Lottery League and its various escapades.  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;If you dug THE BIG SHOW the first time, you'll really want to attend this two-night extravaganza.  If you didn't check out this now-Cleveland Classic, come out and see what all the hubbub was about!  With any luck, and a little bit of beer, this special LOTTERY LEAGUE event will be just as jaw-droppingly awesome as last year's!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/47/l_cf28ebbaa135435fb8c2f2696c8b08f4.jpg" width="560" alt="cleveland lottery league"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Ghandi SS, Mohammed Cartoon, Stimulus Package, Anal Cheetahs, Valley of Life, Jovannas Witness]&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-6726127919262540653?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/6726127919262540653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=6726127919262540653&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6726127919262540653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6726127919262540653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2009/01/lottery-league-art-show-arts-collinwood.html' title='lottery league art show @ arts collinwood'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/SYIgSYUO9nI/AAAAAAAAADQ/ser12uQ9EAc/s72-c/postcards-along-a-foreign-shore6353cmyk-sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-3316619558796165301</id><published>2009-01-30T12:21:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-30T13:40:47.836-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='steelers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='superbowl'/><title type='text'>super bowl XLIII prop bets</title><content type='html'>when it comes to the superbowl, one can bet on anything and everything. below i pasted the 'prop bets' offered by 'bodog.com'.&lt;br /&gt;bodog also provides a super bowl prop bet sheet that is printable for friends to fill out and tally at home for peeps that want to have friendly wagers during the game, that &lt;a href="http://www.bodoglife.com/downloads/pdf/superbowl-XLIII-prop-sheet.pdf"&gt;printable PDF is here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;BTW: those of you who may not no how betting is done: the favorite is the team with a negative number, so the steelers are the favorite to win the game at -225 so you would have to bet $225 to win a $100. arizona is the underdog at +185 so if you bet $100 on them you would win $185. further odd explanations are &lt;a href="http://www.bodoglife.com/bodog-help/global/en/help/sportsbook/odds-and-lines/odds-explained.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;can't wait for the BIG day to come, go pittsburgh!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Super Bowl XLIII&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;101 Steelers (Pittsburgh)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spread:-7(-105)&lt;br /&gt;Money:-240&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;102 Cardinals (Arizona)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spread:7(-115)&lt;br /&gt;Money:+200&lt;br /&gt;Total:-7(-105) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; Super Bowl XLIII - What will be the result of the Super Bowl XLIII Coin Toss?&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           Wager is on the opening coin toss.  All wagers have action.  Singles Only.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Heads (Coin Toss)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-sharp-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4146704" title="Click to bet on Heads (Coin Toss) to win straight up"&gt;-105&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Tails (Coin Toss)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-sharp-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4146705" title="Click to bet on Tails (Coin Toss) to win straight up"&gt;-105&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; Super Bowl XLIII - Which Super Bowl commercial will have a higher rating on USA Today's annual Ad Meter?&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt; Wager is on what Commercial will be the highest rated on the USA Today Annual Super Bowl Ad Meter. Singles Only. Max $50.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Anheuser-Busch / Budweiser&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184464" title="Click to bet on Anheuser-Busch / Budweiser to win straight up"&gt;10/13&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Go Daddy.com&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4173181" title="Click to bet on Go Daddy.com to win straight up"&gt;17/2&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Pepsi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184601" title="Click to bet on Pepsi to win straight up"&gt;7/2&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Coca-Cola&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4175067" title="Click to bet on Coca-Cola to win straight up"&gt;21/4&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               McDonald's&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4173183" title="Click to bet on McDonald's to win straight up"&gt;29/4&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Doritos&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184600" title="Click to bet on Doritos to win straight up"&gt;4/1&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Other&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4169880" title="Click to bet on Other to win straight up"&gt;9/4&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; Super Bowl XLIII - What Super Bowl will average more viewers?&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt; Wager is on what Super Bowl will average the most viewers. Super Bowl XL Averaged 90.7 Million viewers. Singles Only. Max $50.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Super Bowl XL (90.7 Million - PIT vs SEA)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184462" title="Click to bet on Super Bowl XL (90.7 Million - PIT vs SEA) to win straight up"&gt;+155&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Super Bowl XLIII&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184463" title="Click to bet on Super Bowl XLIII to win straight up"&gt;-190&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; Super Bowl XLIII - Which QB Will John Madden mention by Full name first after the Opening Kickoff?&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt; The First QB's Full Name used by John Madden after the games opening kickoff will be settled as the winner. Singles Only.Max $50&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Ben Roethlisberger&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4169885" title="Click to bet on Ben Roethlisberger to win straight up"&gt;+155&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Kurt Warner&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4169886" title="Click to bet on Kurt Warner to win straight up"&gt;-190&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; Super Bowl XLIII - Will Matt Millen pick the correct team to win Super Bowl XLIII during the Pre Game Show.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           Matt Millen must pick a team to win Super Bowl XLIII for wagers to have action. Singles Only. Max $50&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Yes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184544" title="Click to bet on Yes to win straight up"&gt;-225&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               No&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184545" title="Click to bet on No to win straight up"&gt;+185&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; Super Bowl XLIII - Who will the Super Bowl MVP of the Game thank first?&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt; Wager is on Interview done with the Super Bowl MVP on field during the Trophy Presentation only. Singles Only. Max $50.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               God&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4169918" title="Click to bet on God to win straight up"&gt;4/5&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Family&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4173227" title="Click to bet on Family to win straight up"&gt;4/1&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Teammates&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4155804" title="Click to bet on Teammates to win straight up"&gt;2/1&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Coach&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4173228" title="Click to bet on Coach to win straight up"&gt;9/1&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Does not Thank Anyone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4174253" title="Click to bet on Does not Thank Anyone to win straight up"&gt;5/1&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; Super Bowl XLIII - Who will be tackled by his hair first in the game?&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           Singles Only. Max $50.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Troy Polamalu&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4161606" title="Click to bet on Troy Polamalu to win straight up"&gt;+450&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Larry Fitzgerald&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4161607" title="Click to bet on Larry Fitzgerald to win straight up"&gt;-650&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; Super Bowl XLIII – Will the Arizona Cardinals score in every quarter&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           All wagers have action.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Yes (Cardinals Score Every Quarter)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4159938" title="Click to bet on Yes (Cardinals Score Every Quarter) to win straight up"&gt;+275&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               No (Cardinals Score Every Quarter)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4159939" title="Click to bet on No (Cardinals Score Every Quarter) to win straight up"&gt;-350&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; Super Bowl XLIII – Will the Pittsburgh Steelers score in every quarter&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           All wagers have action.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Yes (Steelers Score Every Quarter)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4169594" title="Click to bet on Yes (Steelers Score Every Quarter) to win straight up"&gt;+150&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               No (Steelers Score Every Quarter)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4169595" title="Click to bet on No (Steelers Score Every Quarter) to win straight up"&gt;-180&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; Super Bowl XLIII – Will the game be decided by exactly 3 points&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           All wagers have action.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Yes (Decided by 3 Points)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4174885" title="Click to bet on Yes (Decided by 3 Points) to win straight up"&gt;+500&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               No (Decided by 3 Points)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4174886" title="Click to bet on No (Decided by 3 Points) to win straight up"&gt;-800&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; Super Bowl XLIII - What will happen with the Stock Market the day after Super Bowl XLIV?&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt; Simply predict whether the New York Stock Exchange Index will be up or down at the end of trading Monday February 2nd . Singles Only. Max $50.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Pittsburgh Wins Market Up&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4169924" title="Click to bet on Pittsburgh Wins Market Up to win straight up"&gt;7/5&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Pittsburgh Wins Market Down&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4161637" title="Click to bet on Pittsburgh Wins Market Down to win straight up"&gt;7/5&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Arizona Wins Market Up&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4169923" title="Click to bet on Arizona Wins Market Up to win straight up"&gt;3/1&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Arizona Wins Market Down&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4161636" title="Click to bet on Arizona Wins Market Down to win straight up"&gt;3/1&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; Super Bowl XLIII – Will there be a score in the last 3min 30 seconds of the game&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           All wagers have action.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Yes (Score Last 3min30sec)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4179521" title="Click to bet on Yes (Score Last 3min30sec) to win straight up"&gt;-155&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               No (Score Last 3min30sec)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4179522" title="Click to bet on No (Score Last 3min30sec) to win straight up"&gt;+125&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;        &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; Super Bowl XLIII – Margin of Victory&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           Game must go 55 minutes for action. Overtime counts towards wager.&lt;/div&gt;               &lt;table style="width: 686px; height: 275px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Pittsburgh Steelers to win by 1-6 points&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4159702" title="Click to bet on Pittsburgh Steelers to win by 1-6 points to win straight up"&gt;3/1&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Pittsburgh Steelers to win by 7-12 points&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4159703" title="Click to bet on Pittsburgh Steelers to win by 7-12 points to win straight up"&gt;7/2&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Pittsburgh Steelers to win by 13-18 points&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184625" title="Click to bet on Pittsburgh Steelers to win by 13-18 points to win straight up"&gt;5/1&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Pittsburgh Steelers to win by 19-24 points&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184626" title="Click to bet on Pittsburgh Steelers to win by 19-24 points to win straight up"&gt;9/1&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Pittsburgh Steelers to win by 25-30 points&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4159706" title="Click to bet on Pittsburgh Steelers to win by 25-30 points to win straight up"&gt;27/2&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Pittsburgh Steelers to win by 31-36 points&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4159707" title="Click to bet on Pittsburgh Steelers to win by 31-36 points to win straight up"&gt;19/1&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Pittsburgh Steelers to win by 37-42 points&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4159708" title="Click to bet on Pittsburgh Steelers to win by 37-42 points to win straight up"&gt;40/1&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Pittsburgh Steelers to win by 43+ points&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184627" title="Click to bet on Pittsburgh Steelers to win by 43+ points to win straight up"&gt;35/1&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Arizona Cardinals to win by 1-6 points&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4159710" title="Click to bet on Arizona Cardinals to win by 1-6 points to win straight up"&gt;7/2&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Arizona Cardinals to win by 7-12 points&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4159711" title="Click to bet on Arizona Cardinals to win by 7-12 points to win straight up"&gt;13/2&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Arizona Cardinals to win by 13-18 points&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4159712" title="Click to bet on Arizona Cardinals to win by 13-18 points to win straight up"&gt;27/2&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Arizona Cardinals to win by 19-24 points&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4159713" title="Click to bet on Arizona Cardinals to win by 19-24 points to win straight up"&gt;25/1&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Arizona Cardinals to win by 25-30 points&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4159714" title="Click to bet on Arizona Cardinals to win by 25-30 points to win straight up"&gt;50/1&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Arizona Cardinals to win by 31-36 points&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4159715" title="Click to bet on Arizona Cardinals to win by 31-36 points to win straight up"&gt;90/1&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Arizona Cardinals to win by 37-42 points&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4159716" title="Click to bet on Arizona Cardinals to win by 37-42 points to win straight up"&gt;150/1&lt;/a&gt;                    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Arizona Cardinals to win by 43+ points&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4159717" title="Click to bet on Arizona Cardinals to win by 43+ points to win straight up"&gt;100/1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; (PIT vs ARI) Sun, Feb 1st (6:20pm EST)&lt;br /&gt;Who will throw the first TD pass in the game?&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           Both players must start game for wagers to have action. Singles only.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Ben Roethlisberger (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184443" title="Click to bet on Ben Roethlisberger (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;-105&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Kurt Warner (ARI)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184444" title="Click to bet on Kurt Warner (ARI) to win straight up"&gt;-125&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; (PIT vs ARI) Sun, Feb 1st (6:20pm EST)&lt;br /&gt;Who will throw more interceptions in the game?&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           Both players must start game for wagers to have action. Singles only.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Ben Roethlisberger (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4181047" title="Click to bet on Ben Roethlisberger (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;+130&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Kurt Warner (ARI)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4181048" title="Click to bet on Kurt Warner (ARI) to win straight up"&gt;-160&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; (PIT vs ARI) Sun, Feb 1st (6:20pm EST)&lt;br /&gt;Double Result - Kurt Warner vs Ben Roethlisberger Passing Yards&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt; Both players must start game for action. Wager is on who will have more Passing Yards at the half and at the end of the game. Singles only.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Kurt Warner (ARI) - Kurt Warner (ARI)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184623" title="Click to bet on Kurt Warner (ARI) - Kurt Warner (ARI) to win straight up"&gt;21/20&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Kurt Warner (ARI) - Ben Roethlisberger (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184624" title="Click to bet on Kurt Warner (ARI) - Ben Roethlisberger (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;7/2&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Ben Roethlisberger (PIT) - Ben Roethlisberger (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184622" title="Click to bet on Ben Roethlisberger (PIT) - Ben Roethlisberger (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;7/2&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Ben Roethlisberger (PIT) - Kurt Warner (ARI)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4173509" title="Click to bet on Ben Roethlisberger (PIT) - Kurt Warner (ARI) to win straight up"&gt;7/4&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; (PIT vs ARI) Sun, Feb 1st (6:20pm EST)&lt;br /&gt;Who will have more receptions in the game?&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           Both players must play in game for wagers to have action. Singles only.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Larry Fitzgerald (ARI)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4173471" title="Click to bet on Larry Fitzgerald (ARI) to cover the Point Spread"&gt;-½ (-140)&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Anquan Boldin (ARI)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4173472" title="Click to bet on Anquan Boldin (ARI) to win against the Point Spread"&gt;+½ (+110)&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; (PIT vs ARI) Sun, Feb 1st (6:20pm EST)&lt;br /&gt;Player to score the first TD in the game for the Pittsburgh Steelers&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           All wagers have action. Singles only.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Ben Roethlisberger (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154545" title="Click to bet on Ben Roethlisberger (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;9/1&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Hines Ward (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154546" title="Click to bet on Hines Ward (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;3/1&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Santonio Holmes (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154547" title="Click to bet on Santonio Holmes (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;15/4&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Nate Washington (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154548" title="Click to bet on Nate Washington (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;6/1&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Heath Miller (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154549" title="Click to bet on Heath Miller (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;9/2&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Limas Sweed (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154550" title="Click to bet on Limas Sweed (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;15/2&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Willie Parker (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154551" title="Click to bet on Willie Parker (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;5/2&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Mewelde Moore (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154552" title="Click to bet on Mewelde Moore (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;6/1&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Gary Russell (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154553" title="Click to bet on Gary Russell (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;6/1&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Troy Polamalu (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154554" title="Click to bet on Troy Polamalu (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;10/1&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Field (Any Other Player)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154555" title="Click to bet on Field (Any Other Player) to win straight up"&gt;5/2&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Team does not score a TD in the game&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154572" title="Click to bet on Team does not score a TD in the game to win straight up"&gt;20/1&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; (PIT vs ARI) Sun, Feb 1st (6:20pm EST)&lt;br /&gt;Player to score the first TD in the game for the Arizona Cardinals&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           All wagers have action. Singles only.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Kurt Warner (ARI)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154559" title="Click to bet on Kurt Warner (ARI) to win straight up"&gt;25/2&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Larry Fitzgerald (ARI)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154560" title="Click to bet on Larry Fitzgerald (ARI) to win straight up"&gt;5/2&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Anquan Boldin (ARI)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4163851" title="Click to bet on Anquan Boldin (ARI) to win straight up"&gt;7/2&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Steve Breaston (ARI)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154562" title="Click to bet on Steve Breaston (ARI) to win straight up"&gt;5/1&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Jerheme Urban (ARI)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154563" title="Click to bet on Jerheme Urban (ARI) to win straight up"&gt;15/2&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               &lt;a class="competitor" title="Click for J.J. Arrington (ARI) team info!" ="http://www.nfl.com/players/j.j.arrington/profile?id=ARR194145" target="_new" rel="nofollow"&gt;J.J. Arrington (ARI)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154564" title="Click to bet on J.J. Arrington (ARI) to win straight up"&gt;15/2&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Tim Hightower (ARI)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154565" title="Click to bet on Tim Hightower (ARI) to win straight up"&gt;15/4&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Edgerrin James (ARI)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154566" title="Click to bet on Edgerrin James (ARI) to win straight up"&gt;15/4&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Field (Any Other Player)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154567" title="Click to bet on Field (Any Other Player) to win straight up"&gt;5/2&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Team does not score a TD in the game&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4154571" title="Click to bet on Team does not score a TD in the game to win straight up"&gt;12/1&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; (PIT vs ARI) Sun, Feb 1st (6:20pm EST)&lt;br /&gt;Historical matchup - Total Passing Yards Ben Roethlisberger Super Bowl XL vs Ben Roethlisberger Super Bowl XLIII&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt; Ben Roethlisberger had 123 Passing Yards in Super Bowl XL. Player must start game for wagers to have action. Singles only.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Ben Roethlisberger Super Bowl XL&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4182187" title="Click to bet on Ben Roethlisberger Super Bowl XL to win against the Point Spread"&gt;+96½ (+150)&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Ben Roethlisberger Super Bowl XLIII&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4182188" title="Click to bet on Ben Roethlisberger Super Bowl XLIII to cover the Point Spread"&gt;-96½ (-180)&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; (PIT vs ARI) Sun, Feb 1st (6:20pm EST)&lt;br /&gt;Historical matchup - Total Passing Yards Kurt Warner Super Bowl XXXVI vs Kurt Warner Super Bowl XLIII&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           Kurt Warner had 365 Passing Yards in Super Bowl XXXVI. Player must start game for wagers to have action. Singles only.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Kurt Warner Super Bowl XXXVI -99.5 Yards&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184529" title="Click to bet on Kurt Warner Super Bowl XXXVI -99.5 Yards to win straight up"&gt;+105&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Kurt Warner Super Bowl XLIII +99.5 Yards&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-circled-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184530" title="Click to bet on Kurt Warner Super Bowl XLIII +99.5 Yards to win straight up"&gt;-135&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; (PIT vs ARI) Sun, Feb 1st (6:20pm EST)&lt;br /&gt;Total Passing Yards - Kurt Warner&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           Player must start game for wagers to have action. Singles only.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Over&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td rowspan="2"&gt;&lt;div class="total-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;           &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="total-number"&gt;&lt;b&gt;265½&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="true"&gt;&lt;div class="total-lines"&gt;             &lt;a class="lineOdd" title="Click to bet on the game's total score to be over 265½" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184525"&gt;(-135)o&lt;/a&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;          &lt;a class="lineOdd" title="Click to bet on the game's total score to be under 265½" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184526"&gt;(+105)u&lt;/a&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;       &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Under&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; (PIT vs ARI) Sun, Feb 1st (6:20pm EST)&lt;br /&gt;Player to record the most receiving yards in the game?&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           All wagers have action. Singles only.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Larry Fitzgerald (ARI)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4157338" title="Click to bet on Larry Fitzgerald (ARI) to win straight up"&gt;1/1&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Anquan Boldin (ARI)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4157339" title="Click to bet on Anquan Boldin (ARI) to win straight up"&gt;2/1&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Steve Breaston (ARI)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4157346" title="Click to bet on Steve Breaston (ARI) to win straight up"&gt;11/2&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Jerheme Urban (ARI)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4157345" title="Click to bet on Jerheme Urban (ARI) to win straight up"&gt;15/1&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Hines Ward (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4157340" title="Click to bet on Hines Ward (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;2/1&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Santonio Holmes (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4157341" title="Click to bet on Santonio Holmes (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;3/1&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Heath Miller (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4157348" title="Click to bet on Heath Miller (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;6/1&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Nate Washington (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4157349" title="Click to bet on Nate Washington (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;7/1&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Limas Sweed (PIT)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4157344" title="Click to bet on Limas Sweed (PIT) to win straight up"&gt;15/1&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; (PIT vs ARI) Sun, Feb 1st (6:20pm EST)&lt;br /&gt;Total Receptions – Larry Fitzgerald&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           Player must play in game for wagers to have action. Singles only.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Over&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td rowspan="2"&gt;&lt;div class="total-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;           &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="total-number"&gt;&lt;b&gt;6½&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="true"&gt;&lt;div class="total-lines"&gt;             &lt;a class="lineOdd" title="Click to bet on the game's total score to be over 6½" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184393"&gt;(-125)o&lt;/a&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;          &lt;a class="lineOdd" title="Click to bet on the game's total score to be under 6½" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184394"&gt;(-105)u&lt;/a&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;       &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Under&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; (PIT vs ARI) Sun, Feb 1st (6:20pm EST)&lt;br /&gt;Total Receptions - Anquan Boldin&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           Player must play in game for wagers to have action. Singles only.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Over&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td rowspan="2"&gt;&lt;div class="total-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;           &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="total-number"&gt;&lt;b&gt;5½&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="true"&gt;&lt;div class="total-lines"&gt;             &lt;a class="lineOdd" title="Click to bet on the game's total score to be over 5½" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184397"&gt;(-150)o&lt;/a&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;          &lt;a class="lineOdd" title="Click to bet on the game's total score to be under 5½" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184398"&gt;(+120)u&lt;/a&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;       &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Under&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; (PIT vs ARI) Sun, Feb 1st (6:20pm EST)&lt;br /&gt;Total Rushing Yards – Edgerrin James&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           Player must play in game for wagers to have action. Singles only.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Over&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td rowspan="2"&gt;&lt;div class="total-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;           &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="total-number"&gt;&lt;b&gt;49½&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;             &lt;td nowrap="true"&gt;&lt;div class="total-lines"&gt;             &lt;a class="lineOdd" title="Click to bet on the game's total score to be over 49½" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184523"&gt;(+110)o&lt;/a&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;          &lt;a class="lineOdd" title="Click to bet on the game's total score to be under 49½" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184524"&gt;(-140)u&lt;/a&gt;          &lt;br /&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;       &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Under&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div class="event"&gt;     &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; (PIT vs ARI) Sun, Feb 1st (6:20pm EST)&lt;br /&gt;Will Willie Parker score a Touchdown?&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           Player must play in game for wagers to have action. Singles only.&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-body"&gt;   &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Yes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4178788" title="Click to bet on Yes to win straight up"&gt;-130&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               No&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4178789" title="Click to bet on No to win straight up"&gt;EVEN&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;        &lt;div class="event-header"&gt;        &lt;div class=""&gt; (PIT vs ARI) Sun, Feb 1st (6:20pm EST)&lt;br /&gt;Will Troy Polamalu get an interception in the game?&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div class="event-links-short"&gt;              &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;/div&gt;     &lt;div class="event-note"&gt;           Player must play in game for wagers to have action. Singles only.&lt;/div&gt;               &lt;table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               Yes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184439" title="Click to bet on Yes to win straight up"&gt;+160&lt;/a&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;         &lt;tr&gt;            &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="competitor-name-props"&gt;               No&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;           &lt;td&gt;&lt;div class="moneyline-line-normal-props" nowrap="true"&gt;         &lt;a class="lineOdd" ="http://sports.bodoglife.com/sportsbook/app/CreateWager?lineID=4184440" title="Click to bet on No to win straight up"&gt;-200&lt;/a&gt;                        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m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-4481899870833336963</id><published>2009-01-14T19:27:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-14T20:01:03.345-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sugar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='icicles'/><title type='text'>lou's icicled tea</title><content type='html'>those who know me know i love my ice tea and enjoy it year round including these days that are in the single digits. &lt;br /&gt;for those winter months i take advantage of 'natures icebox' and make my patented 'icicled tea', i have the recipe below for those that enjoy the pleasures of summer in the middle of the winter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. 2 quarts of water.&lt;br /&gt;2. 3 tea bags&lt;br /&gt;3. 2 handfuls of sugar&lt;br /&gt;4. a couple fair size icicles.&lt;br /&gt;5. kool-aid pink lemonade mix&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after brewing tea, allow to cool on your porch [or in my case, balcony]. after tea cools add the sugar, i like mine fairly sweet so i add the equivalent of two handfuls of the white magic. &lt;br /&gt;now you need to harvest the icicles. for me this means opening the kitchen window and grabbing a couple off the windowsill. if you pulled a nice size one off you can also use that icicle for stirring the brew, after most the sugar dissolves add yhose icicles and lemon or kool-aid pink lemonade mix [what i usually use], you just need a small amount which is about a spoonful or so.&lt;br /&gt;you may need to stir this up again because the kool-aid mix likes to float on the tea, if your icicle stirrer has melted you may need to use a big spoon or large butter knife.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;enjoy your winter brew!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ps: for those of you that have a hard time following professional recipe directions i may post a how-to video in the future to make things easier..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-4481899870833336963?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/4481899870833336963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=4481899870833336963&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/4481899870833336963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/4481899870833336963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2009/01/lous-icicled-tea.html' title='lou&apos;s icicled tea'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-1060369593125420852</id><published>2008-09-10T12:21:00.011-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-10T13:38:11.665-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='true art gallery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art alley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vision gallery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asterisk gallery'/><title type='text'>september 12 highlights cleveland artists</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/friday/1219912393176210.xml&amp;coll=2"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/SMf0M6r1lFI/AAAAAAAAACo/HCN4OEfmNW8/s400/visiongallery-litt.jpg" border="1" alt="vision art gallery, litt is no dan tranberg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this upcoming friday has several art shows that features some of my favorite cleveland [and former cleveland] artists. the below shows are the galleries that i hope to visit friday night, follow the links for a more detailed review of the event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1065567/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;labor + industry @ asterisk gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i was asked a few weeks ago to represent my industrial photos to the large collaboration of area artists invited to show at this event.&lt;br /&gt;my contribution to the show has four 20x14" prints on photo archival paper of the former steelyard now known as 'steelyard commons' and represents what i believe is the current paradigm of cleveland industry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/friday/1219912393176210.xml&amp;coll=2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;coup on waterloo @ vision gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;vision gallery sits where the 'true' art gallery formerly stood before a thief broke in and stole 33 pieces of art.&lt;br /&gt;'coup on waterloo' includes amy casey my favorite artist as well as best friend. keith marlowe &amp; jake kelley are a couple other of my favorites [photography/illustrations] local artists.&lt;br /&gt;i included the photo above that is a screen capture of the cleveland.com article by steve litt though has dan tranberg's photo representing 'art matters', apparently i'm not the only one that misses tranberg's superior writing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thewooltexgallery.com/exhibition.php"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;paul sydorenko: plant, animal, mineral @ the wooltex gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;paul sydorenko, enough said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://brandtgallery.org/"&gt;'the back of tim's head' and other drawing and paintings from "the tremont pretentious artists association" @ brandt gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the TPAA has been drawing models every friday night at the literary cafe under tim herron's guidance for some time now. this show hopes to present &amp; document these sessions.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-1060369593125420852?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/1060369593125420852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=1060369593125420852&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/1060369593125420852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/1060369593125420852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/09/september-12-highlights-cleveland.html' title='september 12 highlights cleveland artists'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/SMf0M6r1lFI/AAAAAAAAACo/HCN4OEfmNW8/s72-c/visiongallery-litt.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-6709207515495947491</id><published>2008-07-30T12:48:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-30T13:12:17.156-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the evolution control committee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='robot wars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loumuenz.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free improvisation ensemble of cleveland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='civic ballet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hot cha cha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art alley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='a tango dance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ingenuity festival'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bands'/><title type='text'>back with video @ loumuenz.com</title><content type='html'>after the grueling lottery league season i took a little break from posting here as well as my main website [&lt;a href="http://www.loumuenz.com"&gt;loumuenz.com&lt;/a&gt;].&lt;br /&gt;after receiving my 2008 stimulus check i splurged and bought myself a halfway decent video camera, fast forward a couple weeks and i now have several videos online including: coffinberry, ghostman/sandman, the tournament, national suicide day, sun god, cobra verde and the sic alps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;within the last few days i have posted videos from the 2008 ingenuity festival including: hot cha cha, the evolution control committee, the free improvisation ensemble of cleveland, civic ballet, robot wars, a tango dance &amp; art alley.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i've been using youtube &amp; flickr [for videos &lt;=90 seconds] and embedding the high resolution file that is usually only available for the 'owner' of said video, not sure how long that hack will last but the quality is quite better than the standard youtube has to offer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my 2008 ingenuity festival posts can be found &lt;a href="http://www.loumuenz.com/category/ingenuity-festival-2008/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all other loumuenz.com video is &lt;a href="http://www.loumuenz.com/category/video/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-6709207515495947491?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/6709207515495947491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=6709207515495947491&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6709207515495947491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6709207515495947491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/07/back-with-video-loumuenzcom.html' title='back with video @ loumuenz.com'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-8122644312095044554</id><published>2008-05-28T12:49:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-28T13:16:57.117-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland-indians'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baseball'/><title type='text'>cleveland indians VS the texas rangers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/052508"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/97762071/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this past 'memorial day' sunday amy &amp; i went to the cleveland indians VS texas rangers at 'progressive' field compliments of '&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/radiodystopiashow"&gt;radio dystopia&lt;/a&gt;' &amp; '&lt;a href="http://musicsaves.com"&gt;music saves&lt;/a&gt;'.&lt;br /&gt;this was the first game ever for amy &amp; she got treated to some lousy baseball being played which was courtesy of the cleveland indians anemic offense &amp; shoddy defense [the indians lost this game in the 10th inning when 'ben francisco' let a ground-ball roll between his legs allowing the runner on second to score the winning run].&lt;br /&gt;even though it is very early in the season, the indians are burying themselves in the division that is going to take a major turn around if they want to get back to one game from being in the world series as they were last season.&lt;br /&gt;i still feel that the tribe is capable of getting back to the playoffs because of their dominating starting pitching but they will need help from the offense to make that even a possibility.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;amy &amp; i both had a good time on this sunny afternoon at the ballpark and i hope that the disappointing performance of the home team did not ruin the first time experience for amy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/052508"&gt;here are some pics&lt;/a&gt; from the day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-8122644312095044554?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/8122644312095044554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=8122644312095044554&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8122644312095044554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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last couple percent that giving me problems, i posted &lt;a href="http://www.loumuenz.com/2008/05/09/whoa/"&gt;my dilemma&lt;/a&gt; on loumuenz.com where it went six weeks before i posted anything until today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in the meantime i have hundreds of photos up from the BIG SHOW, they are &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguebigshow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;related links: &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/lottery-league"&gt;my LL blog posts&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleague"&gt;LL photo galleries&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguebigshow"&gt;LL: THE BIG SHOW&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL draft night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;LL practice sessions photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508balls"&gt;LL slot selection photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/bandsofworld"&gt;LL myspace page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-5284059863464789634?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/5284059863464789634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=5284059863464789634&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/5284059863464789634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/5284059863464789634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/05/lottery-league-photo-documentation.html' title='lottery league photo documentation nearly 99% complete'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-2842211547700402122</id><published>2008-04-11T12:33:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T19:31:58.529-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bands'/><title type='text'>postcards along a foreign shore</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="240" height="210"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XWOZwW1w_88&amp;hl=en&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XWOZwW1w_88&amp;hl=en&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="240" height="210"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'postcards along a foreign shore' practices at the 'leroi da moor' studios off of st. claire &amp; 55th in a brick building they share with a dance studio specializing in the 'balboa' &amp; jitterbug dance styles. PAAFS was all seated for their practice and the only ones thats appeared for dancing was rafeeqs turtles but i think their dance was for food.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the best i could describe postcards sound would be 'free-rock' or free jazz with rock tendencies supplied by a couple guitars, rafeeq mentioned that he was hoping to get picked for a band that he could strap a guitar on though this was not the band that that opportunity would arise and feeq seemed happy with working the trumpet and fingering the keys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i added a short video [37"] of a small part of their practice and although the picture is crap the audio sounds good or at least decent enough to give you a good representation of their sound.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/postcardsalongaforeignshore"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / myspace / &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWOZwW1w_88"&gt;video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[POSTCARDS ALONG FOREIGN SHORES: Dustin Thomas (Casual Future), Matthew Robinson (To Be A Highpowered Executive, 20goto10), Kyle Farrell (Giants of Gender), Dan Polito (Karate For Kids), Rafeeq Washington (blktygr, Vernacular)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;related links: &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/lottery-league"&gt;my LL blog posts&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleague"&gt;LL photo galleries&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguebigshow"&gt;LL: THE BIG SHOW&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL draft night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;LL practice sessions photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508balls"&gt;LL slot selection photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/bandsofworld"&gt;LL myspace page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-2842211547700402122?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/2842211547700402122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=2842211547700402122&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/2842211547700402122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/2842211547700402122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/04/postcards-along-foreign-shore.html' title='postcards along a foreign shore'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-2234259823887377494</id><published>2008-04-09T20:00:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T19:32:21.949-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bands'/><title type='text'>fuck is the new black</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/fuckisthenewblack"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/95404189/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="fuck is the new black" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i wrote previously of the one band that has had five canceled or rescheduled practices and i showed up for all five of those practices with no avail. 'fuck is the new black' is the band i'm speaking of and the only reason i was so persistent is that their space [starkweather] is only 2 blocks from my place and it falls on an 'off' night for me and i genuinely wanted to see them.&lt;br /&gt;the sixth attempt i was reassured by joe milan that this time things appear to be more promising and they are now practicing at scharfs space and joe even included a address on the email instead of 'the big house on 14th, north or maybe just south of clark'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the practice was sort of a jam session and i say that in a good way. will scharf is pretty amazing to watch on drums, below his drum kit is a big pile of little splinters of wood from his sticks and his cymbals all have these ridges on the outside like you would see on a apple pie. &lt;br /&gt;i thought previously that FITNB would be that one band might not make it but i'm pretty certain that their logistic problems are behind them and that they will be there along with everyone else on april 12 at the beachland for the BIG SHOW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/fuckisthenewblack"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / myspace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[FUCK IS THE NEW BLACK: Will Scharf (Keelhaul, Craw), Jamie Bennett (Unsparing Sea)&lt;br /&gt;Matt Valerino (Bella Sylva, Volcanos Awake), Joe Milan (Uva Ursi, Hookboy)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;related links: &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/lottery-league"&gt;my LL blog posts&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleague"&gt;LL photo galleries&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguebigshow"&gt;LL: THE BIG SHOW&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL draft night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;LL practice sessions photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508balls"&gt;LL slot selection photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/bandsofworld"&gt;LL myspace page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-2234259823887377494?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/2234259823887377494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=2234259823887377494&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/2234259823887377494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/2234259823887377494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/04/fuck-is-new-black.html' title='fuck is the new black'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-6757854201561936280</id><published>2008-04-08T11:09:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T19:32:48.356-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bands'/><title type='text'>chicago UK / harsburg lip</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/chicagouk"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/R_uLyKfzXoI/AAAAAAAAABw/YoTL0_lM7RY/s400/chiuk.jpg" border="0" alt="chicago uk"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186893089774722690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i did not get a real good feel of 'harsburg lip' after stopping by their practice for 45 minutes a couple weeks ago and was trying to make it back there when their cellist was present but that never came to being.&lt;br /&gt;the few photos i shot was when HP was recording guitar &amp; drum tracks, i'll be interested what the vocals &amp; cello add to their sound at THE BIG SHOW this upcoming saturday the 12 of april at the beachland.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/harsburglip"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/hapsburglip"&gt;myspace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[HAPSBURG LIP: Mike Baranick (Machine Go Boom, Washout Corporation), Zach Starnik (JJ Magazine, Sammy Slims), Matthew Gengler (Aloha, The Perfect Guy),Tara Klein (Unsparing Sea, Akron Symphony Orchestra)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'chicago UK' practices at the starkweather space that has been somewhat of a black hole for me when i was trying to shoot 'fuck is the new black' after four unsuccessful tries, i eventually did get to shoot FITNB and will have that posting later this week..&lt;br /&gt;'chicago UK' has a hodgepodge of sounds going on in their that they were practicing which features short catchy lil rock/punk songs with silly lyrics, you can listen for yourself by going to their myspace page where they have 3 of their pop-jams ready to stream.&lt;br /&gt;i did come away with some decent photos in the short 2o minutes i was there which was actually my lunch break of my monday evening job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/chicagouk"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/chicagounitedkingdom"&gt;myspace &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[CHICAGO UK: Jon Thomas (Volcanos Awake), David Russel (Jerk, A Real Knife Head)&lt;br /&gt;Ken Janssen (Hot Rails, The Vista Cruisers), Morte Treehorn (Kill The Hippies, Electric Man), Dave Cintron (Terminal Lovers, Dimbulb)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;related links: &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/lottery-league"&gt;my LL blog posts&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleague"&gt;LL photo galleries&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguebigshow"&gt;LL: THE BIG SHOW&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL draft night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;LL practice sessions photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508balls"&gt;LL slot selection photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/bandsofworld"&gt;LL myspace page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-6757854201561936280?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/6757854201561936280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=6757854201561936280&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6757854201561936280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6757854201561936280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/04/chicago-uk-harsburg-lip.html' title='chicago UK / harsburg lip'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/R_uLyKfzXoI/AAAAAAAAABw/YoTL0_lM7RY/s72-c/chiuk.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-8883230026005748779</id><published>2008-04-07T13:15:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T19:33:11.534-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bands'/><title type='text'>old dildo - hot fire video</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TWtpJ7aGPbs"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TWtpJ7aGPbs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the &lt;a href="http://www.beachlandballroom.com/lotteryleague.asp"&gt;'big show' @ the beachland&lt;/a&gt; was six days away [april 12, 2008] when i shot this practice and 'old dildo' is well prepared for that night after hearing them run flawlessly through a few songs including this video that was used with a P&amp;S camera that i've &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/04/dehumidifier-vs-humidifier-recording.html"&gt;i've previously mentioned&lt;/a&gt;. this 1'45" video has seven 15 second clips interwoven as one and just a portion of this complete song.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;despite how i dogged the video capabilities of this camera, it does record decent audio for an outdated camera.&lt;br /&gt;the name of this reggae tune is 'hot fire' that OD was practicing this evening. i only have 30 seconds of the hard/punk tune named 'rage' on video and will make an effort to upload that in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i will have posting of lottery league each day this week leading up to the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;BIG SHOW&lt;/span&gt; april 12, 2008 at the &lt;a href="http://www.beachlandballroom.com/lotteryleague.asp"&gt;beachland&lt;/a&gt; on 3 stages starting at 5pm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/olddildo"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/scrotumpoleband"&gt;myspace&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWtpJ7aGPbs"&gt;video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[OLD DILDO: Steve Mehlman (Roue, Pere Ubu), Scott Hosner (Black Wolf, Argyle Denial)&lt;br /&gt;Jacob Trombetta (6 Parts 7), Buddy Akita (This Moment In Black History, The Teenage Knockouts)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;related links: &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/lottery-league"&gt;my LL blog posts&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleague"&gt;LL photo galleries&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguebigshow"&gt;LL: THE BIG SHOW&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL draft night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;LL practice sessions photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508balls"&gt;LL slot selection photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/bandsofworld"&gt;LL myspace page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-8883230026005748779?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/8883230026005748779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=8883230026005748779&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8883230026005748779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8883230026005748779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/04/old-dildo-hot-fire-video.html' title='old dildo - hot fire video'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-5144659320237919513</id><published>2008-04-04T16:45:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T19:33:28.142-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bands'/><title type='text'>dehumidifier VS humidifier recording video</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dpsa-fEv7KM&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dpsa-fEv7KM&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dehumidifier VS humidifier is another lottery league band that has far varying musical tastes that differ with each other and are taking on a stoner-rock sound that i believe none of them has performed before. half of the band members are currently playing in pop-indie bands and the other half are known through their hard rock duos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is my first lottery league post that i have included video with. i enjoy documenting with video quite a bit but my five year old video handycam no longer records video after i fell off my bike on a patch of ice during a 7 degree evening a couple februarys ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the video i captured this evening was with my eight year old olympus UZI that is actually a 'point &amp; shoot' digital camera that allows you to capture video in 15 second files. i shot about six 15 second videos to come up with this &lt;2 minute video after editing which i only spent about 30 minutes on. i may have been able to get a better video if i spent more time editing but it was after 3am and i was dog tired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the video shows rob recording gheramys vocals at the old tower after the other two DvsH members left for home. greg &amp; JP never heard vocals on this song they recorded tonight so if you watch the video within the next couple days you will hear the song in its finished form before the other half of their band hears it. remember this video is just portions of the DvsH song 'wolf lies' which is actually about 4.5 minutes long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;when i heard them perform and record the song without vocals it reminded me of a captain beefheart tune that i still can't remember the name of, after hearing the vocals i'm reminded of the band kyuss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/dehumidifiervshumidifier"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/dehumidifiervshumidifier"&gt;myspace&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpsa-fEv7KM"&gt;video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[DEHUMIDIFIER VS. HUMIDIFIER: Greg Hyland (Kiddo, The Twilight), JP Gamier (Zyklus II, Glocknein), Gheramy Demery (Poor Sailor, Golden Ox), Rob Resch (Ohm's Law, I Sing The Body Electric)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;related links: &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/lottery-league"&gt;my LL blog posts&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/bandsofworld"&gt;LL myspace page&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;LL practice sessions photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508balls"&gt;LL slot selection photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-5144659320237919513?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/5144659320237919513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=5144659320237919513&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/5144659320237919513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/5144659320237919513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/04/dehumidifier-vs-humidifier-recording.html' title='dehumidifier VS humidifier recording video'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-3827366745048268513</id><published>2008-03-26T13:38:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T19:33:58.180-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><title type='text'>lottery league props</title><content type='html'>i'm quite certain i've been remiss with giving propers to a couple people that are instrumental in the lottery leagues success to date. jae kristoff is the fellow who thought up this great idea and had the motivation to get [nearly] hundreds involved &amp; excited so much so that i consider the idea to be a huge success already without being close to the end game. i'm not sure exactly what the 'end-game' exactly is for the LL though the 'big-show' is april 12 at the beachland ballroom/tavern where all 33 bands will perform on three stages and there is a compilation CD planned to come out as well as a DVD but i believe the relationships and camaraderies amongst many of those involved that either did not know of each other or only knew through what they heard or read, will have a positive affect that will last for years in cleveland's music scene.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i wanted to write this post before the scene magazine article that features the lottery league arrives at local cafes &amp; pubs later this afternoon, for the main reason that i doubt the article will detail much of jae's involvement in the project and that isn't the scene magazines fault because jae went out of his way to become unnoticed through all of this and divert attention away from him and towards the bands &amp; musicians that have went out of their way to make their band and the project succeed.&lt;br /&gt;jae had as much success as staying invisible as the creator of the league as he has had in getting the project off the ground. i did not quite realize jae's anonymity within the league until i was shooting a 'gandhi ss' practice a couple weeks ago that had the writer from the scene present interviewing members of the band and one of the questions the writer asked was 'how did you all become involved in this project' [i'm paraphrasing] and davis spoke up when others were searching for an answer and said 'well, i'm not really sure, i remember someone asking me and i said: eh, yah, sure!' [paraphrasing again], the others in the room gave similar answers. those replies don't seem so shocking unless you happen to know that davis grew up with jae in lorain and has been in a couple bands with him including 'self destruct button', it took me a few seconds to pick my jaw off the ground and realize what a coup jae pulled off with his anonymity.&lt;br /&gt;i'm not sure if the writer interviewed jae and if she did, i'm sure his answer would of been the same as davis not unlike when the free times writer asked jae who it was that came up with punk-rock softball and he replied: 'i think it was lou menz'. heh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;there are also several more folks that deserves thanks for their time and effort: john delzoppo, michael pultz &amp; ed sotelo belong on top of that list, alyssa, paul, laura, matt, mike also put aside time &amp; effort as well as some others i'm sure i'm forgetting, my apologies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;jae probably won't appreciate me shining light on them here but i thought it was only right and i'm hoping the tentative title is not what i recently heard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;related links: &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/lottery-league"&gt;my LL blog posts&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/bandsofworld"&gt;LL myspace page&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;LL practice sessions photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508balls"&gt;LL slot selection photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-3827366745048268513?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/3827366745048268513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=3827366745048268513&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/3827366745048268513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/3827366745048268513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/03/lottery-league-props.html' title='lottery league props'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-3806154959516451916</id><published>2008-03-24T22:21:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T19:34:22.084-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bands'/><title type='text'>semper fi, shampoon &amp; stimulus package</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 267px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/94690098/medium.jpg" alt="lottery league practices" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;during the draft that chose the bandmates for each of the LL bands it appeared that 'band 29' was the one band assembling a group of all punk dudes until michaels number came up and poltz found himself in his first punk outfit complete with vegan appetites, DIY principles, crass jokes and america bashing. the ironic part of all this happening was that michael had to kick-out a drunken vic from the beachland only a couple weeks before finding out that guy he cursed over and clearly stated 'i don't care WHO his friend he is' is now his LL bassist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i tried to imagine what their first get-together was like and if someone asked 'what kinda music should we play'?  i doubt if that question ever came up even though after six weeks of visiting practices i still hear that question arise in different forms from a couple of the other bands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as their name implies, 'semper fi' not only had their songs written, named &amp;amp; sufficiently rehearsed but they also have their theatrics &amp;amp; choreography planned, what costumes/haircuts they'll don, how the lighting should be at the show, which sound samples from war movies they plan to use, which stage they desired [before the slot selection], a recording date set and they also went through their whole 9 minute 26 second set a number of times the hour i visited in what i believe was their third or fourth practice at the tower.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;maybe they should of named themselves: 'less-than-a-minute men'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'semper fi' is another one of those bands that i would not miss regardless of how bad you have to pee during the late hours of april 12 at the beachland. the website i linked below is the bands third after the first 2 was deleted by myspace, they also have a 'fan-site' which i heard was more raw than their deleted two [neither are SFW].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[SEMPER FI: Marc Russo (Sun God, No Peace), Beckett Warren (ICUP, Beckett and Friends), Michael Pultz (blktygr, Seers), Victor Anaya (McShitz, Pathetics)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/shampoon"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/troopsrule"&gt;myspace&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/fuckinsavages"&gt;fan-site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'shampoon' is the lottery leagues only three piece that has 3 vocalists, 3 drummers &amp;amp; 3 guitarists, though the night of the 'big show' they will have no vocals and no one behind the drum-kit.&lt;br /&gt;'shampoon' did not plan on being a 3 piece nor did they plan on not having no vocals but how it was explained to me is that their fourth member: leslie bassola,[sp?] bailed after their first practice and hasn't returned any emails or phone calls. no one in the band has any idea who leslie is or how she got in the lottery league nor has anyone heard of the alleged band she was in, reportedly named 'viral minds'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the night i dropped into shampoon's practice the troika did not seem to care what they did or didn't have and were working on an intricate instrumental with nate &amp;amp; andrew on guitars &amp;amp; shawn on keyboards. nate is going to record the drums so they'll at least sound like a full band april 12.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[SHAMPOON: Nate Schieble (The X Bolex, Self Destruct Button), Andrew Penmer (Plasma For Guns, Tightrope Kaleidoscope, Afternoon Naps), Shawn Mishak (Kid Tested, Franchise)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/shampoon"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; /&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'stimulus package' is the first lottery league band i shot at the compound these previous six weeks, i know that 'psych' practices here as well but they practice falls on a monday night and i work every monday night..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i was told that SP was having their first practice with vocals when i arrived and thus they were recording via the computer. this was also the first [i quit cringing on the number of times i hear myself type 'first' during these LL blogs, the fact is that the league was specifically setup and arranged by jae for an innumerable amount of 'firsts' to happen, thats the genius in it..] that i've heard of britt on lead vocals and she appears to be quite comfortable with that role.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the final 45 minutes that i was able to witness of SP's practice they were able to record a couple short songs in just a few takes regardless of the trash can being full of empty 16oz sparks cans. the catchy number brittany named 'motorboat' had a 'heart' kinda feel to it though despite britt's slight resemblance to [a young] ann wilson and the fact that 'crazy on you' was written under the influence of mushrooms, i'll wrap up by saying the coincidences ended there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[STIMULUS PACKAGE: Kevin Jaworski (Sun God, Nine Shocks Terror), Matt Jauch (Boatzz, Chalkline), Rodny Davis (Dad of Rock), Brittany Hudak (The Very Knees, Shesus)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/stimuluspackage"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/stimuluspackage"&gt;myspace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;*************************************************************************************&lt;br /&gt;my next LL posting should include: 'harsburg lip', 'postcards from a foreign shore' &amp;amp; 'chicago UK'&lt;br /&gt;*************************************************************************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;related links: &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/lottery-league"&gt;my LL blog posts&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/bandsofworld"&gt;LL myspace page&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;LL practice sessions photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508balls"&gt;LL slot selection photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-3806154959516451916?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/3806154959516451916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=3806154959516451916&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/3806154959516451916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/3806154959516451916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/03/semper-fi-shampoon-stimulus-package.html' title='semper fi, shampoon &amp; stimulus package'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-7648602107489470909</id><published>2008-03-19T18:43:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T19:34:38.620-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><title type='text'>lottery league bowling night &amp; slot selection process</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/image/94328198/original"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/image/94328198/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="lottery league bowling night at mahalls" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/image/94402514/original"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/image/94402514/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="lottery league slot selection" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the rescheduled lottery league bowling night took place this past saturday at mahall lanes. every band sans three were represented this night that allowed for bands to be choose what stage and time slot they want to perform on at the big show on april 12.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the draft chose the teams/bands six weeks ago, the slot selection process ran the same way by picking ping-pong balls out of a hopper and whatever band name the ball read a representative of said band would decide not only which time slot they would like to perform their 10 minute set but also which of the three beachland stages they desire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the LL will have the main ballroom stage [blue], the tavern stage [red] and an auxiliary side stage [red] left of the ballroom stage, the first band goes on at 5pm to perform their 10 minute set, there is a 15 minute break after every 9 bands. the first bands picked from the hopper had the first choice of where &amp; when they would go on, the three bands that did not represent were given slots randomly by the 'council of chiefs' that were remaining after all others were chosen. props to john neeley for DJing some choice cuts tonight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i pasted the complete schedule below, &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/image/94440563/original"&gt;here is a photo&lt;/a&gt; of 'the big show' board that was at the selection process in mahall's lobby. the bowling photos are &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. photos of the ping-pong pull for slot selections at the end of the evening are &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508balls"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i'll have a few more band practices [semper fi, shampoon, hapsburg lip] posted within the next few days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;related links: &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/lottery-league"&gt;my LL blog posts&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/bandsofworld"&gt;LL myspace page&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;LL practice sessions photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508balls"&gt;LL slot selection photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-7648602107489470909?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/7648602107489470909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=7648602107489470909&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/7648602107489470909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/7648602107489470909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/03/lottery-league-bowling-night-slot.html' title='lottery league bowling night &amp; slot selection process'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-4555342760931657559</id><published>2008-03-12T22:09:00.012-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T19:35:09.323-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland local rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><title type='text'>born raped, gandhi SS</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/gallery/bornraped"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/94089048/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="born raped at rock &amp; roll city" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;unfortunately the snowstorm canceled the lottery league bowling night this past saturday and has been rescheduled for the 'ides of march' which is also a saturday this year as it was when julius ceaser was assassinated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i was able to visit a couple practices the week that led up to the snowstorm, the first thing i noticed when i got to the practice cubicle of 'born raped' at R&amp;R city was all the 'stuff' they have in their space, i spotted a large TV [jim-konya uses this to keep his kick from drifting], a few chairs, radios, several amps, lawn furniture, traffic cones, rugs, a hot plate, lawn darts, tape decks and much more that i am not able to recall.&lt;br /&gt;jim konya [&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vp-Ci-ck1I"&gt;funny rant&lt;/a&gt;] gave me a big smile &amp; high-five when he seen me come in exclaiming "yes! a steeler fan!" much to the dismay of his bassist jimmy-d. &lt;br /&gt;roxanne was working on a couple songs on the keytar as jim was beating the living shit out of a large set of drums. JK was very open minded in any direction the band was exploring and roxanne was doing her best to key something that could soften the virile sound the others were creating.&lt;br /&gt;i'm not sure if i was there long enough to hear one song all the way through as BR practiced pieces &amp; parts of different tunes to be assembled later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/bornraped"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/bornraped"&gt;myspace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[BORN RAPED: Jim Konya (Nunslaughter, Schnauzer), Roxanne Starnik (Blisse Anonyon Atu, JJ Magazine), Mike Tolan (Tusco Terror, 6 Parts 7), Jimmy Donadio (Flat Can Co., Speaker/Cranker)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'gandhi SS' is one of the few five piece lottery league bands and this was their first practice with all five members. SS has two bassists including melissa that was trying to learn the couple songs her band had wrote previously in her absence. &lt;br /&gt;as i wrote about earlier, the biggest obstacle for the LL bands is arranging practice times that is convenient for all band members especially when you consider that nearly everyone involved in this has full-time jobs and are members of other bands that have practices &amp; shows scheduled of their own.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the two songs that gandhi SS were practicing this evening sounded great and nearly flawless considering the limited time that they have worked on them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/gandhiss"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=""&gt;myspace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[GANDHI SS: Matt Fish (Lives of the Saints, Chargers Street Gang), Davis Straub (State of Ohio, Neo Nothing), Adrian Bertolone (Ay, Shells), Noah Hrbek (To Be A Highpowered Executive), PP Envy (Kill The Hippies)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the tuesday after the snowstorm i was able to make it to another 'rad bathhouse' practice at 'zombie proof'. RB is another five-piece that has yet to have all members present for any one session but that apparently has not slowed them down. with at least five songs in the can RB was writing another diddy i named 'hot towels, beers and queers', a pop-rock anthem that will have the kids going crazy on the evening of april 12.&lt;br /&gt;pete made it to his first practice after a tour with 'sun god' but he quickly caught on and added some much needed bass. hearing jae ccuzi sing a ballad was also fun especially that very few vocalists [if any] involved in the LL are 'singing a different tune' what i mean by that is that most vocalists in the other 16+ bands i've seen practice so far is pretty much going with the same style they are used to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;there was some mention of the 'legalities' of 'outsiders' or those not drafted in said band writing songs for the 'rad bathhouse' but i believe that worry is just paranoia especially considering that it is fine for the lottery league bands to do covers of others and that fact coupled with the reality that this band has been averaging a couple members short each rehearsal should make that query a non-issue but i may have a 'conflict of interest' in that regard..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/radbathhouse"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/radbathhouse"&gt;myspace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;related links: &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/lottery-league"&gt;my LL blog posts&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/bandsofworld"&gt;LL myspace page&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;LL practice sessions photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508balls"&gt;LL slot selection photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-4555342760931657559?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/4555342760931657559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=4555342760931657559&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/4555342760931657559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/4555342760931657559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/03/born-raped.html' title='born raped, gandhi SS'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-430966737706335670</id><published>2008-03-11T02:40:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-11T03:00:28.187-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baseball'/><title type='text'>vin scully gets a first look at clayton kershaw's bender</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/T2M0c6DxCMY"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/T2M0c6DxCMY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i have no access to baseball tonight so i search through youtube for my spring baseball fix and found a short 20 second clip of 19 year old &lt;a href="http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/k/clayton-kershaw.shtml"&gt;clayton kershaw&lt;/a&gt; of the los angeles dodgers going against pittsburgh native and boston red sox owned shawn casey sunday afternoon.&lt;br /&gt;i heard much about kershaw but this was the first i witnessed his talent. with one look of his curve ball that breaks at the shoulder and ends up at the knees in a nano-second i could understand why joe torre has been sporting a smile this spring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the bonus is of watching this clip was hearing 80 year old emmy winning hall of famer vin scully's reaction as casey buckles his knees at the plate, classic..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-430966737706335670?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/430966737706335670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=430966737706335670&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/430966737706335670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/430966737706335670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/03/vin-scully-gets-first-look-at-clayton.html' title='vin scully gets a first look at clayton kershaw&apos;s bender'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-7993171395702195891</id><published>2008-03-03T18:14:00.015-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T19:36:48.866-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><title type='text'>a river runs through this</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/93690027/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="lottery league band practice photo within" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is my third or fourth post regarding lottery league where everyones name was pulled out of a hopper and paired with a bandmate that they have never made music with before. bands have eight weeks to practice and come up with a short set for the largest one day show in the beachland ballrooms history [i'm wondering if there has ever been more bands [33] to perform at a one day show in cleveland?]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"i just spent 8 days on the road and i wanna make it home tonight" -roger miller&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i went out sunday at 2pm and got home at 10:30, so i guess it was actually 8 hours on the road. i crossed the cuyahoga river 9 diferent times to shoot 4 bands [west, east, west, east, repeat] and grab dinner at steves lunch so all in all it was a good day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'good news for people with credit problems' was first on my list this afternoon and is also my favorite band name. GNFPWCP practice over in the kinsman &amp; E151 area which i'm quite familiar with after working on the kinsman &amp; 153rd corner for eight years 20 years ago and was reminded that there is still no quick way to get there from the near west side.&lt;br /&gt;the band was already practicing when i got to the address and i presumed they wouldn't hear me ringing the bell so i had to guess what door to enter which is tricky business in this neighborhood, my investigative skills led me to abandon the front 2 doors and try the rear side door because it appeared to have the fresher footprints in the snow surrounding it. the next hurdle was what to do about the german shepard attached to a chain that was big enough to tow barges.&lt;br /&gt;after finding my courage, i dart inside and hear a 'hey!' from a dark figure inside [everything appears dark because of my snow eyes], i say hey back and notice my chest is bullet hole free so i assume my door guess was right.&lt;br /&gt;i follow the guitar-riffs to the basement of carls palatial estate where i meet the other band members with someone asking me if i seen carl upstairs, i replied that all i seen was a shadow cross the hall but does carl yell 'hey!' when white boys barge unannounced through his side door? someone explains that he ran upstairs to see why the dog is going nuts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'good news for people with credit problems' was working on a couple intricate punk songs in the hour i was there, stopping whenever a note or drumbeat was missed or played incorrectly and then starting over again &amp; again. GNFPWCP gets my 'taking this lottery league shit, dead serious award'. that was quite refreshing after seeing a couple 'fuck songwriting, we can just jam for ten minutes' attitudes.&lt;br /&gt;all three guitarists as well as carl the drummer appear to know exactly their role in the band which gave this observer the impression that they've been together quite sometime or certainly longer than a month instead of a couple weeks.&lt;br /&gt;i labeled 'good news for people with credit problems' as a punk band a few sentences back but i should be more specific and say 'a punk band with three guitarists one of which that has wandered off the reservation with a couple squaws in tow'. it is that 'wandering guitarist' that gives GNFPWCP an unique sound, hearing tony erba sing while playing a mean bass was also a bonus. definitely, GNFPWCP is a lottery league contender.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[GOOD NEWS FOR PEOPLE WITH CREDIT PROBLEMS: Carl Holt (Zyklus II, In Cold Blood), Tony Erba (Cheap Tragedies, Face Value), Ted Flynn (Theodore Vril, Flux Up 10%), Nick Lacotta (Hot Rails)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/goodnewsforpeoplewithcreditproblems"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/goodnewsforpeoplewithcreditproblems"&gt;myspace&lt;/a&gt; w/songs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the second practice was of 'anal cheetahs' who have a space overlooking the cuyahoga river and perhaps the river is the reason AC have gone the ambient route. actually the band was missing two of their band mates, one of significance but with katherine on theremin, brian on keyboards and nick with a minimist approach on the drums that had their sound flowing smoother than the frozen cuyahoga.&lt;br /&gt;something i did not know until the end of the practice was that katherine makes her own instruments including the theremin she was using during 'lazy river, frozen time', this came as a surprise to me, not that i didn't believe kath could build an instrument [if katherine told me she built the log cabin sitting across the river i would believe her] but that the theremin works and sounds as any 'store bought' theremin and the woodwork is done flawlessly so much that it looks antique. katherine also mentioned she has a thumb guitar made from a lawn rake. i inquired on what it would take to build me a guitar that would have live fish swimming in its translucent body, i believe she is 'crunching the numbers as i speak'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[THE ANAL CHEETAHS: Nick Riley (Mystery of Two, The Lobster Clause), Brian Straw (Low Lamps, 6 Parts 7), Katherine Koenig (Maximum Consumption), Stephanie Griffin (Afternoon Naps, Cleveland Country Band), Julius Kwolek (Hoagie Tres, Plus Ultra)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/analcheetahs"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; /&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after making a few snow angels in my skives on the banks of the river i hustle over to the surwest-side. i've been to R&amp;R city several times within the last few weeks and each time i take a left onto 53rd street and proceed down the hill i get the feeling 'oh shit, i took a wrong turn and somehow wound up on the set of cloverfield'. there are other areas of cleveland/pittsburgh that i get the same feeling at times when it is deserted and empty but so far it seems that it is every time i descend down that part of west 53rd that i get that feeling. there is a term i heard from &lt;strike&gt;graffiti artists&lt;/strike&gt; urban beautifiers: 'post america' that also describes that experience of being somewhere that was the heart &amp; soul of the community while providing the lifestyles &amp; employment for thousands during the roaring 50s only to be rotting from time since its abandonment. &lt;br /&gt;at the bottom of 53rd sits the &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/image/93713560/original"&gt;'stepfather factory'&lt;/a&gt;, a huge rotting brick building that takes up about 10 acres on what seems like a 500 acre lot [i guess they needed that huge lot for all the big cars they drove back then], the place is surrounded by a ten foot fence all the way around the perimeter that has areas cut out so people can check the place out if they wish. the building itself has a sign the size of a basketball court hanging from it that read something like 'for sale' before it started to detach and become unreadable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;when i get to the 'homeless sexuals' practice space i find out from chris that half of their band is absent, i confess to chris that i'm half ninja [i was being funny, its actually 3/4]. its another funny coincidence of the lottery league bands that this one band would wind up with two of the most dedicated musicians of the lot. some bands have other odd coincidences and some have other dedicated musicians but it appears to me that there are only few that are dedicated as chris smith &amp; jonathan morgan. it would of seemed natural to me that if only one of them would of been practicing alone when i walked through the door.&lt;br /&gt;its hard to realize how good a guitarist/musician chris is until you see him practicing with only a drummer and the ability he has to create a riff.&lt;br /&gt;jonathan is the style of drummer every kid dreams of becoming, easily creating a roll or bridge for the most complex of guitarists.&lt;br /&gt;the interesting practice will be the one that the other half of the band can make an appearance, michael may find a chance to be creative with his vocals and bubba could learn much from chris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/homelesssexual"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[HOMELESSSEXUAL: Jonathan Morgan (Disengage), Chris Smith (Keelhaul, Inmates)&lt;br /&gt;Bubba O'Connor (Machine Go Boom, Burger Boys), Mike Diliberto (Boatzz, 30 Lincoln)&lt;br /&gt;Matthew T (20,000 Leagues Under the Industry)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after dinner at steves lunch which consisted of 'the meatloaf sandwich' opened face style &amp; smothered in mama steves awesome homemade gravy with a diet-rite soda. a couple dudes along the counter looked at me in envy as my platter arrived, some may have been thinking 'why is this dude wasting 3 bucks on a deluxe cuisine when he could get for the same 3 dollars, 6 chili cheeze dogs that will be with you for days?'&lt;br /&gt;i was shot a couple of glares as i left but it was i[my digestive system] that had 'the last laugh'..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i head cross the divide towards east 72nd &amp; st.clair better known as 'the embassy'. i was at this space last sunday at this precise time only to be locked out and without a cellphone. this time i called j guy in advance on my landline that i arranged for someone to graciously allow me entrance to 'the embassy' 15 minutes after i hangup the phone. as i pull in the 'lot with the boats' i notice the warehouse elevator descending and by the time a get to the door, rich is there to greet me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'mohammed cartoon' has a couple/three practices previous to this evening and it shows. jim was putting his vocals through some kind of filter to make it sound cartoonish or as if he was inhaling helium [jim explains it as singing through a box fan]. rich was doing some interesting things on guitar and sometimes bass while jeff was maneuvering them clear of the icebergs with his guitar.&lt;br /&gt;john neeley was absent from this practice and i'm not sure what his role is but i'm guessing guitar.&lt;br /&gt;MC appears to be another lottery league band that has their shit together and i'm looking forward their set at the big show april 12 at the beachland.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[MOHAMMED CARTOON: J Guy (Dead Peasant Insurance, Scarcity of Tanks), Rich Raponi (Self Destruct Button, The Deathers), Jim Karpinski (Burger Boys, Giant Eagle), Jeff Curtis (Iron Ixide, Gem), John Neely (Tokyo Storm Warning)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://pbase.com/tremont/mohammedcartoon"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/mohammedcartoon"&gt;myspace&lt;/a&gt; [w/songs!]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;related links: &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/lottery-league"&gt;my LL blog posts&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/bandsofworld"&gt;LL myspace page&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;LL practice sessions photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508balls"&gt;LL slot selection photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-7993171395702195891?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/7993171395702195891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=7993171395702195891&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/7993171395702195891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/7993171395702195891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/03/river-runs-through-this.html' title='a river runs through this'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-5790255252775951035</id><published>2008-02-29T13:25:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T19:37:12.521-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><title type='text'>hungry jack, twist it nasty &amp; dr widget</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/93555565/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="twist it nasty - click for all band practices of date" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is my second post of my experience of trying to photograph as many of the 33 lottery league band practices i can in 8 weeks. the other band practice photos are &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, all my lottery league posts are &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/lottery-league"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'twist it nasty' is the first LL band i've encountered that has a horn, lou was working the sax until his lips started to swell and then he switched to the plastic trumpet before that gave out as well. not sure how to explain the sound, maybe boz scaggs without the boz or a spaghetti western without the pasta.&lt;br /&gt;actually i believe karen is handling the vocals off site with the process of singing over the WAV files recorded via pro tools. the vocal/lyrics will most likely change any impressions i garnered from this practice session.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[TWIST IT NASTY - Glen McNeil (JJ Magazine, Space Age Miracles), Edward Angel Sotelo (Cobra Verde, The Conservatives),Karen Wegryn (Panterydactyl, Mother Button)&lt;br /&gt;Lou Arocho (The X Bolex, Small Object A)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/twistitnasty"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/twistitnasty "&gt;myspace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'dr widget' have been honing their soft caribbean sound sans the bongos &amp; steel drums &amp; a rhythm guitar being played on a bass. &lt;br /&gt;this is another band that has decided to do the vocals off site though mike-o did play a song that he previously overdubbed his vocals. the tune sounded quite different with michaels singing and quirky lyrics. though i've seen mike-o perform a couple dozen times with a handful of different bands this was the first time i heard his singing voice and was quite impressed, he seems like a natural.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dr widget plans a 'fan participation' diddy for the april 12 shindig at the beachland and i'm anxious to see how it turns out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[DR. WIDGET - Michael Lassins (To Be A Highpowered Executive), Mike Ocampo (JJ Magazine, Mystery of Two), Carol Schumacher (Tough &amp; Lovely, Detroit Cobras)&lt;br /&gt;Jarmara (Dad of Rock)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/drwidget"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / not yet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'hungry jack' had their first practice this last tuesday and it sounded like it. their one band mate 'jenna' was stranded in youngstown with the recent snowstorm so i hope to make it out to another of their practices that she is able to arrive safely to.&lt;br /&gt;jenna will be adding her soft vocals to a very hard-cut jagged stone and that is what i'm interested in seeing deployed or more specifically; how it is deployed..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HUNGRY JACK - Lisa Pouluvcin (Hot Cha Cha, The Very Knees), Matt Majesky (The X Bolex, State of Ohio), Tony Merritt (Freedom, Chum), Jenna Barvitski (Giants of Gender, The Devotees)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/hungryjack"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / not yet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i also was able to check in on another practice of &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/radbathhouse"&gt;'rad bathhouse'&lt;/a&gt;. their second practice had one more member [keyboardist 'gabe spray'] than the first but the bassist 'porno pete' was unable to make either practice.&lt;br /&gt;RB pretty much forgot the couple songs they wrote at the previous practice outside of one of the songs had the line: 'and dudes and dudes and dudes' so jae ccuzi had to invent some new lyrics that could describe man in a song and the beauty of men showering together [i'm paraphrasing RB's mission statement].&lt;br /&gt;gabes keyboards went a long way in filling out RBs sound but they still badly need their bassist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/radbathhouse"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/radbathhouse"&gt;myspace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;related links: &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/lottery-league"&gt;my LL blog posts&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/bandsofworld"&gt;LL myspace page&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;LL practice sessions photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508balls"&gt;LL slot selection photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-5790255252775951035?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/5790255252775951035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=5790255252775951035&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/5790255252775951035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/5790255252775951035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/02/hungry-jack-twist-it-nasty-dr-widget.html' title='hungry jack, twist it nasty &amp; dr widget'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-8077063567477181756</id><published>2008-02-27T13:51:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-28T15:48:03.876-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='steelers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='radio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='legend'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='myron-cope'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pittsburgh'/><title type='text'>yoi &amp; double yoi</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Aar4IVdkajg&amp;rel=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Aar4IVdkajg&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i remember wearing an arm-band of 'francos italian army' when i was a kid, another myron cope creation before the terrible towel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.networksandwebapplications.com/myron/copeism.html"&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; has some short myron blurbs, check it out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;big&gt;Myron Cope dead at 79&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/big&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By The Tribune-Review&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, February 27, 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His high-pitched screech was the most unlikely to serve as the voice of Steeler Nation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet for more than three decades, Pittsburgh's football faithful muted their televisions and turned up the radio to hear the beloved icon known simply as Myron.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hall of Fame Steelers broadcaster Myron Cope died this morning at a nursing home in Mt. Lebanon, said Joe Gordon, a former Steelers executive and a longtime friend of Cope's. Cope had been treated for respiratory problems and heart failure in recent months, Gordon said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He was 79.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The diminutive creator of the "Terrible Towel," Cope entertained and informed fans with his manic style of color-commentary on the Steelers Radio Network from 1970 until June 2005.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Myron touched millions of people throughout his life, first as a tremendous sportswriter and then as a Hall of Fame broadcaster," Steelers chairman Dan Rooney said. "Myron was also a very close friend. His contributions and dedication to Steelers football were incredible. His creation of The Terrible Towel has developed into a worldwide symbol that is synonymous with Steelers football. He also helped immortalize the most famous play in NFL history when he popularized the term 'Immaculate Reception.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Myron was a very passionate person who truly cared about others and dedicated much of his personal time to help numerous charities."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cope is survived by two grown children, Danny and Elizabeth. His late wife, Mildred, died Sept. 20, 1994, after a long illness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Myron symbolizes everything that is great about Southwestern Pennsylvania, and my thoughts and prayers go out his to family," Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato said this morning. "Today, the entire Steeler Nation mourns the loss of great man and a great Pittsburgher."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An acclaimed newspaper and magazine writer who hosted his own nightly sports talkshow on WTAE Radio for 22 years, Cope said he wanted to be remembered as a writer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He blended a knowledge of the game with an endearing sense of self-deprecating humor, once quipping that his nasal voice "falls upon the public's ears like china crashing from shelves in an earthquake."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Through the Steelers' first four Super Bowl championships, the listening public celebrated Cope's quirky on-air expressions -- "Yoi!" "Double-Yoi!" and "Hmm-hah!" are entrenched in the local lexicon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Myron is Pittsburgh," former Steelers coach Bill Cowher once said. "I remember when I first got the job here in 1992 having to go down to his studio and do his show that night and thinking, 'I remember listening to this guy when I was in my kitchen in Crafton.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"My dad would be out there at night listening to his talk show, and I would be thinking, 'Why would you listen to that?' Then, I found myself listening to that."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cope invented the best-known symbol of Steelers' pride, the Terrible Towel. The idea came before a playoff game in December 1975, when his boss at WTAE wanted a gimmick that would get the crowd at Three Rivers Stadium more involved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fans still wildly wave the black-and-gold cloths at Heinz Field and in bars and living rooms across the country. Cope sold the trademark for the towels in 1996 to Allegheny Valley School, an institution for the mentally and physically challenged. The school has brought in almost $1 million from sales of the towel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It became something that everybody in Pittsburgh could rally around," Noll said of the invention's impact.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cope was born Myron Sydney Kopelman on Jan. 23, 1929, in Pittsburgh. He graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School -- briefly boxing at the age of 16 -- and the University of Pittsburgh before launching a career in print journalism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He started out in newspapers, working first at the Erie Times. In the summer of 1951, Cope was hired by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, where an editor suggested that his last name sounded too Jewish and that he shorten it. As Cope recounted in his autobiography "Double Yoi!", the editor began shuffling through the phone book and stopped at "Cope."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1960, Cope left the Post-Gazette to try his luck at freelance writing. He would always remember what his editor at the newspaper, Al Abrams, told him before he left: "Kid, you'll starve. You'll be back in six months."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead, Cope became a successful writer for Sports Illustrated and the Saturday Evening Post. During his time at SI, he wrote widely acclaimed pieces on the likes of Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) and sportscaster Howard Cosell. Cope was one of only two writers under contract for SI, the other being George Plimpton.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1968, Cope changed courses again and took a part-time job at WTAE Radio. He parlayed that into his job with the Steelers broadcast team in 1970 and into his career as a radio talk-show host.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cope battled health problems for the last several years of his career, including severe arthritis, a chronically bad back, pneumonia and throat problems. He missed the team's first three exhibition games of the 2004 season while recovering from throat surgery and pneumonia. Then, he had to leave a game that season because of the after-effects of a concussion he suffered at home the night before, the result of a fall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prior to that, Cope had missed only five quarters of Steelers football: One quarter of a game early in his career to attend his brother-in-law's funeral and a game in 1994 after his wife died.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steelers play-by-play announcer Bill Hillgrove said in 2005 it was hard to see his longtime broadcast partner struggle near the end of his career.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We're going to have to work harder because nobody worked harder than Myron," Hillgrove said when Cope retired. "We're going to have to assume the responsibility of having his eye for news and knowledge of the game's history."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Cope conducted his last radio show in 2005, the final caller was a first-time caller who had been waiting 13 years to say what Cope meant to her family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One night, she said, her family was sitting at the dinner table and Cope was signing off. He began his familiar closing with, "This is Myron Cope " and the woman's 8-month-old son chimed in "on sports." They were the child's first back-to-back words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"That was perfect," Cope said after the show. "The kid's first words -- 'On sports' -- I never could have planned such a perfect last call."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-8077063567477181756?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/8077063567477181756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=8077063567477181756&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8077063567477181756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8077063567477181756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/02/yoi-double-yoi.html' title='yoi &amp; double yoi'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-5107795715276176773</id><published>2008-02-25T18:46:00.015-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T19:37:41.822-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bands'/><title type='text'>lottery league: the first few weeks</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/jovanaswitness"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/93420276/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="jovavas witness" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it has been a lil over 3 weeks since the LL draft and now all bands are named and most bands have acclimated themselves to their new band mates and have a couple/few practices under their belt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my goal during this period between the draft &amp; april 12 is to photo document as many bands involved, during their practices, something that seems easier said than done. 7 of the first 10 bands i went to see practice either rescheduled or canceled, there is a cold/flu bug going around and that combined with scheduling conflicts with other band mates [remember all of these people have other bands &amp; full-time jobs], that small percentage of my success does not seem so unbelievable [at least that is what i keep telling myself].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this weekend i got a break and had success with three bands: 'big sex', 'cleveland public power' &amp; 'jovanas witness'. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'big sex' has one of the few out-of-town members with skot from columbus but has a couple sweet sounding songs down thanks to skot who came prepared to their practices with song ideas prepared on a CDR thus making the most of their 2 practices to date. BS direction seems to contradict what i was expecting from the mega rock bands skot has been in i.e. '1point3' &amp; 'rancid yak butter tea party'. BS has more of an electronica/bouncy keyboard sound with the soft vocals of mandy.&lt;br /&gt;[Bob Zieger (Darvocets, Cider), Mandy Aramouni (Hot Cha Cha, Poor Sailor), Carrie Bukala (Machine Go Boom, Kill Shawn's Head), Wyatt Howland (Skin Graft, Dead Peasant Insurance), Skot Thompson (OnePointThree, Rancid Yak Butter Tea Party)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/bigsex"&gt;big sex shots&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'cleveland public power' which i thought was one of the best named lottery bands [along with 'good news for people with credit problems'] if not all of existing cleveland bands. CPP was composing a new song during my hour stay so my impression of their sound was as if josh &amp; john was doing one thing as steve &amp; jack was doing something completely different, this seemed very odd but i could see that if they get  it right it will be awesome. CPP did play one song for me that they had on the computer which sounded much more refined yet RAW &amp; HARD.&lt;br /&gt;[John Delzoppo (Clan of the Cave Bear, Yeti Scalp), Josh Banaszak (Homostupids, McShitz), Jack Smiley (Hard Luck Trio, 9 Volt Haunted House), Steve Stanaszek (???)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/clevelandpublicpower"&gt;CPP shots&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://myspace.com/clevelandpublicpower"&gt;band myspace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'jovana witness' named from their 'bonus baby' jovana batkovic of hot cha cha has jojo singing but not in quite the same manner as HCC. chris keyboards are also very busy [in a good way] &amp; the three other dudes give a rough edge to their shiny rock.&lt;br /&gt;[Stanton Thatcher (Tall Pines, Tokyo Storm Warning)&lt;br /&gt;John Kalman (Roue), Michael Marks (To Be A Highpowered Executive), Chris Frohring (Bedwhistle), Jovana Batkovic (Hot Cha Cha)]              &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/jovanaswitness"&gt;jovavas witness shots&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://myspace.com/jovanaswitness "&gt;band myspace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the couple bands i caught previously are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'rad bathhouse' had two of the members missing one which was practicing next door w/'sun god' yet they were able to write and practice one song, come up with member names and name an official photographer [lou fa] all in the first couple hours of their first practice.&lt;br /&gt;i'm not sure how to explain RB sound but i'll start with saying that i'ld be careful not to bend over for the soap while showering in this bathhouse. the music reminds me a lil bit of the early days of cleveland band &amp; pitchfork darling 'girl talk' with less soda pop and hi-jinx but i'll give them time before i'll say that the difference is that you'll never see RB performing in front of 5 people on a school night at pat's 18 months before blowing up &amp; performing before thousands of hipsters at an outdoor tent in chicagos grant park.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/radbathhouse"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;rad bathhouse shots&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://myspace.com/radbathhouse"&gt;band myspace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'free moments' was spending an inordinate amount of time coming up with band names when i seen them practice a week ago monday and that is the worst thing i can say about them after witnessing FM write &amp; compose songs at an alarming rate during the 90 mins i spent at R&amp;R city. 'roder' was pretty much writing the songs as he heard the music with every once in a while stopping to ask 'you think that line should be 'yum pizza!' or whatnot?&lt;br /&gt;each band member seemed that he knew his role and was comfortable with it. most ideas other members had were immediately incorporated in the song they were working on which came as a surprise considering the band members of 'free moments' range from straight edge/power pop/indie pop. 'free moments' gets my *got your shit together within a week award* despite being one of the last to decide on one name.&lt;br /&gt;[John Polomsky (Bare Essentials), Dale Ursic (Homostupids, The X Bolex),Mike Rodemann (No Peace, Puncture Wound), Dave Petrovich (The Very Knees, The Perfect Guy)]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/freemoments"&gt;free moments shots&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;related links: &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/lottery-league"&gt;my LL blog posts&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/bandsofworld"&gt;LL myspace page&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;LL practice sessions photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508balls"&gt;LL slot selection photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-5107795715276176773?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/5107795715276176773/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=5107795715276176773&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/5107795715276176773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/5107795715276176773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/02/lottery-league-first-few-weeks.html' title='lottery league: the first few weeks'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-6579481660923618619</id><published>2008-02-11T18:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-11T20:57:07.146-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='punkrock softball'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shitzstock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mark d&apos;angelo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bands'/><title type='text'>RIP mark d'angelo 1970-2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/45728004/original"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/R7DimlcdEhI/AAAAAAAAABI/0WLyH04Ku9s/s400/weeds_from_a_perfect_garden2005.jpg" border="0" alt="RIP mark dangelo"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165877925108322834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i heard the news of marks passing from tim in the lobby of the beachland ballroom this past saturday night. i can't say we were close but i considered mark a good friend and enjoyed the moments when i was around him. i wrote down some of my memories of mark that flooded my head when i first heard the news. those of you that were fortunate enough to know mark feel free to add your memories, we'll all be happy to read them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* i show up to see &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/040205"&gt;madman mundt[s] last show at moe's on april 3rd, 2005&lt;/a&gt; and as soon as i walked in the door &amp; opened my wallet for the door gal, mark comes running across the floor and immediately informs the girl that i'm on the list. mark performs a strong set before a sparse weekday night crowd and later thanks me for making it out and digs in his bag for a madman mundt tee-shirt he has for me, sweet..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* after a long night of drinking at shitzstock, i awake from my tent and make it to the campfire before most everyone is up. mark suddenly appears out of the tall grass with a bottle of rum in his hand and a big smile on his face, i ask him if he has started drinking already, mark replies that he never went to sleep. hours later, mark is performing w/&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/45728004/original"&gt;weeds from a perfect garden&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* during a punk-rock softball game, mark shows up with an oven mitt for a glove ready to play right field. later in the game mark is seen squating at his position in right with his pants down to his knees. mark instantly becomes legendary with those who particapated at PRS and when i got the dire news of his death someone said 'i don't think i know him and j explains "the guy who shit in right field during PRS", said forgetfull quickly remembers as he lets out an 'oh my god'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* mark was not embarressed by his PRS fame and i actually think he was proud of it. last summer after a long day at work i retrieved a couple phone messages i have waiting for me and the first message i have is someone using a weird masked voice speaking of all kinds of crazy things until there 60-seconds is up. the second message continues where the previous one left off and then mark starts cracking up and confesses that it was him with the fake voice. mark adds "you may not remember me but i'm the one who took a dump in right field during a punk-rock softball game" before he can get to the reason he called the 2nd 60 seconds is up and the message stops, mark never bothered to call back to explain why he called. i'm quite certain that mark knew that i would recognise his name but he wanted to make sure i knew it was him that has the PRS legend. i saved those messages for quite a while but when my power went out, the messages got deleted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* this past fall in tremont i rounded a corner on my bike and there jogging on the side of the road was mark in shorts and a tee-shirt. i stopped for a couple seconds to say hey but could tell by his jogging in place as we spoke that he had 'bigger fish to fry' so i cut our chat short. i never expected to run into mark jogging the streets and i felt good for him. not only was it the best/fittest i ever seen him, it was the last i would ever see him..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i'll miss you mark!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/040205"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/R7DhJ1cdEgI/AAAAAAAAABA/HKeroeQT0d8/s400/madman_mundt-moes2005.jpg" border="0" alt="RIP mark dangelo"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165876331675456002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-6579481660923618619?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/6579481660923618619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=6579481660923618619&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6579481660923618619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6579481660923618619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/02/rip-mark-dangelo-1970-2008.html' title='RIP mark d&apos;angelo 1970-2008'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/R7DimlcdEhI/AAAAAAAAABI/0WLyH04Ku9s/s72-c/weeds_from_a_perfect_garden2005.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-4657402938805952701</id><published>2008-02-04T16:28:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T19:38:22.477-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beachland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='punkrock softball'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2008lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lottery-league'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asterisk gallery'/><title type='text'>the cleveland lottery league</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/gallery/020208/"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/92539131/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="cleveland rock lottery leagues 2008 draft" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THERE ARE NOW 33 MORE ROCK BANDS EMANATING FROM CLEVELAND!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the long anticipated *lottery league* draft was held this past super saturday at asterisk gallery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**brief synopsis: start with 170 willing participants from various bands from northeast ohio. choose teams [bands] by pulling number out of a hopper, go five rounds until all teams are chosen without having a band member that was in a band previously with.&lt;br /&gt;next part of this process will give the 33 new bands 6+ weeks to write songs, practice/rehearse and the last process will be to perform live at the top clubs in cleveland.**&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;there may of been doubts by some that were involved in the lottery league if this great idea would ever materialize but as long as i have known jae kristoff i know better than to underestimate his ability to get people involved &amp; motivated [ie: punkrock softball, shitzstock etc.].&lt;br /&gt;though i would be lying if i said i didn't have doubts of how many of the 170+ invited participants from over [i'm guessing] 80 local bands would show up for the initial draft. i know when your dealing with band dudes &amp; dudettes it easy to get a yes when you see them but to have them still willing to commit to a huge endeavor a few weeks down the road is always an other story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i would have to confirm with jae but my estimate is that there were at least 95% of those invited that did showed up and participated. that in its self is a minor miracle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;some of the guests of honor included mark leddy of the beachland ballroom &amp; greg of 'music saves' fame. michael pultz asked me to fill in for the other GOH and i'll like to thank all those for their generous 'love' and michael's embellished introduction. i don't take praise well but it was real nice especially after how the rest of the week went..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my photos of the draft are &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; [incomplete gallery] the rest should be uploaded soon. the &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;lottery league blog&lt;/a&gt; jae started sunday is &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; &amp; the myspace lottery league page, &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/bandsofworld"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; &amp; &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/radiodystopiashow"&gt;radio dystopia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;much love goes out to not only jae but michael pultz, john delzoppo, ed sotelo, marty kramer, alyuss, paul, laura and the rest of the throng who were videotaping/manning the door/conducting interviews, etc..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i'll have more on how this is progressing as well as my "picks to click" in future postings but for now you can read below the list of names and the bands that they are now a member of.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="#" onclick="showhide('div1');"&gt;show/hide me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="div1" style="display: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SNUGGLE PROPHET&lt;br /&gt;Scott Pickering (Flat Can Co., Speaker/Cranker)&lt;br /&gt;Chris Rager (Cheap Tragedies, Lovekill)&lt;br /&gt;Jen Stiles (Argyle Denial)&lt;br /&gt;Brendan Sedlak (Clan of the Cave Bear, Self Destruct Button)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HOMELESSSEXUAL&lt;br /&gt;Jonathan Morgan (Disengage)&lt;br /&gt;Chris Smith (Keelhaul, Inmates)&lt;br /&gt;Bubba O'Connor (Machine Go Boom, Burger Boys)&lt;br /&gt;Mike Diliberto (Boatzz, 30 Lincoln)&lt;br /&gt;Matthew T (20,000 Leagues Under the Industry)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FREE MOMENTS&lt;br /&gt;John Polomsky (Bare Essentials)&lt;br /&gt;Dale Ursic (Homostupids, The X Bolex)&lt;br /&gt;Mike Rodemann (No Peace, Puncture Wound)&lt;br /&gt;Dave Petrovich (The Very Knees, The Perfect Guy)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE VALLEY OF LIFE&lt;br /&gt;Chris Cannon (Matter + Memory)&lt;br /&gt;Justic Coulter (Roue, Shells)&lt;br /&gt;Christa Ebert (UnoLady)&lt;br /&gt;Jason Byers (Disengage)&lt;br /&gt;Chris Kulscar (This Moment In Black History, Chargers Street Gang)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SPACE WIZARD&lt;br /&gt;Sean Djuricic (National Suicide Day)&lt;br /&gt;Ryan Weitzel (Mystery of Two, Home and Garden)&lt;br /&gt;Todd Pincombe (Insurrect, Halving)&lt;br /&gt;Sebastian Wagner (Tall Pines, Southern Trespass)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHICAGO UK&lt;br /&gt;Jon Thomas (Volcanos Awake)&lt;br /&gt;David Russel (Jerk, A Real Knife Head)&lt;br /&gt;Ken Janssen (Hot Rails, The Vista Cruisers)&lt;br /&gt;Morte Treehorn (Kill The Hippies, Electric Man)&lt;br /&gt;Dave Cintron (Terminal Lovers, Dimbulb)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HUNGRY JACK&lt;br /&gt;Lisa Pouluvcin (Hot Cha Cha, The Very Knees)&lt;br /&gt;Matt Majesky (The X Bolex, State of Ohio)&lt;br /&gt;Tony Merritt (Freedom, Chum)&lt;br /&gt;Jenna Barvitski (Giants of Gender, The Devotees)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JOVANAS WITNESS&lt;br /&gt;Stanton Thatcher (Tall Pines, Tokyo Storm Warning)&lt;br /&gt;John Kalman (Roue)&lt;br /&gt;Michael Marks (To Be A Highpowered Executive)&lt;br /&gt;Chris Frohring (Bedwhistle)&lt;br /&gt;Jovana Batkovic (Hot Cha Cha)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SKUNKS OF THE ALMIGHTY&lt;br /&gt;Roseanna Safos (Black River Baby, Kill Shawn's Head)&lt;br /&gt;Paul Maccarrone (The Deathers, Giant Eagle)&lt;br /&gt;Josh Durocher-Jones (Insurrect, Sun God)&lt;br /&gt;Jeff Harris (Roue)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SCROTUM POLE &lt;br /&gt;Steve Mehlman (Roue, Pere Ubu)&lt;br /&gt;Scott Hosner (Black Wolf, Argyle Denial)&lt;br /&gt;Jacob Trombetta (6 Parts 7)&lt;br /&gt;Buddy Akita (This Moment In Black History, The Teenage Knockouts)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;POSTCARDS ALONG FOREIGN SHORES&lt;br /&gt;Dustin Thomas (Casual Future)&lt;br /&gt;Matthew Robinson (To Be A Highpowered Executive, 20goto10)&lt;br /&gt;Kyle Farrell (Giants of Gender)&lt;br /&gt;Dan Polito (Karate For Kids)&lt;br /&gt;Rafeeq Washington (blktygr, Vernacular)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PSYCH&lt;br /&gt;Christina Akita (Short Rabbits, Jukebox Value)&lt;br /&gt;Lisa Ellis (Britches, Volcanos Awake)&lt;br /&gt;Krissy Brannan (Kong Sauce, Rather Honey)&lt;br /&gt;Krauty McKraut (Seers, Puffy Areolas)&lt;br /&gt;John Rodemann (Thumbs Up!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DR. WIDGET&lt;br /&gt;Michael Lassins (To Be A Highpowered Executive)&lt;br /&gt;Mike Ocampo (JJ Magazine, Mystery of Two)&lt;br /&gt;Carol Schumacher (Tough &amp; Lovely, Detroit Cobras)&lt;br /&gt;Jarmara (Dad of Rock)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SHAMPOON&lt;br /&gt;Nate Schieble (The X Bolex, Self Destruct Button)&lt;br /&gt;Andrew Penmer (Plasma For Guns, Tightrope Kaleidoscope)&lt;br /&gt;Shawn Mishak (Kid Tested)&lt;br /&gt;Leslie Basalla (Vital Mines)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BORIS KARLOFF&lt;br /&gt;Matt Lindsay (Doktor Bitch, Sockeye)&lt;br /&gt;Paul Sydorenko (JJ Magazine, Sanchpa)&lt;br /&gt;Stephe Kuchna (New Lou Reeds, Prole Art Threat)&lt;br /&gt;Dave Taha (Chloroform, Red Shift)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FUCK IS THE NEW BLACK&lt;br /&gt;Will Scharf (Keelhaul, Craw)&lt;br /&gt;Jamie Bennett (Unsparing Sea)&lt;br /&gt;Matt Valerino (Bella Sylva, Volcanos Awake)&lt;br /&gt;Joe Milan (Uva Ursi, Hookboy)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BAND XVII&lt;br /&gt;Matt Clement (Kong Sauce, Bella Sylva)&lt;br /&gt;Nathan Bowers (Tusco Terror, Dirty Lords)&lt;br /&gt;Lawrence Caswell (National Suicide Day, Lives of the Saints)&lt;br /&gt;Tony Vorell (Expecting Rain)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GANDHI SS&lt;br /&gt;Matt Fish (Lives of the Saints, Chargers Street Gang)&lt;br /&gt;Davis Straub (State of Ohio, Neo Nothing)&lt;br /&gt;Adrian Bertolone (Ay, Shells)&lt;br /&gt;Noah Hrbek (To Be A Highpowered Executive)&lt;br /&gt;PP Envy (Kill The Hippies)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BIG SEX&lt;br /&gt;Bob Zieger (Darvocets, Cider)&lt;br /&gt;Mandy Aramouni (Hot Cha Cha, Poor Sailor)&lt;br /&gt;Carrie Bukala (Machine Go Boom, Kill Shawn's Head)&lt;br /&gt;Wyatt Howland (Skin Graft, Dead Peasant Insurance)&lt;br /&gt;Skot Thompson (OnePointThree, Rancid Yak Butter Tea Party)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;STIMULUS PACKAGE&lt;br /&gt;Kevin Jaworski (Sun God, Nine Shocks Terror)&lt;br /&gt;Matt Jauch (Boatzz, Chalkline)&lt;br /&gt;Rodny Davis (Dad of Rock)&lt;br /&gt;Brittany Hudak (The Very Knees, Shesus)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CLEVELAND PUBLIC POWER&lt;br /&gt;John Delzoppo (Clan of the Cave Bear, Yeti Scalp)&lt;br /&gt;Josh Banaszak (Homostupids, McShitz)&lt;br /&gt;Jack Smiley (Hard Luck Trio, 9 Volt Haunted House)&lt;br /&gt;Steve Stanaszek (???)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RAD BATHHOUSE&lt;br /&gt;Shawn Flowers (Chum, Tachyon Lane)&lt;br /&gt;Jae Kristoff (The Deathers, Land of Buried Treasure)&lt;br /&gt;Gabe Schray (Houseguest, Genetically Yours)&lt;br /&gt;Mike Uva (Hookboy, Emily Rock Group)&lt;br /&gt;Pete Levine (Sun God, Mystery of Two)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HAPSBURG LIP&lt;br /&gt;Mike Baranick (Machine Go Boom, Washout Corporation)&lt;br /&gt;Zach Starnik (JJ Magazine, Sammy Slims)&lt;br /&gt;Matthew Gengler (Aloha, The Perfect Guy)&lt;br /&gt;Tara Klein (Unsparing Sea, Akron Symphony Orchestra)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BOURBON OUTFITTERS&lt;br /&gt;Jon Csicsilla (Big Barn, New Lou Reeds)&lt;br /&gt;Craig Rockwell (To Be A Highpowered Executive)&lt;br /&gt;Aaron Melnick (Inmates, Integrity)&lt;br /&gt;Joshua Jesty (This is Exploding)&lt;br /&gt;Ken Picklesimer Jr. (Kill The Hippies, Lionel Jefferson Airplane)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GOOD NEWS FOR PEOPLE WITH CREDIT PROBLEMS&lt;br /&gt;Carl Holt (Zyklus II, In Cold Blood)&lt;br /&gt;Tony Erba (Cheap Tragedies, Face Value)&lt;br /&gt;Ted Flynn (Theodore Vril, Flux Up 10%)&lt;br /&gt;Nick Lacotta (Hot Rails)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DEHUMIDIFIER VS. HUMIDIFIER&lt;br /&gt;Greg Hyland (Kiddo, The Twilight)&lt;br /&gt;JP Gamier (Zyklus II, Glocknein)&lt;br /&gt;Gheramy Demery (Poor Sailor, Golden Ox)&lt;br /&gt;Rob Resch (Ohm's Law, I Sing The Body Electric)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE ANAL CHEETAHS&lt;br /&gt;Nick Riley (Mystery of Two, The Lobster Clause)&lt;br /&gt;Brian Straw (Low Lamps, 6 Parts 7)&lt;br /&gt;Katherine Koenig (Maximum Consumption)&lt;br /&gt;Stephanie Griffin (Afternoon Naps, Cleveland Country Band)&lt;br /&gt;Julius Kwolek (Hoagie Tres, Plus Ultra)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MOHAMMED CARTOON&lt;br /&gt;J Guy (Dead Peasant Insurance, Scarcity of Tanks)&lt;br /&gt;Rich Raponi (Self Destruct Button, The Deathers)&lt;br /&gt;Jim Karpinski (Burger Boys, Giant Eagle)&lt;br /&gt;Jeff Curtis (Iron Ixide, Gem)&lt;br /&gt;John Neely (Tokyo Storm Warning)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SEMPER FI&lt;br /&gt;Marc Russo (Sun God, No Peace)&lt;br /&gt;Beckett Warren (ICUP, Beckett and Friends)&lt;br /&gt;Michael Pultz (blktygr, Seers)&lt;br /&gt;Victor Anaya (McShitz, Pathetics)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SWAYZE ALL OVER&lt;br /&gt;Ryan Kearney (The Twilight, Volta Sound)&lt;br /&gt;Heather Gmucs (Hot Cha Cha, Decline)&lt;br /&gt;Nick Kelley (ICUP, Cripple Kid)&lt;br /&gt;Ron Kretsch (Lives of the Saints, Proletarian Art Threat)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JETTALAND&lt;br /&gt;Matt Chasney (Poor Sailor, 6 Parts 7)&lt;br /&gt;Miss Melvis (Flat Can Co., Chump)&lt;br /&gt;Scott McHenry (Lionel Jefferson Airplane, Hobble Hoof)&lt;br /&gt;Kat Stewart (Iron Oxide, Black Cabbage)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TWIST IT NASTY&lt;br /&gt;Glen McNeil (JJ Magazine, Space Age Miracles)&lt;br /&gt;Edward Angel Sotelo (Cobra Verde, The Conservatives)&lt;br /&gt;Karen Wegryn (Panterydactyl, Mother Button)&lt;br /&gt;Lou Arocho (The X Bolex, Small Object A)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BORN RAPED&lt;br /&gt;Jim Konya (Nunslaughter, Schnauzer)&lt;br /&gt;Roxanne Starnik (Blisse Anonyon Atu, JJ Magazine)&lt;br /&gt;Mike Tolan (Tusco Terror, 6 Parts 7)&lt;br /&gt;Jimmy Donadio (Flat Can Co., Speaker/Cranker)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* only temporary roman numeral naming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;related links: &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/search/label/lottery-league"&gt;my LL blog posts&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://lotteryleague.blogspot.com"&gt;official LL blog&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/bandsofworld"&gt;LL myspace page&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/020208"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/lotteryleaguepractices"&gt;LL practice sessions photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508balls"&gt;LL slot selection photos&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/031508"&gt;LL bowling night photos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-4657402938805952701?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/4657402938805952701/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=4657402938805952701&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/4657402938805952701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/4657402938805952701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/02/cleveland-lottery-league.html' title='the cleveland lottery league'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-2538513013416269443</id><published>2008-01-03T18:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-03T18:16:34.747-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mp3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='year end comp'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flash'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mp3 players'/><title type='text'>2007 CD compilation</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="480" height="480"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;param value="2007comp.swf" name="movie"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed width="480" src="http://loumuenz.com/2007comp.swf" height="480"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[if reading this in a feedburner, you'll probably not see the above flash image]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i've finalized my 2007 year end compilation a couple weeks ago but just recently [yesterday at work] finished the final cover..&lt;br /&gt;my apologies to those of you that have received the CD with the generic cover that took me all of 5 minutes to create. i really wanted to add some liner notes or something but simply don't have time for all that.&lt;br /&gt;the comp cover has a photo of the cover of each CD that is featured on the compilation not including EL-P's latest LP "&lt;a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Iswyd_cover.jpg"&gt;i'll sleep when your dead&lt;/a&gt;", this became the odd man out because the artwork don't live up to quality of the music on that album.&lt;br /&gt;i did discover one glitch of sorts on the track listing and that is track 17 'clint eastwood [fuka remix]' does not include the band name which is the gorillaz from their 'D sides' album, a much more interesting take on their UK phenom 'demon days' b-side album 'g-sides'. this song may not be on the US version of the CD but i'm certain it is on the japanese version.&lt;br /&gt;there were a handful of changes in the track listing from my first take of this compilation and if i get some motivation i'll burn a CD of some bands that did not make this CD, which may include LCD soundsystem, a place to bury strangers , blonde redhead, spoon, new pornographers, muamin collective &amp; more boggs! [the boggs album 'forts' was one of the most pleasantly surprising bands of the year for me since i first seen them at the beachland tavern last summer]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;below are several songs featured on this CD, most of these i found on MP3 search engine 'skreemr.com' and pasted the URLs in a flash MP3 player..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="left: 300px ! important; top: 1px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-09078478413331063 visible ontop" href="http://loumuenz.com/mp3player2007.swf"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://loumuenz.com/mp3player2007.swf" border="1" height="200" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;param name="movie" value="http://loumuenz.com/mp3player2007.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;param name="allownetworking" value="internal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;param name="enableJSURL" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  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href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=2538513013416269443&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/2538513013416269443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/2538513013416269443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2008/01/2007-cd-compilation_03.html' title='2007 CD compilation'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-1720399955064537453</id><published>2007-12-03T11:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-04T23:08:57.028-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='year end comp'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><title type='text'>2007 year end comp [beta]</title><content type='html'>i have finished my first draft of my 2007 year-end CD and although a few tracks may be nixed for others it appears that NYC will be well represented with nearly half of the 21 tracks being from bands that originate from NYC..&lt;br /&gt;other year end comps that i have done in the past has had a well representation of the five boroughs not unlike this years version.&lt;br /&gt;i always try to express that this is not my 'best of' the year but just a representation of some music that stood out during the year. since this is compiled by me at the end of the year it is only natural that the albums that were released late in the year would stand out or be in my memory more than those that came out last winter.&lt;br /&gt;that is the main reason that i like to do a 'beta' version of the comp and then re-listen to the music that came out early in the year and make any changes if i feel that i have overlooked something that i should not have.&lt;br /&gt;with that said, it is also apparent that the majority of new albums come out in the fall right before the holidays and therefore the comp is usually weighted down with tracks that were released late in the year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;last year i was late in compiling my end year CD and only distributed a few, this year i hope to have the 2007 year-end compilation finished by the end of this week and start distributing them shortly after that!&lt;br /&gt;i'm going to try to include a FULL COLOR cover this year but we'll see..&lt;div 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m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-6859569486151729544</id><published>2007-11-13T02:16:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T19:39:55.626-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feed burners'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rss'/><title type='text'>rss feeds</title><content type='html'>well, not really but the power of RSS allows one to view 'content' without looking at someones crowded blog/website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format)"&gt;RSS feeds&lt;/a&gt; have many other powerful advantages aside from my blatant remark such as: following an infinite number of websites without the laggard chore of visiting dozens if not hundreds of pages. &lt;br /&gt;nearly 2 years ago i converted my site [loumuenz.com] to a wordpress site that facilitates the RSS protocol easily and i'm making a concerted effort to incorporate feeds in any new project i'm creating..&lt;br /&gt;one large obstacle for my plans was where i house 80% of my 'content' and that is &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/"&gt;pbase.com&lt;/a&gt; that has just recently [actually 2 months ago but haven't visited their &lt;a href="http://forum.pbase.com/viewforum.php?f=5"&gt;news section&lt;/a&gt; in a while] added several RSS qualities in their code and one option allows the user to share their new uploads via an RSS feed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;if you add this feed: &lt;a href="http://feeds.pbase.com/feeds/tremont/photos.atom"&gt;http://feeds.pbase.com/feeds/tremont/photos.atom&lt;/a&gt; you will receive the uploaded photo in your 'feed burner' [medium size - 400px] that allows you to click on the image for the original pbase page that includes the larger image [800px]. &lt;br /&gt;i use the google reader as my feed reader and have not been convinced that there is a better feed burner for viewing of RSS feeds in a congruent user friendly manner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.pbase.com/feeds/tremont/photos.atom"&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt; for newly uploaded photos from lou muenz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/reader/"&gt;google reader&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-6859569486151729544?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/6859569486151729544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=6859569486151729544&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6859569486151729544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6859569486151729544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/11/this-is-how-you-steal.html' title='rss feeds'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-6336738220135962708</id><published>2007-10-16T02:06:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-16T04:15:20.732-04:00</updated><title type='text'>80 minutes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E5DE1139F936A25752C0A960958260&amp;sec=&amp;spon=&amp;pagewanted=print"&gt;bill cowher used to refer his former NFL team as the "60 minute men"&lt;/a&gt;, meaning the 11 guys on the field during the '60 minutes' of an NFL game was aware of each of those 60 minutes &amp; 'gave their all' for each second of those 60 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i was never much for those sport analogies and considered most of those blurbs as over played cliché but as i pedaled home from the prosperity social club there was many remembrances of the previous 80 minutes flowing through my head.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;first i must preface the following thoughts with my 'mindset' entering this experience.&lt;br /&gt;i have been going to prosperity every monday late-night [approx 1 hour after i get home from my monday work shift]. &lt;br /&gt;the prosperity has 3 dollar pints these mondays and the atmosphere is usually always relaxed with just a few other patrons going about their monday-evening business which  is a perfect 'wind-down' from my 12 hour day.&lt;br /&gt;prosperity has karaoke night every third monday and this i knew from the start that is approximately a handful of months ago.&lt;br /&gt;i am not a huge karaoke fan but i know of the allure and love singing in the shower. with that said, i totally forgot about the karaoke rotation until i was locking my bike this night.&lt;br /&gt;[end preface]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i enter prosperity amongst the continuing growing throng of karaoke fans but quickly notice that there are many 'friendly faces' that i have not seen in a while and a few that i see too often..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[names concealed/not trying to embarrass people]&lt;br /&gt;best few sentences of dialog i heard this 80 minutes:&lt;br /&gt;girl 1: i got jello shots, you want one lou?&lt;br /&gt;me: no thanks, i don't drink liquor.&lt;br /&gt;girl 1: fine. you ready [girl 2]? i think they're best with a straw..&lt;br /&gt;girl 2: i don't really know you but from what i hear, you use your tongue just fine..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;girl 1 is actually a nice lady, she believes i hate her but i don't, it's just that i don't relate to her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i also ran into mikey machine, i have not seen mikey in [what seem like] months and i haven't had the opportunity to sit and talk to him in over a year.&lt;br /&gt;that changed within these 80 minutes and mikey got me excited about the upcoming annual-halloween &lt;a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/pdextra/2007/10/large_machinenew.jpg"&gt;machine go boom&lt;/a&gt; show at pat's on the 27th and news that the 'helper t cells' are doing a halloween show at the beachland on the 31st, the t-cells will be playing the part of the residents this night, i would be a dick if i miss this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mikey also &lt;a href="http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/2007/10/15/should-you-be-concerned"&gt;cleared up a query&lt;/a&gt; that &lt;a href="http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/2007/10/15/should-you-be-concerned/#comment-529270"&gt;i recently commented on&lt;/a&gt; at brewedfreshdaily.com&lt;br /&gt;the post dealt with a local photographer that felt he was abused by having a photo he shot on the &lt;a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/localbands/2007/10/meet_the_future_of_cleveland_m.html"&gt;cover of friday magazine&lt;/a&gt; without compensation/credit.&lt;br /&gt;i responded to the post by stating [in abbreviation] that it was probably not the PD getting over on you but the band you shot submitted that photo along with their bio at the PDs request and overlooked/forgot to ask of the photographers OK.&lt;br /&gt;i seen the friday magazine that day at the local coffee shop and noticed a photo near the center of the cover that i shot of &lt;a href="http://www.brianstraw.com/"&gt;brian straw&lt;/a&gt;. my first thoughts at the time was 'sweet, straw is getting props..'&lt;br /&gt;i was off to my 2nd shift and was not able to absorb much of this article so i quickly forgot until i read my feed-burner on monday.&lt;br /&gt;mikey said that each band was asked to submit a bio &amp; a band photo that can be published.&lt;br /&gt;that gave me some relief considering that i may have responded to said post prematurely.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;there were some other 'things' that happened this night/morning but i'm tired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the cowher 60 minute analogy may confuse you but the reasoning that i formed during the bike-ride home was that i had just gathered more info in a hour than i usually gather in months of mondays.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-6336738220135962708?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/6336738220135962708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=6336738220135962708&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6336738220135962708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6336738220135962708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/10/80-minutes.html' title='80 minutes'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-8169382989267610538</id><published>2007-10-11T14:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-11T15:39:53.679-04:00</updated><title type='text'>in the dark</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/100907"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/87069160/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="the deathers in the dark" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a few weeks ago i decided to figure out what is wrong with my 'speedlite' flash that attaches above my canon. a year ago that flash started to act strange, the flash would fire but not in timing with my shutter and the picture would come out as if there was no flash at all. i got all frustrated trying to figure if one of the 1000s of settings on the flash was set wrong so i just quit using it and made a mental note to either take it to get repair or talk to someone that had a similar problem with their speedlite.&lt;br /&gt;i ended up doing neither so a few weeks ago i decided to try again to see if i could not remedy the problem myself. this time though i noticed that the 'hot-shoe' [the thing on my camera that the flash attaches to] was a little bent and would not allow my flash to attach and i would have to bend it back to the shape it is supposed to be and i would do this with a screwdriver. eventually i was able to get the external flash to secure to the hot-shoe but could not get the flash to sync with the shutter after messing w/numerous settings and wasting a valuable couple hours i gave up on my attempt to fix it myself.&lt;br /&gt;after realizing that i'm going to have to take the flash into service i turned my attention to my camera and make sure that i did not ruin anything after bending that hot-shoe back into place. well evidently i did partially ruin that part and my camera flash refused to work. my guess is that there is/was a sensor on the hot-shoe that detects if the external flash is on and disables the pop-up flash.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so to make a long story shorter, i have been shooting without the use of a flash for the last few weeks. it is either that or send my camera away for repair and i'm not so anxious about that later choice..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i suppose the positive is that i have learned about shooting in natural &lt;strike&gt;light&lt;/strike&gt; dark much better. it is not that i am not familiar with shooting in dark situations without a flash, i am. though to shoot in dark situations without that option of using a flash and forcing yourself to get a halfway decent shot is a whole different story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;below are some links to recent shoots in dark situations where i had to jack-up the shutter, ISO and aperture settings of my camera and 'grin &amp; bear' the noisy results. judge for yourself on my progress, its going to be a while until i send my camera across the globe to be repaired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/092907"&gt;the mekons @ pat's&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/100907"&gt;the deathers @ now thats class&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/091307"&gt;om, circle, daniel higgs @ the grog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/091507"&gt;studio a rama @ CWRU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/091407razzledazzle"&gt;razzle dazzle art-show @ art collinwood&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-8169382989267610538?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/8169382989267610538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=8169382989267610538&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8169382989267610538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8169382989267610538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/10/in-dark.html' title='in the dark'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-616138207565129152</id><published>2007-08-09T14:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-09T14:47:07.749-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bonds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='homerun'/><title type='text'>history from the stands</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pbCXXkym_a8"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pbCXXkym_a8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;barry bonds hit the record breaking homerun #756 monday night and the pandemonium that resulted in section 144 was recorded by jaime ramirez with his hand held video camera.&lt;br /&gt;the homer is approx 10 seconds into the video moments after you see thousands of camera flashes burst in the background and then you see the ball end its 400 feet journey and land several feet in front of ramirez while a mob scurries after the million dollar prize. after that the video looks as if the camera was put it a washing machine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the video doesn't show the bloodied fellow [matt murphey] a 21 year old student from the queens who went to the game with his mets jersey and was escorted with a police escort while clenching the ball in one hand and holding his bloody head with the other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;many people are criticizing bonds because they believe his success was drug aided [earlier this season pittsburgh fans threw syringes on the field while bonds was in the outfield] but i still think it was a huge a accomplishment for one of the original 'killer B's' that started his career as a pirate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;turn down your volume, the video gets loud..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-616138207565129152?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/616138207565129152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=616138207565129152&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/616138207565129152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/616138207565129152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/08/history-from-stands.html' title='history from the stands'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-1440814122858455877</id><published>2007-08-03T15:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-03T15:47:38.100-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='compound fest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland local rock'/><title type='text'>compound fest 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.loumuenz.com/category/the-compound/"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094562774333069970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="self destruct button at 2005 compound fest" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/RrOF2eINGpI/AAAAAAAAAA4/LztdsnkSm_s/s400/sdb_compound_1.jpg" width= "400" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;in celebration of my first outdoor concert 30 years ago at 3 rivers stadium in pittsburgh where over 300 people were arrested, 2 stabbed to death and 1000s of fist-fights, the people of compound are kind enough to stage a reinactment show this coming saturday the 4th of august.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dusty never was able to finish their signature song that hot august night after being tackled on stage by a mob of kids from the lower northside that were being chased by cops in riot-gear but the words are below to get you in the mood..&lt;br /&gt;remember to act experimental but be professional and share that bag of fine..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;small&gt;If you see me walkin' down the line&lt;br /&gt;with my fav'rite honky tonk in&lt;br /&gt;mind,&lt;br /&gt;well, I'll be here around suppertime&lt;br /&gt;with my can of dinner and a&lt;br /&gt;bunch of fine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beer drinkers and hell raisers, yeah.&lt;br /&gt;Uh-huh-huh,&lt;br /&gt;baby, don't you wanna come with me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The crowd gets loud when the band&lt;br /&gt;gets right,&lt;br /&gt;steel guitar cryin' through the night.&lt;br /&gt;Yeah, try'n to cover&lt;br /&gt;up the corner fight&lt;br /&gt;but ev'rything's cool 'cause they's just tight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beer drinkers and hell raisers, yeah.&lt;br /&gt;Huh, baby, don't you wanna&lt;br /&gt;come with me?&lt;br /&gt;Ah, play it boy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The joint was jumpin' like a cat on&lt;br /&gt;hot tin.&lt;br /&gt;Lord, I thought the floor was gonna give in.&lt;br /&gt;Soundin' a lot&lt;br /&gt;like a House Congressional&lt;br /&gt;'cause we're experimental and professional.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beer drinkers, hell raisers, yeah.&lt;br /&gt;Well, baby, don't you wanna come&lt;br /&gt;with me? &lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;COMPOUND FEST&lt;br /&gt;ALL DAY SATURDAY AUG 4&lt;br /&gt;BYOB / BBQ / DOGS / PORT-O-LETS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FREE FREE FREE FREE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://www.loumuenz.com/category/the-compound/"&gt;photos&lt;/a&gt; from previous compound fests]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1:00-1:30pm - Jerk&lt;br /&gt;1:45-2:15pm - Insurrect&lt;br /&gt;2:30-3:00pm - Clan Of The Cave Bear&lt;br /&gt;3:15-3:45pm - State Of Ohio&lt;br /&gt;4:00-4:30pm - Machine Go Boom*&lt;br /&gt;4:45-5:15pm - Tusco Terror&lt;br /&gt;5:30-6:00pm - Ginch&lt;br /&gt;6:15-6:45pm - Homostupids&lt;br /&gt;7:00-7:30pm - The Surah New Orchestar&lt;br /&gt;7:45-8:15pm - National Suicide Day&lt;br /&gt;8:30-9:00pm - Maumin Collective&lt;br /&gt;9:15-9:45pm - Coffinberry&lt;br /&gt;10:00-10:30pm - Shiny Johnson&lt;br /&gt;10:45-11:15pm - Sun God&lt;br /&gt;11:30-12:00pm - Pet Monster&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Compound is located on E. 63rd, just north of St. Clair Ave. The festivities take place in a big dusty parking lot behind the Charter One Bank on the corner of E.63. Parking available on E. 63rd as well as on St. Clair.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-1440814122858455877?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/1440814122858455877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=1440814122858455877&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/1440814122858455877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/1440814122858455877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/08/compound-fest-2007.html' title='compound fest 2007'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/RrOF2eINGpI/AAAAAAAAAA4/LztdsnkSm_s/s72-c/sdb_compound_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-5283603113346471746</id><published>2007-07-24T17:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-24T17:16:43.595-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recycle'/><title type='text'>fuel vs scrap</title><content type='html'>yesterday on the way to work i noticed some fellow stop on clark avenue put his flashers on and got out of his big buick elecktra and walked around to the tree lawn to pick up a pop can that was laying there.&lt;br /&gt;i know that scrap price for aluminum cans have risen sharply but i was wondering as i pedaled past him if that stop was profitable?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-5283603113346471746?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/5283603113346471746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=5283603113346471746&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/5283603113346471746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/5283603113346471746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/07/fuel-vs-scrap.html' title='fuel vs scrap'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-2284473731514794259</id><published>2007-07-17T11:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-17T12:48:17.087-04:00</updated><title type='text'>bad brains - build a nation</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Build_a_Nation"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px;" src="http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dri800/i838/i83835fpurw.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a friend of mine told me that he asked the woman that runs a certain collinwood record shop [no names please], if they had the new '&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Brains"&gt;bad brains&lt;/a&gt;' album and her reply was "who are the bad brains", i thought that was kinda funny, the BB will probably [should] end up in the RR hall of fame and was even included in VH1's top 100 artists of hard rock.&lt;br /&gt;after listening to their new album "build a nation" [produced by the beasties adam yauch], i believe this may be my favorite BB album since 'i against i' that came out in the mid-eighties. the four or five reggae songs are even tolerable to this non-reggae fanatic and sounds that MCA might of had a hand in some of the percussion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i highly recommend 'build a nation' to any bad brain fan that thought their glory days faded in the mid-eighties. BAN debuted at 100 on billboard 200 in the first week of release so i'm probably not the only one impressed with this recording.&lt;br /&gt;you can listen to some of the new tracks on their &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/badbrains"&gt;myspace page&lt;/a&gt; and i believe now that it may be available at &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/musicsavescleveland "&gt;music saves&lt;/a&gt; but you may want to call first..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bad brains - build a nation, track listing:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   1. "Give Thanks and Praises"&lt;br /&gt;   2. "Jah People Make the World Go Round"&lt;br /&gt;   3. "Pure Love"&lt;br /&gt;   4. "Natty Dreadlocks 'pon the Mountaintop"&lt;br /&gt;   5. "Build a Nation"&lt;br /&gt;   6. "Expand Your Soul"&lt;br /&gt;   7. "Jah Love"&lt;br /&gt;   8. "Let There Be Angels (Just Like You)"&lt;br /&gt;   9. "Universal Peace"&lt;br /&gt;  10. "Roll On"&lt;br /&gt;  11. "Until Kingdom Comes"&lt;br /&gt;  12. "In the Beginning"&lt;br /&gt;  13. "Send You No More Flowers"&lt;br /&gt;  14. "Peace Be Unto Thee"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-2284473731514794259?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/2284473731514794259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=2284473731514794259&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/2284473731514794259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/2284473731514794259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/07/bad-brains-build-nation.html' title='bad brains - build a nation'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-4212780023492672276</id><published>2007-06-28T12:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-28T15:10:18.910-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ohio city bike co-op'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shaker cycle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tremont'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bikes'/><title type='text'>shaker cycle vs OCBC</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/81318473/original"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/RoQGKN4cyTI/AAAAAAAAAAw/1Xz5ZSliKYc/s400/shaker-cycle-nishiki.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081193052175649074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i've been looking for a decent bike after mine was stolen on my birthday last august. mitch from shaker cycle was kind enough to lend me an old schwinn varsity that weighed nearly 50 pounds that i have been using until i found a decent old lightweight road bike [SC didn't have anything at the time]. finding what i wanted at a decent price was harder than i thought and the process nearly took a year but mitch found me a decent 1986 nishiki prestige with campy wheels, dia-compe brakes, sun-tour derailleurs and CR-MO double butted tubes all for about fifty bucks less than what the ohio city bike co-op wanted for something similar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i have a couple friends at the OCBC and when they found out i had my bike stolen they mentioned that they would 'hook me up' but apparently my interpretation of that term differed with theirs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;living in tremont for twenty years and being an avid cyclist i'm always asked about the best place to take their bike that is in need of repair or where the best place to find a new one and i always mentioned shaker cycle or the OCBC. i'm not sure how much business i brought the bike co-op but i'm certain there are a few bikes that were bought at shaker cycle after i've seen said individuals with their new bike. this might have something to do with mitch giving me a decent price but in the twenty five years that i have been doing business with shaker cycle when they were located on lee &amp; chagrin and i was working on kinsman, mitch was always fair with me and not afraid to tell you what is crap and what is not even if it may cost him business. &lt;br /&gt;a recent case in point: when i was prepping my used bike for purchase at his shop some dude came in with and old beat-up bike an wanted to know what it would cost to repair, mitch immediately told him to scrap his idea and go down to target and buy a cheap bike that would cost him the same if he spent that money fixing up his beat up found bike..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;advice like that from a business owner is rare but is completely honest. he could of sold him a bunch of profitable parts to get that bike running again or sold him one of the many clunkers he has in storage but instead he was honest even if it may have cost him a few bucks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;if all your bike needs is a 'tune-up' or your wobbly wheel needs truing your best bet is at shaker cycle, no one will do it cheaper nor as quickly as mitch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the one flaw that my nishiki prestige possessed was a gaudy pink &amp; yellow paint job, i didn't bother taking a pic of my bike before i gave it a custom paint job [shown above] but there is a photo of the pink model &lt;a href="http://www.slackers.net/~skoop/nishiki/nishiki_prestige_pink_yellow_ea_1_b.JPG"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;below is from the &lt;a href="http://bestof.clevescene.com/bestof/award.php?award=128410"&gt;cleveland scene&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Best Bike Shop (2006)&lt;br /&gt;Shaker Cycle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2389 W. Fifth St., 216-685-2453&lt;br /&gt;A bike shop is only as good as its proprietor, and Mitch Paul, owner of Shaker Cycle in Tremont, has chain lube running through his veins. Paul's been hawking bikes since the invention of the wheel, and he's happy to tell you about the physics behind aluminum frames, tire thickness, and gear ratios. His shop isn't the most ergonomically advanced -- it's more like a teenager's bedroom, only he knows where his stuff is -- but whether it's a road bike, mountain bike, trick bike, or tandem that you're looking for, you'll find it here. And for a good price too: Last year's models are marked down as much as 40 percent. &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-4212780023492672276?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/4212780023492672276/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=4212780023492672276&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/4212780023492672276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/4212780023492672276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/06/shaker-cycle-vs-ocbc.html' title='shaker cycle vs OCBC'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/RoQGKN4cyTI/AAAAAAAAAAw/1Xz5ZSliKYc/s72-c/shaker-cycle-nishiki.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-8370723191387479397</id><published>2007-05-29T01:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-30T00:14:06.185-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jacob lang'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daniel higgs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chiara giovando'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mp3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love is love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asterisk gallery'/><title type='text'>daniel higgs performance in tremont</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/042807"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/78092775/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="daniel higgs live at the asterisk in trmont, click for fliks from this show." /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;michael of the college radio show "radio dystopia" played a portion [18:42] of the daniel higgs performance at asterisk gallery in tremont a month ago and ted flynn recorded the show on a portable digital recorder. i ripped the recording via WRUW's archived MP3 of radio dystopia via &lt;a href="http://mp3mymp3.com"&gt;mp3mymp3.com&lt;/a&gt;'s free software. the song is "love is love" from higgs band 'lungfish' same titled 2003 album.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyone that was at &lt;a href="http://www.asteriskgallery.com/"&gt;asterisk gallery&lt;/a&gt; this evening will tell you what an awesome [last minute] show it was. my photos are &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/042807"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, the link below is a 64kbs MP3 recorded from the WRUW archive of last show [052407] of radio dystopia [&lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/guide/show.php?show_id=202"&gt;setlist&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/guide/stream.php?stream=202"&gt;last show MP3&lt;/a&gt;]. the recording starts with michael introducing song.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i find the best way to play MP3 links on the web if one wants to instantly play the file as it downloads is to copy said link and opening it as "open URL" in their media player of choice [winamp, WMP, itunes].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://loumuenz.com/mp3s/daniel-higgs-asterisk-2007.mp3"&gt;daniel higgs &amp; chiara giovando - love is love&lt;/a&gt; [8.56]&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-8370723191387479397?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/8370723191387479397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=8370723191387479397&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8370723191387479397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8370723191387479397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/05/daniel-higgs-performance-in-tremont.html' title='daniel higgs performance in tremont'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-4281448430159516358</id><published>2007-05-18T18:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-18T18:42:31.675-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='games'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flickr'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flash'/><title type='text'>flickrvision.com</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://flickrvision.com"&gt;flickrvision.com&lt;/a&gt; is the creation by david troy, the website has newly uploaded flickr photos appear over a google map in real time.&lt;br /&gt;flickrvision is very addictive, not unlike &lt;a href="http://humanclock.com"&gt;the human clock&lt;/a&gt; where you may find yourself staring at it for long streches at a time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;another addictive website is &lt;a href="http://ishi.blog2.fc2.com/blog-entry-211.html?new"&gt;cat arrow-golf&lt;/a&gt;, where you control a cat with a bow and arrow as you try to hit the target in as little as tries that are neccesary. that site is in chinese but the game is flash w/english.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-4281448430159516358?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/4281448430159516358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=4281448430159516358&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/4281448430159516358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/4281448430159516358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/05/flickrvisioncom.html' title='flickrvision.com'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-1726969426779635521</id><published>2007-05-16T16:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-16T16:20:31.813-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feed burners'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='google reader'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shared posts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rss'/><title type='text'>my shared items</title><content type='html'>some of you may have noticed the new addition i've placed in my sidebar. i'm talking about the "shared post module". google feed reader which i highly recommend to anyone that reads many blogs, allows users to share posts from others in their feed burner and has a module available to place on your blog/website.&lt;br /&gt;right now i'm testing the module out but i'm pretty sure that i may just keep it there.&lt;br /&gt;you can also go &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/18163242522242640200/state/com.google/broadcast"&gt;here &lt;/a&gt;for my &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/18163242522242640200/state/com.google/broadcast"&gt;shared items page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-1726969426779635521?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/1726969426779635521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=1726969426779635521&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/1726969426779635521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/1726969426779635521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/05/my-shared-items.html' title='my shared items'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-8505255254960744217</id><published>2007-05-15T11:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-15T11:07:02.273-04:00</updated><title type='text'>don't oil your bicycle day - may 16, 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.pbase.com/image/190607/original"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/190607/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for those of you that ride a bike and feel left out of the "don't buy gas day", i have created the "don't oil your bicycle day" that will take place on may 16, 2007. &lt;br /&gt;i hope you join us as we "stick it to the man" on this day by not oiling your chain, crank or any other part of your bike.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;don't be a geek, make them squeak!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-8505255254960744217?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/8505255254960744217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=8505255254960744217&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8505255254960744217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8505255254960744217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/05/dont-oil-your-bicycle-day-may-16-2007.html' title='don&apos;t oil your bicycle day - may 16, 2007'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-7424251117362598366</id><published>2007-04-24T12:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-16T16:10:45.900-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lying politicians'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='graffiti'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flats'/><title type='text'>the west 3rd solution?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/4834200/original" title="eagle street ramp panorama - 6824x960, 517kb"&gt;&lt;IMG class="display" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/4834200/large.jpg" border=1 WIDTH=460 &gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;scott of TWDC posted to tremonter about the &lt;a href="http://tremonter.com/node/1260"&gt;west 3rd. redevelopment ideas&lt;/a&gt; that some michigan state students have been working on and plan to present to the community this wednesday at sokowlowski university inn tremont.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Next Wednesday, April 25, 2007, there will be a presentation with some redevelopment ideas for the W.3rd Street Peninsula. The project was an undertaking by the 4th year students at Michigan State University for a winter project. A total of 6 teams were divided up to investigate the current site, look at the current dynamics of the overall Cleveland market and economy, and trends for the future.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the northern tip of this 'peninsula' under the closed eagle street lift-bridge was known as the '&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/clevegraffiti"&gt;temple of lost love&lt;/a&gt;' which was the clevelands beloved outdoor art-space before the city sent workers down there on a weekend [overtime] with cherry pickers &amp; bulldozers destroying the gardens, ripping down the mosiacs and painting over the whole area.&lt;br /&gt;this destruction came shortly after a &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/091102"&gt;10 year anniversary of the TOLL/911 commemoration&lt;/a&gt; and just days after jane campbell announced that the city was going to make a better effort accomadating local artists. so i'm very skeptical what the city plans for that area now, my guess is flats-lite.&lt;br /&gt;last time i seen that area it was cyclone fenced in and was storing city equiptment and has become a real public eyesore.&lt;br /&gt;i'ld like to see the students presentation but i work 12 hours on wednesdays and am going to miss it. i will try to get a wrapup of sorts from either scott or someone who was able to attend and update this post with those findings..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/11/art-smoker.html"&gt;not my first rant about the rise &amp; fall of the temple of lost love&lt;/a&gt; and probably won't be the last..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-7424251117362598366?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/7424251117362598366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=7424251117362598366&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/7424251117362598366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/7424251117362598366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/04/west-3rd-solution.html' title='the west 3rd solution?'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-2810440553307967530</id><published>2007-04-12T12:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-16T16:11:34.702-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='streaming radio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='college radio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wruw'/><title type='text'>WRUW back on the air!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/04/wruw-is-off-air.html"&gt;WRUW is no longer off the air&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/news/disp_item.php?t=5&amp;id=590"&gt;the transmitter has been fixed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the telethon has been reschueduled for a later date [i heard next week] but you can use the handy &lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/telethon"&gt;online donation form&lt;/a&gt; if you are the impatient type.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;below are a few shows that i listen to regularly. the 'archived' links to an mp3 of their latest program. the link works best if you copy it and open in your media player as: [open URL] option, which plays the program instantly as it downloads. click on the program name for a description and archived program lists.&lt;br /&gt;WRUW 91.1 listen live: &lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/listen/wruw128k.m3u"&gt;128k&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/listen/wruw56k.m3u"&gt;56k&lt;/a&gt; [&lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/guide/"&gt;program guide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/guide/show.php?show_id=327"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;erin &amp; tony radio show&lt;/a&gt; - tuesday 10:30am-noon [&lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/guide/stream.php?stream=327"&gt;archived&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/guide/show.php?show_id=202"&gt;radio dystopia&lt;/a&gt; - thursdays noon-2:00pm [&lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/guide/stream.php?stream=202"&gt;archived&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/guide/show.php?show_id=358"&gt;resident rock&lt;/a&gt; - thursdays 5:30am-7am [&lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/guide/stream.php?stream=358"&gt;archived&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-2810440553307967530?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/2810440553307967530/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=2810440553307967530&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/2810440553307967530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/2810440553307967530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/04/wruw-back-on-air.html' title='WRUW back on the air!'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-5050625655877559799</id><published>2007-04-10T11:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-10T12:26:57.106-04:00</updated><title type='text'>WRUW is off the air</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://www.wruw.org/telethon/"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://howtobeg.cabanonline.com/images/StudioB-small.jpg" border="0" alt="click to donate over the internet" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;with the indians playing their home games in wisconcin and my favorite radio station off the air, i'm quickly running out of entertainment options in this town.&lt;br /&gt;hopefully both these situations are temporary.&lt;br /&gt;unfortunatly for &lt;a href="http://wruw.org"&gt;WRUW&lt;/a&gt;, the station went off the air on the first day of their annual fundraiser, the one week of the year that they depend on raising funds to keep the station going for the following 52 weeks.&lt;br /&gt;WRUW is still broadcasting over the internet at wruw.org and you can still donate by calling 216-368-2208. anyone who enjoys one of the few assets this town has left, i urge that they donate. it sounds like they are going to need it now more than ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i pasted the note david caban [WRUW tech. director] has left on the wruw.org website, below my rant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.wruw.org/telethon/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;donate over the internets&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;WRUW &lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/listen/wruw128k.m3u"&gt;live feed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are Off the Air ... Technical Problems!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monday April 9, 2007&lt;br /&gt;By: David&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are very sorry to report that we have been off the air since approximately 3:00 pm Monday afternoon. We apologize profusely to all of our listeners, especially on this first day of our annual fundraiser! The station has had some technical problems at its transmitter site in East Cleveland.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Illuminating Company didn't leave the transmitter site until 11:30 pm on Monday night. They have discovered that the nature of this electrical problem is completely out of their hands, and needs to be resolved by the building owners where we have our transmitter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To further complicate the matter, we don't know how long the repairs will take, and we won't know until late Tuesday morning at the earliest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This has been an extremely unfortunate series of events, and we are truly, truly sorry for the interruption to your listening!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for your support of WRUW. We will keep you updated as to the progress of these repairs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David Caban WRUW Technical Director&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-5050625655877559799?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/5050625655877559799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=5050625655877559799&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/5050625655877559799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/5050625655877559799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/04/wruw-is-off-air.html' title='WRUW is off the air'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-3649560024223668607</id><published>2007-04-09T14:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-11T18:27:27.238-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MLB'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='snow'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baseball'/><title type='text'>MLB orders indians to play home games in millwaukee</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/RhqEc9eE40I/AAAAAAAAAAo/BKqqakGHegk/s1600-h/indians-snow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/RhqEc9eE40I/AAAAAAAAAAo/BKqqakGHegk/s400/indians-snow.jpg" border="0" alt="cleveland snow - AP image"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5051495565121348418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bud selig &amp; the major leaugue baseball office has stepped into the snow debacle going on in cleveland that has already cancelled the first four home games of the indians season and ordered that the upcoming series with the losangeles/aneheim [actual name awaiting supreme court decision] angels to be played in millwaukee [buds domed ballpark].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is not the first time the indians played their home games in millwaukee if you count the movie &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097815/"&gt;'major leagues'&lt;/a&gt; as reality. the ironic part is that tuesdays game that will be played in millwaukee was to be rick 'wild thing' vaughn eyeglasses night at the jake..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;there is not really anyone to blame about the huge snow that fell on cleveland the second week of april but the cleveland indians failure to cancel the home opener last friday during an all day snow that had wind chill temps in the teens has fans yelling GREED at owner paul dolan. i know its hard to turn away a sold-out crowd but it was apparent to everyone except indian management that that game should of been cancelled beforehand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;plenty of tickets are available for the new home opener in millwaukee..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/content/printer_friendly/cle/y2007/m04/d09/c1888059.jsp"&gt;MLB article&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/print?id=3023131"&gt;ABC news&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/040807"&gt;my easter snow pics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WKYC &lt;a href="http://www.wkyc.com/video/player.aspx?sid=65688&amp;aid=33211"&gt;video&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.wkyc.com/video/player.aspx?sid=65753&amp;aid=33251"&gt;2&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.wkyc.com/video/player.aspx?sid=65696&amp;aid=33229"&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-3649560024223668607?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/3649560024223668607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=3649560024223668607&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/3649560024223668607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/3649560024223668607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/04/mlb-orders-indians-to-play-home-games.html' title='MLB orders indians to play home games in millwaukee'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/RhqEc9eE40I/AAAAAAAAAAo/BKqqakGHegk/s72-c/indians-snow.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-1858819966012557660</id><published>2007-04-03T14:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-03T15:06:20.408-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wi-fi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='technology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cafe'/><title type='text'>heh</title><content type='html'>this morning at lucky's cafe i overheard the woman working the counter tell a customer that was wondering why she was not getting a wi-fi signal: "its just not out here, it is out in the whole area". earlier this winter when jody was working, she told me that "the wi-fi was OK but their servers are down".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i get a good laugh when people that have no idea about technology explain technology..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-1858819966012557660?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/1858819966012557660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=1858819966012557660&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/1858819966012557660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/1858819966012557660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/04/heh.html' title='heh'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-8251836039837634516</id><published>2007-03-31T17:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-01T10:49:09.583-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parish hall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='props'/><title type='text'>props to you all</title><content type='html'>my photography opening at the parish hall was attended by a lot of folks i have not seen in a while, some that i see fairly often and some i've never seen before but was lucky enough to meet some of you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the photos will be up through april 28, 2007.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i would like to thank everyone who made it out and a very big thanks goes out to the following people:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;ryan weitzel &amp; &lt;a href="http://parishhall.wordpress.com/"&gt;the parish hall&lt;/a&gt; crew&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for inviting me to have a solo show at the hall and special thanks to ryan for hanging the 'art' and putting up with my attitude that was tested after i broke the fifth glass frame..&lt;br /&gt;thanks ryan, stephe, brandon, tom, matt and the rest of the crew.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://myspace.com/153793477"&gt;antonio 'taco' merritt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tony came through with all my prints in speedy fashion during some tough times he is going through. i thought it would be a good idea to use one of my &lt;a href="http://pbase.com/image/76385021/original"&gt;latest photos&lt;/a&gt; [lightning bolt] to the show and tony hand delivered it to me within hours so i could have it hanging by the 7pm opening, a mere 18 hours after the flik was shot. it turned out that that photo was one of the most commented on that night.&lt;br /&gt;i don't have enough fingers on my hand to count the times tony has come through for me in similar circumstances - much love to yah tony!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://amycaseypainting.com"&gt;amy casey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;amy, amy, amy. amy's work ethic is just one of her good traits that inspires me to take my art more seriously. amy also spent her sunny off-day helping mount and hang the 30 pieces all the while she is in the middle of preparing for a show less than 2 days away from when she plans to deliver the work in erie PA. &lt;br /&gt;thanks so much amy, i love yah!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ben parsons &amp; azure glass studio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ben hooked me up [again] with his mat cutter &amp; space, thankyou ben &amp; mary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;dan tranberg [plain dealer] &amp; anastasia pantsios [free times]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dan &lt;a href="http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/friday/1175158279286060.xml&amp;coll=2"&gt;included details of the show and my bio&lt;/a&gt; in the friday section of the PD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anastasia &lt;a href="http://www.freetimes.com/story/4993"&gt;wrote a blurb&lt;/a&gt; in the FT's about the show. thanks to you both.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;john neeley &lt;a href="http://www.grogshop.gs/index.html"&gt;[grog shop]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;john has always treated me well and helped me with the show whether he knew it or not.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-8251836039837634516?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/8251836039837634516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=8251836039837634516&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8251836039837634516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/8251836039837634516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/03/props-to-you-all.html' title='props to you all'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-7086721317894575765</id><published>2007-03-16T18:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-19T01:06:43.223-04:00</updated><title type='text'>solo photography show at parish hall</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="480" height="320"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://loumuenz.com/parish-hall.swf"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://loumuenz.com/parish-hall.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="480" height="320"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i've been busy preparing for my solo photography show at &lt;a href="http://www.millerweitzelgallery.com/"&gt;the parish hall&lt;/a&gt; that is on friday march 30, 2007. i already spent approximately 80 hours, half of that was choosing which photos to use in the show out of over 100,000 photos that i have on three different computers and five hard-drives. i separate my photos chronologically which is fine if your looking for a certain date but it is exasperating if your just hunting for photos to include for an photography showing. many hours was also spent post-processing the files so they will look decent when printed which takes much more time than creating the small files i upload to the web.&lt;br /&gt;the parish hall show will include several photos from the old LTV/J&amp;L steelyard that the mega-sized &lt;a href="http://www.steelyardcommons.com/main.asp"&gt;'steelyard commons' &lt;/a&gt;now sits. those shots are from about five years ago when the plant last closed, anyone who ever tried getting onto that property either when they were still operational or shut-down knows what a hassle you were in for with the diligent security that they had down there made it hard to even cut through the yard on your way to the towpath none the less hanging out shooting photography. i did get in about a forty five minutes of shooting while dodging the security that day before finally being apprehended. i should of known by the lack of graffiti around the abandoned plant just how intense the security was.&lt;br /&gt;anyway those steelyard shots was shot on my old olympus 700 [the UZI] so i'm a lil concerned how the quality will be when printed.&lt;br /&gt;other shots included will be photos from different music venues in cleveland as well as some skyline and street scenes from this area..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so save the date MARCH 30, 2007 at the parish hall which is just east of &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;output=search&amp;q=Parish+Hall+Cleveland+/+The+Miller+Weitzel+Gallery+/+Exit+Stencil+Recordings&amp;fb=1&amp;cid=0,0,11306709636317526987&amp;near=Cleveland,+OH&amp;oi=manybox&amp;ct=10&amp;cd=1&amp;resnum=1"&gt;west 65th on detroit avenue&lt;/a&gt;. the band coffinberry will be performing as will a couple other bands yet to be determined.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-7086721317894575765?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/7086721317894575765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/7086721317894575765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/03/solo-photography-show-at-parish-hall.html' title='solo photography show at parish hall'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-6242097350530988330</id><published>2007-02-22T14:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-22T15:14:16.306-05:00</updated><title type='text'>3 million</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/Rd35MQ1BoPI/AAAAAAAAAAY/FSwxKc_6xPo/s1600-h/stats-022207.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/Rd35MQ1BoPI/AAAAAAAAAAY/FSwxKc_6xPo/s400/stats-022207.jpg" border="0" alt="click for large" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i have &lt;a href="http://pbase.com"&gt;pbase.com&lt;/a&gt; as &lt;a href="http://pbase.com/tremont"&gt;my photo serve&lt;/a&gt;r since april 2001 and appreciate the service of this basically one man operation [actually 2 now that slug is married and his wife emily has been aboard]. pbase has never had ads which is refreshing and they now have millions of photographers using their service.&lt;br /&gt;not to say that pbase.com is without gliches, with all those images being served they have had some issues in performance but that is to be expected as flickr.com users &lt;a href="http://literarycafe.net/blog/2007/02/19/flickr-hacked/"&gt;have found out earlier this week&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyway, my page views reached 3,000,000 today [since june of 2001] and i'm now averaging approx. 2,800 page views a day on pbase. one of my most popular galleries is my &lt;a href="http://pbase.com/tremont/pghpa"&gt;pittsburgh gallery&lt;/a&gt; that was also one of my first with 42,228 views, though that gallery was created in july of 2001 it has had 588 views in the last 3 days [february 19-21] far surpassing many of my more recent galleries in that same period despite that i haven't updated or added photos there in years..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here is a &lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/Rd35MQ1BoPI/AAAAAAAAAAY/FSwxKc_6xPo/s1600-h/stats-022207.jpg"&gt;screenshot&lt;/a&gt; of the statpage that pbase provides daily [you need to be logged in to get the actual stat-page] which breaks down all my photos &amp; galleries with aggregate totals as well as daily totals for the last month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as of february 22, 2007 i have 7,324 images on pbase.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-6242097350530988330?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/6242097350530988330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=6242097350530988330&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6242097350530988330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6242097350530988330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/02/3-million.html' title='3 million'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/Rd35MQ1BoPI/AAAAAAAAAAY/FSwxKc_6xPo/s72-c/stats-022207.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-3450737829730118559</id><published>2007-02-15T12:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-15T13:38:43.781-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='darfur'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blizzard'/><title type='text'>the weather in perspective</title><content type='html'>&lt;embed style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.liveleak.com/player.swf" width="450" height="370" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="autostart=false&amp;token=761a3_4407" scale="showall" name="index"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;local TV station 'action 19' did a remote from downtown cleveland wednesday morning while the blizzard was nearing the end and some mostly naked dude starts dancing around the camera. the reporter loses his composure and can't go on with the interview.&lt;br /&gt;last night when i got home from work i put on the BBC news seen locally here at 11:30 pm on PBS and it was not the story of the blizzard in the midwest US that got me thinking but a story of what is going on in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict"&gt;darfur&lt;/a&gt;. they had some footage of that area that shown some young teenagers hamming it up for the cameras, most of those were girls swinging their hips and giggling, i suppose most boys are engaged in the war that is going on or have been killed so they can't engage in said war.&lt;br /&gt;that was when i started wondering why these people like to put on shows for TV cameras especially considering all the death, war, rape and other atrocities going on in their country. maybe it helps those kids to get their minds off what is going on around them(?).&lt;br /&gt;that's when i remembered the above video that i found on liveleak.com earlier while at work. what made this guy jump out of his car, strip naked and dance around the camera in 9 degrees and 30 MPH winds? was it to get his mind off the crappy weather or just to get attention and be seen on TV?&lt;br /&gt;i'm not making light of the genocide of what is going on in darfur but you probably wouldn't be reading this if it was a story on darfur, after all what could i add to that story? i probably wouldn't remembered that video on liveleak.com if i didn't see that report on the BBC that had those kids having fun with the camera.&lt;br /&gt;to make a long story short, as bad as the current weather is we will have birds chirping in the spring air in a couple months. what will those darfurian kids have to look forward to?&lt;br /&gt;'human rights watch' &lt;a href="http://www.hrw.org/doc?t=africa&amp;c=darfur"&gt;darfur site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-3450737829730118559?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/3450737829730118559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=3450737829730118559&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/3450737829730118559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/3450737829730118559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/02/weather-in-perspective.html' title='the weather in perspective'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-6431111301228082580</id><published>2007-02-08T12:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-13T22:44:41.856-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cleveland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='signage'/><title type='text'>cleveland elsewhere</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/RctmYw1BoOI/AAAAAAAAAAM/VB-KSCYMSBQ/s1600-h/cleveland-office-small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/RctmYw1BoOI/AAAAAAAAAAM/VB-KSCYMSBQ/s400/cleveland-office-small.jpg" border="0" alt="cleveland skyline in indianapolis"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029225984499491042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a few months ago i was asked for use of one of my &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/27299155"&gt;cleveland skyline&lt;/a&gt; photos by a large 'architectural signage' company [&lt;a href="http://www.asimodulex.com/"&gt;ASI-modulex&lt;/a&gt;] based in indianapolis but with offices around the world including cleveland.&lt;br /&gt;what ASI modulex wanted the photo for was to blow the image up so that it would take up nearly the entire wall of the large office and appear with the window panes that overlap the image to be a large wall of windows that has cleveland at night as the backdrop. the image is 7 feet tall and nearly 20 feet wide with the clients [armstrong] logo in the upper right hand corner.&lt;br /&gt;the gentleman i dealt with sent a small image of what it would look like that is shown above. the office in indianapolis is still under construction and i'm interested what it would look like after there work is finished.&lt;br /&gt;i received the check for the image today so i'm not worried about jinxing the deal though i never talked about the &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/fashion/28Blipsters.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;ref=fashion"&gt;new york times article&lt;/a&gt; that ran on sunday concerning black musicians that perform rock music in a white dominated scene. they were to use a photo of mine of the band 'this moment in black history' but pulled the photo last minute because of space issues. it sure would of been nice to tell people that i had a photo in the NYT's..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-6431111301228082580?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/6431111301228082580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=6431111301228082580&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6431111301228082580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/6431111301228082580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/02/cleveland-elsewhere.html' title='cleveland elsewhere'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_QWb6sOPCDIM/RctmYw1BoOI/AAAAAAAAAAM/VB-KSCYMSBQ/s72-c/cleveland-office-small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-2784559812921956860</id><published>2007-02-08T03:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-08T04:20:32.928-05:00</updated><title type='text'>local radio vs the biz</title><content type='html'>there are a number of local college radio shows i listen to but there are two that i try to listen to consistantly in the entirity and they are "&lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/guide/show.php?show_id=202"&gt;radio dystopia&lt;/a&gt;" that is on thursday afternoons from noon till 2pm [&lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org"&gt;WRUW 91.1 cleveland oh&lt;/a&gt;] and broadcast live on the internet [best if opened as 'open URL' in your media player], WRUW also archives shows for a week [&lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/guide/"&gt;guide&lt;/a&gt;]. the latest "radio dystopia" show can be heard &lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/guide/stream.php?stream=202"&gt;here 24/7&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my other favorite is jon hicks show "&lt;a href="http://www.wcsb.org/showinfo.php?showid=60"&gt;the worst day ever&lt;/a&gt;" [&lt;a href="http://www.wcsb.org/"&gt;WCSB - 89.3 cleveland&lt;/a&gt;] that is on from 9pm-11pm fridays but when i spoke with jon a week ago he said he was trying to get the 11pm-1am the same night. WCSB no longer broadcasts over the internet because impending fees that the RIAA has pushed for concerning music broadcast over the internet as well as copywrite issues.&lt;br /&gt;WCSB has issued a statement on their homepage that explains the decision, in part:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;The two components of the new regulations that concern us most are the fees and the reporting requirements. We do not yet know how much we will be charged (even for our 2006 web broadcasts), but we are concerned the fees will be cost prohibitive to WCSB and similar stations with limited funding. The other concern is the extensive reporting we will have to provide to SoundExchange 8 weeks each year including 11 different fields of information. This will be an administrative hassle, at best, for stations staffed entirely by students and volunteers from the community. It may prove impossible for us to comply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we await the final decision of the U.S. Copyright Office, we kindly ask for your support.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;to make a long story short, college stations as well as other internet radio stations are close to extinction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you can voice your concern by &lt;a href="http://www.wcsb.org/streamhelp.html"&gt;contacting your local congressman&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-2784559812921956860?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/2784559812921956860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=2784559812921956860&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/2784559812921956860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/2784559812921956860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/02/local-radio-vs-biz.html' title='local radio vs the biz'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-7770886027637329316</id><published>2007-02-06T16:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-06T17:29:32.572-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='superbowl'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='browns'/><title type='text'>my superbowl line</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://i.cnn.net/money/2007/02/06/news/companies/snickers/snickers_ad.03.jpg" alt="deep dark chocolate" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i watched the superbowl with a few friends on sunday at michael &amp;amp; kates chateau and i believe i had the best line of the day..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after the  end of the game and the announcers was once again reminding us that tony dungy was the first black coach to win a superbowl. i asked my friends: "now that we seen a black coach win a superbowl, do you think we will ever see a brown head coach win a superbowl?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after a few PC looks, a couple giggles broke out after those browns fans got the punchline..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i had another line about the 'snickers kiss' the two coaches shared after the game but i'll save that for later..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-7770886027637329316?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/7770886027637329316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=7770886027637329316&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/7770886027637329316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/7770886027637329316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/02/my-superbowl-line.html' title='my superbowl line'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-116913496157582924</id><published>2007-01-18T02:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-18T10:42:41.686-05:00</updated><title type='text'>things worse than work</title><content type='html'>most my friends know how i feel about my job and the stress of my 11/12 hour days and handle me with kid-gloves if we happen to encounter later in the night. &lt;br /&gt;i can admit that i can be real 'short' and even a prick at times especially on those eves.&lt;br /&gt;though tonight was a workday that went real smooth and when i got home i did some productive work on the computer until my eyes started to burn and then i noticed it was already 1:17 and i thought it would be sweet going for last-call.&lt;br /&gt;i rode my bike the short distance to the bar FKA 'dempsey's oasis' and sat down with wasco &amp; heavy p and all was well until a couple very drunk chicks sat right down right next to me and start saying 'hey, you look like nick lachey', i don't know who nick lachay is and actually thought she said 'rick o'shea' that i know neither.&lt;br /&gt;anyway wasco asks 'whos nick lachey?'. 'jessica simpsons ex-boyfriend' was the immediate answer from one of the girls and they continued to press me on this and demand for me to take off my wool skullcap which i refused and then left the table.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;when i got home i received the below email from shawn of the band 'child bite':&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Subject:  lou...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;where are our pics? i looked on your site. did they turn out bad? we&lt;br /&gt;can try to be prettier next time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;shawn&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i actually like that band after seeing them twice but did not wanna hear demands at this part of the morning after my previous experience earlier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so my point is: am i wrong to be intolerant and/or insensitive after a long days work? on the evenings i have off i don't notice disrespect as often or maybe i'm less tense and i easily ignore bad vibes on those glorious off days?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thanks for your understanding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ps: previous post has been sent to draft for consideration of like minds. thanks for the kudos adam.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-116913496157582924?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/116913496157582924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=116913496157582924&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116913496157582924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116913496157582924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/01/things-worse-than-work.html' title='things worse than work'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-116856468362484020</id><published>2007-01-11T19:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-12T03:55:48.363-05:00</updated><title type='text'>grumpy's</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/72942848/original"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/72942848/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="the newly reopened grumpy's in tremont 2007" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/1205285/original"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/1205285/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="new years day 2002 at the old grumpy's" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the long await to the reopening of grumpy's after the old locale &lt;a href="http://pbase.com/image/72807756/original"&gt;burned down&lt;/a&gt; a few years back is finally over. they opened this past monday and i spent my second visit there today which is thursday.&lt;br /&gt;wednesday morning was my first visit and i had a short-stack of pancakes with the side of cajun homefries [3.95] which most plates come with unless you prefer a pasta salad at lunch.&lt;br /&gt;today i didnt have a large appetite when wasco asked me to come along so i ended up just getting a bowl of soup which was the cheeseburger cream of tomato and it was very tasty. matt, brin &amp; noel got the cajun chicken quesadilla with swiss, mushrooms in a tortilla w/801 salsa &amp; sour cream [7.95], steve had the meatloaf melt w/swiss on rye [6.95] which i'll like to try the next dinner i have there when i have a larger appetite considering the meatloaf being a large piece of meat the size of a *large mans fist.&lt;br /&gt;getting back to wednesday, i told kathy a while back that i have a decent photo print [B&amp;W shown above] of inside the old grumpy's taken on new-years morning of 2002 and i was able to deliver to kathy when i seen her that morning. i explained that the print was a couple years old that i had in an art showing and that it was not in very good shape and without the glass it once was incased in so she'll probably shouldn't display it outside the kitchen. &lt;br /&gt;kathy seemed impressed with the print and had it displayed on the front counter the next day. if you see it and like it, the name is spelt: M-U-E-N-Z, if you don't well i told her she shouldn't display it.&lt;br /&gt;this isn't a review of the restaurant but i encourage everyone to patronage this business, kathy and others put alot of work &amp; money bringing grumpy's back to tremont and deserve reward for their effort.&lt;br /&gt;the hours are 6am-11pm weekdays, 7am-4am!! friday &amp; saturday and i believe 7am-3pm for sunday brunch.&lt;br /&gt;our waitress tracy also mentioned that BYOB is welcomed and they offer to keep it chilled in their fridge if you plan to go that way, with those late night hours, it probably will..&lt;br /&gt;i have several photos of the new grumpy's interior &lt;a href="http://pbase.com/tremont/011107"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, i hope to have some shots of the exterior when the facade is finished.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*meatfist &amp;copy; is property of &lt;a href="http://slowtoe.com"&gt;sloetoe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-116856468362484020?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/116856468362484020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=116856468362484020&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116856468362484020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116856468362484020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/01/grumpys.html' title='grumpy&apos;s'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-116812048223490265</id><published>2007-01-06T16:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-06T17:38:18.270-05:00</updated><title type='text'>bill</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/115/1374/1600/337422/ww-1-blanket4408sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/115/1374/320/866373/ww-1-blanket4408sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;for bill siebert and a.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i often think about the days growing-up in pittsburgh as a lil boy, many people don't remember their time as a child but those were times that that's all i can remember.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all but one of my sisters were older than i and most of them would get a kick from answering my endless questions with myths or alternative realities. some would consider that to be cruel but it was the happiest time of my life. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i couldn't imagine a world without steelmills that created the clouds, a god that enjoyed bowling during storms, our next door neighbor that was a soviet spy, clouds being big soft pillows that you can jump on [when i got old enough], brussel sprouts being cat brains and endless other tales i was told.&lt;br /&gt;it got to a point that my parents told my sisters to cut it out because it was becoming clear that i was not 'normal'. then when my questions would be asked they started telling me the truth [as they knew it] and it really fucked me up and i would hide and cry like a lil baby. one of the hardest truths that hurt the most was my sister kathy telling me that the sky was endless [without a roof] and i would never be able to ever touch it even with the tallest ladder. i could never accept that the world was not a real big house that everyone lived in together. so for a long time after that i wouldn't ask anymore questions and lived in my alternative realities with my imaginary friends that never let me down and gave me the answers i wanted to hear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;when i reached the age of about 5 my next door neighbor bill [the alleged soviet spy] took me under his wing by showing me his workshop that was in the basement of his house. i can still remember walking down those steps and the pleasant smell of freshly sawed wood and machine oil. bill was probably in his mid-seventies then and a WW-I veteran. he was also an atheist, the only atheist i knew as a kid and certainly the only one in our large catholic neighborhood. bill would never talk about religion and always avoided the question 'why don't uou believe in god'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bills gift was teaching you about the world and life while never preaching or scoffing at your beliefs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on every wall of that workshop there were maps of the world from different eras and when i asked why some maps were quite different than others he would patiently explain that they were made by man with beliefs that were common for that time and that man is always learning new things and finding what was reality at one time would change as we learned more and made new discoveries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i soon learned all the planets, continents, oceans, seas, how everything is made up of atoms and neutrons, i learned how to read the encylopedia and find answers on my own as well as telling time [both regular and military] all before i entered kindergarten, a kindergarten that i had to take over because my unwillingness to get along with others and read aloud 'run joe run'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i remember running home from school and asking bill if i can hangout in his basement and look at the periodic table chart that was hanging from a wall. when i was not around bill i would think of him and his teaching and nearly every night before i fell asleep i would lay awake thinking what i would do if bill died, this would eventually bring me to tears and my sister whom i shared a bed with would yell 'mom, lous crying again and i cant get to sleep'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bill eventually died not long after that and i unfortunately can't remember much after that, perhaps a defense mechanism i created back then to dissolve my hurt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i still do have bill's world war one wool blanket i was given when he passed, the one that he slept with in the trenches of europe. it lays atop of me on those cold nights, though the tears are gone.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-116812048223490265?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/116812048223490265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=116812048223490265&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116812048223490265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116812048223490265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/01/bill.html' title='bill'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-116777111511285404</id><published>2007-01-02T15:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-04T13:02:57.506-05:00</updated><title type='text'>hope your happy 2007</title><content type='html'>i didn't even get through a whole day this new year without someone telling me how mean i am.&lt;br /&gt;that beat the old record by weeks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thanks to feeq &amp; bridget for making me feel welcomed new-years day. food drink, song. its not anyone i'll sing for..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;good luck everyone.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-116777111511285404?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/116777111511285404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=116777111511285404&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116777111511285404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116777111511285404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2007/01/hope-your-happy-2007.html' title='hope your happy 2007'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-116582855610804590</id><published>2006-12-11T03:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-13T19:48:26.083-05:00</updated><title type='text'>tymoc cafe</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lmuenz/319366026/"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/71510204/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="click here for a flicker stot of this that includes notes of a handful of distinct changes that have happened since" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lmuenz/319967617/"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://static.flickr.com/144/319967617_671a3b3ab9.jpg" border="0" alt="this is the same shot as above but from dec. 2006" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i found a few photos recently from the early 90s from the 700 block of starkweather avenue with the 'tymoc cafe' in tremont which was a bar at the time and is now 'lucky's cafe' coffee shop.&lt;br /&gt;there are many changes to this area since this photos was first shot with an old pentax with a badly scratched lens.&lt;br /&gt;these few photos of this area are the only photos of the 'tymoc' era of this block on the internet. i'm sure there has to be more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thanks to tim herron to indirectly reminding me of this shot by again reminding me that i owe him a large rez shot of the old browns market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the top shot to the left is the one from the early 90s, the bottom is the same angle of that area but from december 2006, a couple other photos of this '700' block of starkweather avenue from the early 90s are &lt;a href="http://pbase.com/tremont/tymoccafe"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the contained photo contains notes if the dstinct changes that have happened since, go &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lmuenz/319366026/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-116582855610804590?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/116582855610804590/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=116582855610804590&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116582855610804590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116582855610804590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/12/tymoc-cafe.html' title='tymoc cafe'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-116548467030859816</id><published>2006-12-07T04:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T04:44:30.403-05:00</updated><title type='text'>things i've learned lately</title><content type='html'>1. i have square hands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. i'm not as tough as i thought.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. andy is not so tough either.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. whom the best guitarist is in the 'rock &amp; roll capital'.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-116548467030859816?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/116548467030859816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=116548467030859816&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116548467030859816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116548467030859816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/12/things-ive-learned-lately.html' title='things i&apos;ve learned lately'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-116538558211745093</id><published>2006-12-06T01:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-06T01:15:06.393-05:00</updated><title type='text'>parts &amp; labor</title><content type='html'>i'm looking forward to this show:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://patsintheflats.com/photos/parts_and_labor_jon_g-sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://patsintheflats.com/photos/parts_and_labor_jon_g-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="flyer by john g" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Audio:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;div class="section2"&gt;from &lt;i&gt;Stay Afraid&lt;/i&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="mp3/agreatdivide.mp3" target="_new"&gt;A Great Divide (5.0 MB)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;div class="section2"&gt;from &lt;i&gt;Rise, Rise, Rise&lt;/i&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="mp3/voltage.mp3" target="_new"&gt;Voltage (3.2 MB)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="mp3/endlessairshow.mp3" target="_new"&gt;The Endless Air Show (3.3 MB)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;div class="section2"&gt;from &lt;i&gt;Groundswell&lt;/i&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="mp3/partsandlabor_gs.mp3" target="_new"&gt;Parts &amp;amp; Labor (5.3 MB)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;div class="section2"&gt;guest DJ set on WNYU's New Afternoon Show:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="mp3/Parts_and_Labor_live_on_WNYU.mp3" target="_new"&gt;live on WNYU 11.03.05 (69.4 MB)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-116538558211745093?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/116538558211745093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=116538558211745093&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116538558211745093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116538558211745093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/12/parts-labor.html' title='parts &amp; labor'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-116531348639580658</id><published>2006-12-05T15:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T15:45:09.550-05:00</updated><title type='text'>the kindnest of people</title><content type='html'>i have alot of great friends and that i am thankful for. some of those are friends that are really 'honest' tell me that people treat me different because im a photograher &amp; am shooting thier shows and whatnot, thus they feel obligated to treat me kind. i like this honesty &amp; never really thought of it that way.&lt;br /&gt;all this time i thought my appeal may have been of just being honest and having trust with my friends/subjects.&lt;br /&gt;either way, i'm thankful for anyone who has treated me kind, too many to mention..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i will mention 'amy' and my infaturation with this girl since the first time i met her. amy was playing pool with pepper who i met on a few occasions previously, anyway pepper seen me and say's hey lou or whatever and i walked over to greet pepper and thats when i seen amy for the first time and said something like 'wow, your so beautiful', kind of cheesy way to greet someone and a first for me but it felt real liberating being honest despite the look on peppers face. now it has been about a year and i've got to know amy alot better each time i'm around her and consider her one of my closest allies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my friend [sf] always like to remind me how crazy i am, for that i say: phak you shawn&lt;br /&gt;'IM NOT CRAZY, YOUR THE ONE THAT IS CRAZY'&lt;br /&gt;i have friends that will confirm that above line, friends that like me for more than that 'i take their pictures', you jealous bitch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;if this post sounds silly, i really don't care, i'm sober drinking a hot tea in a warm coffee-shop..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-116531348639580658?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/116531348639580658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=116531348639580658&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116531348639580658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116531348639580658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/12/kindnest-of-people.html' title='the kindnest of people'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-116493706119374597</id><published>2006-11-30T20:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-01T04:02:02.146-05:00</updated><title type='text'>marty's americanization of the korean youth - [NSFW]</title><content type='html'>&lt;embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=1498411430&amp;type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;while most of us here in the states is wondering which ipod to ask for this christmas, my friend &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/45405567"&gt;marty&lt;/a&gt; is in korea teaching young kids english during the holidays as well as next several months.&lt;br /&gt;this embedded video has marty teaching the correct way of pronouncing the phrase "shut the fuck up". this is a very important phrase to get correctly when your a kid cause if you screw-up it will only bring more ridicule that usually leads to blows. i grew-up with a speech impediment so i'm speaking from experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so i give marty big props spending time teaching the asian youth the ways of the world while leaving his comfortable lifestyle and the beautiful &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/image/45358838"&gt;christa&lt;/a&gt; behind.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-116493706119374597?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/116493706119374597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-116310497624091626</id><published>2006-11-09T15:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-09T16:13:52.160-05:00</updated><title type='text'>bernard video party</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bernardvideo.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:float:left;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/115/1374/1600/bernardvideo_poster.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="bernard video party at sokolowski's the 10th on november 2006" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;looking back on the last year, there is one thing (actually many) that i am thankfull for and it has been the recovery of &lt;a href="http://bernardvideo.com/"&gt;bernard sokolowski III&lt;/a&gt; from his &lt;a href="http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2005/08/bernard-video.html"&gt;serious bike accident&lt;/a&gt; in europe a little over a year ago.&lt;br /&gt;bernard recovered from having his back/pelvis smashed and lengthy time in a coma followed by a year of rehab that he is still going through. yet B3 is back on the streets with vid-camera in hand thanks to his hard work and support of his great family. bernard is having a video party at &lt;a href="http://www.sokolowskis.com/"&gt;sokolowski's university inn&lt;/a&gt; this friday the 10th of november at 10pm, you may wanna get there earlier to enjoy the outstanding dinners the SUI has.&lt;br /&gt;this show is part of the tremont artwalk that takes place on these first friday's of the month.&lt;br /&gt;aside from &lt;a href="http://bernardvideo.com/"&gt;bernards website&lt;/a&gt;, you can also find his videos on his &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/bernardvideo"&gt;YOU TUBE&lt;/a&gt; page.&lt;br /&gt;i hope to make an early appearance but have previous obligations to attend the joanna newsome show at the beachland this same night.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-116310497624091626?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/116310497624091626/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=116310497624091626&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116310497624091626'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116310497624091626'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/11/bernard-video-party.html' title='bernard video party'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-116309575613317386</id><published>2006-11-09T13:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-09T14:11:47.956-05:00</updated><title type='text'>steve</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/115/1374/1600/steve2602sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/115/1374/320/steve2602sm.jpg" border="0" alt="steve" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i was hesitant of writing this post because of my closet superstition of moments of joy.&lt;br /&gt;three weeks ago my friend steve sold me a car for basically nothing. i was skeptical at first about getting something for nothing that may end up costing hundreds shortly thereafter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after taking a test drive of this 1988 toyota with steve a couple weeks beforehand, i was impressed with the engine &amp; transmission. both were quiet and in working order so this was not something i was concerned about despite my initial skeptism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the weakness of this mature lady is the suspension. i believe that the shocks are shot and the springs are singing sad blues songs before they depart this earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all in all i am happy with this car and am hoping that if i limit the milage below 20 miles a week, that i'll have something to get me through this winter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the superstition part that i mention earlier refers to my experiences of jubilation that i dance about only to have them blow back into my face. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;regardless of my future with this car, i would like to thank steve. it is refreshing to do business with a'straight-up' fellow without a hidden agenda. i've been pressuring steve to post some of those photos that i observe him capturing at various shows, i'll let you know when that happens..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-116309575613317386?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/116309575613317386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=116309575613317386&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116309575613317386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116309575613317386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/11/steve.html' title='steve'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-116259665938449045</id><published>2006-11-03T18:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-03T20:05:24.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>art smoker</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/clevegraffiti"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/876807/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="is it ALL about money?" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;election day is coming up this tuesday and i'm pretty certain on all the candidates/issues i am voting on but there is this issue 18 that i'm having a hard time convincing myself to vote yes for despite all my art friends pressuring me to vote yes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my main problem is the local politicians integrity when it come to spreading that money around and cooperating with the local arts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i remember jane campbell promising to "put local cleveland artist first" and have the city cooperate in anyway they could when it came to local arts, only to have two weeks later the largest non-funded local outdoor art project in cleveland at that time: "&lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/clevegraffiti"&gt;the temple of lost love&lt;/a&gt;" plowed under and &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/toll_rebirth"&gt;painted over&lt;/a&gt; by city workers on a sunday while they were earning overtime.&lt;br /&gt;before you go saying 'aww lou, they were just a bunch of punks with spray-paint cans' the temple of lost love was made up of artists such as: frank green, steve smith, 'the joan of art', beth wolfe, amy sparks, hover, shrug, pj doran, paul maccorone (black-ark) and many others particapating at one time or another.&lt;br /&gt;for those that believe outdoor art is an eyesore, the ToLL was not visible by any road and tucked away underneath the broken &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/4834200/large"&gt;eagle street lift-bridge&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a more recent example of our local leaders hatred for the arts is of course '&lt;a href="http://theclevelandchurch.com"&gt;the church&lt;/a&gt;' that was shutdown by the city for not having the proper permits though most everyone knows it was more of a witch-hunt that bordered on racism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BTW: i am not a smoker.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-116259665938449045?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/116259665938449045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=116259665938449045&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116259665938449045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116259665938449045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/11/art-smoker.html' title='art smoker'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-116077937734805058</id><published>2006-10-13T18:05:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-14T03:51:18.676-04:00</updated><title type='text'>what a difference a day makes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/68477166"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://static.flickr.com/112/268331274_66b823aa3e.jpg" width="240" border="2" alt="shawn the stylist" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after a long night of late night bike-riding i slept in till 11am, that was when my phone rang and shawn flowers explained he was ordered to take the day off from work/school from his doctor who said he was stressed out so, would i like to goof off?&lt;br /&gt;i told shawn: 'sure, i'll be up to that after i get a cup of coffee in me'.&lt;br /&gt;he met me at the coffee shop and there it was decided to get something to eat at the rowley inn AKA 'raughty-inn'. shawn had the steak sandwich which he said was delicious and i had the sloppy-joe special, we both had a couple noon time beers as we watched the snow flurries outside draw everyones attention. you can be in the toughest bar in the world but when you get that first snow of the year in early october you'll still get oohs &amp; ahhs from even the manliest of steelworkers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after our lunch we went on a quest for something to take our minds off our stress, this took a while so we went over to shawns place off of st. clair where we had a few more beers and then i talked shawn into giving me a haircut. this was the first haircut he ever gave and actually did a decent job though its not like i would of cared if he screwed-up, that shit usually grows back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after the cut we headed up to cleveland hts to pick something up and headed back to st. clair for a few more beers before we went to 'traffic' on west 6th where jessica was having a benefit for her sister carolyn. carolyn has stage 3 colon cancer and has no health insurance and she is only 35. so yeah, just when you thought you had problems..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;jessica played the gracious host and introduced me to her lovely sister maureen. traffic is a club that has modern decor and a dance floor with laser lights though when we were there not many people were dancing, many were just socializing and having a few drinks. roxanne who had just got back from europe told me that the euro-clubs are full of these places and they are packed every night. after BSing with a few peeps and gawking at jessica and her beautiful dress we headed out. details after this point get a little foggy but i know we were eventually back in tremont checking the hanging at 'asterisk' named 'all the kings horses IV'. i also remember going to the lit to see a couple readers of poetry and doing something else and the walk home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it was a day exactly like the doctor ordered.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-116077937734805058?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/116077937734805058/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=116077937734805058&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116077937734805058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116077937734805058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/10/what-difference-day-makes.html' title='what a difference a day makes'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-116063115765758788</id><published>2006-10-12T01:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T02:52:38.496-04:00</updated><title type='text'>weird</title><content type='html'>i have been in a mood slump for a week now. the closing of the church was the start. now i don't even want to think about that but i still am and its bringing up all kinds of crazy shit in my brain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thought i would never miss my arguments and fights with wasco but he has been on tour for about 10 days now and feeling like i need to talk with him, and my favorite ballcap is in his backseat.&lt;br /&gt;i left it there when we [feeq, the serb &amp; i] stopped at steves hotdog lunch after a show at the beachland.&lt;br /&gt;i had the meatloaf sandwich between two pieces of bread and smothered in gravy like mom use to make it, 2 bucks. wasco just laughed but he had six butt-burners [chili-cheeze dogs with tons of onions], i think rafeeq had the usual [2 cheese burgers &amp; a handfull of butt-burners]. &lt;br /&gt;it was your usual steves lunch crowd at 3am with arguments with a dude that was previously banned, this older rock-couple clad in tight leather with his woman being loud and stupid, he was just stupid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;none of that bothered me, nor did my birthday when my bike was stolen [as much], or when my car was stolen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tonight when i was riding home, under-dressed in the pouring rain &amp; temps in the 40s i was wondering why it wasn't colder and more miserable. everything i think lately is the worst of what that 'thing' represents. on that wet ride home i stopped at the corner gas station on clark &amp; scranton for a six-pak and when i walked in the attendant had his back to me and was dozing off and the first thing that popped in my brain was 'dumb-shit, i coulda had your head blown off before you even waked', thats not normal thinking..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i tried pulling myself outta this by: catching up on all [most] of my photography, helping people with things, not 'going-off' on people so much and just trying to do good for people. i even cleaned my living room, all that stuff usually helps bring my moods up but hasn't done squat and listening to music i think is just making things worse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the beer helps some but i have a hankering to 'up the ante' on the stimulant tip and go back out on my bike and find something. i'm still wet from the ride home 2 hours ago, so i have that going for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;"when the world is sick, can't no-one be well? but i dreamnt we all beautiful and strong" silver mt zion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-116063115765758788?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/116063115765758788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=116063115765758788&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116063115765758788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116063115765758788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/10/weird.html' title='weird'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-116051453838277568</id><published>2006-10-10T17:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-10T17:28:19.900-04:00</updated><title type='text'>RIP mitzi 1908 - 2006</title><content type='html'>mitzi's was/is one of them old time bars that resist change, i can appreciate that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;about five years ago i stopped in there on my bike and i had a shaved head at the time, i think this was the first time she seen my head shaved. mitzi said you must have been a good boy growing-up, "i can tell from all the scars on your head". i thought that was funny but when she added that "you must of also had a sad childhood by the look of my eyes" which made me a little uneasy. anyone else i would replied with something mean or gave them a dirty look but with mitzi, i just smiled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i, like many others will miss this wonderful woman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;St. Clair Avenue's friendliest bartender dies at 92&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday, October 10, 2006&lt;br /&gt;Michael O'Malley&lt;br /&gt;PD Reporter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The old beer joint will never be the same without the elegant lady in the housedress and clip-on earrings who called each customer "honey."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For generations she poured whiskey for the blue-collar boilermaker crowds that lined the wooden bar in one of Cleveland's oldest neighborhood saloons -- Mitzi Jerman's, named after the elegant lady herself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mary "Mitzi" Jerman, who was born in the apartment above the bar on St. Clair Avenue 92 years ago, died on Sunday in a nursing home where she had been cared for since April.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before going to the nursing home, she still lived above the bar, helping her daughter and son-in-law when the place got busy. Sometimes she'd shuffle in wearing slippers, but always in a housedress and earrings, and always smiling. No one called her Mrs. Jerman. She was always Mitzi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The amazing Mitzi," Cleveland Councilman Joe Cimperman said. "She was the great innkeeper. She always made you feel warm and welcome."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mitzi entertained her honeys with stories about her old bootlegging days and the characters who used to come into the bar -- politicians and reporters mingling with working-class Democrats. The late Frank Lausche, a Cleveland mayor who went on to be governor and U.S. senator, regularly left the place forgetting his hat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And Mitzi remembered him having holes in his shoes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though the place will never be the same without those colorful stories, it was business as usual Monday at the bar. "My mother would have a fit if I closed," said Mary Therese "Susie" Myers, whose grandparents, immigrants from Slovenia, started the business 98 years ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John Jerman came to America and worked in the Pennsylvania coal mines before settling in Cleveland, where he met his wife Frances, a governess. In 1906, he borrowed $1,000 to buy a house at 3840 St. Clair Ave. Two years later, he opened a bar on the first floor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Prohibition came, the Jermans worked in the shadows to keep the business going, trying to avoid snooping G-men.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Mitzi's brother Eddie smuggled whiskey from Canadian boats, and when the Feds got too close, the Jermans would pass bottles out an upstairs window into a window of a next-door neighbor whose house stood only a few feet away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"My grandmother used to tell my mother, 'Look out for those guys wearing the black boots and white socks. Those are the Feds. Those are the bad guys,' " Myers said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the old days, Mitzi cooked chili and hamburgers for the neighborhood's hungry factory workers and truck drivers. "She made the best hamburgers," said Karla Golub, 62, who grew up in the near East Side Slovenian neighborhood. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"My parents would give us kids money, and we'd walk from St. Paul's to Mitzi's for hamburgers. We would swivel on the stools and watch the factory workers crack eggs in their beers."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Golub owns Golub Funeral Home on Superior Avenue, where Mitzi's wake will be on Wednesday. The place used to be a boardinghouse where Mitzi, as a girl, took piano lessons. The old piano in the bar is dusty and out of tune.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Myers said her mother remained alert to the end. She said Mitzi asked every day about the business and her dog Rosco, an uptight mutt who sleeps in the front window and barks at the regulars coming through the door.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Every day she said, 'Tell the customers I said hello and make sure you buy them a drink,' " Myers said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul Croatian Catholic Church, 1369 East 40th St.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-116051453838277568?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/116051453838277568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=116051453838277568&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116051453838277568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116051453838277568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/10/rip-mitzi-1908-2006.html' title='RIP mitzi 1908 - 2006'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-116006372268044458</id><published>2006-10-05T11:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T11:57:53.476-04:00</updated><title type='text'>seething</title><content type='html'>sad, sad days my friend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i have bad news and am posting this public letter from r.a.washington AKA rafeeq via '&lt;a href="http://theclevelandchurch.com"&gt;the church of ayler&lt;/a&gt;' website. i'ld like to add my feelings but cannot at this time. needless to say i'm feeling quite pissed and thats not good, for you nor i.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;LAST NIGHT WE WERE SHUTDOWN BY CLEVELAND VICE DETECTIVES, IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONTINUE THE CENSORSHIP OF INDEPENDENT MUSIC VENUES THROUGH LEGALITY AND CLASS POLITICS. THE HEAD VICE DETECTIVE ACTUALLY SAID, “I GUESS SOMEONE HAS A VENDETTA AGAINST YOU.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HE EVEN HINTED THAT THIS ACTION WAS PROMPTED BY TREMONT WEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE CDC THAT PROMOTES SMALL BUSINESS, AND COMMUNITY IN THIS HISTORIC DISTRICT. THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS INDEED TRUE IS POINTLESS, REALLY WE WERE OPERATING UNDER FISCAL DISTRESS FROM THE GET-GO. WE WERE DOING THIS IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE INTERESTING ART TO A CITY SUFFERING THE STIGMATA OF STILTED THINKING. A CITY, SCORNED BY THE NATION AS A STRUGGLING LITTLE TOWN. EVEN OUR OWN RESIDENTS HAVE LOST HEART, AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO BREAK THE APATHY THAT HAS SETTLED IN.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ON THE COMPLAINT A NAME AFFILIATED WITH TREMONT AND ITS BLOCK CLUBS SHOWED UP, ALTHOUGH I WOULD LIKE TO DIVULGE THE NAME- THAT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE. I’LL SAY ONLY THIS- SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT OF TREMONT WANT TO OPEN A REC-CENTER, AND YOUTH MUSIC HALL IN CLARK FIELDS. THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT BE AS SUCCESSFUL IF WE ABLE TO GO ABOUT OUR BUSINESS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SO, EVEN WITH THE PROPERLY FILED PERMITS WHICH WOULD COST US SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS, AND THE PROPER TAX ID ACCOUNTS THAT WOULD KEEP US IN LINE WITH THE IRS IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT WE WOULD STILL BE PERSECUTED, AND SCORNED FOR OUR VENUE. I HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THIS, BUT I WILL WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE SUPPORTED OUR SPACE, YOUR SPACE- TO THE BANDS WHO WERE COMING OUT FOR SHOWS- WE APOLOGIZE FOR OUR CITY. WE WISH YOU THE CREATIVE SPEED TO CARRY ON.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6:37AM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5TH&lt;br /&gt;R.A. WASHINGTON&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-116006372268044458?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/116006372268044458/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=116006372268044458&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116006372268044458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116006372268044458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/10/seething.html' title='seething'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-116000904616265450</id><published>2006-10-04T19:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-04T21:33:54.156-04:00</updated><title type='text'>what i do with my days off</title><content type='html'>since i have 4 days off a week i always get asked "what do you do on your days off lou?" i usually give a short answer like: "chores and stuff" which sometimes brings a response of "chores? whatcha mean?" and i answer: "well, you know--computer stuff" that usually brings an 'ooohhhh' with a small grin that they are trying to hold back, as if computer stuff meant surfing porn sites. &lt;br /&gt;i won't deny that i sometimes checkout askjolene.com or whatever for stress relieving issues but i try to control that habit for no other reason than that those sites are usually loaded with spyware, spam, viruses and other worrisome issues..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;now i am going to break down a typical off day of mine by reliving what i did with my last day off (october 3), 'mostly doing chores' on the computer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i woke late after working from 730am til 1130pm the day before and then going to see a couple bands at the church and hanging out late with rafeeq, aaron &amp; josiah afterward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12 noon &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;rode to luckys for my one coffee of the day and brought my laptop with me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12:10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after checking my email i notice that jean of &lt;a href="http://brandtgallery.org"&gt;brandtgallery.org&lt;/a&gt; sent me a PDF of the upcoming show at BG featuring kenn louis. my laptop does not have the premium version of adobe acrobat as my desktop does so i use my screen capturing software (ifranview) to grab the two images, save to my harddrive and then opened them in photoshop so i can resize them and optimize for the web via image-ready.&lt;br /&gt;i then open my web-editor (nuvu) and save/archive the previous show that was on the "current page" and create a new page for the upcoming show and place one of those aforementioned images there. i repeat this process for the other page that has the backside of this card (image). &lt;br /&gt;i then update the index page with the new info, save the work and upload via smartFTP. after i workout a couple glitches i notice that it is 1248.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1:00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i needed to update a couple items on &lt;a href="http://patsintheflats.com"&gt;patsintheflats.com&lt;/a&gt; so i go through a similar routine detailed above but this only takes about 18mins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1:20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;notice that i have an email from peter of &lt;a href="http://skyscrapermagazine.com"&gt;skyscrapermagazine.com&lt;/a&gt; (a cool alternative rock zine outta NY, NY.) he needs several photos of shows of '&lt;a href="http://theclevelandchurch.com"&gt;the church&lt;/a&gt;' i have for an upcoming feature he is doing about DIY spaces around the US. he asks that they are in 300dpi and at least 4x6 in size, he also mentions that the deadline is oct. 6.&lt;br /&gt;after reading that email it is then i remember that some other fellow from the same magazine asked me last week to send a few high-rez BW photos of the band '&lt;a href="http://http://www.pbase.com/tremont/052806"&gt;rac-ooo-oon&lt;/a&gt;' that i shot in the spring and that deadline is oct 3!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1:40 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i start working on the files of that 'rac-ooo-oon' show and am halfway done when i see that my laptop battery is near depleted (i use my battery meter as a timer for how long i been at the coffee shop, i don't need to be in that place longer than my batteries last).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2:20 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after riding home and making some iced-tea i finish up the last project then start the oct-6 deadline one, i'm sending him 5 high-rez photos, he can use what he wants, it is now nearly 3pm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3:00 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i've been redoing rafeeq's site (&lt;a href="http://rawashington.com"&gt;rawashington.com&lt;/a&gt;) he wants a wordpress site so he can easily update it. i work on that for about 40 mins then check my email. &lt;br /&gt;its peter again, he likes the photos i sent him but would like a few some that "has more of the space in it" and he also mentioned that he was on my website and found one from the band '&lt;a href="http://www.loumuenz.com/2006/09/26/brian-straw-chum-poor-sailor/"&gt;chum&lt;/a&gt;' (shawn flowers band) that he would like to use cause he thinks "its a really awesome photo and it shows off the stage area well". i replied back telling him that the one of 'chum' is not the stage area, they were setup in the rear corner..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4:05&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i notice my cats are hungry from maximus continuosly jumping in front of my keyboard and lucy licking everything plastic so i ride over to daves supermarket for a 10-lb bag of imes catfood and wished i had room in my bag for a 12pak of beer..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5:20&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after feeding my cats and changing their litter box i take a couple swigs of ice-tea and check my email.&lt;br /&gt;i find out the show at pat's on friday has a lineup change so i fix that and remove some spam the 'the church' website, i then get a call from shawn_m saying that he plans to get his band 'kid tested' back together and that they have a CD coming out soon so he asks me if i could get his website (gokidtested.com) back online. i told shawn before that the domain has long expired and he needs to email the place an explain that it was originally his and if he can have it back. shawn tells me he is not good with that stuff and maybe i can do that, i reply "we'll see.." (words you don't want to hear me utter).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6:25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tired with messing with others projects, i take a look at the photos i shot last week that i didn't even had a chance to look at yet. after uploading a couple pics i realize that i'm stessed and my neck is sore, i also havn't ate all day. i resist the urge to askjolene and settle for a hot-bath before getting something to eat at 5 dollar cheeseburger night at prosperity, trying to get there before happy hour ends at 8pm (i didn't).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;perhaps i can spend my next day off looking for a car (&amp; a bike), i have a feeling thats not going to happen..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-116000904616265450?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/116000904616265450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=116000904616265450&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116000904616265450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/116000904616265450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/10/what-i-do-with-my-days-off.html' title='what i do with my days off'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-115949636197319126</id><published>2006-09-28T21:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-29T02:36:19.946-04:00</updated><title type='text'>best unsung music club</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://theclevelandchurch.com"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/115/1374/400/the-church-white.gif" width="240" border="0" alt="the church of ayler" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"best of lists" are not always a fair way to measure entertainment or recreation genres but when they get it right and expose a non-affiliated business or organization, the result can legitmise the article to a good extent.&lt;br /&gt;one example i'll list today and another example i'll post tomorrow that some may find a curious entry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;todays feature is what exactly what one that is familiar with the local scene should expect for the category. the hard work of rafeeq and his relentless booking, erins vision as well as tony, wasco, justin, john_g and countless others that have pitched in with either rent, making flyers, painting, sound, cleaning up, taking out the garbage and numerous other medial tasks has much to do with the good reviews and ambiance of the space as any band or other factor could. the church [of ayler] is a no-brainer when it comes to any "best unsung music club".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;below is the blurb from the september 27, 2006 &lt;a href="http://bestof.clevescene.com/bestof/section.php?section=oid:27975&amp;year=2006"&gt;cleveland scene&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Best Unsung Music Club&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Church in Tremont&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Located a block away from Lincoln Park, The Church has neither a big stage nor a nice sound system. In fact it isn't a rock as much as a performance space, playing host to art shows as well as some of the best experimental-noise rock. From the downstairs reading room stocked with comic books to the main floor, where the pews account for much of the seating, The Church evokes a wonderful idiosyncratic charm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;2681 W. 14th St., &lt;a href="http://theclevelandchurch.com"&gt;www.theclevelandchurch.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-115949636197319126?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/115949636197319126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=115949636197319126&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115949636197319126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115949636197319126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/09/best-unsung-music-club.html' title='best unsung music club'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-115870335490122342</id><published>2006-09-19T17:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-19T18:04:18.193-04:00</updated><title type='text'>tremont artists on the eastside</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://amycaseypainting.com"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 353px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/67164526/original.jpg" border="0" alt="amy casey paintings at the zygote press" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a couple really awesome artists have art openings this upcoming friday september 22, 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://amycaseypainting.com"&gt;amy casey&lt;/a&gt; is currently my favorite cleveland artist and her art opening is at the &lt;a href="http://www.zygotepress.com/index.html"&gt;zygote press&lt;/a&gt; which is now located at 1410 east 30th street (between superior &amp; st.clair).&lt;br /&gt;amy captures cleveland on canvas better than i have been able to do with a camera. douglas utter has a &lt;a href="http://www.freetimes.com/story/726"&gt;writeup of casey &amp; zygote press&lt;/a&gt; in the latest free times magazine.&lt;br /&gt;the zygote will be open from 6-9pm this evening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;"degrees of frank part 1"&lt;/span&gt; is the name of the artshow honoring the legendary frank green. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;"A Community examines it's common past and present. In recognition of our friend, artist Frank Green."&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;frank was one of the first artists to colonize tremont a quarter century ago and was creator of the "&lt;a href="http://pbase.com/tremont/clevegraffiti"&gt;temple of lost love&lt;/a&gt;" which inspired me as well as many others to look at outdoor art in other ways.&lt;br /&gt;this will be a group show curated by &lt;a href="http://brandtgallery.org/"&gt;jean brandt&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;degrees of frank part 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday, September 22 2006, 6:00pm - 9:00pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ARTS COLLINWOOD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15605 Waterloo Rd&lt;br /&gt;Cleveland Ohio&lt;br /&gt;44110 - Telephone: 216.692.9500&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;This group show of work by Cleveland artists examines how as a community their common past informs their present work.  Or as artist Frank Green wrote: "I am often introduced as a local performance artist, which for some reason makes me feel like a character in a T.V. sitcom.  Just once I would like to be introduced as a cross between a radar detective and a sonic boom." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Featured artists: &lt;br /&gt;Robert Banks, Judith Brandon, Bruce Edwards, Sally Hudak, Michael Loderstedt, Jerry Mann, Dennis Maxfield, Nancy Prudic, John Ranally, Elizabeth Schiros &amp; Beth Wolfe&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-115870335490122342?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/115870335490122342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=115870335490122342&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115870335490122342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115870335490122342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/09/tremont-artists-on-eastside.html' title='tremont artists on the eastside'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-115723215989224950</id><published>2006-09-02T14:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-02T20:39:03.790-04:00</updated><title type='text'>modesto speed</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/modestospeed/"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/115/1374/320/sgs-sign.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a few months back a friend of mine who would like to remain anonymous an i'll refer to as "hover" turned me on to a flicker site that he and another friend have been uploading photos of cleveland signs that they have been shooting. &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/modestospeed/"&gt;modesto speed&lt;/a&gt; is the flicker site that is closing in on nearly 1000 photos of signs from all parts of cleveland. &lt;br /&gt;hover does alot of &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/image/5641529"&gt;graffiti writing&lt;/a&gt; but the site is devoid of graffiti outside of a mural or two.&lt;br /&gt;be carefull when browsing this site it is easy to lose track of time but i have been taking it all in stages at a time.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-115723215989224950?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/115723215989224950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=115723215989224950&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115723215989224950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115723215989224950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/09/modesto-speed.html' title='modesto speed'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-115687722454225122</id><published>2006-08-29T14:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-13T02:47:10.056-04:00</updated><title type='text'>the 25th studio a rama info announced</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/091005sar"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/115/1374/400/studio_a_rama.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;today, &lt;a href="http://www.wruw.org/news/disp_item.php?t=1&amp;id=483"&gt;WRUW&lt;/a&gt; has announced the lineup and date for this years studio a rama which will take place at 12 noon on saturday the 16th of september. if you have never been to studio a rama (where you been) it is an all day FREE music event that takes place on the campus of case western reserve university (ford &amp; bellfower).&lt;br /&gt;this end of summer music fest features all regional acts from the cleveland area with one national headlining artist, this years honors goes to "matt pond pa" from brooklyn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;people are welcome to bring in their own food &amp; drink as long as they are of age and the drink is not in a glass bottle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;below is the bands performing which are in no particular order, the definitive times will be announced by september 1st [as of september 13, they have yet to announce the times].&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Jerk&lt;br /&gt;The Velvematics&lt;br /&gt;Lick the Blade&lt;br /&gt;The Nice Device&lt;br /&gt;Rambler 454&lt;br /&gt;C.D. Truth&lt;br /&gt;Susan Weber &amp; Monet's Orbit&lt;br /&gt;The Jack Fords&lt;br /&gt;Matt Pond PA (headliner)&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;studio a rama in photos: &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/091005sar"&gt;2005&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/091104"&gt;2004&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/studio_a_2003"&gt;2003&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-115687722454225122?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/115687722454225122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=115687722454225122&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115687722454225122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115687722454225122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/08/25th-studio-rama-info-announced.html' title='the 25th studio a rama info announced'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-115626180152834605</id><published>2006-08-22T11:38:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-22T13:09:23.533-04:00</updated><title type='text'>scavenger hunt</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/082006"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/115/1374/400/scavenger_hunt0668sm.jpg" border="0" alt="scavenger hunt tattoo worth 200 points" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i took part in the scavenger hunt going on sunday along with about thirty other people. we met up in lincoln park at 4pm and chose 6 person teams (some had five), it was then that we got a huge list of items that we had to find that were worth points. the rules were simple enough: the found items could not be purchased, one list item per team and you could not drive to destinations though you could use RTA but most everyone rode their bikes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;some of the items i aquired were a dead animal (bird) worth 30 points, photo taken of a woman (non team member) flashing her breasts during the hunt (30), sunday paper (10 points), saturdays paper (20), jon benet picture (20),  xmas decoration (20), wheat penney (20), lost pet flyer (20), yard sale flyer (10), railroad spike (20), urinal cake (20) and as bunch of other stuff and photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;our team came in third place (nearly twice as many points as the 4th place team &amp; about 100 less than 2nd) despite having team-mate tony-tatoo getting a "scavenger hunt" tatoo (200 points), river-child getting in the cuyahoga (30) and coming out with oil scum all over her, hedge shaking a cops hand (20), etc..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the battle for first place became crazy during the bonus round where dudes were chugging shot-glasses of urine (100), peeing themselves (50), and puking on their teammate (100).&lt;br /&gt;so team pink skipped the bonus round and was happy with a scavenging skills and left the fear-factor shit up to the others..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos of scunt are &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/082006"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-115626180152834605?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/115626180152834605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=115626180152834605&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115626180152834605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115626180152834605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/08/scavenger-hunt_22.html' title='scavenger hunt'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-115557505044139062</id><published>2006-08-14T12:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-14T13:10:31.640-04:00</updated><title type='text'>there are no mulligan's on your birthday</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/58581996/original"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/58581996/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"lock it twice"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;words to live by. what should of been added was that this rule should be implemented at all times, your birthday is no exception.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;who seen it? how'd it happen? who was there? who did it? is all irrelevant, if you ignore that first line..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-115557505044139062?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/115557505044139062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=115557505044139062&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115557505044139062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115557505044139062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/08/there-are-no-mulligans-on-your.html' title='there are no mulligan&apos;s on your birthday'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-115463803795343000</id><published>2006-08-03T16:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-03T16:47:18.600-04:00</updated><title type='text'>2006 compound fest</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myspace.com/straightouttacompound"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/115/1374/1600/compound2006.png" border="0" alt="Self Destruct Button * Roue * Leroy's Frosted Rocks * Rainy Day Saints * Jerk * This Moment In Black History * Founding Fathers * State Of Ohio * Sounder *Argyle Denial * Giant Eagle * Muamin Collective * Boatzz * Short Rabbits * Homo Stupids * Coffinberry * Tall Pines * Plasma For Guns * Six Parts Seven" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this is going to be sweet!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12:00 PM - Compound E.63 &amp; St. Clair, Cleveland, OH - FREE!!! BYOB BBQ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(in order that they appear) Self Destruct Button * Roue * Leroy's Frosted Rocks * Rainy Day Saints * Jerk * This Moment In Black History * Founding Fathers * State Of Ohio * Sounder *Argyle Denial * Giant Eagle * Muamin Collective * Boatzz * Short Rabbits * Homo Stupids * Coffinberry * Tall Pines * Plasma For Guns * Six Parts Seven&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Este é a ordem e os tempos das faixas, decididos por nomes puxando fora de um chapéu. Sentado Agosto Ö - E.63/St. Clair 12:00pm - A tecla 12:35pm do destruct do self - Roue 1:10pm - rochas geadas de Leroy 1:45pm - saints chuvosos do dia 2:20pm - o empurrão 2:55pm - este momento no history preto 3:30pm - que fundam gena 4:05pm - estado de Ohio 4:40pm - o sounder 5:15pm - a negação 5:50pm de Argyle - águia gigante 6:25pm - Maumin 7:00pm coletivos - Boatzz 7:35pm - coelhos curtos 8:10pm - homo Stupids 8:45pm - Coffinberry 9:20pm - pinhos altos 9:55pm - plasma para injetores 10:30pm - seis porções sete 11:05pm - os joelhos very (não confirmados)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-115463803795343000?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/115463803795343000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=115463803795343000&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115463803795343000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115463803795343000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/08/2006-compound-fest.html' title='2006 compound fest'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-115462322843935026</id><published>2006-08-03T11:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-03T12:40:28.530-04:00</updated><title type='text'>blame it on the weather</title><content type='html'>there was a &lt;a href="http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/lorain/1154593861281930.xml&amp;coll=2"&gt;short news article&lt;/a&gt; in the PD this morning that caught my eye (no, not the guard-dog that chewed up 900,000 dollars worth of antique teddybears that it was guarding) titled "&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mild winter blamed for spike in car thefts&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Cleveland ranks No. 1 among big cities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;It was a perfect winter for a car theft.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thefts spiked last year in Northeast Ohio, and police attribute it largely to a mild winter and wild teens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Thieves are not going to steal cars in a blizzard," Parma Detective Marty Compton said.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i have a few issues with short articles such as this that are incomplete, the liberal use of analyzing data and that are incongruent. i'm well aware that crime decreases during a blizzard but how about the years we had bad or normal winters and crime was high such as in the 80s in cleveland? maybe they didn't include that data because it would collide with their final hypothesis or maybe those articles i read when i first moved to cleveland in the mid-eighties about murder rates that were nearly one a day in the city were all in my dillusional mind. either way we don't really know because the story is incomplete.&lt;br /&gt;part of the problem has also have to go to the CPD who now have tons of &lt;a href="http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/115372986777640.xml?ncounty_cuyahoga&amp;coll=2"&gt;computer data analyzing crime trends in the city&lt;/a&gt; and the people who do that analyzing feeling compelled to have a reasoning behind every stat, call it the "&lt;a href="http://prospectinsider.wordpress.com/2006/07/16/hargrove-must-go/"&gt;grover syndrome&lt;/a&gt;"..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-115462322843935026?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/115462322843935026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=115462322843935026&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115462322843935026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115462322843935026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/08/blame-it-on-weather.html' title='blame it on the weather'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-115447434651824539</id><published>2006-08-01T19:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-01T19:19:06.536-04:00</updated><title type='text'>forty hours in chicago</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.loumuenz.com/2006/08/01/chicago/"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/image/64456610/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;went to chicago last weekend and checked out the 2 day pitchfork festival and also the art institute of chicago as well as the millenium gardens downtown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;more info and links to the photos are &lt;a href="http://www.loumuenz.com/2006/08/01/chicago/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-115447434651824539?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/115447434651824539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=115447434651824539&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115447434651824539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115447434651824539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/08/forty-hours-in-chicago.html' title='forty hours in chicago'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-115402536319455284</id><published>2006-07-27T14:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-07-27T14:37:53.230-04:00</updated><title type='text'>PITCHFORK</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/115/1374/1600/pitchfork_tics.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/115/1374/400/pitchfork_tics.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yah, &lt;a href="http://www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com/"&gt;pitchfork fest&lt;/a&gt; is this weekend (july 29 &amp; 30th) &amp; i got tickets. i'm going up with shawn and staying in a hostel somewhere in chicago. there is like 41 bands playing and there is no reentry so once your inside the gates you can't return. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i believe it is going to be in the 90s in chicago, none the less it should be lots of fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;below is a schedule of bands that are playing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;        &lt;tr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;          &lt;td valign="top" align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;day one - july 29&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9:10-Silver Jews(A)&lt;br /&gt;8:10-The Futureheads(C)&lt;br /&gt;7:10-The Walkmen(A)&lt;br /&gt;6:10-Ted Leo &amp; Rx(C)&lt;br /&gt;5:10-Art Brut(A)&lt;br /&gt;4:20-Destroyer(C)&lt;br /&gt;3:30-Mountain Goats(A)&lt;br /&gt;2:35-Band of Horses(C)&lt;br /&gt;2:00 - Man Man(A)&lt;br /&gt;1:30-Chin Up Chin Up(C)&lt;br /&gt;1:00-Hot Machines(A)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;plus Biz 3 stage:&lt;br /&gt;8:40-A-Trak&lt;br /&gt;7:40-Matthew Dear&lt;br /&gt;6:45-Matmos&lt;br /&gt;5:25-Spank Rock&lt;br /&gt;4:30-Ghislain Poirier&lt;br /&gt;3:45-Tyondai Braxton&lt;br /&gt;2:50-Chicago Underground Duo&lt;br /&gt;1:50-Flosstradamus&lt;br /&gt;1:00-8 Bold Souls&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;          &lt;td valign="top" align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;day two - july 30&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9:10-Os Mutantes(A)&lt;br /&gt;8:10-Spoon(C)&lt;br /&gt;7:10-Yo La Tengo(A)&lt;br /&gt;6:10-Devendra Banhart(C)&lt;br /&gt;5:10-Mission of Burma(A)&lt;br /&gt;4:20-Aesop Rock/Mr. Lif(C)&lt;br /&gt;3:30-Liars(A)&lt;br /&gt;2:35-The National(C)&lt;br /&gt;2:00-Jens Lekman(A)&lt;br /&gt;1:30-Danielson(C)&lt;br /&gt;1:00-Tapes 'n Tapes(A)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;plus Biz 3 stage:&lt;br /&gt;8:10-Diplo&lt;br /&gt;7:10-Dominik Eulberg&lt;br /&gt;6:10-Glenn Kotche&lt;br /&gt;5:20-Ada&lt;br /&gt;4:30-Tarantula A.D.&lt;br /&gt;3:40-Cage&lt;br /&gt;2:50-CSS&lt;br /&gt;1:55-Bonde Do Role&lt;br /&gt;1:00-Jeff Parker / Nels&lt;br /&gt;Cline Quartet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;        &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-115402536319455284?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/115402536319455284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=115402536319455284&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115402536319455284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115402536319455284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/07/pitchfork.html' title='PITCHFORK'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-115289229686912393</id><published>2006-07-14T12:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-07-14T15:37:49.396-04:00</updated><title type='text'>new american art</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/63469278/original"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/63469278/medium.jpg" border="0" alt="new american art curated by RR, william schwartz, jim karpinski, stephe dk, dana depew" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i got a sneak preview last night of "new american art" curated by "rr" with works by william schwartz, jim karpinski (giant eagle), stephe dk (new lou reeds), dana depew (asterisk gallery) &amp; joe filak. NAA deals with USA imperialism and the military that it protects.. &lt;br /&gt;RR was still readying the space (doubting thomas) but with what i seen it appears to be one of the fresher collaborations that the doubting thomas has had in some time. i've known dana depews artwork since he has been in tremont and his work for this show is by far some of the best i've seen by dana (rance).&lt;br /&gt;stephe dk did the mural shown in the top photo and schwartz did the flag mural on the southern wall of the gallery (not shown). &lt;br /&gt;some peeps may remember joe filak who had the blacklist gallery on scranton that closed not so long ago, filak's pieces are all priced at 100 bucks. a bargain for something that appears to have taken alot of time to create.&lt;br /&gt;the opening for this show is tonight, friday 15, 2006 at the doubting thomas gallery and is part of the tremont artwalk. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;also going on this july artwalk:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BLKTYGR will be performing live at the corner of west 11th &amp; kenilworth from 6pm til 8pm.&lt;br /&gt;"19 - a collection of 19 cleveland artists" will be at *asterisk gallery on professor ave. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is NOT your local corporate-sponsored gallery's political art show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There WILL be Shock and Awe (and beer and wine). And maybe some fun or at least funny and pretty stuff too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have repainted the exterior of Doubting Thomas, so if you haven't been there before, look for the Red, White and Blue-est building on Jefferson Avenue. Thats us. Right around the corner from Edison's, Asterisk Gallery and all those expensive restaurants I've never been to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-115289229686912393?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/115289229686912393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=115289229686912393&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115289229686912393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115289229686912393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/07/new-american-art.html' title='new american art'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-115272660503924184</id><published>2006-07-14T12:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-07-17T01:56:49.793-04:00</updated><title type='text'>2006 ingenuity festival</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbase.com/image/63418131/"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.pbase.com/image/63418131/medium.jpg" width="300" border="0" alt="along the eastern shore - a salute to albert ayler" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;amongst all the cover bands &amp; stilt-walkers that permiate this years ingenuity festival there are a handfull of shows i plan to catch that actually live up to the term "ingenuity". i listed below a couple that come to mind, i'll list more when/if i get a chance. the one i'm listing first is on sunday at 12:30pm and has &lt;a href="http://rawashington.com/"&gt;ra.washington's&lt;/a&gt; "along a eastern shore" a "free-jazz opera" of sorts that deals with the life of the legendary cleveland jazz artist &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Ayler"&gt;albert ayler&lt;/a&gt;. RAW has assembled a local lineup of musicians that has performed in bands BLKTYGR, this moment in black history, vernacular, lives of the saints, neil blender, short rabbits, to name just a few. daniel gray kontar (urban dialect *RIP*) will be the ayler voice, more details are pasted below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Where: 2006 Ingenuity Festival&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May Company Stage &amp; Exhibit Corridor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunday July 16th - 12:30-2:30 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Along An Eastern Shore (World Premier)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Along An Eastern Shore" is a choreopoem set to music celebrating one of the free jazz most intriguing players, players Albert Ayler. Come witness r.a.washington direct a twelve piece band featuring poet Daniel Gray - Kontar as THE AYLER VOICE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Washington is a writer, musician (Vernacular/MuAmin Collective/BlkTyger), a teacher and member of The Progressive Arts Alliance. Washington is the author of three books of poetry: “for me, with those before in mind” (1995), “i wish poppa dop wuz here” (1997), and “riot sketches” (1999). Washington has published two novellas: “a boy named james” (1999) “and open” (2000), and memoir of adolescence: “RE: Unions” (2003). His short films and paintings have been shown in independent galleries across the east coast, as well as, London, England, and Toronto, Canada. Washington served as the Cleveland Museum of Art’s first ever Poet-in-Residence. As the museum’s poet, Washington wrote curricula for creative writing classes, and visited several schools, and recreational centers bringing the message of literature as a tool in building a critical life. Washington has work forthcoming in “Quotes Community: Notes for Black Poets”, edited by Thomas Sayers Ellis.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ingenuitycleveland.com/event_listings.asp?eventid=241&amp;time=&amp;date=7/16/2006&amp;categoryid=&amp;#days"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px;" src="http://www.ingenuitycleveland.com/photos/medium/144width_LostProspect.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lost Prospect&lt;br /&gt;Where: Cleveland Trust Rotunda&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When:&lt;br /&gt;7.14 - 6:30 PM-7:30 PM&lt;br /&gt;Event or Artist Event or Artist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Startling director Damien Grey returns to Cleveland and collaborates with a team of Cleveland playwrights, sends the audience on a journey through six sites on Prospect to explore the life and history of a family and the avenue itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a four-day festival bursting with creativity, the premiere of Lost&lt;br /&gt;Prospect promises to be a highlight. "I don't subscribe to keep it&lt;br /&gt;simple model," explains nationally accomplished director Damien Gray.&lt;br /&gt;As a result, Lost Prospect promises to be a theatre experience like no&lt;br /&gt;other you've had.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Working with a team of local playwrights and actors, the creation&lt;br /&gt;process used to develop Lost Prospect blurs the line between the&lt;br /&gt;traditional theatre roles. Although the director remains the driving&lt;br /&gt;force, it is the group working together that refines and redefines the&lt;br /&gt;story through a collaborative creative process. In the end the piece,&lt;br /&gt;though scripted, will be different for every audience. With location&lt;br /&gt;and script changes still happening just a week from curtain, Lost&lt;br /&gt;Prospect is sure to be full of surprises. -&lt;a href="http://www.ingenuitycleveland.com/event_listings.asp?eventid=505&amp;time=&amp;date=7/14/2006&amp;categoryid=&amp;#days"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/115/1374/1600/morrison.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/115/1374/320/morrison.gif" border="0" alt="morrison dance" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MORRISONDANCE will be performing "&lt;a href="http://www.morrisondance.com/rendezvous.htm"&gt;rendezvous&lt;/a&gt;" on july 14,15 at 7:30pm at a converted performance space in cleveland's historic &lt;a href="http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=157703"&gt;MAY company building&lt;/a&gt;, on the corner of euclid &amp; prospect.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-115272660503924184?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/115272660503924184/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=115272660503924184&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115272660503924184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115272660503924184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/07/2006-ingenuity-festival.html' title='2006 ingenuity festival'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-115273624597670787</id><published>2006-07-12T16:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-07-12T16:33:09.093-04:00</updated><title type='text'>jen sincero at the literary cafe</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://homepage.mac.com/andytimithy/iblog/B1272807166/index.html"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px;" src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743258533.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" width="260" border="0" alt="jen sincero at the literary cafe" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743258533/ref=ase_jensincero-20/104-1940935-2814355?s=books&amp;v=glance&amp;n=283155&amp;tagActionCode=jensincero-20"&gt;jen sincero&lt;/a&gt; will be making a rare cleveland appearance at the &lt;a href="http://homepage.mac.com/andytimithy/iblog/B1272807166/index.html"&gt;literary cafe&lt;/a&gt; on thursday july 13, 2006. sincero will be reading from her latest book: "the straight girls guide to sleeping with chicks". &lt;a href="http://rawashington.com"&gt;ra washington&lt;/a&gt; will also read from his huge collection of poems, books, etc.&lt;br /&gt;props goes out to shawn mishack who pleaded with ms. sincero and promoted / booked this event.&lt;br /&gt;below is an excerpt from "the straight girls guide to sleeping with chicks".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;You can't swing a dead cat at a bridal shower without hitting a straight chick who's slept with another woman, who's thought about it, or who's ready to make the move as soon as someone breaks out the booze."" Such are the incisive pearls of wisdom to be heard from straight chick and girl-on-girl dabbler Jen Sincero, author of The Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping with Chicks. A deliciously sexy how-to guide, it gives curious straight women the complete inside scoop on girl-on-girl action -- from pickup lines and virgin jitters to threesomes, techniques, and toys. Drawing on personal experience and hundreds of interviews with straight girls who've slept with lesbians, straight girls who've slept with straight girls, lesbians who've slept with straight girls, and straight girls who've done both or neither, Sincero covers the A to Z of the experience including: · Obtaining a visitor's pass to the girls-only club · The super-huge importance of sticking your hand down your pants · The straight girl's starter kit -- from nail clippers to cocktails to get her in the mood · ""Gettin' Some 101"" -- positions, techniques, and instructional photos · ""And Boy Makes Three!"" -- how to have a threesome that's fun for all · Suggestions for further viewing and reading and much, much more Packed with expertly toned advice that is at once laugh-out-loud hilarious and fundamentally practical, The Straight Girl's Guide to Sleeping with Chicks is ideal for any woman looking to spice things up with a boyfriend, break the ice with a best friend, or simply add a few just-in-case items to her sexual menu.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-115273624597670787?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/115273624597670787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=115273624597670787&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115273624597670787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115273624597670787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/07/jen-sincero-at-literary-cafe.html' title='jen sincero at the literary cafe'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-115231237383307336</id><published>2006-07-07T18:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-07-08T11:35:08.853-04:00</updated><title type='text'>MANPAINT &amp; my singing debut</title><content type='html'>the monday before the 4th of july a bunch of us was hanging out at &lt;a href="http://theclevelandchurch.com"&gt;the church&lt;/a&gt; after a show and we were all talking about music that was not unusual and i think it was wasco that started his "you should jam with us" speil that was directed to me. &lt;a href="http://slowtoe.com"&gt;wasco&lt;/a&gt; has pushed me to perform either as a reader of poetry (i'll probably never do) or sing in one of his project bands. tony merritt &amp; shawn flowers has also mentioned that i should be in a band on numerous occasions as well as a few other peoples.&lt;br /&gt;i usually shrug it off or make some funny quip to change the subject.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as much as i love music i never really wanted to perform in front of people, most likely because of my childhood i had a bad speech impediment and would be laughed at and ridiculed because of it. i pretty much got over that though i was nearly 20 years old that i would no longer have a problem speaking to others despite most of my problem with L's &amp; R's being long gone thanks to a latino woman from the bronx who served as my speech therapist and had great patience with my silly pronunciation of many words that had L or R's in them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyway, to shorten an already long story, my friends were like "hey, the stage is empty -- lets jamm!" so with wasco &amp; nate on drums, tony merritt, michael_p on guitar (leads) and michael_w &amp; jae doing a bunch of things with pedals and percussion i stood back and enjoyed the rythyms until wasco starts giving me the "WTF-dude? eye" and i thought hey what the heck their all good friends and the door is shut without an audience so i figured maybe i'll just make some of my weird humms into the mic an everything would be OK..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well, the band was sounding really good doing this improv/experimental/noise thing and i thought up a couple lyrics that i sang over the loudness in a soprano and started to take some chances with my voice by inflecting it from soprano to a slow-falceto near scream. this went on for a little bit and actually sounded pretty good despite my voice giving out with the craziness i was asking of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;afterwards my friends thought it was awesome and wasco was talking about getting shows scheduled and tony was preparing the flyer's (for said show) in his mind and i was thinking 'these dudes know me more than anyone but they actually know very lil of me and my problem with performing'. i really want to do this but its have to be at my pace and told them "if there is going to be any band, i'm going to call the shots", i was not being pretenious but its my direct way of handling situations that i believe could fuck me up further than i already am. sort of like my defense against getting ridiculed as a child was to shut my mouth and deal with ridicule with my fists, fighting is not acceptable as an adult so i settle uncomfortable things by either telling people to fuck-off or that i'll handle the situation my way.&lt;br /&gt;since then we had small conversations about finalizing things like final lineup of "manpaint" (months before my debut tony and i talked about if we ever get in a band together we'll call it "manpaint" -- a story for another day). so the lineup will change and i want to add a bass and drop a guitarist. and maybe some other small changes, i'm just hoping my friends won't think i'm power-hungry with decisions i want to control so i can overcome the problems i have or like i said before: 'i don't have to be in a band'. either way, i'ld like to thank the aforementioned peeps for pushing me, it was fun.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-115231237383307336?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/115231237383307336/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=115231237383307336&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115231237383307336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115231237383307336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/07/manpaint-my-singing-debut.html' title='MANPAINT &amp; my singing debut'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-115160926445841835</id><published>2006-06-29T15:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-29T15:27:44.486-04:00</updated><title type='text'>butterflies on her toes</title><content type='html'>last sunday outside the coffee shop, linda_b sat down and was BSing with rafeeq &amp; i as rafeeq was messing with his poetry writings linda commented on the shoes a cute lil girl had on the table next to us. linda said: "hey that lil girl has butterflies on her toes, you should make a poem about that". i believe rafeeq was busy and didn't reply so i felt obliged to spit out a poem on the spot called "butterflies on her toes".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;butterflies on her toes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;she has butterflies on her toes&lt;br /&gt;cocaine up her nose&lt;br /&gt;bees in her brain&lt;br /&gt;and she's driving me insane&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i don't think linda cared for it too much but i thought it was funny though maybe incomplete..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-115160926445841835?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/115160926445841835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=115160926445841835&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115160926445841835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115160926445841835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/06/butterflies-on-her-toes.html' title='butterflies on her toes'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14989391.post-115133595429247985</id><published>2006-06-26T11:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-26T11:39:34.726-04:00</updated><title type='text'>the 72 hours of zombie proof recordings</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.loumuenz.com/2006/06/25/zombie-proof-recordings/"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/115/1374/400/zombie_proof_recordings_roof.jpg" border="0" alt="land of buried treasure performing atop zombie proof recordings" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ZPR had a marathon recording session the went all weekend long with the band "land of buried treasure" and about 30 guest musicians. more details are &lt;a href="http://www.loumuenz.com/2006/06/25/zombie-proof-recordings/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;zombie proof recording is paul maccarone &amp; nate schrieble and they are located at 1400 east 36th street, cleveland ohio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the photos are &lt;a href="http://www.pbase.com/tremont/zombie_proof_recording"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14989391-115133595429247985?l=sissybar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/feeds/115133595429247985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14989391&amp;postID=115133595429247985&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115133595429247985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14989391/posts/default/115133595429247985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sissybar.blogspot.com/2006/06/72-hours-of-zombie-proof-recordings.html' title='the 72 hours of zombie proof recordings'/><author><name>lou m</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15639747871087362539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://www.pbase.com/tremont/image/65587128/medium.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
